Did you know that “Abuse is—” is sorta like Ironman 1?

No seriously!

Remember Ironman 1?

It starts with Tony Stark.

Who is just, Tony Starking around.

Doing his thing.

Rocking his job.

It all seems good…

And then—

BOOM!

Something horrible happens.

He gets set up by the bad guys.

And even betrayed.

Now he’s stuck in this dangerous situation with the bad guys.

And they’re all like—

“Tony, I like the way you working…”

“No diggity!”

“No diggity?!”

“I got to bag it up”

So now Tony is trapped in this situation.

His options are dwindling and it doesn’t look good.

But, Tony has an idea!

There’s something he must build.

And so, he starts building.

And building…

And building….

And building…..

Using any and all parts he has at his disposal.

He has to build carefully so his enemy doesn’t realize his true goal— 

Freedom.

He’s also slowly dying from his wounds.

So he must find a way to gain safety from his captors and also address his life threatening injury.

Finally, he does it. He finishes his work.

The first Ironman suit is born.

It’s big, clunky, and sorta ugly—

But it gets the job done.

The first Ironman suit is the vehicle to deliver Tony to freedom.

And with this vehicle he sees an opportunity to change himself & also the world. 

What about “Abuse is—”? 

Well, just a couple years ago—

I was just Joe Laquinting around.

Doing my thing.

Rocking my job. 

I was dating this woman who I thought I could trust…

And then—

BOOM!

Something horrible happens where I’m set up and betrayed.

I’m trapped.

And I feel something else.

I feel as I am dying. I have to find a way to fix both. 

I get an idea.

And so, I start building…

[hammering sounds]

That is what leads me to create an earlier work, and also “Abuse is—”.

The result isn’t quite there…it’s still pretty clunky, but nevertheless, I almost have my “Mark I”. 

That’s what “Abuse is—” is—

It’s a vehicle, which will deliver me from the danger I face.

And with this vehicle I see an opportunity to change myself and also the world. 

And I hope my abuser is ready, cause I’m almost ready to blow shit up and gain my freedom…

“Bye bitch!”

Also like Ironman 1, I have a shocking announcement to make at the end.

That’s right ladies and gentlemen. You guessed it! This may shock some of you. I’m not only Joe Laquinte. You’re suspicions were right!

I am also, the nullsteppa!! I am nullstep!

Huh? 

What?

Who’s nullstep?

What’s is he talking about?

I have no idea who that is.

What’s nullstep??

The nullsteppa? Is that like, a rap name? Is he a rapper now?

Uh…no. So like, it’s me. Sorta. But it’s sorta…not me. Ya know? Cause you see, uh on March 7th…my psyche…and um…”

He is really flopping out there.

This is bad. It’s hard to watch.

The second hand embarrassment is palpable.

This is just like the time in highschool when Mr. Schlegel picked him to read his essay in front of the whole school.  

Jesus you said he bombed it right?

Oh my god. Soooo embarrassing!

Umm…and so it’s…it’s also about identity! Yeah! Identity…and uh…

Alright, we should go get him.

Yeah let’s get him back to the Mindspace before this gets worse.

[plays music with me and Tony montage]

[Abuse is in Ironman font]

[show after credits scene with nullstep blowing shit up]