TEXT - Anonymous

[nothinglikea]

I need something else to concentrate on.

What do you do when you think you like someone?

How can you be sure?

And if you are sure, how do you proceed?

Comments

[klawful]

OH. YEAH. I MEAN I AM DEFINITELY INTERNALLY SCREAMING BUT IT IS NOT INTENDED AS VOCAL HOSTILITY TOWARDS YOU SPECIFICALLY.

IT'S A THING WITH MY PEOPLE. WE TYPE IN UNIQUE STYLES CALLED "QUIRKS" TO REPRESENT OUR GENERAL PERSONALITIES. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL THING, BASICALLY. I JUST HAVE A REALLY ABRASIVE PERSONALITY I LIKE TO DEPICT THROUGH MY QUIRK. YOU CAN IGNORE IT.

IF IT WOULD MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE, I CAN TYPE NORMALLY. I DON'T MIND EITHER WAY.

[nothinglikea]

I see! Well, I appreciate that.

Goodness. I've never heard of something like that, but if it's the way of your people, it would be terribly rude to ask you to abstain from it.

That's something I love about this place, so many people and cultures to learn about!

[klawful]

(...Yes. He likes this human. Respect for trollian ways was so rare...!)

I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO SWEAR A LOT TOO JUST AS A GENERAL HEADS UP. SWEARING ISN'T A BIG DEAL WITH OUR KIND, BUT I REALIZE SOME HUMANS (IF YOU ARE A HUMAN??? I DO NOT MEAN TO ASSUME BUT THE GENERAL POPULATION HERE SEEMS TO BE OF THE HOMOSAPIEN VARIETY) TAKE THAT KIND OF THING DIFFERENTLY. I IMAGINE THE LANGUAGE DIVIDE DOESN'T HELP.

WOW I AM GOING ALL THE WAY OFF THE FUCKING TRACKS HERE. OKAY. FIRST, YOU ARE SO RIGHT. I LOVE STUDYING CULTURES AND THIS PLACE IS AN ACTUAL MIXING POT OF THEM. IT'S LIKE A GIANT BUFFET OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPLENDOR. I SWEAR WE COULD DO A WHOLE GODDAMN STUDY OF IT.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY: THIS ROMANCE YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH...IS IT NEWLY DEVELOPED?

[nothinglikea]

[well, it's only right to respect other cultures?]

Swearing doesn't bother me at all. I admit that I don't do much of it unless I'm really angry or upset about something, but it doesn't make me faint when others do it. And I am a human, though one from the past.

I find it fascinating how many people (general use of people), how many background and places and cultures are all represented here, too. I love to study such things, too, although where and when I was from, such a thing was frowned upon. That's a wonderful way of putting things, I hope you don't mind if I borrow it for my studies, too?

Relatively, yes. I don't want to step out of line and possibly ruin it.