what's your number?

[semimeme]

 

what's your #?

a meme about what it says on the tin.

1. post with your character, canon, prefs if you like
2. include in your comment the number of individual sexual partners your character has had (feel free to headcanon it up; zeroes are valid)

3. comment to others. be surprised, scandalised, delighted, etc.

Comments

[swellter]

There'd be a lot of contenders for the title if that was the case.

[chasingboredom]

Do you think most people would stick to just one?

[swellter]

Maybe, but it's not something the Heroes Public Safety Commission looks over when putting the rankings together.

[chasingboredom]

Don't I know it.

It's just a hypothetical, Todoroki.

[swellter]

Right. Because it can't be verified.

[chasingboredom]

It's not all about Hero rankings, you know.

[swellter]

[ .... ]

Then, what is it about?

[chasingboredom]

....

You mean life? Or this particular number?

[swellter]

[ Life? ]

Your number.

[ He'll go with the question he actually understands. ]

[chasingboredom]

[ Yeah, Shouto. Life isn't all about Hero rankings. ]

Oh, man. Okay. I thought you knew. I wouldn't have been running my mouth if I thought you didn' t know!

It's how many sexual partners I've had.

[swellter]

[ Excuse him while he stares back at that number. ]

Really?

[chasingboredom]

Yeah!

Yours is zero. Probably a good thing.

[swellter]

Why is that a good thing?

[chasingboredom]

Cause you're young.

I don't know.

Think I've been hanging out with too many grown ups lately.

[swellter]

[ He makes a face. ]

How old were you?

[chasingboredom]

Heh... welllll....

[he's stalling.]

Not that young.

[swellter]

[ Don't tell him you're some kind of hypocrite, Hawks. ]

What does that mean?

[chasingboredom]

[ oh, no. it's not that at all. ]

It means... I never really got around to it until this year.

[swellter]

[ He doesn't know if that's significant or not, but there is something in his wording that seems off. ]

Is that something you 'get around too'?

[chasingboredom]

[ Hawks wouldn't be surprised if it seems off. It probably is. ]

Didn't think I ever would, so... yeah, I guess that's just how it worked out.

[swellter]

[ His brows crease, perplexed by his wording. ]

Why not?

[chasingboredom]

[ Hawks laughs softly, trying to play all of this off a if it's no big deal. It isn't, really. Or, it shouldn't be, at least. He holds everything close to his chest when it comes to his personal life, but... the kid looks so honest and perplexed. ]

Well, you know I didn't go to U.A. Everything was uh... home schooling. Never really met too many kids my age, and I was constantly kept too busy to find anyone, so... I guess that kind of stuff- sex, relationships, dating- it was always on the backburner.

[swellter]

[ He knew about UA, but he didn't know you could become a hero without going through one of the major schools. There were a few heroes who did but they never made it to the top rankings and Hawks had broken through to the top three in no time. He was someone to be admired by young heroes everywhere. He knew his history. His own agency at 18, broke into the top 10 rankings in the same year. But hearing about his home life, Todoroki couldn't help but recognize some similarities. ]

But now, it's not.

[ His own struggles echo in the cadence of his words. ]

You're free now to do what you want.

[chasingboredom]

[ The public gets the story woven and spit out to them. Hell, even the heroes get whatever story is up and out there for the world to see. It's all intricately planned, fabricated to look the very best. Maybe that's why, deep down, Hawks can understand the plight of the villains. So much of the hero world is just a sham.

But this is the young Todoroki. How does he say any of that to Endeavors son?

Free. That's a nice thought. Hawks doesn't think he'll ever be free, but he sure knows how to wear the mask of freedom well. ]

Yeah, somethin like that.

[swellter]

[ Todoroki isn't skilled enough to detect the lie beneath his easy attitude and truth be told, he wants it to be true. He struggled under the restrains of a will far stronger than his own far too long and having broken free, he sees hope in someone who seemed to be making their own way through the world despite the chains of the past.

It's something to strive for. The freedom Hawks put on display every time he showed up online in another hero video of the week. The thought eases his own worries and he finds himself smiling at the easy answer. ]

I'm glad.