Theatrical Muse 234: Longest Day
I don’t actually like to talk about it very much. It’s not my greatest moment, by far.
I mean, I’m a hero. I’m supposed to be strong, and I’m supposed to help others. But on what was undoubtedly the longest day of my life, I was made into the victim. I’d like to say that there were a lot of them, and that I had no chance or prayer of getting away.
But the simple fact is that there weren’t that many, and I should have been able to escape. That I didn’t was no more than a stupid, foolish mistake, and it was a mistake that cost me dearly. I was tied up and tortured and all the efforts I put into training to follow my mother and my uncles fell to the wayside. None of my training was enough to make me strong enough to break free by myself..
I had to wait for Ollie. He saved me, and the price we ultimately paid was the relationship between us. For me, the cost was much greater. I paid with my voice and my dignity, for years, until Oracle came along and gave me direction.
I don’t like to think of that day, and usually don’t. Because it’s a silly reminder of everything that I no longer am.
Dinah Lance/Black Canary/Fandom: Birds of Prey/ 219 Words
I mean, I’m a hero. I’m supposed to be strong, and I’m supposed to help others. But on what was undoubtedly the longest day of my life, I was made into the victim. I’d like to say that there were a lot of them, and that I had no chance or prayer of getting away.
But the simple fact is that there weren’t that many, and I should have been able to escape. That I didn’t was no more than a stupid, foolish mistake, and it was a mistake that cost me dearly. I was tied up and tortured and all the efforts I put into training to follow my mother and my uncles fell to the wayside. None of my training was enough to make me strong enough to break free by myself..
I had to wait for Ollie. He saved me, and the price we ultimately paid was the relationship between us. For me, the cost was much greater. I paid with my voice and my dignity, for years, until Oracle came along and gave me direction.
I don’t like to think of that day, and usually don’t. Because it’s a silly reminder of everything that I no longer am.
Dinah Lance/Black Canary/Fandom: Birds of Prey/ 219 Words