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- va
[X] Tell Lakshmi exactly what the fuck's wrong with you.
Advance Australia Fair [Old World of Darkness]
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- Mountains and rivers
your dad
your dad'll
Blond
affect Dad or me?
That comma is optional; it doesn't really do much for that sentence, tbh.
[X] Tell Lakshmi exactly what the fuck's wrong with you.
I was thinking between bottling it up, as Meghanada has done so far, or exploding like C4 (it's just hyperbole) over the issue. I decided not to do interpersonal relationships like Taylor did, so...
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- Location
- Canadia
[X] Tell Lakshmi exactly what the fuck's wrong with you.
Kyrina
A Simple Merchant of Mirrors
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- England
[X] Tell Lakshmi exactly what the fuck's wrong with you.
...... what? I don't wanna snark, I wanna RAGE
Ahem, seriously, I think this is a more interesting character option in terms of what the flaw it informs, that Meg has a temper issue. Which is more interesting to me than just 'he's angry so he snarks'. Plus it gels better with the fit of temper this update, in my taste anyway.
...... what? I don't wanna snark, I wanna RAGE
Ahem, seriously, I think this is a more interesting character option in terms of what the flaw it informs, that Meg has a temper issue. Which is more interesting to me than just 'he's angry so he snarks'. Plus it gels better with the fit of temper this update, in my taste anyway.
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- Mountains and rivers
lolno[X] Tell Lakshmi exactly what the fuck's wrong with you.
...... what? I don't wanna snark, I wanna RAGE
Ahem, seriously, I think this is a more interesting character option in terms of what the flaw it informs, that Meg has a temper issue. Which is more interesting to me than just 'he's angry so he snarks'. Plus it gels better with the fit of temper this update, in my taste anyway.
A temper issue would've had more severe consequences. Besides, the dude continued insulting his religion and then called his mom a cow. This is just plain normal anger; a temper issue is an incoherent rage which you cannot stop and deals out disproportionate retribution for pretty much any remark (well, that's one of the variations of anger problems). Meghanada simply had a shit day, he was hungry, and then he had to deal with an asshole.
Even the option you're voting for isn't due to a violent temper; again, Meghanada had a shit day. He was told that he was in the wrong, the asshole got away with what he did and Meghanatha was punished for it and then his dad just listened to it. Weary, he returns home to hear his own sister lay down some caustic remarks on him.
So I don't see it as a temper issue; it's more a matter of reaching his breaking point (don't forget the trekking in wet shoes in 30+ degrees Celsius).
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- They/Them
[X] Tell Lakshmi exactly what the fuck's wrong with you.
Eh sure.
Eh sure.
TenfoldShields
Lounging on a Hoard of Words
- Pronouns
- He/Him
To expand on my reply a bit:
Do you really think she'll understand? Do you really think she'll care? We're religious. We're actually pretty serious about it and we're going to the temple even when it's not with dad. It's a pretty important thing to us. We haven't seen any real indication that Lakshmi's engaged with it beyond "well the 1st Auntie Battalion thought I was really cute". And right now she's still in the headspace of "oh wow how could you do this to me".
Heh, y'know, I bet she's actually sorta-friends with David. She seems to at least be in his social circle.
...It's not snark?
It's lashing out and trying to hurt.
It's finding that one sensitive, sore spot and just jamming your thumb in.
As a kid Lakshmi was insecure and worried that her friends only liked her because her family was rich. And while she might act like she doesn't think so anymore, like that thought doesn't cross her mind and if it does it doesn't bother her, I doubt the pressure cooker of highschool's done anything but foster it deeper. Let it fester. Lakshmi's put a lot of effort into being liked. Into being popular. Accepted by the people at school. In the meantime we've grown apart and she knows it, just like we know it.
Calling her out on her first priority being herself, how this'll make her look instead of pausing to give half a shit about us (which, I mean, to step out of Meghanada's perspective for a bit isn't really that beyond the pale, it's normal human selfishness and stress even if her worrying more about David is pretty fucked) is a pretty pointed reminder that we know what kind of person she is. We know how hard she's trying to fake it, how hard she's trying to make it. We know her.
It's bitter and it's sullen and it's angry and it's the kind of thing that lingers rather than just a flash of fury and some angry venting. And if this is important enough to be a memory that we're sorta reviewing (which seems to be the kinda framing device) it's going to be something that impacts our relationship going forward I think.
So yeah, y'know, I like calling her out on being selfish a lot better than reaching for a connection that isn't even there right now.
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- Canadia
The question though is how this affects the relationship. Personally, I think this is just as likely to cause her to lash back at us or double down on her selfishness, seeing as we'd be attacking, directly or indirectly, the basic foundations of the identity she's built for herself. Not saying that's the only possibility, just a very real one which would just push us further apart.
[X] Tell Lakshmi that you're glad she knows where her priorities are.
