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[quackery]

question for those of you who are coming to earth OR have already come to earth!

because i'm curious: what are you most excited to do when you get back down OR what was the very first thing you did when you came back that you couldn't do on the moon :)

Comments

[quackery]

i meant regular people could also do bad things in government, not just superpeople, and that superpeople could also do bad things if they weren't in government

[transuniversal]

Yes, that is true. It happens. But nobody in those situations has all the power. There are limitations on both sides.

I think it is very confusing for people. Where I come from, we don't have this problem. Earth is still working out what it thinks would be best.

[quackery]

well if people trust them enough to vote for them it should be fine, right?

[transuniversal]

Maybe. Sometimes the people who are elected or selected aren't always a good choice, even if they seem like it at a time. Appearances can be deceiving.

[NORMAN OSBORN ANYBODY.]

[quackery]

but again that can be the case with any person, not just a superperson

[transuniversal]

Yes. I think this is where the part about accountability and the unease with codenames and hidden identities comes in.

[quackery]

what do you mean

[transuniversal]

The tradition for heroes on Earth is to go by a name like "Iron Man" or "Captain America" instead of their real name. So when the Kree warrior Mar-Vell came to Earth, they did not realize that he was giving them his name, and assumed he a hero called "Marvel." Or Captain Marvel, as he came to be known. I was Captain Marvel for a time as well, called after him, but my name is Noh-Varr. You see?

[quackery]

ohhhhh that's cool! does noh-varr mean anything in particular

[transuniversal]

Yes. It doesn't translate into any Earth language though. The "-Varr" indicates the paternal contributor of my genestuff, like a human last name.

[quackery]

what's genestuff

[transuniversal]

[Beat.]

How old are you?

[quackery]

16

why

[transuniversal]

I would put things differently if you were younger. I wanted to make sure I did not have to explain some of the logistics. It's the required contribution of gametes necessary to assist in the conception and development of a fetus.

[The alien way of describing spunk, essentially, except it works for both sexes.]

[quackery]

[Promptly ignoring most of that, oops.]

so what's the difference between that and regular genes

[transuniversal]

Genes describe the traits and make-up of your individual body. Genestuff is how you make more of your species.

[quackery]

okay we can stop talking about this rightttt about now!

hi my name's ahiru

[transuniversal]

I was only trying to answer your questions.

Does that name mean anything?

[quackery]

i appreciate that

yes

[transuniversal]

What does it mean?

[quackery]

a kind of bird

[It's not technically a lie, it just sounds less embarrassing.]

[transuniversal]

From Earth?

[Seems like an important distinction lately.]

[quackery]

yeah

that's the planet i'm from

what about you

[transuniversal]

I'm from Hala. That's the Kree homeworld.

[quackery]

is that your species