[he can't say he's totally surprised. Odin's led a couple different lives, literally. and Amir didn't know his name wasn't Jimmy for like, three years, so]
I will. I don't want to know anything that was a secret between you guys. I'm not about like, getting up in somebody's business, before they're ready.
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Plus we've had kind of a weird, naming-relationship. It took him a while to call me Magnus instead of My Lord, so.
Um. When me and Odin first met, he begged me to be his Lord. 'Cuz I'm like, half-divine and descended from the Lord of Lords and I'm kind of the Prince of Elves and have a legendary magic sword and all that crazy junk. The kind of junk he spent his whole life obsessed with. It was his first day, and he was kind of freaking out, so I said yeah, he could be my retainer.
I guess that's still a thing? But we're mostly just best friends now. I mean he doesn't try to make me do Lordly things anymore like send him to his death in my honour, or do make him do my laundry, or anything.
I can't see it lasting that long anyway. I'm sure if you had said it made you uncomfortable he would've stopped... I know he's good like that. When he's not saying dumb shit because he works himself up too much.
[archie rubs his face again.]
Just-- fuck, Magnus. I think I was too blunt with him. I tried to tell him this wasn't his fault but... if love is unrequited he can't do anything about it. I don't know. That whole thing was a mess.
[Magnus pauses for a moment, thinking through his response]
I don't think being blunt's a bad thing. Especially when he's thinking he did something. But... you know this is his first love, right? I know that's kind of a dramatic way to put it, but... it's probably hard to not take it personally. I don't know.
Yeah. You always think your first love is the one an' Odin's emotions are fuckin'... 500% more than anyone else's.
[SIIGH.]
When he gets back-- like, in a couple months when he's had a chance to get his head back on, I'm gonna mention therapy to him. He needs better coping mechanisms for his anxiety that isn't just locking himself in his room and hating himself. I won't force it but... he needs to know it's an option.
I mean... it did sound like they clicked. Apart from how that guy didn't tell him he had feelings for someone else. I don't know. People make this shit too complicated.
I spoke to Poe, too. He regrets it a lot but... what's done is done. I just want them to be able to move past this in a way that doesn't hurt them more than they have already...
Probably Harley Quinn. She's very eccentric like Odin, but she really knows her stuff.
I kind of hope he comes home. I mean, stays with me and Alex. They've got two more weeks stuck in a floating can together otherwise. It really is like something that would happen on a reality TV show.
I'm all for talking it out, but. He just got his heart broken for the first time... he should be allowed some space and time to lick his wounds. Not on national TV.
I forget his name but he sucks. He's always being a manipulative dick on the network. I don't think it's me having an authority problem, I get sleazy as hel vibes.
[he exhales through his nose. god. he hates this? he's practically vibrating out his skin right now because of charles' clone fucking with his head and the idea of someone who's a therapist fucking with his head...
he wasn't gonna see harley, because he didn't want it to be weird, but he's quickly coming to the conclusion that she's the only one worth trusting. she's ex-villain too... maybe he just should've gone to her from the start?]
Bro, I'm a fucking mess. If I'm gonna bring other people down with me when I flip out that's the sign I gotta do something about it.
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[he can't say he's totally surprised. Odin's led a couple different lives, literally. and Amir didn't know his name wasn't Jimmy for like, three years, so]
I will. I don't want to know anything that was a secret between you guys. I'm not about like, getting up in somebody's business, before they're ready.
[...]
Plus we've had kind of a weird, naming-relationship. It took him a while to call me Magnus instead of My Lord, so.
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[a beat.]
Oh god. Why did-- why? Why My Lord?
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I guess that's still a thing? But we're mostly just best friends now. I mean he doesn't try to make me do Lordly things anymore like send him to his death in my honour, or do make him do my laundry, or anything.
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[archie rubs his face again.]
Just-- fuck, Magnus. I think I was too blunt with him. I tried to tell him this wasn't his fault but... if love is unrequited he can't do anything about it. I don't know. That whole thing was a mess.
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I don't think being blunt's a bad thing. Especially when he's thinking he did something. But... you know this is his first love, right? I know that's kind of a dramatic way to put it, but... it's probably hard to not take it personally. I don't know.
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[SIIGH.]
When he gets back-- like, in a couple months when he's had a chance to get his head back on, I'm gonna mention therapy to him. He needs better coping mechanisms for his anxiety that isn't just locking himself in his room and hating himself. I won't force it but... he needs to know it's an option.
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Is there someone you know he could work with?
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Probably Harley Quinn. She's very eccentric like Odin, but she really knows her stuff.
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[???]
She's a doctor? With the uh, hyenas?
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[grumble grumble.]
Yeah, that one.
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As long as it's not that other dude.
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[and knowing odin he'd regret coming back and want to go back into space and it would be more of a mess.]
..."Other dude"?
[dude sounds weird coming out of archie's mouth with his deep voice and accent. just so you know.]
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I forget his name but he sucks. He's always being a manipulative dick on the network. I don't think it's me having an authority problem, I get sleazy as hel vibes.
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...good thing it's not something he's actively thinking.]
There's a bunch of people on the network-- was it Crane? I saw him for a while and dropped him 'cause he treated me like an idiot.
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Him? Fuck! I was gonna-- ugh. No, I don't know what you mean but I don't pay attention to him. I'll check him out.
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...Ask for an appointment. Ughhhh.
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That's good though. That you were looking.
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[he exhales through his nose. god. he hates this? he's practically vibrating out his skin right now because of charles' clone fucking with his head and the idea of someone who's a therapist fucking with his head...
he wasn't gonna see harley, because he didn't want it to be weird, but he's quickly coming to the conclusion that she's the only one worth trusting. she's ex-villain too... maybe he just should've gone to her from the start?]
Bro, I'm a fucking mess. If I'm gonna bring other people down with me when I flip out that's the sign I gotta do something about it.
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Are there other options?
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