Video | UN: aweful

[necroprince]

[She’s been here for over a week now. Time to get the lay of the land. The video opens up to a particularly tall blonde woman with a golden skeletal arm and a smirk. She's here to cause problems on purpose.]

Greetings, hello, salutations. My name is Ianthe Naberius. I’m new in town, twenty two, a princess of Ida, unfortunately single and dreadfully bored!

Now, I come to you today, not only to introduce myself, but to ask something of all of you.

Who do you hate most in Trench and why? I’m trying to meet people, network, but it’s so hard and overwhelmingly positive! So consider this an open invitation. Warn me about that dangerous scoundrel who kicked your puppy, seethe about how much you despise me for whatever reason, tell me about your parasocial hateful fixation on one of the local divinity. It can be a minor slight you want to complain about, a friend of yours who owes you two perfectly intact human skulls, or it can be an actual danger to this lovely little community of ours.

Now, before you try to say “this is childish and stupid!” You’re absolutely right, but it is a necessary part of self care to allow oneself to be an absolute cunt once in a while. [Or all the time, if your name is Ianthe.] So let’s not make any grand claims to being above something like this, mm?

Feel free to use the anonymity feature. Or the privacy feature, I guess, if you’re shy or worried about being fileted like a fish.

Comments

[survivalthroughhate]

The only thing I "demanded" was a moment long enough to actually apologize to you without you carrying with histronics.

Something, that I might add, that was suggested should be done by me by several people here, including your beloved master.

text; un: Lothrat

[ezra_of_lothal]

Ok, I suspect you're including me in that 'several people', so I have to speak up here.

I advised you to apologize as parts of making amends, yes. I ALSO advised you to do it in a way that you didn't have to directly interact, like a written note, so Anakin wouldn't be subjected to your presence. And told you Anakin was in no way obligated to accept it.

Let me repeat: the point of apology is to own and face the harm you did. Not to get the response you want, to make yourself feel better.

This exchange isn't a good look for you, Maul.

[survivalthroughhate]

I TRIED giving him a written apology over text. He didn't believe I was being sincere since there was nothing like tone to give context to the words.

Oh please. If I wanted to feel "better" I wouldn't have subjected myself to dealing with him in the first place. That was about as pleasant as getting tossed in a lake on an ice planet and then being unable to change out of my wet clothes. I did it because it was the right thing to do, nothing more.

[ezra_of_lothal]

I actually suggested HANDwritten, for a couple of reasons that I'm pretty sure that I spelled out at the time.

At any rate, you're complaining and I don't think you're listening, so that my limit for engaging right now.

[survivalthroughhate]

Yes, yes, go off and butt into someone else's life where you're not wanted and try to fix everything wrong with them. It's what you're best at.

[facultative]

I told you it wasn't wanted. You insisted otherwise.

[Absolutely figures that everyone wants him to join hands and get along with Maul.]

[survivalthroughhate]

So what was I supposed to do? Go back to all those who told be otherwise and just tell them 'He told me NOT to try to give him an apology'?

[Despite the sarcasm, Maul legitimately wanted an answer to the question. No one had told him what to do in such a situation, so as usual, Maul pushed forward with his bullheaded persistence rather than trying for a different solution.]

[facultative]

YES. None of them asked me what I wanted so they can shut up and go away.

[survivalthroughhate]

The next time some 'good person' wants me to meddle in someone's life, I'm telling them to go to hell. I honestly thought they knew best when it came to dealing with you.

[The fact no one had even asked Anakin what he wanted honestly hadn't occurred to Maul. He assumed someone along the line of communication would have asked him since it wasn't like he and Maul were communicating with one another.]

You may not believe me but I would have stopped being so stubborn in trying to give you something you didn't desire if I had been made more aware of that fact.

[facultative]

What makes this any different? I told you over and over to leave me alone and you didn't care. This has never been about giving me what I wanted.

[survivalthroughhate]

I was doing what I thought was RIGHT because I was told that by people who I thought knew better than me. I don't have a conscience so I was relying on others to tell me how to make amends. I was unaware all three of them hadn't asked YOU what you wanted out of this.

[facultative]

And this arguing with everyone over something you started? Is that also what's 'right'?

[survivalthroughhate]

Pride + stubborn nature + short temper = this.

[At least he had some awareness of the faults in his personality.]

[facultative]

[This is the opposite of helpful.]

So you make it everyone else's problem too.

[survivalthroughhate]

Isn't that what you do all the time?

[facultative]

I've never done what you're doing right now.

[He's never demanded the attention and he'd genuinely prefer it if people stopped sticking their nose into his business.]

[survivalthroughhate]

You act just like a spoiled child throwing a temper tantrum half the time and that DOES make it everyone else's problem when they're forced to mop up the mess that happens when you lash out. Or do you think Obi-Wan actually ENJOYS dealing with your nonsense all the time?

[facultative]

Name one thing I've done then in that same 'almost a year'.

[survivalthroughhate]

........You really want me to say it? You drove your son away with that charming attitude of yours. It says something that he prefers my company to yours these days.

[facultative]

Is that what he told you?

[survivalthroughhate]

He didn't need to. He showed me the conversation you two had on the network that started this estrangement.

[facultative]

[So he still doesn't care.]

That's up to him.

[survivalthroughhate]

No, you're not dodging responsibility on this. It takes two for an estrangement and you're the one that asked for it. You want it to end? YOU put forth some effort and see what happens.

[facultative]

I told him what my limits were and if he's not willing to accept that then there's nothing more to be said.

[survivalthroughhate]

How would you know if he's willing to accept them or not unless you actually talk to him? You're creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of asking people to respect strict limits you set and then pushing them away without even giving them the chance to see if they can do that or not, so you're forever disappointed in others.