[ When the pictures shows up in Jeanne-Marie's messages, she initially rolls her eyes and begins to get annoyed. She thinks it's just sent to her again, because she catches that the username is different.
[ Lord have Mercy and grant her Patience. This was literally the last thing she expected to ever happen. Magneto and Bobby???
The ellipses bounce for at least a minute. Which, for a speedster, is an age of time. She wants to say the right thing here. This is Bobby. She's deleted her snide and patronizing comments a few times before she sends the final result. ]
Bobby please. I know that you don't know me, but I know you, and I know him. I would never hear the end of it if I let anything happen to you, and I would not be able to live with myself either. You cannot trust him. He doesn't deserve you. I know this is not what you want to hear, I know if someone said that to me I would shout at them, but please listen to me.
[ Once again, he stares at this Wall Of Text for a while before he sends his reply. ]
I know you mean well, but the me you know and the Erik you know are completely different people from us. I trust Erik and we care deeply for each other. I appreciate you protecting me, but that's also what Erik has been doing ever since we met. He had taken care of me and not once hurt me.
[ And then the typing again....picking the right words to say, deleting the wrong ones. You're not his mother, Jeanne-Marie. And thank Christ Himself for that. ]
And what happens when that changes? I do not doubt that he means well, or that he truly thinks he's changed. Where I'm from, we were just celebrating him as a hero. But we all know that his benevolence can turn into violence in an instant. That's what it always does.
I speak from experience. Not with him, but with men like him. Eventually that protection turns into control and manipulation, at the very best. The very worst I would not wish on you in any universe, mon chere.
[ Stares at his device for a bit, sighing, then sends his reply. ]
And what if it also doesn't change? People are always capable of doing good when they set their mind and heart to it. Patterns can be broken. And I firmly believe Erik is trying his best to break his own cycle of violence and hatred. I've seen it here.
I'm sorry you're speaking from experience. That you had to undergo something like that. But experiences aren't the same for everyone, too. People experience different things.
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I know you're looking out for me and I really appreciate it. I can tell your Bobby's a friend to you and I'd like us to have a good relationship, too, but Erik's important to me. I'd very much wish for him to be left alone or, at least, granted grace.
[ Granted Grace. Christ, Bobby does know just the right things to say to her without even realizing it. He doesn't even know how hard he has hit the nail right on the head. She sighs. ]
Okay. Grace I can give.
And for what it is worth, I think he is trying his best where I am from too, and there are many who have faith that he can really change. I am just more cautious. But you are in very good company. All I ask is that you be careful.
Marde, and I can't even say you have poor taste, if that photo is any evidence.
[ Ha! That is a welcome distraction from the first part, because all that she can think is how she hopes he'll be able to grant her as much grace, when he inevitably finds out what she's truly like. ]
Oui, I'm sure you do 😉 I suppose his reputation in that case is well earned
(And I believe the same, all jokes about how good Magneto supposedly is in bed aside)
[ It's cute. And for all of her desire to protect Bobby, who the hell is she to talk? She's dating Daken of all people. So, she gets it. And because she's a mature adult she'll allow the pivot. ]
Some. Ororo, Rogue and Kurt are all from my timeline, and we go back a long time. Logan is not my Logan, which is a shame as he and I go back further. I know that Saint John is around here somewhere, but I haven't had the pleasure.
[ Can you hear her opinion of him via text? Can you hear it? ]
[ Why is he not surprised that their John is also someone who did some far questionable things? Well, he certainly won't tell his own John this. He's already struggling about doing better, too. (Bobby's surrounded by men who are like this, apparently.) ]
I see. Ororo told me he, at least, helped you guys from time to time?
The John here, the one from my world, struggles with being seen as a bad guy. He's trying his best to do better.
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What.
What?? ]
Bobby, how did you get this picture?
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I had it in my device. Sorry it got sent to you. I think the city's leaking our photos and sending them to random people on the network.
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I was sent this too.
Do you know who it is??
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Crisse mon petit, please don't tell me you slept with him.
