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uh... hello? does anybody read these memo things?
is this some kind of prank? i wouldn't put it past terezi to pull something dumb like this.
so terezi if you're reading this can we just go through the "gotcha" moment and can you send me back?

anyways if you are NOT terezi and this is NOT a prank could somebody please tell me what's going on?
because last thing i can remember i was running a bunch of weird time errands for an alien girl.
and then i woke up here in a bed that is definitely NOT mine because it doesn't have cool ghost bed sheets.
also apparently i have a mom now?
she is nice i guess and this lunch box looks delicious, don't get me wrong!
but i was doing some important things!
i don't have time to be playing with this cloud bird thing!!!
(though it is a very cute cloud bird, i will give it that.)

i have tried to get back but my weird time jumping powers do not seem to work here.
and i cannot even fly anymore which is such bullshit! i forgot how lame it was to walk around everywhere.
also my sylladex is gone. so i don't have any of my cool computers or weapons.
instead i just have a backpack and this lame "poke gear" thing which doesn't even have pesterchum installed.
so. yeah.
could somebody fill me in, please?

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No!!
They're about emotional connection and the terrifying but beautiful feeling of confessing your feelings!
I don't read a whole lot of sole romance, but a good emphatic through-line for a novel can tie everything together! Don't you think?

uh.... sorry i think you kind of lost me there.
a good what? is this some sort of secret language for book club members or something?

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No.
It's writer language.

All I'm saying is stories about love resonate strongly with people. So don't criticize them.

oh man you would probably really like rose if she ever showed up here.
she is all about books and writing!

anyways i guess that romance can be okay in moderation! like having the hero and his wife have a kiss after he has done his heroics.
but having it as the center just makes everything boring and cheesy.
i just do not care about the dilemmas of a girl who has to choose between two hunky guys.
just flip a coin! it is that easy.
matters of the heart are so needlessly complicated.

There's more to it than that! You can't just arbitrarily decide like that, that's two different people you'd be talking about!
And beyond love triangles which is NOT just what they are about, it's true! Love isn't simple, it's messy and complicated and sometimes you spend so long trying to work up the courage to confess to someone that it wraps you into knots! How can you not relate to that indecision or worry?

Have you never been in love before? Even had a crush?

uh.... no?
i mean, no. definitely not once ever, in my whole life.
and i understand that romance can be really stressful for a lot of people!
with love triangles and squares and unrequited stuff. and how do you even know that you like somebody in the first place?
what if it's just feelings that are only there because everything is really crazy and you feel a lot closer to that person than you actually are, and then when you actually think about it... you realize they're really not that great after all?
or you just really like being friends with them a lot? what's the difference between that and being in love?
so i say why bother with it! i think it is probably easier if people just stay friends.

Just stay friends?
Like you can just turn all those feelings off? Like you can just realize what you feel and say NOT TO and it'll just happen??
Well, it doesn't WORK like that! You know because you just KNOW, you feel it in your heart and your body it's
It's just different! And sometimes it can be bad but other times it's not and

I've TRIED just staying friends and there was nothing easy about it.

yeah um
sorry ashley
john is a dumbshit and has the maturity of a 5 year old
though that might be insulting to 5 year olds :\
just ignore him he doesnt know what the fuck hes talking about

Jade?
Oh my god I forgot this is all public
I
Yes I think I'll just step away, sorry, I didn't mean to get into a big argument with your friend like this.

oh lol i dont care :P
hes my twin and i have already spent three years listening to him bitch about total nonsense
you can argue with him all you like
but yes
he will not relent in his stupid so it might be best to retreat :o

But
he's totally and absolutely wrong!!
and that's absolutely tactless and hurtful!!!
and incredibly INFURIATING!

s h r u g
thats john in a nutshell
tactless as fuck
if you need me to whap him with a newspaper tho i can do that

No no it's fine.
It's fine.
Don't let this get in the way of your happy reunion it's. fine.

lol omg
hes my brother!!!
you dont think i have already had to whap him a couple of times on our journey together?
i am sorry that his lack of sensitivity hurt your feelings but its not going to like taint my whole view of him
john has always been like that!
the past three years just made him grumpier
its ok!

No of course not I didn't think it would do anything like THAT just
An unfortunate silly fight isn't good for anyone??

I'm not really sure how it works with siblings anyway
you can smack him if you want

hey! don't encourage jade to smack me!
she will probably actually do it.
anyways jade you of ALL PEOPLE should know that romance just makes things complicated and kind of miserable!!

that doesnt mean i go around saying things like "conceal dont feel just be friends!!!"

[Who the heck let Jade watch FRZN without supervision?]

and just because i dont appreciate romantic stuff as much as some people either that does not mean you can try to use me as support in your campaign against stuff ashley likes :\\\\
that is super rude!!!!
you should say sorry for being an asshole!

what! no way!
i am just expressing my true feelings on the matter here.
and last i checked, it was not illegal to share my opinions on things.

oh my god its not about your dumb opinion!!!!
you hurt ashleys feelings!
and yes maybe people can spout off their blowholes freely but that doesnt mean it wont hurt anybody!

i just don't see how my particular opinion on romance could hurt her feelings!
i just said that, personally, i think it is easier to avoid making smoochy faces at other people.
i did not say that SHE had to stop making smoochy faces at other people or that she should break up with anybody or anything like that.
she is welcome to live her life full of whatever romantic drama she wants to and i am free to live my life free of all of that bullcrap.

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