The Forced Honesty meme!

[goateese]

THE FORCED HONESTY MEME



➠ comment with your characters confessing their deep, dark secrets
➠ comment to other characters with questions, reactions, confessions, whatever
➠ hideous conversations in which there are no brain-to-mouth filters happen
➠ no one is late, everyone wins, this text mostly stolen from leah

Comments

[waiting]

You understand him better than I do, these days, so I'm not sure how you think I can get in your way.

[enigmaestro]

I understand his thought processes. You understand his emotional dialogue.

[waiting]

You mean his feelings?

[enigmaestro]

Ugh, whatever.

[waiting]

You've gotta be shitting me.

[enigmaestro]

I assure you, I am not.

[waiting]

I don't think Mitch understands his feelings, so why do you think I would?

[enigmaestro]

Perhaps 'understand' is too generous a word.

Empathize.

I can't empathize well.

[waiting]

People who decide to become themed supervillains usually can't. [ Pauses, considering: ]

You mean you don't get why Mitch cares, right? That it isn't just a job?

[enigmaestro]

Oh, I know intellectually why he believes he still cares. And yes, I spoke with knowing precision just then. You don't need to be able to empathize with anything to cognitively get the why, likewise if your aim is to emotionally manipulate people.

This is how I know that, when offered that crutch only you can deliver in his moral dilemmas to come, you will tempt him.

[waiting]

Tempt him to what?

[ SERIOUSLY WHY CAN NO ONE IN POLITUCS JUST COME OUT AND SAY WHAT THEY MEAN. ]

[enigmaestro]

To a more humanistic perspective in policy.

[waiting]

-- he'll do the right thing, when it comes down to it. He always does.