but anyway its not like i dont understand im raising my eyebrow at some of this shit but thats mostly because you literally met a werewolf in london and all i can wonder is if anyone informed warren zevon about the copyright infringement but i get having had to go through some brutal and ridiculous crap and not wanting to talk about it so you dont owe me an explanation or anything unless you want to
[Greetings and formalities are for people that aren't blunt as a kick in the ass.]
To be fair to that werewolf, he's an immortal slab of meat with a terrible sense of direction and ice magic, so I think it deviates enough to slide by.
I don't mind talking about it, it's not a thing I sit in dark corners and reflect about. I just don't like making people uncomfortable because, yeah? I guess it's not normal in other worlds for kids to pick up weapons and fight monsters. And Ken already knows about it, too, like--he's my best friend, of course he knows--but I didn't want to launch into the whole thing on his Gear. Then he'd have to read it later.
And he's already going to have to read about my stupid dad and ghost pee. So it's pushing the boundaries of best friend privileges is what I'm saying.
speaking as a world champion best friend seriously ive got at least five bro trophies which we in the business call brophies but i figured i ought to be clear nothing pushes the boundaries of best friend privileges nothing innocent like that anyway like its cool of you to respect his turf in that manner but its probably fine its something he can stare at in bewilderment and then laugh at later when he wakes up properly ghost pee is inherently funny dont worry about it
[Not meaning he's some pinnacle of good taste or anything (he's not) but that his reaction would be more akin to...confusion and questioning of why this is even a topic.]
Anyway, that's all I really wanted to bring up. I said I'd talk about it later and didn't want to leave you hanging, so here I am explaining it later.
Unless you had any questions? I don't mind answering questions, I try not to be a cagey shit about that stuff anymore.
Yes...in that I thought it was what I wanted to get involved in it, no in that I was born into the circumstances that led to all of it.
Okay, so
Kids in my world, some of them end up very different, they're born with the ability to either turn into weapons or able to wield those weapons--sensitivity to the supernatural, weird abilities, all of that. Our former leader, Lord Death, brought all of these kids together in a school to teach them how to fight. Kill or be killed, all that stuff.
I thought it was what I wanted because I was doing like my mom and protecting people. Having thought about it here, sometimes I wonder if it was really all necessary that we had to be so young and fight in this "war" Lord Death started with the Witches.
So, the long and short of it is: yes, I was taught to want to get involved in that, and no it just happened to me until I got used to it. Like it was normal. People like me don't usually live past 30.
yeah ok i get that thats all i guess like i said you dont really owe me any kind of explanation i dont have any burning need to know any of your personal stuff i was just sort of interested in what your universe is like
huh i mean yeah i was being ironic at the time about whatever the fuck we were talking about but the friend part checks out i wasnt thinking too hard about it but yeah sure i seem to be experiencing legitimate sincerity surrounding the matter
this is like the third time someones made a production out of the f word since i got here so im just kind of like am i giving out unsavory overtures unintentionally youre someone i talk to and regularly seek companionable conversation with is this not the start of a budding friendship its enough to make a guy feel insecure about himself not me but like a normal less chill guy
Basically he was Lord Death's personal Weapon, so that's like a second in command. He also went around cheating on my mom a lot. Flirted with my friends' moms when I was little, actively kept me from being friends with boys for my "safety."
I either lost a lot of friends or couldn't make any in the first place because of him. Or I wasn't sure if they were just trying to get in with me because of his status.
So.
I take it more seriously than most, I guess?
I think what I'm trying to say is the old cliche of "it's not you, it's me."
ok yeah i guess i can understand that i dunno how much you want to trust my word then but as far as im concerned were building a pretty solid foundation in friendly territory so like whenever slash if ever you decide thats something you want to be know that im down and that i dont consider it like an obligation or anything its whatever youre comfortable with i enjoy shooting the shit with you is all
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its not like i dont understand
im raising my eyebrow at some of this shit but thats mostly because you literally met a werewolf in london and all i can wonder is if anyone informed warren zevon about the copyright infringement
but i get having had to go through some brutal and ridiculous crap
and not wanting to talk about it
so you dont owe me an explanation or anything unless you want to
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[Greetings and formalities are for people that aren't blunt as a kick in the ass.]
