moralabsolutism: (Rorschach Destiny)
Rorschach ([personal profile] moralabsolutism) wrote in [community profile] singillatim 2024-10-10 03:49 am (UTC)

cw: toxic masculinity thinking, misogynistic thinking

Rorschach was thankful it was impossible to know what he was thinking by virtue of anyone being unable to see the expressions on his face because Hickey's words hit home. It hurt because that was sometimes how he felt, someone who was only able to survive with the help of others, that he was too weak to be on his own. After all, he had run to Goodsir a number of times when he'd gotten hurt, being reckless in the way he'd handled himself in a number of situations.

But then Rorschach got angry and his mood suddenly turned nasty. If Hickey wanted to get under his skin, he'd give it back as good as he got. He laughed again and this time it was a grating sound like sandpaper running over a rough panel of wood. It was a cruel and disconcerting sound to hear. Rorschach leaned a little over the edge of the roof and his mental voice snapped out as if it had teeth seeking flesh to bite.

"Ever heard we hate the things in others that remind us most of ourselves? Because Hickey, you're looking into a mirror. Billy is clearly the one in your relationship with the brain and also the man. Everyone would be better off without you because you already know you can't stand on your own two feet like a real man would be capable of. Just another housewife waiting for her husband to tell her what to do. You're a lazy waste of space, a sponge and a leech sucking everyone around you dry including your husband. But you're also too weak to even try to be different, a coward willing to hide behind everyone else's skirts but never try anything himself. If there was any justice in the world, you would have been hanged a long time ago, but since there's not maybe the Darkwalker will catch up with you eventually instead. Billy will be better off without you."

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