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dankmemes2017-05-08 07:21 pm
lifetothefullest) wrote in dankmemes2017-05-08 07:21 pm
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The IC Critque Meme!
Have you ever just wanted to tell someone flat-out what you think of them as a person? Does your roommate have this one quirk that drives you up the wall, like dripping apathy all over the kitchen sink? Sometimes all it takes to be the best person you can be is a dose of self-awareness, sometimes what it takes instead is a cluebat to the head... and sometimes they just have a stupid name you can never quite spell right.
For all this and more, have I got the meme for you!
THE LOWDOWN
i. Post a header with your character's name.
ii. Comment in-character to other people's headers. With what? Depends on your CR! Maybe they're a good person and really should keep on keeping on, maybe literally everyone can see they need to suck it up and confess already, maybe they'll change their wicked ways if just one extra person casts aspersions on their pompadour. Bring in examples if you want, as with any helpful critique. Be as creative as you like!
iii. Other characters will comment to yours, no doubt overflowing with well-meaning advice on how to be the best person they can be. Your character is free to respond. Excuse you, maybe despair is still in fashion??
iv. Feel free to assume there's a compulsion to speak their minds, if your character's not usually the type to give unsolicited advice.
v. A probably unnecessary reminder, but just remember, this is not a place for OOC crit! There are other, more appropriate channels for that.
Shamelessly borrowed from
empatheias
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He continued explanation just makes this conversation even more frustrating to him, although he again--mostly--keeps it under control, except for how short his response is.]
Then I was mistaken; you're not basing your judgements on a faulty premise, you're basing them on a premise you have absolutely no information regarding.
[Because she doesn't know anything about what he survived or didn't survive, and he doesn't have any interest in telling her.]
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You think you're good at surviving?
[It's asked with genuine curiosity.]
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Being able to answer the question at all gives you your answer.
[It's a vague way to respond while giving as little information as possible; thanks anthropic principle, sort of.]
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She smiles. Perhaps he's kept his strength hidden deep and only now, under the weight of her prodding, letting some of it come to the surface.]
I have a proposal for you, Doctor Sweets. Do you want to hear it?
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Sure.
[He'll hear it, although he doubts he'll have any interest in agreeing to whatever it is.]
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[There's nothing to prevent either of them from lying. But that's part of the game. Knowing the difference.]
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[Even disregarding the fact that he's 'a walking polygraph test' as he's been told, that seems like a game that has far more advantages for Maketh than for him. All he'd have to do is wait for the next time she decides to overdo it on the drinking and ask her whatever he wanted to know.]
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It tells you something, doesn't it?
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You tell me more than enough already.
[And he's not a particularly good liar, so the risk is not worth the reward in this case.]
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[Or just hoard it for the sake of knowing. Maketh shrugs.]
You are more difficult than the others.
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[And okay, that is one he's heard before.]
That's also sort of my job.
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It is your job to be an annoyance?
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[
Booth.]no subject
[Have a dubious look.]
What is the purpose of that?
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[So doing his job and being annoying could certainly be seen as the same thing.]
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[Maketh has been tempted to punch him more than once. Possibly more, if the threat he represents becomes manifest in more damning ways. Surely another world - even one as strange as his - wouldn't be so forgiving.]
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[And when it's a suspect in an investigation, they can either answer or get a lawyer. Fighting with an FBI agent over questioning is usually considered a bad idea.]
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And you never break this agreement.
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[There are a few things that question could be about.]
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[She grimaces.]
Never mind. Your behavior must provoke certain reactions. I suspect some of those are helpful for your duties. I see.
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There are agreements; because the entire point of counseling is communication, it's understood that patients will be asked questions and should answer them as honestly as possible to get the most benefit. On the therapist's side, there's an agreement not to disclose anything they're told during a session.
[As far as the rest of what she said--]
In other parts of my job, yes. Certain reactions can be very useful.
[They can also be usefully in counseling, but for a very different reason.]
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[That's the part she has trouble with. Why wouldn't someone in his position use the information? It would make his job easier, show him who could be trusted and who could be broken and used as a stepping stone. It feels impossible to Maketh that someone wouldn't do this.]
Certain reactions. What sort?
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[And sure, the penalties for breaking doctor-patient confidentiality could be worse, but they're certainly bad enough to be a deterrent even if one's own personal morals aren't. Therefore the patient can generally trust their doctor won't want to screw themselves over.
He thinks even Maketh might understand that.
As for the other question--]
I think telling you would make them a lot less successful.
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That must be nice, she thinks.
She nods just once.]
Your honesty is appreciated, Doctor Sweets.
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Of course.