un: eraserhead; text

[eraserdad]

Alright, I won't waste anyone's time with pointless questions about how or why we got here, but there are a couple of things I'm looking for information about:

1. How many minors and noncombatants are aboard this station? Note, these are separate categories. I don't care how powerful or skilled you are; if you're under twenty, I consider you a member of the former.

2. It'll be helpful for us to have an idea of each other's Quirks. I'm not under the illusion that all of us have reason to trust each other or cooperate, but presumably none of us want to be here, so. If you're willing to provide information on any abilities you might have that could be considered "supernatural" in any way, I intend to compile it for our collective use.

Comments

un: becket

[wentnuclear]

1. Why does it matter if somebody's a minor? Most combatants go into training younger than twenty. I did. I was probably even stronger back then.

2. A public list of people's supernatural abilities doesn't seem like a useful thing to have. If people want to step up and offer their skills when certain things are needed, that's up to them. Like the space folks, when the gravity went down. Better to ask for help when we need it than make it so people's doors are getting banged down.

[eraserdad]

[Did nobody read what he actually said before getting defensive? Aizawa's already tired of repeating himself.]

1. As I said, separate categories. I'm just as interested in knowing about the kids that can fight as the adults that can't.

[Based on personal experience in training superpowered teenagers? They're the ones he needs to watch out for the most, because terrible teenage decisions get that much more terrible when powers are involved.]

2. Presumably, the people that would step up to offer their skills in a crisis situation are the ones that would answer this post. Nobody's being coerced into sharing anything they don't want to.

[Which is to say, so far, nobody's shared anything. It's been surprising, frankly; he's not sure how these people intend to find a means of escape if they're so adamantly against organization.]

[wentnuclear]

[ He read it, the two thoughts just connected back together in an unhelpful way. The reply takes a moment, as he's trying not to sound aggressive or anything, but he's surprised this guy doesn't understand why what he asked is upsetting people. ]

1. I saw you said that, but then you linked age to skill anyway. So it comes off as wanting to babysit the minors or tell them they can't fight or something. Otherwise why even ask?

2. Yeah. You're right, you're not coercing anybody, but asking specifically for just the supernatural abilities, to make a list, is gonna get everybody's hackles up at you. I was being tactful since you might not have seen the post about hiding powers to avoid mutant genocide... but that's a thing. Seems like this kind of question is usually asked with an ulterior motive.

Anyway, if you're making a list of skills, why exclude the rest of us? We're useful. If you ask me the engineers have been just as helpful as the people with superpowers, and they're just human. And I'd love to know if anyone here finds an actual doctor, there's been need for one.

A list of people willing to help and what they can do, not just the supernatural things. Like that's our phone book, and posting to the network is calling emergency services.

[eraserdad]

I was anticipating a bunch of kids replying to tell me how they didn't count as kids because of how strong and skilled they were. I was trying to avoid the argument.

[But that sure didn't pan out, since here he is, having it, repeatedly. As for the latter...that gives him pause for a minute. Aizawa's not the sort of man who dwells excessively on "what ifs", but there is a distinct sort of discomfort at the thought of his society going down such a path. For all its flaws, people typically don't need to fear such things--largely because nearly everyone has a Quirk at this stage of their history. A person's Quirk is no more sensitive information than say, one's birthday.]

I see. Where I come from, 80% of the world population has a Quirk. Information on these abilities is a matter of public record. And while I did account for the possibility of Quirkless individuals here, I expected few, if any.

A list of skills isn't a bad idea, though.

[wentnuclear]

I mean, that's annoying, but I'm still not getting why anybody's age matters here in the first place when there aren't any actual children running around.

[ And the news of just how many people have supernatural abilities in this guy's world makes everything make a little more sense. Raleigh blinks at the 80% figure, then starts typing again. ]

Okay. I don't know what the station's demographics are, but I am sure that for most people here, what you're calling a quirk is either only present in a small minority of people or completely nonexistent. My world's in the nonexistent category, and the minority folks are used to getting trouble for it. Even if they're actually the majority here, which figuring out would require a head count we're not gonna get.

I didn't mean to add to the dogpile or anything, just trying to explain where the angry people are coming from.

[eraserdad]

How do you define "actual kids"? Being able to fight doesn't make a teenager any less of a child.

[He teaches a roomful of superpowered teenagers and all of them have proved they can hold their own in a fight, but that doesn't make them not children. He still considers it his business to watch out for kids, even if his own students aren't here.]

At any rate, I appreciate the context.

[Seriously, he does. It's doing wonders for his ability to not quit this whole post tbh. He still doesn't think he was wrong to ask what he did, though; he's just finding out that he'd miscalculated the depth of the lack of trust between the captives aboard this station.]