shitposting rave 5: discount rejects from every genre

oh fun
see i dont think that counts as trying to hurt as few people as possible but what the fuck do i know

 

...do you keep close tabs on throttle?..

...you do have to know someone to know what kind of person they are...and knowing someone means taking a while to see how they act...but you trust your friends, right?..even if they have really strong powers. 'cause you've known them for a while, and know that they are good people...who wouldn't try to hurt you with their powers

 

... duh? For one I can't turn the extra sensory input off, squishy. Throttle knows that. They all know. I mean they all live with Sweep and me, none of them actually remember anymore that most people think comms are private.
And also it's not like we're seperated all that often, again, we live together in a tiny tin can in deepspace, there's not much any of us can do without the others noticing.

 

*sighs* ... oh. I really fucked up, didn't I?

*smiles softly* Thanks. For not being scared.

... okay, that does make sense.

*gulps* ... welp. Okay. Okay.

 

yeah, but you trust throttle, don't you?..even though she's really really strong, i don't think you would be afraid of her strength

*blushing slightly* don't think that this doesn't mean i'm not grumpy with you anymore or something, though, 'kay?..

 

yeah i trust my friends because theyre all i got and when my back is to the wall i know theyll be there
but like
nobody else knows them like i do
and you cant expect other people to have the same level of trust or be hurt when they dont
we all got blood on our hands none of us is incapable of causing harm and we have to be aware of how other people see us

look dude im not saying youre a bad person
youre probably not? idfk
but trust is really hard to come by and some people are gonna be scared no matter what you do
and its something you have to live with and move on from
because you cant live your life apologizing for a hypothetical
just try and be the best you can and people will either come around or they wont
and thats not anyones fault

 

*laughs lightly* 'Kay.

*sighs* Yeah. I get it. I have trouble with trust myself, after all.

 

-a mi decides @Norm the Genie has a pouncable tail and pounces. the mi is not scared of Norm either.-

 

*yelps*

*he'd appreciate the reassurance if he actually thought the mi understood how powerful he is*

*and if it didn't hurt*

*as it is, well...*

 

Thank pits someone is actually reasonable around here.

I trust her completely to end me if I ever frag up bad enough if that's what you mean? Look she totally owns my aft and can do what she wants with me that's the entire point. I chose a good mistress I trust to have sound judgement about when to destroy me, this doesn't mean I have any delusions about that "when" being "never".
Plus distrustful and paranoid ain't the same as "afraid", I'm not having any panic attacks or anythign I just keep my intel up to date like any sane mech would.

 

"Fair enough," says Ford, "and far be it from me to stop you from 'glitching' about it. It's just that the part where Scanner was calling Juice or their attitude--I'm not sure which--'stupid'--it sounded more like bad advice than venting. As if the message were 'everyone else should be more paranoid, too.' I live with paranoia and I wish I didn't have to. It's better now most of the time, but that doesn't change the fact that I once met my twin brother at the door with a crossbow and a flashlight right in his eyes, or that I made my wife sit with me and a gun in a dark closet for the better part of eight hours, or the part where a lot of things might have gone differently if I hadn't told a twelve-year-old to keep the level of danger we were in secret even from his sister and my brother." He shrugs. "I don't feel great about those things."

Ford smiles at him ruefully. "We all fuck up, Norm. You might tell him you realise you handled that badly, and ask him if he'd like to talk about it, but...he hasn't left, and I don't think he's going to. So maybe an apology is all that's needed, there. Usually I don't advise reopening old wounds, but in the case where you've realised you hurt someone and you want them to know you won't do it again, they might want to hear it. If he doesn't want to talk about it, though--don't try to make him."

 

Mi? -looks a bit guilty and climbs up on his should to nuzzle him in apology- pirr.

 

dont we all my man
dont
we
all

 

Yeah, that sounds like good advice. Thanks.

 

I think that is the difference between maladaptive paranoia and "I literally can't turn this slag off so I might as well do something with the constant stream of background noise, oh turns out people are actually viciously virus infested glitched pieces of scrap about pretty much every imaginable thing you can be cruel about, I didn't need that recharge anyway."

 

*smiles softly*

*this is much better*

 

"I chose to be married to Valiska in a ceremony that gives her a legal right to make decisions for me if she chooses to," Ford says, "and that has a lot more to do with my mental health--or lack thereof--than the shape of my romantic inclinations."

 

... but you wouldn't let her kill you, though, like Scanner with Throttle? I mean, she wouldn't but if she ever did, you wouldn't let her, right?

 

"There have been times when I really hated being a telepath." Fairlight sighs heavily. "I wish Father Hart could teach you how to turn it off, too."

 

Ford considers this. "Let's not go there," he says. "If I were doing something so awful that she couldn't think of any other way to stop me from it, the only thing that would keep me from being grateful for that would be the sure knowledge that she'd probably turn the weapon right on herself immediately after, Norm. Fortunately I am very sure that she and Sev could stop me some other way, and it's been a very long time since I've been completely out of control, and unlikely to happen again so long as I take proper care of myself."

"I'm not actually sure what you mean, but I'm sorry you have to live with that."