wittingly: (I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ)

[personal profile] wittingly 2020-11-12 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly
impede: (what's blood got to do with it?)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-12 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
A derogatory term for dogs.

[That's not why she's asking.]

I didn't mean it as commentary on little more than how weak and pathetic he seems. I'll accept that I missed the mark on that one.
impede: (someone with familial issues.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't worried about you.

[At least he's honest.]
impede: (so what if i'm also black mask?)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Did Ren happen to tell you why he needed to go to Riverstone?
impede: (i am NOT jealous of raymond.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
You think his anger was only justified because Rey was being an idiot?
Edited (WRONG RE NAME) 2020-11-13 05:24 (UTC)
impede: (with POTATOES of all things!)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
If it were purely that, we wouldn't have gone to Riverstone.

I was opposed to the idea. I didn't only make it known on the trip.
impede: (no i am not SAD.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
I mentioned this briefly on Rey's first post about this mess, but Ren was a part of a group that was trying to undermine society's ills. I was opposed to him, working with a large number of powerful men to manipulate and trick his group into doing our bidding. We succeeded.

All of this was put into motion by a god named Yaldaboath. The God of Control.

Eventually, Ren and his group defeated this god, but another men stepped into that seat of power and forced his will upon the people of Tokyo. So Ren, once again, needed to free people from their chains.


[Suspiciously only owns up to the part where he's a bad guy, it's fine.]
impede: (don't judge the coffee beans.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

Maruki.
impede: (don't BAKE the bacon!)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
It's more the breaking point for him. Since we've been here, we've been strung along again and again. First by Cassius, tempting us to act and play heroes. Then by Cassius again. Don't forget the part where Ren died in that other world named Zerzura, all because he was trying to do right by it. And then we were taken to gates against our will, and we're blind to who could do that. And then the simulation. Riverstone was the first major event since we returned, so it's unsurprising that it would be the final straw.
impede: (you came up with black mask.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
I've been seeing the same bullshit since I got here, Displaced after Displaced. Even with the turnover, it's all the same.

And then one of them claims he wishes to be domesticated while refusing to see the reality of what's happened and getting angry with you for fighting back.

Shouldn't that be more obvious? Or am I simply an immature child who needs you to have words with me?
impede: (join a boy band with ryuji? no.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
Very well.

You can think less of it and still be complicit. If you follow the throughline of his thinking, he would rather be seen as a part of this world than risk losing it. His reason for that is understandable, given the question of aliens, but it says a lot to claim that you wish to be domesticated. Controlled by it all. All it tells me is that he's in denial of how truly fucked up this world is, and how we're powerless every step of the way.

In that, he should respect your autonomy. Being angry at someone for willingly putting themselves into danger is pointless. Especially when he only seems reasonable when it serves him.
impede: (don't judge the coffee beans.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
Not having to be isn't the same thing as being powerless. You realize that, right?
impede: (yes. everyone is a moron.)

[personal profile] impede 2020-11-13 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes the first step to changing your circumstances is accepting them as they are. I'm not telling everyone to give up. But it would be much better if we recognized the reality of where we stand, rather than have lofty aspirations as if we've already overcome them.