[ he takes a deep breath and releases it, feeling exhausted and just - sad. they really are each other's earth's version of -- each other. ]
I know how you feel. [ it sounds empty right now, he knows, but it won't in a minute - not after he explains. he's not going to go into the amount of detail cisco did - definitely not now because he doesn't want to make it about himself. just enough for his point of view to carry some weight. ]
I was always exactly like my dad - I got my genius from him, a lot of my personality from him, I even look like him. Which, would've been fine if he hadn't snapped when I was 11 and murdered half a dozen people with a bomb in a teddy bear. Recently he told me -- that I'm exactly like him, his greatest creation. That his genius - his madness - it's in me. That we're linked. And I'm - terrified that he's right. But if I don't use my brain because it might be like him - then the dark side wins, man. We have to take it back. He may have given you your powers - but you're the one who has them, you're the one who controls them. You're the one who decides what they get to be used for.
[ and yes. he knows it's easier said than done. but he believes in cisco more than he believes in himself. ]
The power's not evil - it's the user. And you're not. You're not the reverse. You're the good guy.
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Date: 2016-05-24 09:35 pm (UTC)I know how you feel. [ it sounds empty right now, he knows, but it won't in a minute - not after he explains. he's not going to go into the amount of detail cisco did - definitely not now because he doesn't want to make it about himself. just enough for his point of view to carry some weight. ]
I was always exactly like my dad - I got my genius from him, a lot of my personality from him, I even look like him. Which, would've been fine if he hadn't snapped when I was 11 and murdered half a dozen people with a bomb in a teddy bear. Recently he told me -- that I'm exactly like him, his greatest creation. That his genius - his madness - it's in me. That we're linked. And I'm - terrified that he's right. But if I don't use my brain because it might be like him - then the dark side wins, man. We have to take it back. He may have given you your powers - but you're the one who has them, you're the one who controls them. You're the one who decides what they get to be used for.
[ and yes. he knows it's easier said than done. but he believes in cisco more than he believes in himself. ]
The power's not evil - it's the user. And you're not. You're not the reverse. You're the good guy.