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[youresovein]

[ Behold: Lestat, sprawled on a velvet couch in a leather jacket, head leaned casually on the arm rest. Visible from this selfie angle, discarded on his coffee table, is a laptop open to a word processor. He's deep in thought tonight. ]

Have you ever fallen in love? Have you ever been punched very hard in the face, or perhaps attacked by a pack of starving wolves? For those of you who've done both, would you say the experiences were at all comparable?

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[h2no]

yes to all those, no to them being comparable
being punched in the face and being mauled by wolves/whatever only hurts for a short amount of time

fuck up with love well enough and you'll be existentially sore for years
and it is
very fucking easy to do that

[youresovein]

Now that's the truth. It's far harder to rewrite heartbreak heroically, too, isn't it? You can't exactly open up your ribcage and say "Want to know how I got this one?"

[h2no]

even harder when it's you who hurt someone you love and you have to live with it.
did something happen to prompt this?

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[fehus]

yes to the wolves and punching, no to the falling in love

as a young immortal this is sort of alarming and ominous ngl

[youresovein]

What does immortality have to do with it?

[fehus]

love sounds like it's a lot to cope with in the long long long long term. it's not getting punched in the face once. it's getting into a cage match with several other people over several hundreds of years.

not here

[sanguinespell]

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[burlyboy]

Aw, falling in love's a beautiful thing. Less like a punch to the face, more like a punch to the gut in, like, a really satisfying fight.

The only time it's supposed to hurt is when you lose it.

[youresovein]

If you're going to be optimistic about this, you can leave.

[burlyboy]

Okay, number one? Rude. Number two? That isn't me being optimistic, that's me telling the truth.

[grandtheftequine]

Well, I've done one of those things.

[youresovein]

And how would you rate it, on a scale of your choosing?

[grandtheftequine]

Hmm... Six out of ten. It wasn't great, but I'm not going out of my way to avoid it happening again.

video; id: cassandra cain-wayne

[cassassin]

Yes.

[to which part? probably all of it. but hey, deniability.]

[youresovein]

And now the important question: was it worth it?

[cassassin]

Don't know. Didn't... realize, how I felt back then. [But the regret is still strong. Cass shrugs, looking like she's half lost in thought.] Then I... didn't have the chance.

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[liverletdie]

Yes, yes, and no.

And no, they are not at all remotely similar. Maybe the downside of falling in love might hurt a little, but... not quite that much.

[youresovein]

You don't take punches well, then?

[liverletdie]

You ever been punched by a god? Or a giant monster? Or a dragon? Guy in armor? Super-soldier? King of Atlantis?

Trust me, they can hurt. A lot. It's a miracle my face is still as handsome as it is.

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[topmeup]

Been in love and punched in the face, but I don't really think the two are the same thing. Unless the person you're in love with punched you in the face.

Which...congrats? [Should he be congratulating you? Sometimes the people you like can be kind of violent, as proven by half the rom-coms ever made.]

[youresovein]

Emotionally? Metaphorically? That's the general idea. Congratulations not required, but appreciated, I suppose.

[topmeup]

I guess realizing you love someone could feel like that. Kind of violent imagery there, though, bruh. No happy butterflies?

[shittywizard]

Pass. Pass on all three.

[youresovein]

Oh dear.

[notgood]

[And, avoiding the questions entirely-]

Are you going to write about this?

[Given the word document in the background there.]

Comparing love and pain is very overdone at this point.