[And, like, he was going to leave it at that, because people can change names or change how they want addressed, no big deal. But Wi--Billy has made it kind of a big deal before. Or. Y'know, a convoluted one.]
Sorry you feel like William is too complicated. You let me know anytime you want to go by something different. Did you not want to make it a whole announcement to everyone? Don't tell me you're texting everyone individually.
making a whole announcement sounds pretty silly and it feels weird when there's a whole other like me here it's part of why i went by william to make it less confusing for others? but it made me feel weird, too.
i'm not texting everyone though you were kind of the first person to know about the situation here so i wanted to tell you first figured for most people it'd come up when it came up?
Oh thanks. That's really sweet of you. I didn't realize I was the first to know any of this. I'm glad you could reach out to me about it. You can do that about anything if you need to. I don't exactly blab to everyone about what other people tell me.
You don't have to tell anyone why the change. You can always say William sounded too stuffy.
i didn't think you did. there's others that know and i kind of gave up a little cause the other billy will explain his situation and it's... super different but the reincarnation stuff still happens. and the whole fae putting names on doors things.
i don't want to hide it exactly. i just want to figure out who me is exactly without trying to be someone else
if i was doing that i would have put the name on me leaf as billy maximoff not william kaplan i'm still not doing that
but it does cause annoying questions especially when billy kaplan is on the one literally right next door i moved out of the castle so i don't have to super deal with that anymore
You moved out to the motel? Wild aesthetic choice but I know Steve's been spending a lot of time there so you're in good company. Or he was before everyone's brains got scrambled.
Some of our brains got scrambled, whatever you know what I mean
Who Steve? Yeah back when we all got here, he's got fire fingers. The hydra thing we were fighting I hear had poison that made memories go weird. And then rulers tried to fix things. "tried" to "fix" things It's complicated, I hope you didn't pick up anything fucked up from any of the mes who thought they were running around
You need any housewarming gifts? [At the end of the day! Maybe that's the important part! Ignore all the rest of that. Ignore it. Shh.]
[ said immediately after the awhile it takes clint to respond. and then there's a pause because ???? honestly there's two different dates it could be even ignoring the weirdness of reincarnation but we're settling on, ]
it's november 11th
which kind of but also not
[ he's not going to say he died on his birthday without prompting ]
[ there's actually a lot of feelings to unpack there. he didn't want clint to make a big deal out of the shop because it doesn't feel like his own thing. also, it feels weird to ask or expect anything of the avengers (yes, after nine months) and without his parents there, with life effectively on pause, it feels bad anyway. ]
[ that's what he tells himself and it's half a truth. the real one is what clint hits the nail on the head on: he doesn't think he should be. who he really is - billy - isn't someone he thinks should be. or did think. he's just stolen a life and hurt people. he shouldn't exist. ]
[ and yet. yet. this is shortly before his conversation with agatha so - no, he still thinks he shouldn't be. that hits home. seeing it in words. if it was another time not long from now he might type in an "i know". it's not so he doesn't and he stares at the words for too long a time. ]
[ he cries at some point, too, and he tells himself he's not sure why and then eventually he swallows everything back. and the text that comes back is a singular phrase that holds too much weight and not enough of an answer but he doesn't know what to say: ]
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[And, like, he was going to leave it at that, because people can change names or change how they want addressed, no big deal. But Wi--Billy has made it kind of a big deal before. Or. Y'know, a convoluted one.]
Sorry you feel like William is too complicated. You let me know anytime you want to go by something different.
Did you not want to make it a whole announcement to everyone? Don't tell me you're texting everyone individually.
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making a whole announcement sounds pretty silly
and it feels weird when there's a whole other like me here
it's part of why i went by william to make it less confusing for others? but it made me feel weird, too.
i'm not texting everyone though
you were kind of the first person to know about the situation here
so i wanted to tell you first
figured for most people it'd come up when it came up?
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Oh thanks. That's really sweet of you. I didn't realize I was the first to know any of this.
I'm glad you could reach out to me about it. You can do that about anything if you need to. I don't exactly blab to everyone about what other people tell me.
You don't have to tell anyone why the change. You can always say William sounded too stuffy.
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get dad feelings idiotokay no that's mean ]i didn't think you did.
there's others that know and i kind of gave up a little cause the other billy will explain his situation and it's... super different but the reincarnation stuff still happens.
and the whole fae putting names on doors things.
i don't want to hide it exactly.
i just want to figure out who me is exactly without trying to be someone else
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[He knows it's not that, but also teenagers are sensitive, okay!]
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i'm still not doing that
but it does cause annoying questions especially when billy kaplan is on the one literally right next door
i moved out of the castle so i don't have to super deal with that anymore
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Some of our brains got scrambled, whatever you know what I mean
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[ there's a moment of hesitation he might just leave it at 'no' but clint wins the diceroll ]
brain scrambling thing
he decided to take a deal with a court ruler?
honestly it's not a bad one at all
and it's a shop and apartment thing
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The hydra thing we were fighting I hear had poison that made memories go weird. And then rulers tried to fix things.
"tried" to "fix" things
It's complicated, I hope you didn't pick up anything fucked up from any of the mes who thought they were running around
You need any housewarming gifts? [At the end of the day! Maybe that's the important part! Ignore all the rest of that. Ignore it. Shh.]
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wait
he made a deal for fire fingers???
and yeah i know all about the hydra stuff
since i was switched and everything too
p sure he didn't see you around though
[ he's not going to say he died though. and also that the other him was too busy trying to rearrange his life nope ]
no i'll be okay but thanks
you can always drop by whenever
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He hasn't shown it off for a while don't worry about it
Oh good. I mean sucks. But good. At least we're all back to relative normal whatever that means.
Maybe I'll get you something nice as thanks for the runes.
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suddenly slightly worried about it tbh
🤔 no offense but i think anyone here was ever relatively normal
and you don't have to do that
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Also when
[Yeah, he hit send, but that last part is definitely something he should've deleted. There is a lot of [...] for like. A concerning amount of time.]
Is asking after your birthday a landmine?
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[ said immediately after the awhile it takes clint to respond. and then there's a pause because ???? honestly there's two different dates it could be even ignoring the weirdness of reincarnation but we're settling on, ]
it's november 11th
which kind of but also not
[ he's not going to say he died on his birthday without prompting ]
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You're allowed to be celebrated.
1/2
[ honestly. ]
[ it gets a read checkmark for a very, very long time. ]
[ and then he starts typing and it stops. ]
[ and it goes back to read. ]
[ for an even longer time ]
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[ that's what he tells himself and it's half a truth. the real one is what clint hits the nail on the head on: he doesn't think he should be. who he really is - billy - isn't someone he thinks should be. or did think. he's just stolen a life and hurt people. he shouldn't exist. ]
[ and yet. yet. this is shortly before his conversation with agatha so - no, he still thinks he shouldn't be. that hits home. seeing it in words. if it was another time not long from now he might type in an "i know". it's not so he doesn't and he stares at the words for too long a time. ]
[ he cries at some point, too, and he tells himself he's not sure why and then eventually he swallows everything back. and the text that comes back is a singular phrase that holds too much weight and not enough of an answer but he doesn't know what to say: ]
thank you