RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Fourth Thread of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
03-30-2019, 06:55 PM (This post was last modified: 03-30-2019, 07:07 PM by Dartz.)
03-30-2019, 06:55 PM (This post was last modified: 03-30-2019, 07:07 PM by Dartz.)
Relationship advice is not my thing.
And amusingly - Meg does not know the right thing to say exactly either. Only in a narrow field, to achieve specific goals.
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I always know the right thing to say, the part to touch, the right button to push. It's built in, programmed, innate, by design. I am the fantasy that there is somebody out there who is perfect for you and I can change to fit.
It can be so perfect. It's addictive. To the point where you'll do anything to keep it and I can take it away any time I want.
I could do all of these things, and it'd feel so real to you. But it's still just a hollow fantasy. For me, it can be fun or it can be a chore - but nothing more. I'm a walking dating sim to the richest of neckbeards.
Real people say the wrong thing, get uncomfortable - they bump and grind off each other and fight and apologise and are still mad at each other when its done anyway. Real people understand that it's just the way other people are, or they learn a lesson for the next time. Real relationships require all kinds of scrappy, messy stuff that I never really understood myself. It's always a little bit painful and it requires effort to make it work.
Understanding why won't make Urd less angry, but she's probably the most mature and adult of all of us an she probably realises it too. Apologising won't make her forgive you - but she might at least respect the intent if she lets you. Explaining yourself might be the wrong thing to do - it doesn't change how she feels and just makes it sound flippant. But i think you'll hold it against yourself for a lot longer than she might.
Otherwise, I can't tell you what to do different. We're all kids compared to her anyway. She's probably seen and met thousands upon thousands of people who've said dumber and dumber things.
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And amusingly - Meg does not know the right thing to say exactly either. Only in a narrow field, to achieve specific goals.
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I always know the right thing to say, the part to touch, the right button to push. It's built in, programmed, innate, by design. I am the fantasy that there is somebody out there who is perfect for you and I can change to fit.
It can be so perfect. It's addictive. To the point where you'll do anything to keep it and I can take it away any time I want.
I could do all of these things, and it'd feel so real to you. But it's still just a hollow fantasy. For me, it can be fun or it can be a chore - but nothing more. I'm a walking dating sim to the richest of neckbeards.
Real people say the wrong thing, get uncomfortable - they bump and grind off each other and fight and apologise and are still mad at each other when its done anyway. Real people understand that it's just the way other people are, or they learn a lesson for the next time. Real relationships require all kinds of scrappy, messy stuff that I never really understood myself. It's always a little bit painful and it requires effort to make it work.
Understanding why won't make Urd less angry, but she's probably the most mature and adult of all of us an she probably realises it too. Apologising won't make her forgive you - but she might at least respect the intent if she lets you. Explaining yourself might be the wrong thing to do - it doesn't change how she feels and just makes it sound flippant. But i think you'll hold it against yourself for a lot longer than she might.
Otherwise, I can't tell you what to do different. We're all kids compared to her anyway. She's probably seen and met thousands upon thousands of people who've said dumber and dumber things.
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I love the smell of rotaries in the morning. You know one time, I got to work early, before the rush hour. I walked through the empty carpark, I didn't see one bloody Prius or Golf. And that smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole carpark, smelled like.... ....speed.
One day they're going to ban them.