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Always gonna be there to make a bad day better! 🍟HAPPY BIRTHDAY VASILIS!💙 No text under cut!

like specifically give me mecha man blue who is the first mecha man to have social media of any kind. because yeah when astral was still kicking, there wasn't tons of options but there were a few but that doesn't mean he was using them.

give me robert who made and went thru the god awful process of getting verified on twitter and a bunch of other places. at first it's for very standard stuff, so he can give live updates on areas to avoid due to danger, et cetera. but he was also well aware, just growing up with the internet, that chaos would ensue it was just a matter of time.

he answers most questions sent his way, both professional and personal (within reason for both); he thanks & compliments folks for sharing any art of mecha man (himself or any of the others); folks will @ him in a storytime thread where they share what batshit wild thing they just went thru and how blue saved them or just was a part of it in some way; et cetera.

give me robert who is always very polite and respectful... until he isn't. then he's absolutely vile, but like only to the person whose earned his wrath. it's extremely rare but he will gladly call out a fellow hero if they were/are just absolutely dog shit at their job. like, not as in bullying new heroes or genuine mistakes. i mean more like in the vein of: hey you're clearly just here for the fame and it fucking shows and you keep getting more people hurt than you do saved and you should be ashamed of yourself. in the way that like only someone who also has the same job as you can like really tear you apart for doing said job badly. i do think that he has to be prompted to do that though most of the time.

also for everyone consideration, a non-exhaustive list of what i think should be his most famous posts/threads:

his up-to-date rankings of mech media. and no, it doesn't matter how niche it is he has seen it. he also details why he likes or dislikes each thing. the focus being more on how the mech component of it is realized and how much fun he thinks it would be to pilot.

MechaManOfficial: i wouldn't trade the mecha man suit for anything in the world... except for a jaeger that could be safely piloted solo

his also up-to-date lists of favorite places to eat in the greater LA area. broken into categories of what type of food it serves; then sub categorized by if its fast food, sit down, food truck, et cetera. note that he does not go to each of these places as mecha man, just as robert quite often, which does in fact send each of the places into a tizzy when they find out mecha man comes to their place and they had no idea. it does also, in fact, prove that this man has an iron stomach and a well-versed, stomach as he can and does eat literally anything.

less a specific famous individual one but he does often randomly appear in people's threads asking for advice when visiting LA completely catching folks off guard by a famous superhero replying to their spring break trip plans. it's always sound advice and realistic; he never suggests going to see any real major tourist spots (he will also patiently explain why it's just not worth it or he'll suggest an alternative).

his post revealing that he does have a mostly up-to-date playlist of any song that mentions mecha man (him or any of the others) directly or indirectly. he doesn't even care if it's in a positive or negative light or reasoning. he just chucks them into a playlist. he doesn't have time to personally go searching them down, so he mostly relies on pure chance; fans who ask him to listen to their music (he always does even if only once) and if mm is mentioned the song gets added (also music fans ask him to listen to has it's own separate playlist in general); and if it's pointed out that a song references mm.

random user: how do you even have the time to do all this hero work and make these lists!?

MechaManOfficial: a lot of hero work, esp. when you have more niche skill sets or areas of focus, can leave you with a lot of hurry up and wait time. also insomnia ✌️

and so on. i think he should just get to be a little silly. i mean, if he's gonna be a mecha man of the people, he's gotta talk to the people.

also also, have we considered the fan accounts? i mean have we really considered them? have you considered robert being acutely aware that it's a running thing/meme to catch blue just eating something sweet, because he has just an insane sweet tooth and it's like an extremely well known fact about him? or just people fawning over him? or just random sightings that he decides to respond to?

random user: [above a picture of mecha man, seemingly looking around] lmao why does blue look so fucking lost??? 😂

MechaManOfficial: because i was 😭

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random user #1: [picture of mecha man, that happens to give a great view of his ass] reason #1 im glad blue doesn't wear a cape: 🍑🍑🍑

random user #2: you should have more respect for superheroes, especially someone like mecha man!!!! stop objectifying him omfg

