Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-13 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: I never know when I'm pushing her too hard to say more, but it does seem like the dogs are good for her...
sad bird in snow: Getting her a dog last winter does seem like it's done even more good than anyone could have expected.
sad bird in snow: I know Hurricane's been trying to look in on her, at least; I asked her a little bit if there was anything that might be nice to do as a unit and she was sort of noncommittal, but it might be nice to have something low-key...

Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-13 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: Same


sad bird in snow: I suppose with Amaranth here we now have two whole members with a decent childhood
sad bird in snow: Cardinal would probably say that they're a third but I don't actually believe that.

Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-13 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: I've come down pretty firmly on the side of "actually it's bad to raise your children as a weapon for your ideals, even if they say they're fine with that"

Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-13 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: Here we are.
sad bird in snow: I know they're used to looking at the bigger picture of what's good for the whole of society, but their homeland is very... different.

Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-14 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: I think technically they are trying to be
sad bird in snow: It’s just that they’re not actually great at it.
sad bird in snow: Anyway, I suppose I have plenty of ideals, it’s just—well, you have to take care of people in the short-term, too, not just the abstract ideal of people?

Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-14 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: Devil's in the details sounds about right
sad bird in snow: We're trying to solve some awfully difficult problems, if you think about it

Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-14 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: I love you so much.
sad bird in snow: Honestly, what would I do without you?
sad bird in snow: Game be damned, I want to kiss you a lot—but somewhere it’s just for us.

Re: Day 312 MISTLETOE

[personal profile] softlyfalling 2020-12-14 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
sad bird in snow: You know, this sounds an awful lot like we should be married. 😘