crystal.

[byblow]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Alistair
RECIPIENT: All y'all
WHAT: Innocent and totally random question
WHEN: Now
NOTES: Threadjacking is cool, kiss kiss.

What's a reasonable amount of time to stay angry with someone?

[ There is a fairly obvious difference between Alistair's I have a serious question voice and I am trying to cause trouble voice, for those who know him, but in this case his tone falls somewhere between the two. ]

Obviously it depends on what they've done to make you angry, so let's talk about the full range. How long can I stay angry with someone for borrowing my sword without permission before I'm unreasonable?

Or what if they left everyone I cared about to die?

Just for discussion's sake.

Comments

private

[byblow]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[onlyhymns]

Is she? [His concern is real. She asked him about his knowledge of the Dalish, which, in this light, could be a bad sign.]

[byblow]

Yep. Monster.

[onlyhymns]

Oh. [audible sweating]

private

[mactears]

[He's as impossible to argue with as Maric. Loghain clenches his jaw, then forces it to unclench.]

I would have us find some way to work together towards our common goal. Once the work is done, I will be gone from your life. You'll need never see me again, I swear it.

[A grimace.] But until then, Alistair, we can't continue like this. I trust that some part of you, separate from your anger, knows that too.

[byblow]

I'm more worried about people who haven't—done anything to me [ fuck is a hard word for even a bitter, long-former Chantry boy ] trying to tell me I'm being ridiculous, to be honest.

[byblow]

What? Why? Have you...








consorted with her?

[onlyhymns]

What??

No!!

I mean--

We've spoken?

[byblow]

Oh, that's not good. That's not good at all.

private

[byblow]

Continue like what?

[ That almost sounds like an innocent question. If he were a better actor he might have managed it—or at least the fake-innocent, exaggerated uptalk thing. But he is a horrible actor, so instead it sounds like someone trying to ask an innocent question but having to force it through their teeth. ]

[onlyhymns]

Why??

[byblow]

Huh.

[ He considers this for a moment. ]

Sounds imaginary.

[ For the record, he's teasing. ]

Private

[justice_is_blond]

There are plenty of ways to make someone's life a living hell that isn't stirring up a mob against them.

[His voice is tight. Anders has heard several of these comments and now he's suddenly having to sympathize a lot more with someone who indirectly hurt Nate. With the next bit, his voice turns a little mocking:]

Oh, no, Anders, how dare you try to fix things with people by talking on the crystals, you're just making it worse!

[His voice returns to being a little angry.]

But it's fine when you deliberately make things worse? And you make them worse for me, too, because half the people here aren't talking about Loghain.

[youwonscience]

[It sounds like she's making a face.]

...for the record, so do nugs if you're not from here.

[If it weren't a joke, she'd have picked something other than nugs.]

Health risks aside ... no one can tell you it's time to stop being angry, especially not about something that serious. Obviously I'm not from here, I don't know the details. But it's up to you. I've just seen people I care about make themselves their own collateral damage.

[gatheringstorm]

Well, screw them. They don't get to dictate how you feel, either.

Need a pint? Angry drinking might not solve anything, but I doubt it'd hurt, either.

[tactical_alert]

I'd say it's reasonable enough to nurse a grudge like that for the rest of your life. Though I imagine it would become exhausting.

And airing ones dirty laundry for all to see and smell and hear seems exhausting as well.

private

[byblow]

Yes, half are talking about Kaisa.

[ He does not sound REMOTELY SORRY at the moment thanks. ]

I think you might be confusing me for someone who gave a damn about your ask and answer session. [ —as in disapproved, he doesn't mean he doesn't give a damn at all, but he isn't in a state to clarify that. ]

[circleprodigy]

He was complicit--

[Whether he gave the order or turned a blind eye, it's all the same to Inessa. But she cuts herself off and takes that moment, responding flatly.]

Understood.

private

[justice_is_blond]

Right. Head-up-her-ass Korrin is talking about Kaisa. You're going to go drinking with her to sympathize about Kaisa.

Go on and like her for oblique references to someone who thought he was your friend. It's not like I haven't had worse.

[And now he's full angry.]

private

[byblow]

She hasn't referenced you at all, oblique or otherwise. Not everything is about you. And if I weren't ever friendly with people who don't like you, the pickings would be incredibly slim.

private

[justice_is_blond]

Thank you, it had slipped my mind that a great many people hate me, how dare I be upset that you're liking empty, worthless commiseration from someone you know damn well is talking about me because you're not an idiot.

You're spreading hatred, deliberately, and that will have ripple effects. He hurt you a great deal and by all means hold a grudge but this? Congratulations, you have indeed likely wounded him. I hope it was worth it, because there will be a price to pay later and it's probably not you who will pay it.

private

[pinprick]

For the first time, I have no energy or patience to be adult enough for us both. You already know you can't just ostracize the Wardens you have a grudge against. You command them all. If you'd rather it were different, leave. I'm sure some pirates off the coast of Rivain would let you throw whoever you want overboard when you decide you've had enough.

private

[pinprick]

[And for a brief moment, Nathaniel loses just a tiny shred of the temper he has been holding back since Loghain arrived. He barely has the chance to make this private before he snaps at her.]

You don't need to tell me what he was complicit in. I've spent twelve years hearing about it from people who think they know me. Everyone in Ferelden has very strong opinions about the war, has people they lost and miss. Do you imagine I miss my people less than you miss yours, and so you're not required to--

[it takes real effort to stop. Loghain's presence is hard for him to deal with, too, but here he is having to be the sane one. Again. He blows out a breath.]

I apologize for myself, Inessa. But you know he's not going anywhere.

[elegiaque]

Until they die, unless you want to be angry that they died and in doing so denied you satisfaction, in which case until you die.

Also, I have an assassin.

( She needs to stop offering to have Guilfoyle murder whoever upsets her friends. For starters, he's in the Dales right now and it would be a logistical nightmare. )

private

[byblow]

Right, true, being lectured about your personal pain and suffering is so much better than having a drink with someone who's at least capable of pretending to care. And you're definitely the only person in Thedas who could possibly have upset the Vashoth apostate. You're right. I'm wrong. I've been so foolish.

So what do we do now? Talk about your feelings some more? Maybe your relationship, that's definitely my favorite topic—

[ He has a lot of emotions lately, sorry. ]

Or, here's an idea: you could fuck off.