❅ Seventeen (Text)

[stonebird]

Have you ever been in love?

(This is asked late one night and it might seem frivolous with the current concerns hovering over the populace of Hadriel. Yet Sansa believes love is important no matter how long someone lives - or where they are imprisoned. Besides, she had a taste of love recently and it's a frightening - and exhilarating - change of scenery for her.)

Can it last?

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[northerndragon]

Am I the person you really want to ask that?

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[stonebird]

I am curious about your opinion, but I want a general opinion too. (Jon, just be happy.) I felt...something like love...last month. I didn't expect it.

[circumitus]

assuming you mean romantic love and also not the kind where the god itself forces you to feel things that might not actually be your own?

because if its your own feelings then they can last.
maybe.
probably.
dont know.

but here it's hard to tell sometimes when there's an actual asshole named love around who can fuck with your emotions at any time.

[Hence why Rey has had such a complex about the whole idea of love ever since she learned about the god before they were even resurrected. She still wishes they hadn't been, and that they'd be in a less confusing place without their occasional influence.]

[stonebird]

I can't decide if Love gave me a gift or a curse. What I felt was wonderful and I remember it still.

(Poor Sansa is having her view of romantic love turned on its head.)

I knew it wasn't me naturally feeling those emotions, yet I value them still. Is that foolish?

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[claritatis]

[He browses the network often, but doesn't usually comment on anything unless it pertains more directly to him than this post, which catches his attention when he's struggling to sleep.

Normally, he'd say nothing, but this time...]

I have. I am.
I think that if you give to much focus to an ending to such things, you can miss out on the present.

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[stonebird]

(Live in the moment. Sansa has a hard time doing that, but she tries. When her mind isn't racing in horrific circles.)

Are they present in Hadriel too? You must worry about them if so. I hope the deities leave both of you alone, at least.

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[isochrone]

I haven't personally been, but I believe it can if both people work fully for it. At least, that's what I've always thought.

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[stonebird]

So you think when the pair become lazy, that is when love falters?

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[nonscriptum]

yes, and yes.

[It's not normally the kind of conversation he considers himself qualified to have, but...personal experience, and all that.]

what's the reason for asking?

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[stonebird]

I felt something like it last month.

(It was frightening - a reminder of how she had let herself be blinded - but also wonderful.)

I don't think anyone can hate the feeling.

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[judgementor]

I have not.

[Thousands of years of life, and he can still state that quite accurately.]

But I have witnessed love, and seen it last. Is there someone you fear losing?

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[stonebird]

She is not mine to lose.

(But maybe she is a little scared.)

I didn't think it was for me.

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[theladyofhighever]

Yes.
Twice.
One knows of my feelings and returns them.
The other knows not and does not.
I believe that it can.

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[stonebird]

Are they both present?

[roseofthetyrells]

Twice.
I lost them both.

[stonebird]

I'm sorry, my lady. I would bring them both back so you would be so full of love, you wouldn't know where to begin.

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[unphase]

Yeah, I have been.
I have a boyfriend back home I love.
[a pause, then she puts it on Private]
And there's someone here I have feelings for.

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[stonebird]

That could be complicated if your boyfriend arrived. I think, it I were him, I would understand eventually.

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[closerift]

Yes, [ She begins, but slowly, clearly giving it thought. She isn't close with Sansa, but Cecily has Feelings on the subject, and wants it pay it the attention it's due. ] ...And I think that it can, but it won't for everyone. Love is not a lovely thing. It's more often difficult, painful and hard work.

[ That's what makes it worth the effort, though, isn't it? ]

It's - a bit like cultivating a garden, I'd say, though I'm rubbish with plants. If you take the time to nurture them, they can sustain you.

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[stonebird]

...unless some monster comes out of the forest and devours them. (Way to darken the metaphor, Sansa.) I know love is difficult and it requires blood, sweat and tears. It wouldn't be worthwhile if you weren't willing to fight for it.

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[evocation]

yes
and i hope so
idk, i'm kind of new at it
and probably pretty bad at it

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[stonebird]

You can't be worse at it than I am. (Comforting?)

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[ragnarsson]

I don't know.

[Ivar sounds quiet and more philosophical than usual, but considering he just got yanked back to his own world for a year he would have preferred not to live, it's to be expected.]

Sometimes I think I have known love, and other times, I think no one really knows what love is because it doesn't exist, or at least, it never lasts.

[He's got a whole pile of abandonment issues that comes from everyone he cares about leaving him, betraying him, dying, or a combination of all three.]

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[stonebird]

I pray you are mistaken. (For all of their sakes.) I saw love between my parents and I have seen it between others. I have had no luck in it, but while I live, I will try to be open to it.

(She wants children most of all - a whole pack of them.)

I think the trick is to not be blinded by it.

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[kingforboth]

Yes, I have. I think. None ever last long enough to truly find out. Perhaps love is not something someone of our status should wish for. Perhaps it's not something we're given.

I do hope I am wrong and you are given the chance I wasn't.

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[stonebird]

My lord, you're not dead therefore your chances are not used up. Love may come to stay for you yet.

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[feelslikeimspilling]

Love is just a chemical reaction.

[ Sorry about Will, he's a little bitter when it comes to love nowadays. ]

We give it meaning by choice.

[ A pause. ]

Nothing lasts forever either.

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[stonebird]

So we can choose for it to last?

(That probably isn't the conclusion he wanted her to make.)

If it can be controlled, we can choose to be happy.

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[restinglichface]

abso fucking lutely

love can last thru anything

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[stonebird]

Can you be with them here?

I am inclined to agree if it can survive Hadriel.

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[dragonsgrasp]

Yes.

[Oh, god why is he even answering this? It's always on his mind, which may have something to do with it. Well... maybe it's easier to mention it in text form, anyway.]

Sometimes, it might last, for some people. For others, it never lasts, if it even leads to anything at all.

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[stonebird]

I don't understand why for some it lasts for years and years and for others, it disappears rapidly.

(Why can't love be logical?)

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[canyouhandlethismany]

No, I've never been in love.

But I've seen people making it last.

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[stonebird]

Is it something that entices you?

I feel bad for them if they are here.

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[storyseeker]

Yes and yes. But it can take work.

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[stonebird]

Lady Elizabeth and I have spoken of how one mustn't become lazy. Falling asleep mid-kiss would be a tragedy!