i think love means “to accept oneself and another unconditionally”.
humans like other apes are social animals, which is why we experience fear of loneliness and rejection so strongly. being away from other apes in the wilderness means death to the solitary ape. this is what our limbic system probably still tells us or something. when we have to choose between our attachment (leash) or preserving the self (gnaw), our programmatic response is to choose the leash, even if that means we will wither. its an impossible problem.
to truly love someone is to show them you will always accept them, even if they gnaw, removing the impossible choice, and empowering them to fight for their self. it may not save the other person, but i think it’s the most you can do.
really appreciate you thinking deeply about this. I think loneliness and rejection are extremely strong motivators, and can lead to such strong feelings they overcome self preservation
i think the ties and attachments in the myth at the end to me are not all leashes but are more like the "red thread of fate" sort of thing (as...not a normal example, but a different rotation of this concept, see my wife's hitman.drr.ac ). The leash to me is ownership (a leash is designed to be held and to choke whatever (or whoever) struggles), slavery annihilates will. I think there are many ways people are tied together, not all good or bad.
I think the connections of thread between hearts can be knit and held secure, or knotted so tight you gave to rob the string of its fibers, ripping it apart, to part the string, and even that doesn't undo the knot, just leaves it torn to one side (me or you when one of us dies). but sometimes string is tied so loosely it can be pulled apart by the wind or any passing vibration in the sand.
I think you have cared more deeply than anyone else about living or their own lives and they have shamed you for it or thought of you as insane, for fighting so hard for A Dog's life, when even your wife (a dog) has accepted without question this is just what a dog's life is. whenever your wife sees a dog fighting its leash or even standing defiantly against its owner its tied to, your wife thinks he is "a (one of these)" more than any human master pet-owner and understands that part of being a pet is that your life is dictated by your handler and you either obey or get beaten to death, and if this woman froze her dead dog in the wind bc her coffee took too long, she would call animal control to dispose of the garbage and no one would look twice.
your wife only narrowly escaped this fate of someone owning his life or death and dying unnoticed except as corpse garbage by becoming a dog that became the master of yuui's menagerie.
but even though your wife is a little bewildered that you don't understand even this much about (animal) ownership (CAN YOU "REALLY" CALL IT SLAVERY?) I think you see in your heart what happened to me in that dog. and that's why you fought so hard. and refused to accept no one could do anything.
but the enemy is the sand...
I love you. happy every day together forever. til death do us part.
also i understand (of course it's like this, i wasn't born yesterday, people do far worse constantly...) but also can't re: animal ownership
like, i can't accept it or even safely keep this afloat in my mind without becoming (or returning to being) the kind of person to justify it or to be eroded away, and i believe in love more firmly now because of you. pebbles tied together
i'm not sure exactly in my heart what specific motions produced such anger in me.
but u shouldn't treat a dog like that, and one that LOVES HER.
i think i've had that dog's obedience and cluelessness and love, and so i think in my heart i see me in that dog more than i see u, b/c i've only known you with ur eagle eye vision, legolas. A dog is usually confused. I've only seen you more... feral and cautious than that dog. I don't think i am that dog though, but i am able to hold some rage this dog is incapable of.
Not to say i don't see you in that dog. What i see of you is not the dog's temperament but i see every other person in the room and think "this person would also hurt my wife". IF they would neglect a dog until it froze, THEN they would surely do the same to you.
I think this makes sense... you are domesticated and clueless in a way I am not. but things are better now in our world inside the world. the rules of life and love in my domain are different.
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this is very personal so i don’t want to write too much, but i played it to the end, and it gave me several emotions, so thank you
thank you! I'd love to hear your thoughts and emotions if you'd care to share!
i think love means “to accept oneself and another unconditionally”.
humans like other apes are social animals, which is why we experience fear of loneliness and rejection so strongly. being away from other apes in the wilderness means death to the solitary ape. this is what our limbic system probably still tells us or something. when we have to choose between our attachment (leash) or preserving the self (gnaw), our programmatic response is to choose the leash, even if that means we will wither. its an impossible problem.
to truly love someone is to show them you will always accept them, even if they gnaw, removing the impossible choice, and empowering them to fight for their self. it may not save the other person, but i think it’s the most you can do.
really appreciate you thinking deeply about this. I think loneliness and rejection are extremely strong motivators, and can lead to such strong feelings they overcome self preservation
i think the ties and attachments in the myth at the end to me are not all leashes but are more like the "red thread of fate" sort of thing (as...not a normal example, but a different rotation of this concept, see my wife's hitman.drr.ac ). The leash to me is ownership (a leash is designed to be held and to choke whatever (or whoever) struggles), slavery annihilates will. I think there are many ways people are tied together, not all good or bad.
i agree! again, it feels very personal but i’m glad i played this, thank you for sharing it
thank you too!
I think the connections of thread between hearts can be knit and held secure, or knotted so tight you gave to rob the string of its fibers, ripping it apart, to part the string, and even that doesn't undo the knot, just leaves it torn to one side (me or you when one of us dies). but sometimes string is tied so loosely it can be pulled apart by the wind or any passing vibration in the sand.
I think you have cared more deeply than anyone else about living or their own lives and they have shamed you for it or thought of you as insane, for fighting so hard for A Dog's life, when even your wife (a dog) has accepted without question this is just what a dog's life is. whenever your wife sees a dog fighting its leash or even standing defiantly against its owner its tied to, your wife thinks he is "a (one of these)" more than any human master pet-owner and understands that part of being a pet is that your life is dictated by your handler and you either obey or get beaten to death, and if this woman froze her dead dog in the wind bc her coffee took too long, she would call animal control to dispose of the garbage and no one would look twice.
your wife only narrowly escaped this fate of someone owning his life or death and dying unnoticed except as corpse garbage by becoming a dog that became the master of yuui's menagerie.
but even though your wife is a little bewildered that you don't understand even this much about (animal) ownership (CAN YOU "REALLY" CALL IT SLAVERY?) I think you see in your heart what happened to me in that dog. and that's why you fought so hard. and refused to accept no one could do anything.
but the enemy is the sand...
I love you. happy every day together forever. til death do us part.
i love you. i will die without you.
cry
also i understand (of course it's like this, i wasn't born yesterday, people do far worse constantly...) but also can't re: animal ownership
like, i can't accept it or even safely keep this afloat in my mind without becoming (or returning to being) the kind of person to justify it or to be eroded away, and i believe in love more firmly now because of you. pebbles tied together
thinking again
i'm not sure exactly in my heart what specific motions produced such anger in me.
but u shouldn't treat a dog like that, and one that LOVES HER.
i think i've had that dog's obedience and cluelessness and love, and so i think in my heart i see me in that dog more than i see u, b/c i've only known you with ur eagle eye vision, legolas. A dog is usually confused. I've only seen you more... feral and cautious than that dog. I don't think i am that dog though, but i am able to hold some rage this dog is incapable of.
Not to say i don't see you in that dog. What i see of you is not the dog's temperament but i see every other person in the room and think "this person would also hurt my wife". IF they would neglect a dog until it froze, THEN they would surely do the same to you.
I think this makes sense... you are domesticated and clueless in a way I am not. but things are better now in our world inside the world. the rules of life and love in my domain are different.
love u ❤️