you only THINK you know me

[abetterweb]

I think we both know why you can't find a suitable place for me.

Because you know what I'll do when I'm in.~


Oh, it will be grand, I assure you. I'll be running the show within a week - the poor, stupid brutes dancing upon command. Dare I even say, they'll be fawning over me, their rightful, glorious hero and savior.


...

Fine then. A compromise. Set me free, and I'll leave the unwashed masses alone. Despite how much better I could make their silly little lives, I promise to stay out of sight and simply resolve whatever trivial matter that plagues their world. Let it never be said that I cannot make concessions.

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[abetterweb]

Schoolyard bullies are not the same as costumed criminals! There is an enormous difference between a child with a few social issues and a pair of high-tech crooks who are ruining countless lives. Their's is an elevated level of danger, and it deserves an elevated level of response.

And it does not matter what they did to my lenses; that only accelerated an inevitable confrontation. I was going to shut down their operation one way or another - they chose the path of violence.

[arach_nerd]

They were D-list idiots with too much time on their hands, and the identity information they stole was stored in a way that you would've been able to retrieve it pretty dang easily. You could've beaten them without hospitalizing them, handed them over to the authorities, and gotten everyone's money back to them without breaking a sweat.

But nooo, you decided hitting you with paintballs and breaking your eyepieces made them history's greatest monsters.

[abetterweb]

How right you are! I could have done all of that quite easily. But they would not have learned a valuable lesson, and then, like so many other of your foes, gone right back to being criminals again.

You've always been too soft, Parker, and too many people have paid for that mistake. A few decisive actions would have saved you a lifetime of grief.


You know. Like stopping a runaway crook at a wrestling match.

[arach_nerd]

[Peter's fists clench, and he glares, but that's about the only physical reaction. He knows full well what Otto's trying to do, and isn't going to fall for it]

I try my best not to go that far because that's the kind of person he raised me to be.

And really, if you actually were honest about caring for Aunt May, you wouldn't make light of the death of the man she loved.

[abetterweb]

His death? No, I wouldn't dream of it. Ben Parker was a good, honest man.

I only mention it prove a point. The world would still be blessed with his presence if you had only made the tough decisions. Gwen Stacy would not have died if you had only dealt with that cackling maniac Osborn more thoroughly. Many others would have been spared similar undeserved fates.

I may be new at this hero game, Parker, but I do know this: men of success put aside their own feelings for the greater good. Most caring parents would not want their child to hurt others, but if it means keeping them - and the world - safe, I would gladly break a thousand Screwballs. Or Jesters. Or Vultures, Sandmen...even Octopi.

We can agree to disagree on methods, but I know this is the only logical discourse. I'll be hated and reviled, if that is what is necessary, but I will be the superior hero that the world needs.

[arach_nerd]

Please Otto, if anyone actually knows you, it's me. You'll just keep making the wrong choices, tell yourself it's so you can be a superior hero, and walk all the merry way back to the exact person you used to be. You haven't changed, you've just found new ways of justifying your actions.

So I highly suggest taking a long, hard look at what you've done lately. Because when Logan of all people calls you too violent, you've crossed a line somewhere.