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Forty-Second Spool of Thread - [Voice/Action for Housemates]

Mar 27, 2011 14:19

[Currently, Shiki is sitting in her bedroom at House 10 with Mr. Mew. She's got her cell phone in her hand, and even though she doesn't have reception in Luceti she's got a battery. It makes her cringe and it makes her want to throw the phone out the window, but she's currently watching a video she recorded of two people she knows in a rather... ( Read more... )

my boyfriend might be bicurious, not in the mood to sew today, mr h :(, my bff mr mew, minato

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[Written] letsplaysurgeon March 28 2011, 04:17:48 UTC

For starters, I think one would have to consider the idea that it's not really 'bad' at all.

[Written] so_shik March 28 2011, 05:39:35 UTC

Then the next question is what qualifies as good or bad?

[Written] letsplaysurgeon March 28 2011, 08:15:22 UTC

What, indeed.

Oftentimes I find that people are quick to call something 'bad' when it makes them personally uncomfortable. It limits what we allow ourselves to experience, don't you think? [Of course he has no idea what made you ask such a question.]

[Written] so_shik March 28 2011, 14:50:33 UTC

...well isn't something that makes a person uncomfortable actually considered bad? It's not like it makes us feel good or helps us in any way.

[Written] letsplaysurgeon March 30 2011, 09:30:48 UTC

What about a scenario where something feels uncomfortable to someone because their environment has conditioned them to feel that way? Certain things that are not inherently bad...but not easy to swallow.

[He takes a moment to think about that, himself.] ...If public discomfort was the same thing as committing a wrong act, I imagine less people would get tattoos, or be openly homosexual.

[Written] so_shik April 1 2011, 05:06:49 UTC

[She falters for a moment, just because that was a bit too close to home.]

The environment wouldn't condition its inhabitants to feel uncomfortable unless there was something wrong with it, right? I mean tattoos and somebody's sexuality are different than something like rape or murder.

[Written] letsplaysurgeon April 3 2011, 04:47:55 UTC

[He chuckles because that really did hit close to home. Throw sexual harassment in there and you hit the Muraki trifecta.]

You have a very good point. Though I do think there are a few forces in the world that condition others to feel uncomfortable with things they think is wrong. Something of an attempt to protect the masses--which isn't criminal, I suppose. [Just pathetic. Insert something here about the road to hell and good intentions.] But I try to question what gets under my skin: it never hurts to challenge yourself.

[Written] so_shik April 3 2011, 20:14:13 UTC

[At least Shiki doesn't know that. It helps.]

It'd be chaos otherwise, you'd think...but maybe you have a point. If you don't challenge yourself, you don't grow. You just get...stuck. It's just a matter of making sure the things that get under your skin don't harm you in the end and destroy you.

What else do you know about this?

[Written] letsplaysurgeon April 3 2011, 20:47:10 UTC

About what, my dear? [You appear to be quite the clever girl, but he's still surprised that the pet name is a little more friendly than patronizing.]

[Written] so_shik April 3 2011, 20:52:27 UTC

About people conditioning people mostly. You seem to have a lot of opinions about it, so I was just wondering. [The pet name is a bit strange, but then again, she deals with people like Joshua a lot.]

[Written] letsplaysurgeon April 3 2011, 22:49:20 UTC

It interests me. I have experience with people who concern themselves too much with what is right and wrong. And that much self-denial is unhealthy--but that's another matter entirely. [At the risk of divulging too much, he won't say anything more on the subject.]

Might I ask what prompted you to post this entry in the first place?

[Written] so_shik April 3 2011, 22:58:15 UTC

Okay, but what happens to th [On second thought, maybe she doesn't want to know.]

Oh. It's just...something that happened with one of the last experiments here. It wasn't something I was expecting to ever see.

[Written] letsplaysurgeon April 3 2011, 23:24:42 UTC

Something that led you to question why we're drawn to things that are bad for us?

[Written] so_shik April 3 2011, 23:28:53 UTC

Basically. It's complicated, I guess. It's not really bad but it's something I should probably stop thinking about.

[Written] letsplaysurgeon April 12 2011, 17:49:11 UTC

[He tries to narrow down what it might be based on the experiments he's been exposed to so far. There was the one where people changed into whom (or what) they love, and another where people fell in love.

When the ducks were all aligned like that, the Malnosso seemed to have a bad habit of tampering with emotions. But it could've been either of those-or an experiment before he even arrived, though timing suggests otherwise.]

Oftentimes that only leads to thinking about it more, when you try to stop thinking about a subject.

Like if I were to ask you to stop thinking about the color red...

[Written] so_shik April 14 2011, 04:20:40 UTC

Actually, if you told me to stop thinking about the color red I'd just start thinking about what colors go well with it. But maybe that's just me.

But I do get your point. What do you suggest then?

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