Forced Honesty Meme

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Forced Honesty Meme

was there something in that tea? spell gone awry? either way you suddenly feel the need
to tell everyone everything you never wanted to admit!

• post your characters
• reply to other characters with questions or confessions!
• spill the tea

Comments

[zewu_jun]

Not everything should be measured by risk to one's life. Caring for yourself is not so simple.

[It starts with small things, as all choices do. Lan Xichen doesn't change his voice from the steady tone of concern.]

I don't think you should decide that. Whether it is something they recover from or not is never within your control, Momo-gongzi. That will depend on the ones you leave behind. I do not know them, but I will say that such guilt can bring immeasurable pain to others, should you ever risk yourself and have an unfortunate end. To them, it would be as though they were the cause.

[yesdoubt]

[Momo's expression tweaks very briefly into a frown at that, because he knows how Yuki reacts to loss and it's terribly, but he knew that when Yuki argued about this too and it didn't change his attitude.]

They still have support, though. We have a pretty big, but close group back home now, so I wouldn't be leaving anyone alone. It's not like I want things to be pushed to that point, but sometimes you have to make a choice in the moment, and it's better to know in advance what that choice is going to be...it's better for him to know he couldn't change my mind even if there was time. I won't let him, so it's not his fault.

[Yeah, Momo definitely has one person primarily in mind here, even if he does tend to apply this general logic to any of his loved ones.]

[zewu_jun]

I do not believe it is so simple.

[He understands what Momo is saying, sure, that it's not the same as leaving anyone entirely alone, but after having lost people important to him, he can also say that it isn't always something other people can fix.]

Do you think that would make it better for him? Knowing that you weren't going to change does not necessarily mean you would ease your friend's pain. Recklessly throwing yourself into danger without giving them a chance to help... As your friend, would he not still blame himself for not being there for you?