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[poison_puppet]

You know, the longer I'm here, the more I wonder about people. I mean, we're all talking across huge amounts of space, time, and dimensions, and we still manage to have all our deepest fears and worries be about who killed who and relationships. Mostly the latter.

I mean, I get that they're stressful and all that, but is it really that important that half our secrets are about them? Whats the point in even trying to have community relationships, if people just forget you in a few months anyways? Or don't speak your language, or are already dating someone from their own world, or any number of different problems.

So I guess...I'm just kind of curious as to what other people think. Or you could just give me dating advice. That'd be cool too.

Comments

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I gave up.

[poison_puppet]

That...sound's like a really good idea, actually.

You're Issie, right? Those other two guys were fighting over you a while back, right?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Which two guys, honestly... But I don't mean to encourage that. I probably shouldn't have commented.

[poison_puppet]

I can't even get one guy interested in me...but that whole fiasco was so dumb. Nobody's got the right to embarrass you like that, especially in front of people you care about.

But you should comment! I mean, you actually have experience with successful community relationships. There should be some good that comes out of them, right?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

There is. I had a boyfriend for a year, the sweetest boyfriend that you could ever hope to have. I don't regret that at all. I actually asked him out because of a secret.

[poison_puppet]

Does he remember you now?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

No, he doesn't.

[poison_puppet]

...I'm sorry.

But it was worth it.

[makewayforroze.livejournal.com]

Even if we lose someone, having gotten to meet and spend time with them is worth it.

[poison_puppet]

Is it? I mean, all the memories you share can just be...gone. Even if you've sacrificed a bunch for them, or started to raise a family.

[makewayforroze.livejournal.com]

If you're in the same world, it can't take that from you.

[poison_puppet]

But...it can.

One of my co-workers adopted a girl from the community. Then they forgot, and she disappeared back to a world where...bad things happened to her a lot, and he didn't even remember her.

[makewayforroze.livejournal.com]

That's...that's horrible!

Who is she?

[poison_puppet]

Her name was Rena. She's not on the community anymore, but she was a sweet kid and only a little bit of a psycho-killer and Akabane really did love her.

[makewayforroze.livejournal.com]

That...really isn't fair. To either of them.

But I still think it's worth it.

[poison_puppet]

Even if they go back to the way they were before? If all the good changes just disappear completely?

[material_guy]

The trick's the same as in the normal world. Don't get too serious.

[poison_puppet]

Guess that's the only real way to keep yourself safe.

[unlikely-spread.livejournal.com]

Ah... I can't speak for everyone, of course. But in my experience, my time here has been a precious thing. People come and go, and it can be painful to lose a good friend. But I still keep them with me in my heart. Just like a friend you might lose in your own world, for whatever reason... Something serious like death, or even just growing up and moving away.

You don't forget them just because they are gone. The ways in which they have touched your life still remain.

[poison_puppet]

So its alright, even if they don't remember you, for you to remember them?

[unlikely-spread.livejournal.com]

Yes, precisely. Of course, I understand your feelings; it isn't as though I've never thought that way before myself. But I've simply come to understand that the value of a relationship cannot be measured solely by the length of its duration.

[poison_puppet]

I guess that makes sense for casual friends, but don't you want your romances to last forever? Isn't that the ideal, or something?

[unlikely-spread.livejournal.com]

I fear there are a lot more things than just the community that might interrupt romance. But if you live your life so afraid of losing what you have, then what kind of life is that?

Besides, there is no guarantee that your friend or lover will forget you; many people remember the course of their time here and are just simply unable to connect for the moment. My own girlfriend is one of them.

[poison_puppet]

Maybe. But I loose people all the time in my home world. It'd be kind of nice if I didn't have to worry about that here. I mean, its not like they're dead or anything. Just...gone.

Really?

[unlikely-spread.livejournal.com]

Yes, really. Granted, she is from my own world... But she hasn't forgotten about the others, either. And some people are even still able to leave their own worlds when people come to get them.