honestly if we didnt hate the same people we would have a friendship based on nothing

[dedikated]

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.

Comments

[hardwearing]

[ Well... 'wait and see' isn't typically the best strategy. ]

What changes?

[evocation]

What changes when? Like, now?

[hardwearing]

Yeah. Or later, I guess?

[ Can't hurt to know what he might be in for, right? ]

[evocation]

[Kyna bites her lip.]

I don't know what you mean.

[hardwearing]

....forget it, then. We can just. See what happens.

[ He's clearly uncomfortable flying blind, though. ]

[evocation]

[Shit, now she is screwing up.]

No, we don't have to forget it. I mean, are you happy with what we're doing?

[hardwearing]

[ Wash's response to that is a careful nod, like he's considering it very seriously. ]

If something's supposed to change, you'll have to tell me. I've never... gotten this far.

[evocation]

[God, this is so much harder when he doesn't know what to expect. She's quiet for a moment.]

Do you want us to actually... You know. Date? Be a couple?

[hardwearing]

[ The fact of it is, he's never dated. He's never had a significant other, and doesn't even have any examples of it in his life. No couple friends he can use for reference on how to behave, what to do. Just fiction, which he knows isn't really something he should be basing his life off of. So he answers honestly. ]

I don't know how to do that.

[evocation]

[That doesn't matter to her, not really. He already makes her happy.]

Yeah, but is that what you want?

[hardwearing]

[ Well that's his only goal, really, so at least he's managing that! ]

What's different? If we make it official.

[evocation]

Um...

[She's silent for a moment, mulling that over. That's a very good question, Wash, because she can't actually think of much that would be different. Somehow, this conversation still has her on edge, like she's waiting for the other shoe to drop.]

Not much, I guess. I mean, no sleeping with other people?

[What a stunning guidebook.]

[hardwearing]

[ Oh right. That's how commitment works. Wash considers it, then shrugs a little, smiling at her. ]

I wasn't doing that anyway.

[evocation]

[His smile makes her heart skip a beat, and she lets out a breath.]

Um. Good?

[That would have made her jealous even though she would have had no right to be.]

So... what do you want to do?

[hardwearing]

[ If the only thing different that's expected of him is monogamy he can handle that. ]

...would it make you happy?

[evocation]

[She hesitates again, nods before looking down. Of course it would, Wash.]

Don't base your answer off of that.