To be fair to that werewolf, he's an immortal slab of meat with a terrible sense of direction and ice magic, so I think it deviates enough to slide by.
I don't mind talking about it, it's not a thing I sit in dark corners and reflect about. I just don't like making people uncomfortable because, yeah? I guess it's not normal in other worlds for kids to pick up weapons and fight monsters. And Ken already knows about it, too, like--he's my best friend, of course he knows--but I didn't want to launch into the whole thing on his Gear. Then he'd have to read it later.
And he's already going to have to read about my stupid dad and ghost pee. So it's pushing the boundaries of best friend privileges is what I'm saying.
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seriously ive got at least five bro trophies
which we in the business call brophies but i figured i ought to be clear
nothing pushes the boundaries of best friend privileges
nothing innocent like that anyway
like its cool of you to respect his turf in that manner but its probably fine
its something he can stare at in bewilderment and then laugh at later when he wakes up properly
ghost pee is inherently funny dont worry about it
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[Not meaning he's some pinnacle of good taste or anything (he's not) but that his reaction would be more akin to...confusion and questioning of why this is even a topic.]
Anyway, that's all I really wanted to bring up. I said I'd talk about it later and didn't want to leave you hanging, so here I am explaining it later.
Unless you had any questions? I don't mind answering questions, I try not to be a cagey shit about that stuff anymore.
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but
[And he takes some time to formulate what exactly it is he wants to ask.]
ok like
all that stuff you mentioned
did you choose to get involved in that or did it just kind of happen to you
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Okay, so
Kids in my world, some of them end up very different, they're born with the ability to either turn into weapons or able to wield those weapons--sensitivity to the supernatural, weird abilities, all of that. Our former leader, Lord Death, brought all of these kids together in a school to teach them how to fight. Kill or be killed, all that stuff.
I thought it was what I wanted because I was doing like my mom and protecting people. Having thought about it here, sometimes I wonder if it was really all necessary that we had to be so young and fight in this "war" Lord Death started with the Witches.
So, the long and short of it is: yes, I was taught to want to get involved in that, and no it just happened to me until I got used to it. Like it was normal. People like me don't usually live past 30.
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yeah
ok
i get that
thats all i guess
like i said you dont really owe me any kind of explanation
i dont have any burning need to know any of your personal stuff i was just sort of interested in what your universe is like
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But, we're rebuilding it now, so hopefully in the future nobody will have to end up like us.
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i hope it turns out well for you guys
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Thanks.
Hang on, I've got a question for you
that time when you said "I thought we were friends"
were you serious about the friends thing or was it an ironic Strider comment?
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i mean yeah i was being ironic at the time about whatever the fuck we were talking about
but the friend part checks out
i wasnt thinking too hard about it but yeah sure i seem to be experiencing legitimate sincerity surrounding the matter
are we
not friends?
[Why does this keep happening.]
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I'm flattered?
That you think of me as a friend, I mean.
I guess I wasn't expecting it.
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am i giving out unsavory overtures unintentionally
youre someone i talk to and regularly seek companionable conversation with is this not the start of a budding friendship
its enough to make a guy feel insecure about himself
not me
but like a normal less chill guy
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Basically he was Lord Death's personal Weapon, so that's like a second in command. He also went around cheating on my mom a lot. Flirted with my friends' moms when I was little, actively kept me from being friends with boys for my "safety."
I either lost a lot of friends or couldn't make any in the first place because of him. Or I wasn't sure if they were just trying to get in with me because of his status.
So.
I take it more seriously than most, I guess?
I think what I'm trying to say is the old cliche of "it's not you, it's me."
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ok yeah i guess i can understand that
i dunno how much you want to trust my word then but as far as im concerned were building a pretty solid foundation in friendly territory so
like whenever slash if ever you decide thats something you want to be
know that im down
and that i dont consider it like an obligation or anything its whatever youre comfortable with
i enjoy shooting the shit with you is all