tell me the truth

[oneholysock]

TRUTH MEME

you can't hold it in any longer. for some reason, be it a curse or just hit up side your conscious, you're now forced to tell only the truth.

①Post your character.
②Post to other characters.
③Have fun, anything goes.
④Profit.

Comments

[juniorvarsitycap]

Damn sure is.

[immaterialgirl]

Valentina making you all sit through those pr lessons too, or is that just me?

Apparently all sorts of words I'm not allowed to say in interviews.

[juniorvarsitycap]

I've had PR lessons up the yin yang. Still screwed it up.

But if you mean equality for women, that's just me.

[immaterialgirl]

Luckily they decided the best approach for me is "silent and mysterious."
[she's not going to complain if Bucky and Yelena do all the talking for the team.]

... Ah, because you're willing to hit them just as hard as you hit a man? [pause.] That's a joke, by the way.
I actually have very little first hand experience with whatever discrimination... real women face.

[juniorvarsitycap]

It really works for you.

Cute. You could talk to Mel about it, if you're interested. I think she's probably the only woman around here who likely has.

[immaterialgirl]

Like a ghost.

... [small shrug, she's not sure Mel likes her much.] Not really relevant to me. Don't think being a woman has impacted my life in any significant way. Would've faced the same challenges. They'd have abused me just as much, yeah?

[juniorvarsitycap]

Do you want to speak up more?

I don't know, Ava. It's hard for me to believe anyone would want to hurt you.

[immaterialgirl]

To the media? No. The less soundbites and quotes attributed to me...

If only SHIELD had shared those sentiments.

[juniorvarsitycap]

Just remember you do have a voice and you can use it when you want to.

SHIELD got a lot of things wrong.

[immaterialgirl]

Don't worry, I have plenty of insults ready on standby for when you need them.

Yeah. I was hardly their worst secret. But at least they treated me horribly regardless of my gender or race. It was very progressive.

[juniorvarsitycap]

I know.

I'm sorry they did this to you.

[immaterialgirl]

The worst part is that I'd probably be long dead if they hadn't.

[juniorvarsitycap]

I'm glad you're not.

[immaterialgirl]

Because none of you would've survived without me.

[juniorvarsitycap]

Totally.

[immaterialgirl]

[and she wouldn't have survived without them.]

Couldn't let you be right.

[juniorvarsitycap]

And you never will.

[immaterialgirl]

What an ally you are, supporting women's rights by being wrong all the time.

[juniorvarsitycap]

If marriage teaches a man anything, it's that you're all in charge. It's just easier that way.

[immaterialgirl]

Hah. I never really ever planned on it. Felt more like a burden, having somebody waiting at a home I might never return to.

[juniorvarsitycap]

It got me through Afghanistan, knowing I had someone waiting for me.

[immaterialgirl]

... Could see that being good motivation, to get you through the worst of it.

I don't know. I guess I never felt like the type of woman that could ever provide anything that anyone actually wanted. In that context.

[juniorvarsitycap]

It was.

Turns out I wasn't that kind of man.

[immaterialgirl]

[this feels like a dangerous conversation to navigate, with as little as she knows of relationships.]

You must have been at some point. Were you... just following the script of what you thought the ideal American dream life for guys like you? Or. Did things change for you so drastically you no longer fit it?

[juniorvarsitycap]

We were good. We were solid. Until I became Captain America. It was stressful and then I just totally fucked it all up. The baby... we were trying to get our spark back. It didn't work.