As some who has had exactly this sort of arguments this both feels the most in character and opens some interesting dialogue doors down the road.
As tenfold points out sis doesnn't really have a frame of reference for what triggered this. She hasn't taken to religion like we have, hasn't had to deal with the family issues that have been a constant problem/source of angst and hey didn't have to go on a many day hike in the blazing heat and increasing discomfort with no friends to talk to.
Spilling our guts to her on the surface may not help that much and I think doing so could potentially make things worse. Say after hearing what caused this she doesn't sympathise then that could do more long term damage.
On the other hand getting a barb in, reminding Lakshmi that it's not just her that's been effected and kinda sorta prodding the subtly hurt that sister blows up at us and doesn't want to here our side button is something I can get behind.
As some who has had exactly this sort of arguments this both feels the most in character and opens some interesting dialogue doors down the road.
As tenfold points out sis doesnn't really have a frame of reference for what triggered this. She hasn't taken to religion like we have, hasn't had to deal with the family issues that have been a constant problem/source of angst and hey didn't have to go on a many day hike in the blazing heat and increasing discomfort with no friends to talk to.
Spilling our guts to her on the surface may not help that much and I think doing so could potentially make things worse. Say after hearing what caused this she doesn't sympathise then that could do more long term damage.
On the other hand getting a barb in, reminding Lakshmi that it's not just her that's been effected and kinda sorta prodding the subtly hurt that sister blows up at us and doesn't want to here our side button is something I can get behind.
TenfoldShields
Lounging on a Hoard of Words
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Hhhhhhhhooow so?
Tbh I don't think there's an option here that doesn't.
- Location
- Canadia
Fair point, though I still see this option as the most likely to blow up in our face.
Wade Garrett
Just trying to do the right thing
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
[X] Tell Lakshmi that you're glad she knows where her priorities are.
Mind of steel.
Mind of steel.
Kyrina
A Simple Merchant of Mirrors
- Location
- England
Maybe I shouldn't have said snark, cause yeah you're right it's probably not quite the wider accepted definition of the term. It's just me trying to say that, to me, the option speaks of nasty, hurtful sarcasm which falls under my definition of 'snark' for whatever reason
I should get out of the habit of inferring word definitions just from usage and actually look them up once in a while I can't really say anything about your argument, cause it's really good, I'm just gonna respectfully say it doesn't really appeal to me as a voter.
I'm gonna cop to just thinking of some more reasoning while typing here, but whatever it sounds good in my head. Basically it's just an idea that we explained/confessed/whatever that we felt we were the problem, or a large part of it, in the update. I think part of what attracts me to the angry, probably hurtful 'This is how Shit my day/life has been' option is the way it can reinforce that? I'm probably barking up the wrong tree but I dunno, it sounds good to me at least
Huh this 'figure out why you wanna vote for option C' stuff is pretty interesting and fun. I should try it more often!
TenfoldShields
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I'm gonna cop to just thinking of some more reasoning while typing here, but whatever it sounds good in my head. Basically it's just an idea that we explained/confessed/whatever that we felt we were the problem, or a large part of it, in the update. I think part of what attracts me to the angry, probably hurtful 'This is how Shit my day/life has been' option is the way it can reinforce that? I'm probably barking up the wrong tree but I dunno, it sounds good to me at least
Nah nah I get ya!
And it makes sense. Out of all the options that's the only one that makes what is a legitimate, sincere effort to reach out. Like, to be honest, I'm not voting for "be fucking hurtful" because it's a good option or it's going to get us anything we want besides some momentary feel-goods but because it's an interesting terrible decision.
Like oh sure. We'll probably make up. Maybe we'll apologize, maybe she will too, and things will warm up for awhile. But she won't change and it doesn't really look like our trajectory is changing either and so it'll linger and define the relationship in a small but meaningful way. The gap between us persists because she left us behind and we lashed out.
as a side note just to draw your attention to some serious bullshit
MMMMSOMEONE'SGOINGDOWN
LaRed
Are you stupid or something
- Location
- Mou Ikkai hell
Hasn't she called us Meg a lot though?
TenfoldShields
Lounging on a Hoard of Words
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- He/Him
Yeah but I mean...
We hate being called Meg.
She knows we hate being called Meg.
She called us Meg when we were kids and we were okay with that but that was before, y'know, years and years of people ripping on us about it, making fun of us for it and being called a sissy and a girl, and now she's doing it in a raw moment either out of careless reflex, because she knows it'll get under our skin, or because she just doesn't give a shit in general.
Which isn't great no matter which way you slice it.
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will408914
(slouching towards bethlehem)
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- California
[X] Tell Lakshmi that you're glad she knows where her priorities are.
Nolrai
weak to fangs
- Location
- Porltand
It doesn't get people to change their behavior because the "I am angry and being unfair." drowns out the useful content.
I really do mean "like that" there, there are effective ways of calling people out, this is not one of them.