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 Jessie paused mid-cabinet raid as Ashley spoke. "Is it really suicidal ideation? I mean, maybe he just wanted to save you." "He's a twofer on it, he volunteered to blow up, um, before you were here, the thing in the city, with the riot? We were sheltering in place, and he offered to blow up to save us then too. Didn't need to, but." Ashley explained, still perched on the kitchen stool, still with one arm inside the pantry door. "There's saving people and then there's going I will unalive myself so other people don't have to get hurt. His powers were really broken too, so he was in a lot of pain and throwing up fireballs but he just seems so ... " She climbed down and set a bag of mixed chocolate truffles on the counter. "So determined to not live, like he's Roger from Rent or something." A pause. "Please tell me you know Rent." "Of course I know Rent. What kind of self-respecting queer do you think I am?" Jessie sat on the counter, popped the top off a carton of ice cream, and dug a spoon in. "But yeah, that does sound pretty messed up. Like, I kind of get it but also it really sounds like he's looking for swords to throw himself on." "Three people from the pride club at my high school had to be educated on it!" Ashley protested. "Three! It was the worst thing ever. Two of them didn't know Boy from Oz or Hedwig either!" She slumped dramatically against the stepstool. "It was tragic. I spent so much time explaining Hedwig I didn't even get into the queer themes in Wicked. At least they'd seen that." "Three people from your what now?" Jessie asked, slamming her spoon down. "That's just a scandal. Turn in your queer ID until you've learned your musicals." "Wisconsin is not." Ashley explained. "A center of theatre arts. It is a center of beer, and cheese, and cheese hats, and beer hats. Also two of them were mormon, so I mean..." She made a hand waggle. "But it was so exhausting having to explain why it was important. God, one of them believed that Stonewall movie was legit too." "You know what, fair." Jessie said, popping another bite of ice cream in her mouth. "I'll re-examine my thinking. After cheese. Because now I want cheese. Let's get cheese." |