MechaManOfficial: it'd be a shame to hide my best angles

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random user: @/MechaManOfficial hasn't posted in a few days, is he okay????

like specifically give me mecha man blue who is the first mecha man to have social media of any kind. because yeah when astral was still kicking, there wasn't tons of options but there were a few but that doesn't mean he was using them.

give me robert who made and went thru the god awful process of getting verified on twitter and a bunch of other places. at first it's for very standard stuff, so he can give live updates on areas to avoid due to danger, et cetera. but he was also well aware, just growing up with the internet, that chaos would ensue it was just a matter of time.

he answers most questions sent his way, both professional and personal (within reason for both); he thanks & compliments folks for sharing any art of mecha man (himself or any of the others); folks will @ him in a storytime thread where they share what batshit wild thing they just went thru and how blue saved them or just was a part of it in some way; et cetera.

give me robert who is always very polite and respectful... until he isn't. then he's absolutely vile, but like only to the person whose earned his wrath. it's extremely rare but he will gladly call out a fellow hero if they were/are just absolutely dog shit at their job. like, not as in bullying new heroes or genuine mistakes. i mean more like in the vein of: hey you're clearly just here for the fame and it fucking shows and you keep getting more people hurt than you do saved and you should be ashamed of yourself. in the way that like only someone who also has the same job as you can like really tear you apart for doing said job badly. i do think that he has to be prompted to do that though most of the time.

also for everyone consideration, a non-exhaustive list of what i think should be his most famous posts/threads:

his up-to-date rankings of mech media. and no, it doesn't matter how niche it is he has seen it. he also details why he likes or dislikes each thing. the focus being more on how the mech component of it is realized and how much fun he thinks it would be to pilot.

MechaManOfficial: i wouldn't trade the mecha man suit for anything in the world... except for a jaeger that could be safely piloted solo

his also up-to-date lists of favorite places to eat in the greater LA area. broken into categories of what type of food it serves; then sub categorized by if its fast food, sit down, food truck, et cetera. note that he does not go to each of these places as mecha man, just as robert quite often, which does in fact send each of the places into a tizzy when they find out mecha man comes to their place and they had no idea. it does also, in fact, prove that this man has an iron stomach and a well-versed, stomach as he can and does eat literally anything.

less a specific famous individual one but he does often randomly appear in people's threads asking for advice when visiting LA completely catching folks off guard by a famous superhero replying to their spring break trip plans. it's always sound advice and realistic; he never suggests going to see any real major tourist spots (he will also patiently explain why it's just not worth it or he'll suggest an alternative).

his post revealing that he does have a mostly up-to-date playlist of any song that mentions mecha man (him or any of the others) directly or indirectly. he doesn't even care if it's in a positive or negative light or reasoning. he just chucks them into a playlist. he doesn't have time to personally go searching them down, so he mostly relies on pure chance; fans who ask him to listen to their music (he always does even if only once) and if mm is mentioned the song gets added (also music fans ask him to listen to has it's own separate playlist in general); and if it's pointed out that a song references mm.

random user: how do you even have the time to do all this hero work and make these lists!?

MechaManOfficial: a lot of hero work, esp. when you have more niche skill sets or areas of focus, can leave you with a lot of hurry up and wait time. also insomnia ✌️

and so on. i think he should just get to be a little silly. i mean, if he's gonna be a mecha man of the people, he's gotta talk to the people.

also also, have we considered the fan accounts? i mean have we really considered them? have you considered robert being acutely aware that it's a running thing/meme to catch blue just eating something sweet, because he has just an insane sweet tooth and it's like an extremely well known fact about him? or just people fawning over him? or just random sightings that he decides to respond to?

random user: [above a picture of mecha man, seemingly looking around] lmao why does blue look so fucking lost??? 😂

MechaManOfficial: because i was 😭

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random user #1: [picture of mecha man, that happens to give a great view of his ass] reason #1 im glad blue doesn't wear a cape: 🍑🍑🍑

random user #2: you should have more respect for superheroes, especially someone like mecha man!!!! stop objectifying him omfg

MechaManOfficial: it'd be a shame to hide my best angles

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random user: @/MechaManOfficial hasn't posted in a few days, is he okay????

