Note 7

[styxiedust]

I don't know about you lot, but it seems like I was the only one that didn't have a red string. So I suppose I'm just more interested in how it was caused, I don't think there's a spell that has that effect...so perhaps it was a potion. But then how would it have spread on such a grand scale?


I sort of wish the next match would hurry up and get here so we'd have things to worry about besides strings.

Comments

[witchafterall]

Perhaps it was something in the air?

[styxiedust]

You mean like spring fever? Oh dear, but it's not even spring yet, Mami.

[witchafterall]

Or something in the air that condensed into strings. Although it is getting to be that time of year.

[styxiedust]

Maaaaybe.

Maybe it was a bunch of invisible spiders that inexplicably deal with matters of the heart.

[witchafterall]

I suppose it's just as likely as anything else in a magic castle.

[styxiedust]

Whatever it is, don't you think it'd be neat to find out? What if it's some new magical thing to discover?

[witchafterall]

I'm sure Dumbledore would be very interested if it turned out to be something like that.

[fuckmackandme]

i didn't have one either.

[styxiedust]

I don't think we're missing out on anything by not having one, John, don't worry about it.

[cuddlefishpeixes]

I didn't )(ave a string eit)(er, so you weren't t)(e only one!

[styxiedust]

That's simple to deduce, of course! But it doesn't seem like there are any visible differences between people that did have one and people that didn't.

Well, besides the obvious couples I mean.

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

i WOULD SAY THAT, yOU WERE LUCKY NOT TO HAVE ONE,

[styxiedust]

Is that right? What makes you say that?

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uH, bECAUSE HAVING ONE IS KIND OF, dEPRESSING, aND NOT REALLY A GOOD THING AT ALL,
i CAN'T EVEN THINK OF A POSITIVE, tHING ABOUT THE STRINGS,

[styxiedust]

I'm sure that wasn't the intention behind the whole thing. I bet I could thing of a positive thing about them if I knew what they meant.

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uH, nOBODY TOLD YOU THE, mEANING BEHIND THEM?

kARKAT, sAID THAT THEY LEAD TO YOUR, uH, tRUE LOVE,

[styxiedust]

Well, of course Karkat would find out the meaning behind that.

But it doesn't seem to be the full meaning, don't you think? I mean I've seen one bloke with a string leading to a sandwich.

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uHHH, mAYBE HE JUST REALLY LIKES SANDWICHES,

bUT, mAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT AND, tHERE'S MORE TO IT,,,
tHAT WOULD BE, kIND OF NICE,

[styxiedust]

I suppose then you had a string that didn't connect, hmm? Don't worry about it, I'm sure that person does like you! They very well could have just not gone under the effect that caused the strings to happen.

[filtered away from Jaaaade]

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uH, nO,
aS MUCH AS i WISH YOU WERE RIGHT, sHE'S DATING SOMEONE ELSE,
sO SHE DEFINITELY, dOESN'T LIKE ME LIKE THAT,

[filtered]

[styxiedust]

...Oh you meant that sort of like

Whoops.

Well honestly, you're 13, aren't you? You're a bit young to be deciding upon your true love. The same with her, something will probably happen to change things eventually.

[filtered]

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uM, wHAT KIND OF LIKE WOULD i HAVE MEANT,
i MEAN, wHEN TRUE LOVE IS INVOLVED ANYWAY, iSN'T THAT THE ONLY, uH, kIND INVOLVED,

uHHH, i DOUBT THINGS WILL CHANGE, i THINK THEY'RE MADE FOR, eACH OTHER,
aND WILL PROBABLY, uH, bE TOGETHER FOREVER,

[filtered]

[styxiedust]

I was still thinking of the bloke with the sandwich, I have some doubts that a sandwich is his "true love."

I mean he ate it, it didn't last very long.

What I'm trying to say is that love isn't as simple as putting it into little categories like "true" and "made for each other."

...And, again, you lot are 13. I'm 16 and I haven't even had a boyfriend yet.

[filtered]

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uHHH, wELL i WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF YOU, aTE YOUR TRUE LOVE THEN, uH, iT WOULDN'T LAST VERY LONG, bECAUSE THEY- oR IN THIS CASE IT-, wOULD BE KIND OF DEAD,,,

uM, iF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ONE THEN, hOW DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LOVE,
kARKAT'S READ, lOTS OF ROMANCE NOVELS SO i THINK MAYBE, hE IS THE AUTHORITY ON THE MATTER HERE,,,
uHHH, nO OFFENSE, aND i AM REALLY SORRY FOR BEING RUDE,
i DIDN'T MEAN THAT, iN A RUDE WAY,

[filtered]

[styxiedust]

I know he has, but here's the rub: romance novels aren't a reflection of reality. They're only the extreme idealisation of romance for bored housewives.

So while he can certainly spot the signs and predict scenarios, no two romances are alike, as well as no person. I haven't had a boyfriend, yes, but I know people, you might say I'm the authority on how people act. And people are incredibly changeable. You watch, something's going to change without you even realising it and you'll think "wow that girl with the candy floss hair sure was right. I should apologise even more for being so rude and doubtful."

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

[Iiiinkblots.]

uHHHH,
i'M SORRY FOR GOING OFF TOPIC, aND WE CAN GET BACK TO IT, iN A MINUTE BUT, uH,

dID YOU, jUST SAY THAT YOUR HAIR IS MADE OF CANDY,

[styxiedust]

[Oh gosh no, Tavros, you're so cute. Can she keep you??]

No, but it's certainly been compared to candy floss before! It's a bit of an unusual colour, you see.

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

[Only if you promise to forgive him when he admits how you were totally right~]

oHHH, wELL THAT MAKES, sENSE, i GUESS,

aNYWAY, i THINK THE ONLY THING, tO DO NOW IS WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS,,,
i GUESS MAYBE IT'S A BAD IDEA TO, uH, pUT ALL OF MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET SO, mAYBE i CAN STAY NEUTRAL AND, wAIT TO SEE WHO'S RIGHT,

wOULD THAT BE OKAY,

[styxiedust]

[SHE IS THE MOST FORGIVING. Besides Cierra]

That's a perfectly valid option! In fact, it's actually quite a wise one.

I'd just like it if you cheered up a bit, sillyhead.

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uHHHH, nO, i DON'T THINK i'M BEING WISE, uM, rEALLY i'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE INVOLVED HAPPY,

uM, tHANKS,,, iN A WAY, i DO FEEL BETTER i THINK,

[styxiedust]

That's understandable, I think we all feel like that sometimes. [Even if it's actually a completely impossible concept, but shhh.] But still, I believe you deserve some praise for being considerate of the situation.

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

i'M GLAD YOU THINK SO, nOT MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT, uH, vERY OFTEN SO IT'S REALLY NICE,