Lend Me An Ear

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

So, we've all got our problems. And, if you don't have any problems, well, I salute you. But the majority of us have some issues. And maybe we don't know what to do about those issues. This is the post for you! Ask for advice! Ask what you should do in the case of: how to ask someone out for the first time, how to make long distance relationships work, how to break up with someone, how to tell someone they look fat in those jeans, anything at all you want advice on!

And one and all can answer, give you advice, speak from experience. We can help each other because frak knows, we've all been through some crap.

And really, this is therapy. We should be play therapist!

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[funnyways.livejournal.com]

I am utterly afraid of my nature, and yet revel in it whenever it manifests.

I scare myself, and cannot ever seem to gain inner peace.

How can I accept myself, when I am but a monster?

[raspberryturk]

You don't gotta be unhuman to be a monster. Maybe it works both ways?

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

It was considerably easy to accept my nature in the company of invisible thieves and men with monstrous alter-egos.

Here, I find myself in the company of angels and others.

It is a different perspective.

[raspberryturk]

I knew of guys with angel wings who wanted to destroy the world.

I'm still standin' by my point, what you are ain't who you are, yo.

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

But what you are helps shape who you are, does it not?

[raspberryturk]

Only if you roll over and let it, yo.

[flipped-god-off.livejournal.com]

We can't choose what we are. We just gotta fucking live with it. I think you gotta stop thinking of yourself as a monster, first of all.

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

I do not know how else one can describe my nature.

[iruinenglish.livejournal.com]

You know, I hear utter brooding works wonders. And shirtless tai chi.

Uh. Or maybe not so much that second thing.

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

...I do believe doing the latter will only make me a trollop.

[likethegun]

Find a way to use your nature for the greater good. The means justify the ends if you have good intentions.

[solo_sword]

*waits for you to get yelled at by a certain grandfather now*

[likethegun]

Why? It's not like he has experience with anything close to my issues.

[solo_sword]

Something tells me he's not a big Machiavelli fan.

Not that I actually know who Machiavelli is, but.

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

That is rather the motto of the League. I just feel out of place without them, I suppose.

[the_merriest]

This is gonna sound weird, but ... okay. I, uh. I kill monsters. A lot. I'm good at it. I love doing it. Not even from the 'hooray, I have Saved the Day' sense, but because the actual, raw, physical throwdowns are seriously awesome.

And for a while, here, I had people tell me that it was scary, because I was bloodthirsty and liked violence and that made me kinda ... not-okay, I guess.

I tried not being that girl for a while. Retiring from it. I was ashamed of who I was, and what killing monsters made me feel like. Wondering if that made me a monster. And I was miserable, trying to be someone I'm not.

So I'm gonna be me, instead. I like killing monsters, so I do it. I'm not freakish, I'm not bloodthirsty, I'm just Rikku. And I'm gonna be Rikku as hard as I can, and everything else is okay.

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

And one could not blame you for it.

But what should one think in the case of being literally bloodthirsty?

[the_merriest]

... I have a friend whose sister kinda hangs out with ... people who are bloodthirsty.

The good ones stick to animal blood, or only go after bad guys.

Is that the kinda thing you do?

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

I strive for the latter, though it is... not always the case.

[the_merriest]

It's okay. Life's kind of messy. I'm in love with a guy who did some seriously bad shit in his time, and I'm supposed to be a Guardian. It's not always a straight-up black-and-white thing.

[funnyways.livejournal.com]

I appreciate the sentiment. Perhaps in time, I may view it that way.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Get yourself a hamster! Does wonders for me!

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

I was turned into a secret weapon. In the end, it seemed easier to accept that rather than escape it. Having people close who accept what you are helps.