Until one day he says to her, "Hey, this photo is really good, you should post it."

"But you're not wearing a mask."

"I know."

Prism’s definitely surprised when Robert picks a photo where his face is in the background, clear to see. No SDN shirt of course. Sonar bought him a silly shirt to wear. Flambae is holding Robert’s mask just in case.

Robert just…feels confident and happy, being with his team and their safety. He feels like he doesn’t have to hide with them and maybe he felt by now he didn’t care what world had to say about his face. They don’t know him anyways.

And so, Prism posts that photo with the caption, “Celebrating another week as motherfucking heroes!”

Later, when Prism is home from partying and getting ready for bed, she checks her posts. She sifts through the hate comments and blocks some people before finding a lot of much nicer comments. Of course, there’s a lot about her and Flambae and the rest of the team but there’s even more, asking about the mystery man Flambae’s holding onto. Despite his battered face, said man is happy. A few say he’s kinda cute. A lot say he’s hot and that the scars make him look badass. It’s Prism’s most popular post. Yet, people can’t seem to figure out who that mystery man is.

Robert Robertson the Third comes in with face masks, rom coms, a sleepover playlist queued on Spotify curated to all of their tastes, romantasy books for Coop specifically, a professional case of nail polish, acrylics, and more makeup than they have ever seen.

The girls have never been so happy to see him.

Prism, getting her nails painted: Robbo. Rob-Rob. Consider yourself an honorary girlie.

Visi, relaxing in Malevola's lap with a facemask on: Absolutely earned it, you funky little trainwreck

Flambae (YES he's here, pry Girlie Squad Chad out of my cold dead hands): Who knew you could come for a good time and be chill, bitch! I'm impressed.

Robert Robertson the Third is vibrating, sitting cross legged on the floor with a frog hairband in, some killer eyeliner on, and a bowl of popcorn in his lap trying so very hard to pay attention to the movie they're watching. They don't know. They don't know about the hours of research. The Google searches for "Gal Nights? -ai" "How to girl's night -ai" "What do yoy do at a girl's night -ai" "Dress code for girls night -ai" "Acrylic Tutorials -ai"

There was a reddit post in r/nostupidquestions.

But it doesn't matter. He did it.

This is manipulation and abuse. The polyamory thing is so incredibly beside the point -- if they will threaten to punish you for asking one question they don't like, then chances are they will threaten/punish you for asking any question they don't like.

It might not always be physically violent: Someone breaking down into hysterics every time you try to communicate your needs/wants/idle hypothetical curiosities, to the point where you feel afraid to start a good-faith conversation about your relationship because they will blame you for causing their feelings -- that is still manipulation and abuse.

If you feel like there's no "right way" to advocate for your own needs without causing a catastrophic meltdown in your partner, or if you are afraid of your partner's patterns of emotional response in any way, that is a symptom of manipulation and abuse. If you feel like you have to be constantly hyper-vigilant about every word you say for fear of hurting them, that is a symptom of manipulation and abuse.

Get out or get help. You are not the bad guy. You are not the bad guy. You are not the bad guy. You are not obligated to stay with someone who has threatened you, threatened themselves as a way of controlling your behavior, or otherwise made you afraid like this. YOU ARE NOT THE BAD GUY. YOU'RE NOT.

If you are in this situation, please consider telling a friend, a trusted mentor, a parent, a therapist, etc about what's happening. There may be resources in your country for domestic violence services to help you get out if you need to leave and feel like you can't. (Also please note that although I have used the word "partner" here, you can replace that word with any other word ("friend", "boss", "parent", whatever) and the point still stands.)