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[darkcharge]

Name: Vanitas
Date: 11/2
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As so many people ask questions, advertise, or whatever on this thing I figure I have nothing to lose doing the same.

You see I have a particular problem. A pest problem. I'm looking for creative ways to rid myself of this little bug that seems super intent on sticking around. Normally I wouldn't bother with something like this but my usual methods of getting rid of unwanted things?

Well. It's not working.

Comments

[darkcharge]

[ In no way is he referring to an actual bug. But he doesn't care if people think that or not really. ]

Honestly I gave him a bloody nose first. Then I tried to avoid him at all costs. The idiot just keeps trying.
And I keep telling him to go away. He doesn't.

[firewalled]

[Okay, yeah, definitely not a bug. Rich frowns and considers how best to proceed.]

okay but why does he keep trying?
maybe you need to ask why he wants to be your friend so bad
maybe you need to set him straight on something hes got wrong about you

[darkcharge]

He's so determined because that's what his sort are like. They are so convinced that their mindset is the correct one.
What anyone else says or thinks, if it is contrary to their own, has to be wrong and doesn't deserve consideration.

[ It's not WRONG, what he says about the guardians of Light... But there are some areas in which Vanitas is not so different, really. ]

The pest wants to fix something between. It's out of guilt, nothing else.
This isn't something that can be mended so easily. I don't need or want his pity either.

[firewalled]

his sort?
look man im not gonna pretend someone bending over backwards to make u feel like u didnt do anything wrong is annoying

but it does seem a little bit like the problem here might not be that hes still trying
but that u feel like u dont deserve a chance to fix anything

i mean pity is stupid
but he probably doesnt think of u as weak
even if pity kinda has that connotation

[Is he projecting a little because of his own situation? Maybe. He doesn't know what this guy did, but... Rich definitely did some shitty things and wasn't sure if it was right to want friendship after that. He can hear that same defensive fear in this guy's messages.]

[darkcharge]

What are you talking about? Of course I deserve to have this problem fixed.
It wasn't even MY fault to begin with. It was HIS!
HE is the one that nearly got us killed. HE is the one that shattered us
All I've been doing from the START was to just put us back together again. Not HIM.

[firewalled]

okay im super lost
what are you talking about shattered?
you say you dont want anything to do with him but you also want him to put you back together?

[darkcharge]

We are both halves that create a whole. Naturally I'd be inclined to restore us to how we were when were were one.
He doesn't share the same sentiments, but believes everything can be fixed regardless- through friendship and companionship.
It isn't the same.

[firewalled]

okay so... maybe itd be better to talk that out
like find out why he doesnt want to be together with you
maybe he just feels more comfortable being his own person
or like, is worried about you with that

idk it sounds complicated but id say with something as complicated as that
communication is a big thing



[darkcharge]

It's hard to talk when the other party won't even LISTEN.

[firewalled]

i mean you have to come at it the right way
if you get angry or sound hostile they arent gonna want to listen
which sucks

[darkcharge]

That I'm even entertaining this...
Fine then. Explain the way I SHOULD come at him.

[firewalled]

say you want to understand why he doesn't think coming back together is a good idea
give him time to explain and ask questions and try not to get pissed
when hes done try to explain why you want to and let him ask questions
maybe in the end therell be some compromise or one of you will understand a little better and change your mind

[darkcharge]

My mind won't change. I don't want to continue as something that's only half of a whole.

[firewalled]

well maybe he'll change his mind then
either way it's worth a try i think.

[darkcharge]

We'll just have to see.
I am going to give it a shot either way.

[firewalled]

sounds like a good plan
good luck man
i dont know what thatd be like really but i cant imagine its easy for anyone