A moodboard for my new Tommy x May fic for @retromafia 5K celebration inspired by “Perfect Day” by Lou Reed.
Tommy and May face mounting obstacles to their relationship, bringing their love for one another under scrutiny.Over the course of a weekend spent at the Carleton estate, they make some important decisions about their future.
“Hi Rosalie, Very good paper, very well written. You provided a great overview of the story, and used quotes in a great manner […] I also appreciate a lot that you did a theoretical reading of the revenge subject, a deeply troubling and controversial one, and you did a great job at presenting not only its problematics, but also theory’s occasional unwillingness to delve into it. One subject that seems evident in this book is how it is once more about a male avenger taking revenge for an unjust killed female, so the gender issue revolving around masculinity is very relevant, something that you could keep in mind for a longer assignment. I am really looking forward towards reading your final paper, and judging by this, I am certain it will be very good.”
You are a supervillain who has just captured your rival’s child. Rather than being afraid, they’re begging you to let them stay.
Frankly, you’d known those idiots had had a kid for years now. You’d pretended not to, because while you’d committed a lot of atrocities in your life, you weren’t willing to face the moral quandary of whether you would knowingly kill a child just to spite its parents.
They probably thought they were being clever though, what with the blaming you for an injury you knew damn well you’d never given keeping one of them out of commission for a few months, then references to what they would ‘leave behind’ or ‘could not follow’ when in the latest death trap. One of them had accidentally pulled a pacifier out of their utility belt once, and tried to pass it off as being prepared for any young children they came across while rescuing.
Idiots.
Still, you had standards. Standards that fell somewhere past war crimes and before common decency, but they were standards.