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I did. Multiple times. He's my boyfriend. We've been dating for a while now.
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[ Lord have Mercy and grant her Patience. This was literally the last thing she expected to ever happen. Magneto and Bobby???
The ellipses bounce for at least a minute. Which, for a speedster, is an age of time. She wants to say the right thing here. This is Bobby. She's deleted her snide and patronizing comments a few times before she sends the final result. ]
Bobby please. I know that you don't know me, but I know you, and I know him. I would never hear the end of it if I let anything happen to you, and I would not be able to live with myself either. You cannot trust him. He doesn't deserve you. I know this is not what you want to hear, I know if someone said that to me I would shout at them, but please listen to me.
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I know you mean well, but the me you know and the Erik you know are completely different people from us. I trust Erik and we care deeply for each other. I appreciate you protecting me, but that's also what Erik has been doing ever since we met. He had taken care of me and not once hurt me.
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[ And then the typing again....picking the right words to say, deleting the wrong ones. You're not his mother, Jeanne-Marie. And thank Christ Himself for that. ]
And what happens when that changes? I do not doubt that he means well, or that he truly thinks he's changed. Where I'm from, we were just celebrating him as a hero. But we all know that his benevolence can turn into violence in an instant. That's what it always does.
I speak from experience. Not with him, but with men like him. Eventually that protection turns into control and manipulation, at the very best. The very worst I would not wish on you in any universe, mon chere.
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And what if it also doesn't change? People are always capable of doing good when they set their mind and heart to it. Patterns can be broken. And I firmly believe Erik is trying his best to break his own cycle of violence and hatred. I've seen it here.
I'm sorry you're speaking from experience. That you had to undergo something like that. But experiences aren't the same for everyone, too. People experience different things.
[ Then, after a bit - ]
I know you're looking out for me and I really appreciate it. I can tell your Bobby's a friend to you and I'd like us to have a good relationship, too, but Erik's important to me. I'd very much wish for him to be left alone or, at least, granted grace.
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Okay.
Grace I can give.
And for what it is worth, I think he is trying his best where I am from too, and there are many who have faith that he can really change. I am just more cautious. But you are in very good company.
All I ask is that you be careful.
Marde, and I can't even say you have poor taste, if that photo is any evidence.
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Thanks. I can understand being cautious and, well, I'm also careful. I just believe people deserve chances, you know?
Well, thanks again. He's really attractive and I do enjoy him
[ Oops that didn't read right. Sends his correction right away! ]
I mean I enjoy our time together. Whether it's of THAT nature or not.
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Oui, I'm sure you do 😉
I suppose his reputation in that case is well earned
(And I believe the same, all jokes about how good Magneto supposedly is in bed aside)
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I mean. Well. Erik's very good in bed, yeah, and I really enjoy that side of our relationship, to be honest.
[ Gosh, this is so embarrasing. So, let's pivot - ]
Have you talked to the others yet? There are a lot of us here, actually. [ Mutants, he means. ]
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Some. Ororo, Rogue and Kurt are all from my timeline, and we go back a long time. Logan is not my Logan, which is a shame as he and I go back further. I know that Saint John is around here somewhere, but I haven't had the pleasure.
[ Can you hear her opinion of him via text? Can you hear it? ]
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Wait, Saint John? His name is actually Saint John?
Because he's the John from my world, actually. And well, he's not a saint.
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And yes, in my timeline, Saint John is his full first name. It's an irony I don't always appreciate.
Does he have that stupid tattoo in your world?
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[ Bobby doesn't know if his John is above that, actually, and that's what scares him. ]
Why would he even do that? Did something happen to him? Did he lose a dare or something?
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Though he seemed very excited about it
I think that it is his midlife crisis, and that he is an idiot.
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Why aren't you guys friends, though?
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He is a career criminal, for one.
[ And she doesn't have very many friends, for another. ]
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I see. Ororo told me he, at least, helped you guys from time to time?
The John here, the one from my world, struggles with being seen as a bad guy. He's trying his best to do better.
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In that, I do wish him the best.
You do seem to like collecting misfit toys.
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