eighteen ✶ voice

[candidly]

So... someone mailed me (and Johnny, I think) a bunch of pairs of pants. Thanks, whoever you are? But we've kinda already got enough laundry as it is. Next time you want to give somebody clothes, just go to Goodwill or something.

Completely unrelated to the fact that apparently my pants are what people like to focus on, anybody want to do my bio homework for me? I mean, help me with my bio homework?

[ encrypted to: bucky barnes ]

Hey. Happy Belated Birthday. I, uh, have something for you? I would've dropped it off at your house on your birthday but you had the party thing at Kate's and it... wasn't quite done yet.

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[candidly]

I was being sarcastic there. I'd rather punch someone than play mind games.

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[glowsferatu]

I can sympathize, the practice can be exhausting, but some connections necessitate it. I much prefer a more direct approach, where the nature of the interaction is familiar to all parties involved.

[ well, she prefers when people are more direct with her, at least ]

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[candidly]

You are so not the only one.

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[glowsferatu]

How would you generally deal with it?

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[candidly]

Do what feels right and try not to give a shit about what other people think.

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[glowsferatu]

How successful are you with such an attempt? I'm uncertain whether that's a maneuver I could accomplish!

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[candidly]

Pretty good. It takes practice, though.

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[glowsferatu]

I'm afraid I'm typically more likely to give an undeniable excess of shits. Practice of the magnitude required would certainly be incapable of quantification.

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[candidly]

Look, I'm like really not the person to be talking about this. I haven't acted completely naturally since the third grade because people are douchebags and that makes other people put up fronts. But eventually you find people who aren't douchebags you can call friends and you realize one day they're still gonna love you, no matter how weird you are. And that helps with the giving too many shits thing. Everything else is just... I dunno. Learning how to let yourself get hurt.

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[glowsferatu]

But when those others, even ones who you care a great deal about and suspect that may be to some degree mutual, maintain facades of their own of an impenetrable fortification, gauging how they may genuinely feel in regards to any given topic can be difficult, myself included.

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[candidly]

[ shrug ]

Either they'll get over it eventually or you'll learn to read them through the masks. Or you find new friends.

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[glowsferatu]

I'd rather it didn't come to the point where abandonment was my least detrimental option. I suppose, then, that a better sense of discernment on my part would be necessary.

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[candidly]

Well, there you go.

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[glowsferatu]

But can one really learn to better penetrate the mind of another?

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[candidly]

Yeah, why not?

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[glowsferatu]

Well, to speak it is one thing, but it's another entirely to find a practical means of actually doing so.

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[candidly]

Yeah, it's easier said than done, but if you just spend time with someone eventually you pick up little cues. Usually by sticking your foot in it or watching someone else stick their foot in it.

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[glowsferatu]

And which "it" would you recommend someone's foot be inserted into, exactly?

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[candidly]

It usually refers to someone's mouth or shit.

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[glowsferatu]

...That would prove a difficult maneuver. I don't understand how it could accomplish anything whatsoever!

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[candidly]

... It's a phrase. I didn't mean it literally.

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[glowsferatu]

Oh, uh...and what is this phrase meant to describe?

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[candidly]

Screwing up phenomenally , either with words or actions.

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[glowsferatu]

Well, I do that quite regularly as it is, especially within the witness of the primary individual we would here be discussing.

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[candidly]

Ha. You'll get the hang of not fucking up eventually.