may mingle (blameless!)

[revivo]

Who: Blameless crew + visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Aboard the Blameless
When: May

[time to get your mingle on, people lacking blame and friends!]

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm pretty sure I'm making me feel this way.

[ladybro]

Well, stop. Or I'll be forced to find you an acceptable one-night-stand to wipe the slate clean and you seem way too nice for that.

[ oh! look! drinks! kate grabs hers and slurps an initial sip through a straw. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she sips hers, too. I HOPE IT'S BRIGHT BLUE ]

Yeah that's not really my style.

Do you think it's silly to want something here though? Maybe I'm just jealous of Winn.

[ladybro]

Silly? No. [ she puffs her cheeks. ] It's human nature. [ oh wait. ] Probably non-human nature, too. Things are slow, here. We don't have to go out and worry about life-and-death situations, like some of us do back home...

We finally have the opportunity to think about wanting something that doesn't interfere with the work we do. So it's only natural.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's not like I don't understand it wouldn't last forever. But I feel like, okay, I could've died with the rest of my planet, or at home I could be killed or— I mean, you know. The superhero lifestyle isn't exactly prime for relationships.

[ladybro]

We can't always afford the distraction. [ kate nods. ] So why not get a little distracted, here? [ ... ] Just, don't let what happened with Hank dissuade you from that.

[takingkarabusiness]

Fine, but I don't want to keep embarrassing myself?

[ladybro]

Understandable, but -- Kara, you got something working for you, now, that you didn't have before.

[takingkarabusiness]

What's that?

[ladybro]

Hawkeye. [ ... ] The best Hawkeye, at that.

[takingkarabusiness]

Are you offering to be my wingman, Hawkeye?

[ladybro]

I am. If you'll have me.

[takingkarabusiness]

I imagine with a codename like that you'd make a great wingman.

[ladybro]

Well, I'll take that as a yes. [ ... ] Which reminds me -- what are some of your hard nos in a partner? Who could you, like, never date?

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she finishes up her drink ]

This stays between us? I really mean it. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

[ladybro]

I promise. [ she holds out her little finger. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she pinky promises, though that is specifically something she'd done with Hank a few times. then she orders another drink ]

Winn kissed me once, at home. And I basically had to Hank-speech him. Not the ex part, but the "I don't want to hurt you" and "I don't want to ruin our friendship" thing. It sucked, especially since he's my best friend. But I'm already an alien, you know? And he can be... well, I don't know that he always sees my flaws. Which, I don't want someone who's overly critical of course. But I just want to be a person sometimes too, you know?

[ladybro]

Oh, hun. [ kate is just beginning to see the tangled web woven around this situation. kate shakes her head -- in sympathy, it seems, for both kara and winn. ] I guess being on both sides of that coin sucks, huh?

[takingkarabusiness]

It does. I'd much rather be averting a nuclear disaster than dealing with awkward relationship drama.

[ladybro]

Right? At what point, in our lives, did that become somehow easier than figuring out who we wanna snog and why. It's not fair.

[takingkarabusiness]

To be fair, that's always been the case for me.

[ladybro]

Then you're a better person than me. I mean -- I try not to get caught up in the drama. It used to be worse. I've pretty much sworn off relationships for the time being.

[takingkarabusiness]

I think my superpowers and my awkwardness just bloomed earlier than most people.

[ladybro]

That's not such a bad thing. Dating is overrated, like, 70% of the time.

[takingkarabusiness]

That still leaves 30%.