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[princesspower]

[ Adora fidgets with her communicator, staring at the screen, her brow furrowed as the video feed starts up. She's in a bed in the infirmary, with some bandaging on her head where she's was previously bleeding from the scalp. She looks tired, mostly. ]

Hey everybody. I just - I guess I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let myself get taken out like that. Everyone had to deal with that because of me. I screwed up. I won't let it happen again. Uh - I guess that's about it.

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[credit_not_blame]

[Stacia does stop (at least for now) and snags her comm out of the air.]

Then what do you need so that you'll listen to what everyone is telling you? Because you are demonstrably not listening now.

[princesspower]

Everyone else is wrong! I screwed up. I wasn't good enough. And I'm just going to have to be better next time.

[credit_not_blame]

[Stacia raises an eyebrow.]

And what makes you so special that the rules that apply to everyone else don't apply to you?

[princesspower]

That isn't what I said.

[credit_not_blame]

Then why is everybody else "wrong"?

[Finger quotes, everybody loves finger quotes.]

[princesspower]

Because I have a responsibility to help and protect people?

[credit_not_blame]

...Okay, walk me through your logic on that, because I am not following it.

[princesspower]

I wsa the one who got grabbed. I'm She-Ra. I've always been someone who protects other people. If I'm not responsible, who is?

[credit_not_blame]

Yeah, I'm going to need you to break it down further, because I'm still not following.

[princesspower]

I'm turning off my communicator.

[ Click. ]

[credit_not_blame]

[Fine, she'll leave a message.]

We'll come back to this later.

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[turntex]

whoa ok hold up
so like
for the sake of clarity
would you be giving me a hard time if i was the one that got jumped

[princesspower]

[ Sorry, Dave. She's leaving messages on "read" right now. ]

[turntex]

[Here's when everyone gets to learn an unfortunate fact about Dave: if you don't respond to his messages, he just keeps going.]

ok admittedly thats kind of a rhetorical question because im sure the answer would be like
oh no of course not
because youre a cool person who doesnt rag on people about that shit
after which id be like well why the fuck not
im a literal god
im the goddamn knight of time which means my whole job description is literally protecting people with time or something
according to some aliens who give way more of a shit about this stuff than i do anyway
youre not the only person here whos supposed to be strong and responsible and all that noise
but i really dont think youd be holding anyone but yourself to this crazy high standard
which seems pretty masochistic if you ask me

[princesspower]

She'll probably read all of this later. ]

[turntex]

[He's...still going.]

so like at least on my part i feel like thats probably wrapped up in some earth cultural bullshit
all that guys gotta be tough and stoic and whatever shit
toxic masculinity etc etc
idk anything about where you come from so maybe theres something like that for she ras
wait are there other she ras or is it just you
ngl i was kinda picturing a whole army of badass amazon ladies
like some wonder woman shit
but i could be totally wrong
anyway i figure it could be something like that for you and thats why youre having such a hard time getting your head out of your ass
its lodged pretty firmly up there along with all those societal expectations that dont really matter but we just kinda internalize them til it feels like they do
cant get your head out of said ass because all that shit is blocking the way
metaphorical shit
i feel like i gotta specify that in this particular extended metaphor involving asses

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[oh my god, dave, you can't just give people the mental image of an army of lady abs]