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

[byblow]

The popular answer seems to be that you're allowed to be as angry as you want for as long as you want, but a lot of people think you shouldn't talk about it.

[faithlikeaseed]

That's a little two-faced, isn't it? Saying you're justified in your anger but expecting you to let it fester forever without saying a thing?

[elegiaque]

( interjecting blithely )

The logic that allows them to be resentful as they like but never have to hear about it when people are angry at them. Cowards, in other words.

[faithlikeaseed]

[That gets an almost-laugh out of him.]

Right.

Not that there isn't a place for keeping the peace and your tongue in a bad situation. Why leave it unresolved outside of that, though?

[why indeed, Myr]

[elegiaque]

You should always consider as carefully who exactly it is your silence serves as who your voice might hurt.

[faithlikeaseed]

[Huh.]

I'm admit I'm not accustomed to thinking that way, lady.

[elegiaque]

Remarkably few people here are accustomed to thinking before they speak at all.

[faithlikeaseed]

That's not so different from home--and likely all of Thedas.

People being what they are.

[elegiaque]

Idiots.

( what most people are. )

[faithlikeaseed]

Wouldn't be so uncharitable. Rather, they don't need to be any better.

[elegiaque]

I prefer to say what I mean.

[faithlikeaseed]

So do I, lady.

But there's enough misery in the world without adding to it.

[elegiaque]

How unfortunate no one seems to agree.

[faithlikeaseed]

[Without irony,] Truly.