( He can't help it, the singular, disbelieving laugh that escapes his throat at altruistic. Clint might be the only person in the goddamn world to call what he does altruism. What he normally gets is murderer, serial killer, monster. Vigilante at best, on a good day.
In absolute deadpan: )
Where were you when I needed a character witness?
( Not that it would've mattered. Not that it would've helped. Frank's trial had been going just fine until he tanked that shit himself. Soaked it in gasoline, struck the match, lit it on fire. He'd have torn down any character witness that spun his actions into any positive light, because he had business waiting for him inside that prison.
Still. Can't say it isn't nice to hear.
And it's not exactly inaccurate, either.
What does Frank get out of this, outside of a bad reputation? Not a whole god damn lot. An outlet, maybe, for all the anger he's got built up in him. A momentary reprieve from the ghosts of his family reminding him of all the bad in the world, and all the people that are still in it willing to do to others what was done to Frank. People taking children away from their parents, people killing wives and husbands, people leaving behind that same hollow, yawning emptiness he feels. If he gets anything out of this at all, it's just the satisfaction in knowing there's one less instance of that to go around.
Maybe what the Punisher suffers from most is bad PR and a self-sabotaging disinterest in improving that. Guess that depends entirely on your perspective. Matt Murdock would disagree. Clint Barton, evidently, might not. )
no subject
In absolute deadpan: )
Where were you when I needed a character witness?
( Not that it would've mattered. Not that it would've helped. Frank's trial had been going just fine until he tanked that shit himself. Soaked it in gasoline, struck the match, lit it on fire. He'd have torn down any character witness that spun his actions into any positive light, because he had business waiting for him inside that prison.
Still. Can't say it isn't nice to hear.
And it's not exactly inaccurate, either.
What does Frank get out of this, outside of a bad reputation? Not a whole god damn lot. An outlet, maybe, for all the anger he's got built up in him. A momentary reprieve from the ghosts of his family reminding him of all the bad in the world, and all the people that are still in it willing to do to others what was done to Frank. People taking children away from their parents, people killing wives and husbands, people leaving behind that same hollow, yawning emptiness he feels. If he gets anything out of this at all, it's just the satisfaction in knowing there's one less instance of that to go around.
Maybe what the Punisher suffers from most is bad PR and a self-sabotaging disinterest in improving that. Guess that depends entirely on your perspective. Matt Murdock would disagree. Clint Barton, evidently, might not. )