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Tweak says, "Hear me roar."

the lady door (door) wrote in thedoorway,
@ 2013-08-14 18:31:00

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!network post, annabelle / anna (tvd), annie sawyer, chloe sullivan, di lestrade (bbc), dorian gray, enjolras, fox mulder, francine peters, lady door, marguerite blakeney, rory williams, septimus smith, sherlock holmes (elementary), stephen dedalus, steve rogers / captain america (616), walter blythe

Sometimes I forget my father's dead. It's easy to do here. Just visiting, home still a snapshot from the last time we were all there at once. His smile and my mother's laugh, wet with wine and glowing in warm orange candlelight. And a wicked glint in my brother's eye and my sister's baby blonde curls just peeking over the table as he chased her.

And then I remember that no matter how much I practise, I will never open a door to them.

But I have learned to open doors to friends, so that's a small victory to be proud of. And it's all right to grieve and be happy at the same time.

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	door 2013-08-15 12:05 am UTC (link)
	I wondered that myself. He seemed the same, aside from a cut throat, but you can't really tell until it's too late. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-15 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	I think the guys from Supernatural would agree that it's better not to chance it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 01:12 am UTC (link)
	I'm not entirely sure I understand. Are you speaking in code? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 10:36 am UTC (link)
	Almost always. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	But why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	To obfuscate meaning. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	But that is the precise opposite purpose of language. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	What's that saying? Language was invented to conceal one's thoughts? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	That doesn't make any sense at all. Thoughts are already concealed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	We speak to communicate, and to make things happen. Not necessarily to communicate what we're thinking or to say what we mean. Language serves many functions that have nothing to do with honesty and openness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	No, but it does serve to communicate, and obfuscation is not communication. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	It can be part of it. Do you always say exactly what you mean? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	I do, otherwise people wouldn't know what I mean. And if I don't want them to know I don't speak. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Sometimes when you're a public figure, you have to speak even when you don't want to say anything, you have to talk about things you don't want to talk about, and you have to tell people things you don't want people to know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	I have a hard time believing anyone can make you speak about anything you don't want to, Tony Stark. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	Then you haven't met my friend, Steve Rogers. Still. Making people believe you're saying something while actually saying nothing at all is the most useful skill you can learn. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	I have. He's very nice. I think saying something meaningful is a more useful skill. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tonystark 2013-08-16 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	What's "something meaningful," then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	door 2013-08-16 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Depends on the situation. Something honest. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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