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[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

The newspapers have been pleasant, lately.

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[mightier-than.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Yeah. I'm gonna go ahead and take that as a compliment.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

Who said I was reading your paper? You might want to sit down for this bit of information, Jack. Your publication isn't the only one out there.

Edna will reply as soon as I get home

[galofthelake.livejournal.com]

Oh really? Maybe then I can convince my dad to read some.

woohoo!

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

Nice. I haven't been in them which is always great.

[mightier-than.livejournal.com]

Honey, you don't have to pretend you don't read my paper. I know you're a fan. Anytime you want to be interviewed, just let me know--heck, maybe I'll even conduct it myself.

[thankyoumrstark.livejournal.com]

All the more reason to worry that they're plotting something.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

True. I do like the quiet, though. Easier to prepare for their bull.

So, I learned something interesting about Mr Baxter the other day.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it in a while. Really, seeing the same story over and over with different wording really gets old.

[mightier-than.livejournal.com]

Well then, I'll have to make sure we have something fresh for you with our new issue.

Wouldn't want to disappoint one of our biggest fans.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

I use your paper to house train my dog. That's how big a fan I am.

[v-for-vicki.livejournal.com]

It generally depends on who you are.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

Penny Stark. Med tech inventor, daughter of Iron Man but in general no one special. The Sun likes to think so, though.

[ofthefirstwater.livejournal.com]

I must certainly be the paranoid one, as if we didn't know that.

[mightier-than.livejournal.com]

Interesting. So you're essentially training your dog to pee on your own face?

Have to say, that might have some negative repercussions in the near future.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

You and me, both. It feels like knowing a bomb is about to go off, you just dunno when or where.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

Only on yours, Jack. My face and my articles get thrown into the fireplace.

[ofthefirstwater.livejournal.com]

But inevitably, you know it will.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

No doubt. Just what's going to set it off?

[ednanocapes.livejournal.com]

the calm before the storm, my sweetie. Better get a good umbrella.

[mightier-than.livejournal.com]

I read that as "Jack, I save every article and scrap of paper that concerns you in the slightest, and could care less about anyone else's."

I think it's cute that you seem to have a crush of sorts, but Penny, sweetheart--I just don't think it's going to work out between you and me.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for it.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

It's more "Jack your newspaper is hardly good for anything. Parts of it are burned, the rest of it is used as my dogs bathroom."

[strengthofaking.livejournal.com]

That's good.

[thankyoumrstark.livejournal.com]

Oh? Something about his private matter?

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

He has a kid. I think it just makes me hate him a little more.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

It is. It's also making mom and dad and Howard all paranoid.

[thankyoumrstark.livejournal.com]

[Huh. Well, no wonder he's trying to hard to hide that. Pepper pressed her lips together in a sour expression. He certainly isn't endearing himself to Pepper either.]

[strengthofaking.livejournal.com]

Why?

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

Now, his behavior makes no sense. He has a kid, but he's okay to badmouth another persons child.

Am I missing something?

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

Knowing Baxter and Clauson, something big is headed our way. I personally don't care. I just hate how it gets to my friends and family.

[thankyoumrstark.livejournal.com]

He's slime, that's all you're missing. If there's one thing I've learnt about the press in all these years, Penny, it's this: they don't care who or what they have to hurt, slander, or destroy so long as they get their readers. They don't just don't care about anything but their readership numbers.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

I'm just waiting for it to bite him in the ass. I doubt it'll happen, though.

[thankyoumrstark.livejournal.com]

I could only hope.

[strengthofaking.livejournal.com]

. . .oh.
The paparazzi seems really mean.

( understatement of the year y/y )

[v-for-vicki.livejournal.com]

People are usually interested in reading the exploits of famous children. I wasn't aware tabloids did "pleasant", but I would be more concerned with what reputable publications say.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

That's the problem. None of my 'exploits' are what they say they are. They like to make up BS.

I'm fine with the reputable publications. It's the tabloids that are being pleasant by focusing on people not me for a while.

[firstwordjarvis.livejournal.com]

They can be. I'm praying something happens to distract them for a while.

[v-for-vicki.livejournal.com]

You could always threaten them with a lawsuit. Have them share the wealth if think they can't stay in business without you again.

[strengthofaking.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there will be. There's loads of celebrities out there who do more int--dramatic things. ( he caught it this time! )