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[So Sollux thought it'd be a good idea to see what Earth movies are like. And with Crank as his only basis thus far, he's 1. not impressed, and 2. confused on a few things.]

Hey.

That movie that was shown last night, used a lot of words I don't know. Human vernacular ith really stupid and weird. Tho everyone should tell me all the thwear words they know and what they mean. There were like twenty onesth I didn't know in that movie, and I thtill don't get what they meant. Thith ith for educational purposes, of course.

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ii mii22 the fact that my age diidn't put me at a dii2advantage two be taken 2eriiou2ly.
unliike here.

Oh, I know *that* one well. I've always interacted more with adults, rather than with people my own age, and they do that everywhere.

That's one of the reasons I only use text on these things. I hate being dismissed for the way I sound, or the way I look.

unfortunately me ju2t typiing the way ii liike two ii2 enough of a giive away.

Yeah. But it's important to you, isn't it?

typiing thii2 way?
yeah.

Yeah. You wouldn't sacrifice that, even if it meant an easier time of things with an alien culture.

In any case, I'm sorry you have to put up with the age discrimination. It's idiotic most places, I think, but especially one like this.

ba2iically.

iit ju2t doe2n't make 2en2e.
ii have more battle experiience iin my fiifth phalange than half the adult2 here have iin theiir whole body.
why 2hould they be telliing me ii "2houldn't be out late at niight" and that iit'2 "iit'2 two dangerou2 for you"?

Egotism.

Your history doesn't fit their perception of reality, the setting of their grand story, so they dismiss it as inconsequential. Everything is about them—how they appear, how things affect them, how things relate to what they know. You look like a child, therefore you have to fit their understanding of what it means to *be* a child. Human children believe themselves more capable than they are, they're loud, they're bratty and weak, their thoughts and opinions are based in fantasy and can be ignored, they say they need one thing but actually need another, they need to be taught and molded and protected, and good children will be grateful to whomever does.

Obviously, that's not really true. But that's what adults often believe, even if they won't admit it. So, this image persists, even across culture and species. If the adult is human, at least.

Nevermind your history or capabilities, or what you've gone through. Nevermind whatever you've suffered, even if they were there for it. Nevermind that all people here were technically brought here to fight in the same war. In their minds, in their self-centered stories, they're the heroes. And they look more heroic—it looks better, it makes them more sympathetic, it sounds better in the retelling—if they're concerned about The Children.

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wow uh.

...

It didn't seem that long when I was typing it, I swear.

iit never doe2 but wow ok.
ii 2ee your poiint2 and ii agree.
2orry ii don't have 2iix paragraph2 detaiiliing my agreement.

iit'2 2trange.
you 2ay human adult2 want two try two be heroiic, by beiing douchebag2.
2o they're liike on the 2iide of... lawful neutral.
but troll2 are liike.
chaotiic eviil.
defiiniitely.

No, it's okay. It's probably for the best to steer away from paragraphs.

As for humans, I'd say most are like that in general, but in reality, it's much more complicated. We definitely have our evils, and our goods, though they'll mask as one another from time to time.

well duh no 2hiit iit'2 compliicated.
but overall, human2 are lawful neutral, a2 a 2ummary.
do you thiink ii con2iider my2elf chaotiic eviil?
no.
and neiither do mo2t of my troll friiend2, but that doe2n't change that a2 a race iin general.
a race of people who are encouraged two kiill and maiim on a daiily ba2ii2.
troll2 are chaotiic eviil.
iit'2 ju2t our nature.

I wouldn't presume even to guess how you'd define yourself, at this point. I'd only have your word to go on, anyway.

Though, I am curious. Do you think your race would so easily summarize as chaotic evil, if not cultivated in a culture that encouraged it?

no.
iif thiing2 diidn't go the way they diid, we'd probably be a lot more liike human2.

It's likely the same in reverse then. I'm sure humans would adapt pretty well, if they were raised from the start for bloodshed.

a2 2tupiid a2 human2 are, iit'2 not an iimprovement or anythiing for them two be "raii2ed" the way troll2 were.

No, I don't think it would be. That is to say, at least as far as the inequality of law and the encouragement of violence goes. Human cultures have their flaws, as well as their good points; I can't say for certain, but I would think there must be some qualities from that worth preserving.

... ii liike your determiinatiion.
human determiinatiion.

Huh?

ii'm not 2ayiing iit agaiin god ju2t reread iit.
human2 are a lot more determiined iin way2 that ii2n't liike troll2.
u2ually troll2 only are determiined out of revenge.
at lea2t that'2 what ii've 2een and what ii've done.
but human2 do iit diifferently.
the only troll ii know who wa2 determiined ju2t out of 2heer wiillpower wa2 karkat.

Okay, let me rephrase. What about any of that made you think about human determination? Or mine in particular, if you were being specific.

ii wa2 ju2t thiinkiing.
that'2 all.
ii wa2 thiinkiing about what human2 have that ii2 uniique and of worth.
and ii wa2 thiinkiing about what you 2aiid.
and that'2 iit.

Alright. For a moment you had me worried, that your expectations were elevating of their own accord.

If the human trait of worth is determination, what might you say is the one of trolls?

iit'2 po22iible that miight have been happeniing.
good thiing you notiiced now ii'll have two learn two 2tiifle iit.

...aptiitude.

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is anyone even reading these subject lines anymore that's not us

p...robably not.

in that case: i saw your reserve at cnc and :O !! best of luck!

creeping on me!! but yes, thank you! you play there too, right?