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makes sense.

[ So he really hadn't been exaggerating about the resemblance, then. Cisco kind of hopes that she does appear, because even though he's far from being tight with his sibling, it sounds like Taako is with his, and it must suck to be separated. ]

i mean you're not wrong.
like trust me i'm the first one to admit that a lot of people where i'm from have really terrible priorities and find the most ridiculous reasons to hate each other and themselves.

and some metas ARE psyched don't get it twisted.
it's just circumstances, you know?
like if a random stranger walked up and kicked you right in the nuts and then while you were rolling around on the ground they tossed you a bag of candy and walked off, you'd be a little less excited about the candy than you would if you bought it in a store on your own sans excruciating pain.

when the particle accelerator exploded it gave some people powers but it also, like, killed people. a lot of people, and caused a lot of chaos.
and now half the time when people hear about metas it's the bad ones who are using their powers to murder or rob banks or wreak havoc.

honestly, the flash is probably the main reason people in the city haven't gone full-on witch hunt on metas.

Edited 2017-05-26 15:20 (UTC)

I mean I feel you, but if this explosion is the kick in the nuts and the candy is the powers, then a whole lot of thugs just got the kick in the nuts without bonus candy cause they're fucking dead. And I for sure know what I'd prefer.

[Almost definitely not the way Cisco was going with that metaphor, and also severely lacking in tact (it doesn't really occur to him that Cisco might have known people that died, because sometimes his focus is a little narrow).]

Not that it even matters since it doesn't seem like there are any of your metas here. It just seems stupid to me not to get psyched about sweet powers instead of moping about not being normal any more.

[ Even if he's not quite sure Taako gets where he's coming from (whether it's deliberate or not, Cisco can't tell), it is food for thought. After all, before he'd found out he was a meta, Cisco would have been in complete, 100%, full-throttle agreement. His views on the sweetness of superpowers hadn't gotten messy until his own life had gotten spectacularly messy right around the time he found out he'd been changed, too. ]

no, doesn't really matter, you're right.

i'm with you there. it's more like... i get that there are gonna be exceptions? but as a rule, i'm team "superpowers are fucking awesome".

[ It's only a tiny bit a lie. ]

[It's mostly not deliberate tbh, other people's perspectives are hard when you're a self-centered jerk.]

Super powers are fucking awesome, for sure.

Except superspeed, cause no one's into a guy that can't keep his dick hard for more than like two seconds.

[taAKO]

okay listen man you gotta stop it with the speedster dick jokes.

like i get that i started this but my best friend's a speedster and i really don't need that image up in my brain.