video; un: stranger.things

[potentialed]

[ He wasn't really wanting to do something like this but since people keep comparing him to his... other self, he might as well clear this up on a larger scale.

He gets a sigh out before the video cuts on. He adjusts it to where he can address the camera directly but not in close-up. ]

I am Doctor Stephen Strange. I just arrived here a few days ago and I am aware that many of you already know of another Stephen Strange. Those of you I have met and have been here longer, at any rate.

I want to make this clear to people from here on: just approach me like someone you've never met. It doesn't matter if you know the other Strange here or have heard the name. I just got here. I have not lived his life, I have not done his deeds. Do not confuse me for him because I am not him.

I am sure all of you are well aware of the multiverse situation here so you know this is possible.

[ He does sigh through his nose now. He's kind of annoyed he has to do this at all. Before adding, ]

I hold a position at Riverview Hospital and am an Advisor at Gramarye Magic Research. If anyone needs help medically or... magically, I guess, I will do what I can. I just ask that my wishes be respected as well.

[ And with that, the feed ends. ]

Comments

[idolpire]

Says you.

If it's any consolation, I've dealt with alternate realities before. Never met another me, but I know someone who did. Fun times all around.

[potentialed]

It's not the alternate realities that bother me. I'm actually okay with that. It's people assuming I'm like an alternate version of myself when I'm not.

[idolpire]

Never assume that. It's why they're an alternate, isn't it? Take this ducky from home. In my world, she's a quiet little redheaded witch. Bit mousy, but snaps once in a while. In another version, she's a wicked little half-gay vampire that likes to torture people. Totally different. See? One is rarely like the other.

[potentialed]

I guess I can take comfort in the fact that the differences aren't THAT drastic.

[idolpire]

There you go. You're both your own little weird versions of each other. Not like you're one person split in two, is it? Seen that, by the way.

[potentialed]

So it's a safe assumption to make that you've seen a lot.

[idolpire]

Safe enough.