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[parodeity]

new issue topic
why the fuck did you not inform me of the existence of this franchise until right now
weve been here nine months now and you only JUST brought up a movie
about tornadoes with sharks in them

[splinten]

I think it speaks to my failing as a brother and human being. Sheer disregard for what's important, blatant and unforgivable.

[parodeity]

that aside
what got meddled with
what do you want to talk about

[splinten]

My ability to consent or not to things in this relationship, and I believe the unilateral decision subject.
Your comment about which I did not at all interpret as having anything to do with the rooming situation, on the grounds that it literally had no indications of that connection.
In fact, your comment indicated that you did not want to discuss any decisions at that time. Which is why I backed off.
I don't know how we always go from perfect understanding to constant confusion like this, which is to say I do know, and it's because we are idiots.

[parodeity]

you didnt seem interested in revisiting those decisions
so i like
said we could do it whenever you wanted instead?

[splinten]

It's good to know we made the exact same assumptions and took the exact same stances, while apparently failing to properly express this to each other.

[parodeity]

i mentioned the decision revisting and you didnt comment on it

anyway
are you saying you want to marathon that
?

[splinten]

Because you phrased it in a way that indicated you didn't want to, and I didn't want to get into an argument.

Yes.
I was also saying another thing about the lines of communication and wanting to talk, but yes to that too.

[parodeity]

i did not because i wanted to talk about it so i phrased it in a way that indicated i did
i think
ok this is getting us nowhere

to clarify
were marathoning the rediscussions of whatever unilateral decisions we can list
y/n

[splinten]

You said "if or when we re discuss unilaterals" and then insisted that it wasn't something to be concerned about "for now." That indicated that the time of rediscussion was not contemporary.
Okay, yeah. Let's just agree that we were both confused.

We're marathoning a rediscussion. Bad movies may follow.

[parodeity]

yeah because i figured we could do it when you wanted to
like
if you wanted to ever

ugh ok your turn to pick the location
no water tho

[splinten]

We could talk in one of the apple trees.

[why does dirk always want to be in some kind of elevated area. on buildings or mountains or volcanos or even trees. why]

[parodeity]

whyd you pick apple instead of orange

[splinten]

Picking oranges felt self-interested, but you have a point. It might be best to pick a neutral fruit.
We could go with avocados to continue our ball-themed humor.

[parodeity]

we dont have avocados
and banana trees kinda suck for sitting

nonfruit tree?

[splinten]

Non-fruit tree works.

[parodeity]

this is the part where you give me the location of one with a fun anecdote for directions

[splinten]

Sorry, I'm not an expert in giving directions. Clearly I need to learn from your example. Or I could sent the GPS coordinates.

The tree that was on your left when you told me about Trousersnake feeling under the weather from eating slightly old food.

[parodeity]

but that would be boring
also your anecdote was more exact
be there in five seconds

[splinten]

I'll aim for a less improbable estimated time of arrival.

[like, a few minutes instead? he shows up in a few minutes. not in a nice suit, sorry dave, it's just standard bad clothing choices with dirk here. he is... not relaxed, exactly, there are still aliens everywhere and also this is still an important conversation. but he isn't acting like he's going to the gallows either.]

[parodeity]

[ well dave is in jeans and a t shirt so it's a lazy day. ...however he does look tense and gallows going beneath a casual expression because it's dave and even when he says he wants to have conversations about feelings he is absolutely terrible about them.

he also never knows how to start. ]

Sup.

[splinten]

Misunderstandings, apparently. Should we climb the tree?

[like they could have the conversation underneath it instead but]

[parodeity]

Yeah, ok.

[ although "climb" here means just floating up into it, so. ]

[splinten]

[Dirk actually climbs because honestly this kid climbed the skeleton of an apartment building at age 0 clearly this is just a thing he likes to do. He perches himself on a branch and just.]

I think, if we're going to discuss the issue of decisions made between us, and the decisions we make going forward, we should probably start with the basic question of whether or not we're both capable of exercising agency in this relationship. Specifically, how good or bad we are at saying 'no' to each other.

[parodeity]

[ dave thinks very quietly in the safety of his own mind god damnit rose. the specific circumstances that lead her to share things he says have always been it's for your own good, dave, and the curse is mostly resigned and he's not sure how much she did or didn't say. probably just enough to meddle a conversation into happening? it's always hard to tell. ]

You've accused me of bein' a cat, that has to mean I'm exceptionally good at sayin' no. I think that is like 99% of what cats do, so -

[ he cuts off the joke and the tangent himself, leaning back against the base of the tree on the branch he picked, and makes a face. reorients to actually giving a serious response. ]

I would say we're very good at saying no in very specific circumstances but maybe not outside of those?