[ fine — he’s a basically a rocket scientist whose gadgets saved nick fury’s arse, and this is a modern take on a classic weapon, updated for bloody 2511! but sure... he’ll take... fine...
underappreciated genius wah wah ]
Have you opted for hand-to-hand in the meantime?
[ just curious, though Fitz frequents the fighting ring, so odds are he’s bet on Damian at some point. ]
[ you'll get praise when he has a prototype in his hand fitzy. he doesn't even think anything of it, concepts are fine, he's not sassing you, this is high praise. ]
For now.
[ the real answer is he has those escrima sticks - in a pinch, if he has to - that he left with Jason. But using them would involve touching the thing that killed his brother.
No, you don't. You're highly capable. I'm just doing some scenario thinking. And if your exact ability could save someone, or give us the competitive advantage on an operation? I'd want it on the table. You could activate an explosion in a pinch, clear paths through debris, cauterize wounds, and that's without considering the offensive capabilities.
[ it was once fitz's job to pinpoint, capture, and use the most significant inhumans. ]
But maybe that's just my wants as a scientist.
[ keen to explore and apply the unknown, rather than take the sure bet. he says it as an easy out for damian to take, lest he think this is criticism. fitz is an engineer and weapons tech, so of course he thinks this way. doesn't make it the best approach. ]
I don't think this is the kind of ability that's meant to be precise or applied in a use that is anything but destructive. I've only been able to activate it when angry.
[ His heart pangs, sympathetic to Damian's troubles. ]
Well, I can't speak from my own experiences, but my friends have faced similar struggles. Which makes it sound small, when it isn't. Of course it's much more complex than that. I knew someone whose electromagnetic manipulation was so temperamental that he nearly burned down a base full of his friends and teammates. Plenty of destruction there.
[ Lincoln, dead twice over; sacrificed to save them and then killed by Fitz himself (when he wasn't himself, perhaps).
He deserved better. ]
But with help, he learned to control his abilities.
[ a beat. ]
Daisy thought the same as you, actually, when her vibration manipulation first activated back home. Massive earthquakes, all at the whim of her emotions. Sounds like it'd be worth talking to her about what you can do.
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underappreciated genius wah wah ]
Have you opted for hand-to-hand in the meantime?
[ just curious, though Fitz frequents the fighting ring, so odds are he’s bet on Damian at some point. ]
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For now.
[ the real answer is he has those escrima sticks - in a pinch, if he has to - that he left with Jason. But using them would involve touching the thing that killed his brother.
Conundrums. ]
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Okay.
And your abilities?
[ his firepower, that is. ]
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[ literal firepower, you know. dangerous and mostly just used for burning everybody he loves so far. ]
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That's a useful skill in the field.
[ burning opponents, triggering explosions, removing obstacles, cauterizing wounds — endless applications. ]
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[ Which is to say: I can't control them and I'd rather walk face first into heatstroke. ]
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I'm just doing some scenario thinking.
And if your exact ability could save someone, or give us the competitive advantage on an operation? I'd want it on the table.
You could activate an explosion in a pinch, clear paths through debris, cauterize wounds, and that's without considering the offensive capabilities.
[ it was once fitz's job to pinpoint, capture, and use the most significant inhumans. ]
But maybe that's just my wants as a scientist.
[ keen to explore and apply the unknown, rather than take the sure bet. he says it as an easy out for damian to take, lest he think this is criticism. fitz is an engineer and weapons tech, so of course he thinks this way. doesn't make it the best approach. ]
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I've only been able to activate it when angry.
[ Which is always. ]
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Well, I can't speak from my own experiences, but my friends have faced similar struggles.
Which makes it sound small, when it isn't. Of course it's much more complex than that.
I knew someone whose electromagnetic manipulation was so temperamental that he nearly burned down a base full of his friends and teammates. Plenty of destruction there.
[ Lincoln, dead twice over; sacrificed to save them and then killed by Fitz himself (when he wasn't himself, perhaps).
He deserved better. ]
But with help, he learned to control his abilities.
[ a beat. ]
Daisy thought the same as you, actually, when her vibration manipulation first activated back home. Massive earthquakes, all at the whim of her emotions.
Sounds like it'd be worth talking to her about what you can do.