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Hemingway. (ernestoic) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-10-27 16:50:00

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!open, steve rogers, ~abigail knightly

If a scream of horror was enough to stop war, there would be no more war.

Given what we know about mankind, is it even wise to have children?

No matter how many books you read, no matter how much you live, there are some things in this world that you will never, ever understand. And perhaps you wouldn't want to.

This island is a prison. And my mind is one.

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	abigailknightly 2013-10-27 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	Your mind inspires millions, Mr Hemingway. It inspires me. In that sense, it'll never be a prison. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-27 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	It is a prison to me. When you have nowhere to escape but into your own mind, and your own mind is an unpleasant place to be- you are a prisoner. But I am glad I have inspired you. Perhaps it is enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	abigailknightly 2013-10-27 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	I hope it is. I aspire to be like you, an incredible intellect. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ernestoic
2013-10-27 05:07 pm UTC (link)

To be like me? No, you must aspire to be very much yourself. Find your own truth. Read avidly. Live fully. Question everything. You may not come to the same conclusions, but your ideas will be your own, and that is important. Declare yourself to be the best, and you will be. Believe it, believe in your own truth. Or if you can't, pretend you do. There is little difference.

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	abigailknightly 2013-10-27 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-28 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Yes, exactly. Wait- is that me? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	abigailknightly 2013-10-28 05:27 am UTC (link)
	Okay, you caught me. But who better to quote? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-30 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	I could try for modesty here, but damn it, you're right! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	abigailknightly 2013-10-30 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	I'm glad you agree, actually. I was hoping you didn't have narcissistic tendencies so I could get away with stealing your original thoughts and passing them off as my own wisdom. Sadly I'll go back to philosophising in the shower. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ernestoic
2013-10-30 07:28 pm UTC (link)

No, no, philosophise aloud! Publicly! Stand up and declare that you have something to say! And that's it's damn important. Really. I know what it's like. We have a tendency to become introspective and solitary. That's what thinkers do. But don't undersell yourself. You'll find that the people who do the most talking are the ones who actually have nothing to say. Shut them up.

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	abigailknightly 2013-10-30 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	Can I quote you on that? Most of my ideas are a little half-baked, honestly but sometimes I stumble onto something with a grain of the good inside of it. Whether it's any good for others remains to be seen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ernestoic
2013-10-30 07:37 pm UTC (link)

I get the feeling that you will.

Hell, so are mine. They need fine tuning. You're always going to doubt yourself, and that is a good thing. Idiots always think their ideas are flawless. I always think "there might be something there, might need some work though". I probably always will. You probably always will. Just don't let everyone know that. Let them think you were just born a genius, not that you have to work at it.

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	abigailknightly 2013-10-30 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	In that case, do you have to work at it, Mr Hemingway, or were you born a genius? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Abigail ernestoic 2013-11-03 11:49 am UTC (link)
	Between you and me? Work like hell. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Mr Hemingway abigailknightly 2013-11-03 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	You should probably know that the rest of humanity work at being coherent whilst you work at genius. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Abigail ernestoic 2013-11-03 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	Most, not the rest. Just most. There are a few inspiring people still out there. You should be one of them. You seem to have mastered coherency- next stop, genius. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Mr Hemingway abigailknightly 2013-11-03 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	You don't think there's a few stops between coherency and genius? Like... logical? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Abigail ernestoic 2013-11-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Bah, logic. Screw logic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Mr Hemingway abigailknightly 2013-11-03 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	Why Mr H, I do love it when you curse. Got another one to thrill a fan? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Abigail ernestoic 2013-11-03 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Was that cursing? You're counting 'screw' as cursing? Fuck that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Mr Hemingway abigailknightly 2013-11-03 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	My parents were conservative, I was never allowed to swear ~~or Dad'd get the belt~~. Do it again. I like it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Abigail

ernestoic
2013-11-03 07:01 pm UTC (link)

Ah, I see. I suppose my parents were fairly conservative. But I feel like I have to write the way that people actually talk, otherwise it comes across as unnatural. And as much as publishers would like me to star words out- well, they can go to hell.

Jesus, you're getting far too much enjoyment out of this shit.

Next time I see you, I'm going to come up and curse as much as I can improvise right to your face. Onlookers will wonder what the fuck is going on, but you'll know.

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	Mr Hemingway abigailknightly 2013-11-03 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	I wish I were that brave. I can't say damn without blushing like a child. Now you're doing this on purpose, aren't you? I see through that genius level intellect persona of yours, Mr Hemingway. You just like seeing a girl squirm. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Abigail

ernestoic
2013-11-03 07:08 pm UTC (link)

I think it's all mind over matter. They're words, they're words that people use daily- who decided they were bad? And why? Context is everything. As humans, we assign positive or negatives attributes to everything, and then forget we did it, and think that things have some sort of inherent goodness or badness in them. They don't. Only we thought of them that way. Does that make sense?

Yes, I am. You caught me.

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Mr Hemingway

abigailknightly
2013-11-03 07:12 pm UTC (link)

But there are multiple contexts to the words, yes? An infinite amount. So if I were to say 'fuck you', there are many different permutations of that phrase. Which one is worse than the other? It's like the Chatterley trials for indecency; using the word 'fuck' in its original context and meaning. Should that be censored?

It's working, by the way. I'm bright pink all over.

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