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I r...am...apparently LOLcat approved.

...I don't know whether to be proud or appalled.

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[youngerpetrelli]

Yeah -- the old one, from the 60's. I saw them on reruns. There was an episode where they tried to unite the world against a fake threat -- got this decent, patriotic guy to volunteer to be turned into a scary alien. In the end, all they succeeded in doing was getting him killed and hurting his family... *sighs, looks very sad* You can't engineer something like that to 'save' the world -- it doesn't work. My mom, the Company, whoever tries it. The cost is always too high...

ooc: hooray for emo!Peter...

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

Do you really think so? What if it had worked, and the world had come together as one, united past all the petty differences that separate them, usually?


ooc: lol. Yeah.

[youngerpetrelli]

I don't know... What would happen when it came out that people had been manipulated? That the 'threat' was a lie? And what would keep everyone united when the 'threat' was gone? It's no different from World Wars or any other gigantic disaster... *shakes his head sadly* I don't know. Maybe if I wasn't the one being set up to be a mass murderer I'd feel differently. I can't hurt people like that... Why do you think I want to help you stop the Company so badly?

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

I can understand that. It's never good to be the one used without one's consent.

It seems you have a great drive to see them destroyed. That's good.

[youngerpetrelli]

I know I tend to be kind of naive about things. I just... my own mother. So you forgive me if I'm not all warm and fuzzy about her recently? *hopeful*

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

*slight smile, touches his cheek*

I can understand. I just...of them all? I think she meant well, at least once.

[youngerpetrelli]

*softly, sadly, leaning into his touch*

Yeah, I guess... just -- you know, once or twice it might have been nice to just get a hug or something from her instead.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

*thumb brushes down his cheek*

I'm sorry you didn't have that.

[youngerpetrelli]

*smiles sadly at him*

It's not your fault. Our family... Nathan practically raised me. Dad was always disappointed in me and Mom just... If it wasn't for Nathan I'd be completely useless.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

*brushes a kiss over his forehead*

Your father was...well. It's not good to speak ill of the dead. But you are not useless.

[youngerpetrelli]

I get the feeling I never really knew my father. I distanced myself from him so much, and only saw the things I wanted to see... *sighs* Sometimes I wonder... if he knew about the plan, and knew one of his children was the sacrifice, was he so cold so he wouldn't be hurt when it happened?

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

You were better off. *soft sigh* I am probably not the person to ask about Arthur, Peter. But I don't think that your taking on Ted's power and being the one to explode was ever the .... planned plan. I can't believe that.

[youngerpetrelli]

So he really was that bad? *bites his lip for a long moment, turning things over in his mind* Well, there must've been one of them who had visions before Isaac. Charles, or Dad, or whoever it was -- otherwise, they'd never even come up with something as crazy as blowing up New York in the first place. It's so... out there.

*he looks very young all of a sudden* After I found out about things, I... kind of suspected I was conceived in a creepy overly-literal interpretation of 'an heir and a spare'.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

He was....a thorn in my side. Oh, I've no doubt they intended the explosion. But I suspect you were not the one they intended to do it originally. Ted himself had been tagged before, after all.

*tugs him into an embrace, pressing a kiss to his temple, with a sigh* Whatever their thoughts were then, you are far more than a spare for Nathan to me, Peter.


(ooc: *facepalms* He's just..wanting to go bang his head against a wall, now)

[youngerpetrelli]

But Ted was only tagged recently, wasn't he? A plan like this had to be in motion for years... *shakes his head, getting a headache from trying to muddle through it*

*wraps his arms around Adam, relaxing against him* I-- thank you.

(ooc: I know! God, Peter, get a grip! emooooooo... See, this is the point where Claude would just whack him with something to shake him out of it. :))

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

It's possible they just knew it could happen--not whom it would happen to. And when they did...you had already gained Claire's power. I honestly don't know, what with the having been in the cell as they were plotting.

*strokes fingers through his hair, lightly* It's all right now, Peter. I won't let them use you like that again.

(ooc: LOL. Well, more he's having trouble trying to be as honest as possible with Peter without implicating himself in any of the destroy the world plotting. the emo doesn't bother him so much, because it gives him the chance to reassure him. *g*)

[youngerpetrelli]

I-- yeah, there is that. Sorry... I should ask Mom about it some day. Not that she'll ever tell me the truth about it anyway, but...

*holds him close, buries his face against Adam's neck* Thank you.

(ooc: Hee -- Peter does give him many chances to influence him, doesn't he! Silly, silly boy...)

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

You might be surprised--if you catch her in the right mood.

*brushes a kiss against his temple* I promise...

(ooc: He so does. And Adam just takes them with a fond smile)

[youngerpetrelli]

I don't know. I already know she hasn't been honest with me for a long while -- I saw... I have no idea how, but I saw part of a discussion she had with Charles Deveaux about me and Nathan. She was convinced I was... pretty useless.

*relaxes into his arms*

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

*arms tighten* That's ridiculous. Not that you saw it...I'm not doubting you. But that she could ever think that. I've never thought of her as being so blind and short-sighted.

[youngerpetrelli]

Charles told her Linderman was betting on the wrong brother -- that I was what they needed... She was still convinced it was Nathan, because I was... *ducks gaze* ...weak.

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

I always liked Charles a great deal. He was a very smart man. Though your mother...*shakes his head* She had her reasons for her belief in Nathan. Her fault was not seeing the different strength in you.

*very softly, brushing a kiss across his temple* I am sorry....



ooc: GAH. He's all "it's because Arthur was weak and she loved me better and you weren't mine, but I'm glad you're not my blood, 'cause you can be mine in other ways, but if you'd been my blood, you wouldn't be so insecure and feel so unwanted now!" and then he flails.

[youngerpetrelli]

I really liked Charles. He was a good man. *sadly* I wish I'd known he was one of us before he died -- it would have been nice to have some kind of guidance. To know from the start that I wasn't imagining things and there wasn't something wrong with me...

ooc: Poor flaily Adam. And poor insecure Peter. The previous generation really did screw things up a bit, didn't they!

[changehistory.livejournal.com]

*soft, fierce*

There should have been that guidance. Always...I always wanted all of you to know. To have that guidance and assurance, and someone there to let you know there was nothing wrong.


ooc: Yeah. They SO did.

[youngerpetrelli]

*looks up at him*

When I first started having the dreams... even Nathan thought I was crazy. That... hurt. If we'd known-- why did they hide it from us? How was keeping us in the dark and making us scared supposed to keep us safe from the Company? I just... it doesn't make sense.