In the presence of another guy, Kon immediately tries to stop bouncing and squealing, because you really can't squeal like a teenage girl around your guy friends.
"This is Buffy. She's a Vampire Slayer, like a real version of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker, from the TV show back home. It's, y'know." He shrugs casually, as if he wasn't just squealing about it thirty seconds ago, and slicks back his hair. "Cool."
And then he ruins the whole thing by blurting out, "And she recognizes me! From--"
He pauses. "Wait."
Turning back to Buffy, he looks very disappointed.
"Comic books, seriously? That's kinda basement-dwelling nerdy. No movies? No TV show with some good-looking actor guy playing me on the BW? Not even a cartoon?"
He had his comic, once upon a time. You know, the one that was canceled at issue 100.
...That was his favorite. Yeah, his favorite. Anyway, he had his comic, but it was just the ONE and he didn't read any other one before that or after. Because comics are for nerds.
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"This is Buffy. She's a Vampire Slayer, like a real version of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker, from the TV show back home. It's, y'know." He shrugs casually, as if he wasn't just squealing about it thirty seconds ago, and slicks back his hair. "Cool."
And then he ruins the whole thing by blurting out, "And she recognizes me! From--"
He pauses. "Wait."
Turning back to Buffy, he looks very disappointed.
"Comic books, seriously? That's kinda basement-dwelling nerdy. No movies? No TV show with some good-looking actor guy playing me on the BW? Not even a cartoon?"
He had his comic, once upon a time. You know, the one that was canceled at issue 100.
...That was his favorite. Yeah, his favorite. Anyway, he had his comic, but it was just the ONE and he didn't read any other one before that or after. Because comics are for nerds.