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[You'd think Dave would have learned his lesson about anonymity, but maybe learning doesn't stick so well at ass in the morning when he can't sleep. At least it doesn't seem like he's really trying to mask his identity, here. It's just...a plausible deniability thing, maybe. Probably, given the content of his message.]
what was growing up like for you
like
how was your childhood
were you happy
what was growing up like for you
like
how was your childhood
were you happy
[text]
It was...
Very lonely.
[text]
when you were lonely
[text]
That... was it, really.
[text]
didnt try to talk to you or anything
didnt try to help you out with anything that wasnt what they were teaching you
[text]
They were mostly old men.
Their job was to teach, not play with children.
[text]
even just talking wouldve been
fuck
i dont know
thats shitty
annas right neither of you deserved that
[text]
I can understand why it happened to me.
Papa just wanted to do what he thought was best to help me control my powers.
It's not his fault that nobody knew how to help me.
But I agree, Anna deserved better.
Even if I needed to stay inside, there was no reason for her to be forced to stay within the castle walls as well.
[text]
even if your parents had good intentions it still hurt you both a lot
for YEARS
you dont have to make excuses for them what they did was just not ok
[text]
He didn't mean to, though.
And he was never harsh or uncaring to either of us.
He did what was best because he loved us and wanted me to be able to be safe and make sure everyone else was safe.
He just... didn't have any other choice of what to do, after a while.
They're not excuses, it's just the truth.
[text]
i dont think so
i think
people always have choices
and however much he loved you he made a real boneheaded one by keeping you both locked up in the dark
[text]
We still had free reign of the castle, the gardens, and all of that.
He wasn't the one that told me I wasn't allowed out of my room.
I kept myself in there on my own.
[It's... uncomfortable, getting into these kinds of details. But if this person has already talked to Anna about everything that's happened, then... they must know the full story, more or less. She can't hide it now.]
[text]
because
because parents are supposed to make their kids NOT be scared
and to talk to them when theyre alone
and
and to
to
to love them and take care of them so they can grow up and be HAPPY
[text]
He was certainly there when I needed him, as was my mother.
Maybe it's my fault for not making it a bit clearer.
But the last thing either of my parents did was flat-out ignore us in any way.
[Nevermind the fact that, after a while, even they started keeping their distance from Elsa. But that was only because she told them to, so even then, it's not their fault.]
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[...No. He locks the rest. He needs her to understand.]
elsa listen please
even if he didnt directly ignore you
or make you stay in your room or keep you and anna apart
he also didnt STOP those things from happening
and he didnt
he
elsa did he ever
make you feel like you deserved to be safe no matter what
like it was ok for you just to be you even if you made a mistake
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Of course!
when I was a child, when my powers first started manifesting, my parents were surprised, but they never really restricted what I did with them.
It was only when they became a problem that we realized we needed to do more to control them.
[We, we, we.... she says this like she - eight years old at the time - had any say in what was going on with her.]
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why did that mean they had to control YOU
that you had to
be the way they wanted you to be because they never thought of any other way
why couldnt they have
been there more for you and helped you feel better while you tried to control it instead of making you feel like your powers
like part of you was a problem