oh jeeze, sounds like you guys got a lot of unneeded stress, if things got better would you ever return to the big chat? i can only hope flaps gets better, he’s such a nice guy its sad to see him like this

* { i’m already back in it for the time being. not…. not in a mod position, you know, just. there. }

* { i don’t talk much though. it isn’t really my place to and there’s only a small handful of those in there that enjoy me being around. }

* { but i hope he does too,, he deserved a break, for sure, but… him getting attacked, him being so quick to snap at people, it’s just. it’s not been good for him. i just don’t know how things are gonna be once he comes out of it. like – maybe it’d be better if he didnt remember anything, but at the same time i know that’d cause issue too. }

Could our M!A’s help get Flaps back on his feet? Or would you not want that to happen for the same reasons you aren’t comfortable with other proposed M!A’s? We just really want to help…It sucks that when one of you is sad, the other suffers too…would you ever want to break that link?

* { i… don’t know. }

* { on one hand, it is nice, but….. it limits him, having me around and hooked up to him. i don’t like holding him back. }

* { not that he’s ever told me that i hold him back – i just. feel like i do, and i don’t like it. }

* { what exactly do you have in mind as far as him getting back on his feet goes, though? you aren’t being super clear about it. }

Why did you two leave the big chat? Was it too stressful?

* { it was way too stressful. }

* { fights and disagreements were breaking out left and right, there was always someone going on about SOME issue they were having, it was just…. it was a lot to keep looking at. }

* { and i mean. we MADE that chat. we modded it. but eventually things got to a point where we both felt that staying there and in that position was just going to make everyone hate us eventually. }

Are you and Flaps still trying to be pacifists? Or is it getting harder and harder to see the good in everyone, and keep your anger in control? There’s no shame in killing for the right reasons, like self-defense or justice.

* { it’s been…. difficult. i don’t think we were good at striking the line of “what’s going too far” at all, early on, you know. we got doormatted. }

* { we both still firmly believe that everyone has good in there somewhere, but…. we’ve just realized that it can’t be up to us all the time to find it and fix things. }

* { the only time either of us would condone killing right now would be in self-defense. i don’t like the idea of killing someone just to get justice. }

* { maybe…. in seriously extreme cases, where it’d be needed for the safety of others overall. but. i don’t see anything like that coming around anytime soon. }

* { i Also don’t like saying “there’s no shame in killing” even if it is for the reasons listed. taking a life is a pretty serious thing, and it should be treated as such. }

* { i realize that i haven’t upheld these kind of methods and such since i woke back up, but i’m. firm in sticking to them now. i don’t want more of that. }

* { i still have, uh, three more asks, but. }

* { i think they’re things flaps should answer himself, you know. a lot of them kinda revolve around his thoughts and feelings on things, and they’re pretty personal, so… i’d really. rather not comment on them in his place. }

Flaps will bounce back someday, right? As long as he takes better care of himself from now on? And you will too, won’t you?

* { god… i hope so. for his sake. }

* { but at the same time, like…. i don’t know if we really ever will. we’re both more or less happy most of the time, for sure, but…. you know. i don’t think he’ll ever get that old energy back, not after what he’s pushed himself through. }

* { only time will tell, i guess. }

Sounds like you were quite a spoiled child. Have you told anyone else your backstory? It’s quite a sad one, but I admit, I expected something a little more dramatic. Were the other kids jealous of all your fancy gizmos? Do you miss your family and your friends?

* { i haven’t, no. i was never really asked in depth about it before and i figured it wasn’t really important to share. }

* { i’m…. i don’t particularly remember much outside of my immediate family. i miss my parents – they were good to me, but…. this is my home now. and this is my family now. }

* { i don’t think i’d trade it for anything. }

Are you or Flaps good cooks? Is that why you share so many recipes? Because those recipes are real scrumptious!

* { he is, actually! he typically does and has cooked a lot of what he’s put up on the blog, and he used to be really forwards with offering it to people as much as he could. }

* { that kinda…. fell through after we left the big chat, but i’m not sure how he’ll react to things once he comes back to his senses. he rarely makes the effort to offer food anymore. }