#ping roman

the twins clear every other anomaly on the planet by orders of magnitude. their powers are capable of a feedback loop that can generate theoretically infinite power. it was a really, really good thing that remus got away before the peacekeepers could figure out how to properly weaponize them.

in terms of purely destructive ability, virgil and logan are probably tied, but logan's powers have more versatile positive uses as well. as logans mental health improves post defection, he starts having to siphon off the excess energy into various rechargeable batteries remus keeps for this purpose. logan joy is a renwable resource

Patton is probably next because his powers can be used in very versatile ways, but its also a lot subtler of an ability, not as flashy or impressive as logan virgil or the twins

okay so the thing here is that if patton was evil this could have been so so so very bad

because basically the progression is that patton opens their literal first interaction with an implicit 'i care more about you, personally, than i do about the handlers rules'

this immediately sets the tone and then he just keeps escalating that vibe. and Roman and Logan, cut off from their families, with only each other and not even knowing each others names, are desperate for companionship and affection and love.

so after a few months to a year of increasingly explicit "im with you, not the boss" they finally Actually Say That Out Loud probably around the same time the dark sides come on the scene. logan's communicator hack comes later still, and by the time of Destination Wedding, Roman is not at all worried about the possibility of Logan or Patton turning on him or refusing to run interference

Remus is so utterly disarmed by Roman defecting seemingly out of nowhere for Virgil, and then for Roman to essentially confirm he'd have done it for Remus too if only Remus had given him the chance.

and what were janus and virgils reactions when they realized remus was developing a stutter? im guessing they correctly figure it’s from the head trauma?

lots of broken bones and chronic pain. peacekeeper health care covers necessities and not a whit more. They'd fix a limb with surgery, getting it in working order in a fraction of the time another doctor would have taken - and then send him off to fight again without any physical therapy or painkillers to actually recover

this is somewhat true of all of LMP, but theres a reason they pair off to fight the way they do (even though the keepers HATE it and were constantly telling the lights to stop). At first, remus and roman pair off because of grudges but by the time of ectgir its because everybody knows if Roman or Remus really wanted to oneshot kill everyone on the other side, they could

even before the peacekeepers realize just how powerful the twins are, even when theyre assumed as 'mid-grade' reality warpers, reality warpers are still so op that if they really wanted you dead, you would not have time to mount a defense.

does roman like realise/feel guilt about specifically being a cause of remuses stuttering/aphasia or is that all kinda wrapped up in the already ongoing twinsy angst?

also i cant imagine patton receiving that call and doing anything other than be like "yessss finally" hes been waiting for this day