brociopath | [IC] Candle Call post!

I want her to not hate me.

The easy way to do that is to say "Sorry, you were right, and I shouldn't have tried to tell you what to do."

But then she'll think she can kill him . . . She wants to get caught.

So, her not hating you isn't your first priority or greatest desire. What is?

It's . . .

[frowns, crossing and uncrossing her arms, tugging at the ends of her hair]

I . . . What I really want is for her to find a way to be happy without ruining what she has.

"What she has"?

A life where she isn't labeled a murderer by Aather.

Why do you think she cares about that...? I wouldn't care about that. Is that her priority, or yours...? Has she expressed wanting that?

[genuinely confused]

She hasn't, but she'll be upset about it if she happens. She wants peace.

Okay, I think I see the conflict...

Do you?

Well, that's the part where you decided for her, isn't it?

I don't think it's out of line for you to do so, but if you're deciding what should happen to get results that she hasn't expressed wanting... I mean, you know? I want a life where I don't have to kill, but that doesn't mean I'd be happy if I were forced to put my priorities aside for someone else.

So I should let her make choices that are going to get her the exact opposite thing she wants?

Why is it 'let'? What if she has two wants that conflict with each other?

Then she needs to go with the one that will make her less miserable.

And you think it's that one, but what if she thinks it's the other one? If her entire life has been spent under Vincent and under people like Vincent and under the fear of vanishing to Zwei, is turning the other cheek something that will make her less miserable?

I'm not saying she should do it, and I'm not saying you should support her doing it, but -- have you ever been a tool?

I'm not telling her to turn the other cheek. I want her to not murder someone. There are other things that can be done if she'd stop for long enough to let us help her think.

Murdering someone is a really small step for someone like her.

A step that won't accomplish anything and will only make more trouble for her.

I'm not debating whether or not it's a good idea here -- like I said, there's a reason I just didn't do it myself -- but you can't treat it as something which is a bigger deal to her than it is and expect her to feel like you understand her priorities...?

So what am I supposed to do?

...I don't know... but if you don't want to overwrite her you're going to need to understand where she's coming from...

She won't even talk to me so that I can now.

Won't how? Is she actively avoiding you?

. . . We're avoiding each other.

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