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parker succeeds by stealing the success of others (inafivepoundbag) wrote in colligo_network,
@ 2011-03-29 13:51:00

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alistair theirin, ariadne, eames, juno weasley, merrill, morgana, obi-wan kenobi, parker, peter fleming, regulus black, tessa

Question!

A friend of yours has a problem. A really big, bad problem that makes them do things they don't want to do, including hurting other people. You find out about that problem.

Do you:

A. Try to find a way to help them and support them and be there for them, only giving up if and when it's obvious they can't be helped.

or

B. Be terrible and mean and tell them not to talk to you or anyone you know ever again, then not bother telling any of their real friends about their problem so they can still get some help.

Definitely needing guidance here so if anyone has any experience in something like this, that'd be awesome.

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	arrogant_black 2011-03-30 12:43 am UTC (link)
	Option A. Ooo, looks like this time I'm siding with the right crowd. Parker I know who you are talking about. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-30 01:21 am UTC (link)
	Ha! Go you! [Regulus] I figured you would. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	arrogant_black 2011-03-30 01:29 am UTC (link)
	You'd have to be a fuckwit to choose option B. [Parker] I offered to help. I know, incapacitation doesn't sound pleasant, but he can do that dreaming thing, it's not like he wouldn't have anything to do in enforced horizontal state. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-30 01:31 am UTC (link)
	And yet there are those who do, even if they won't admit it. [Regulus] You offered a solution. Your brother was a bully. Big difference and it's time people realize it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

arrogant_black
2011-03-30 01:43 am UTC (link)

Some have, really.

[Parker]
That's what my brother calls a 'solution'. It's a simple breakdown. He has a hierarchy of people he cares about. As with everything my brother does, his loyalty and devotion to those select few at the top are insanely intense. If those at the top are harmed, in any way, it doesn't matter if the 'right' thing to do is to seek help for the person doing the harming, his only focus is those select friends.

Some in that select few are reasonable, and listen to reason. The rest are just like him and respond in kind, as can be noted above.

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	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-30 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Yep. It's a pretty sad day when I know something is wrong and others don't. [Regulus] Your brother's a hypocrite and so are most of his friends. I don't like hypocrites. They make me want to stab things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	arrogant_black 2011-03-30 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Possibly. [Parker] Someone's getting ready to smite people. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Regulus inafivepoundbag 2011-03-30 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Nope. I'm not going to have to. He'll respond to my question, choose option A, and then I've got him. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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