ITP: An old joke

[no_longer_a_king]

[Text; Anonymous]

What is love?

How do you know if you love someone? Is it really as powerful as they say?

(ooc: In before someone makes this joke. Feel free to threadjack and such in response to this.

Comments

text; anonymous

[hideandhero]

Let's make a long story short. When you look at someone and suddenly feel your heart racing, you're attracted. If you can't get that person off your mind, no matter what, you're moving into love territory.

This is where it gets difficult. If you can't let that person live their own life, you've become that creepy person everyone points at and makes fun of. If you're all the above but fine with the fact that the other person can do what they want, you're in love.

Text and anon for both until otherwise noted?

[no_longer_a_king]

But what if you hurt that person?

shore

[hideandhero]

That sounds like an entirely different story on its own. If it's your duty, you deal with it and feel bad about it.

If it's not, you're going to have to be more specific.

text; lol what is anon?

[ghostytrainer]

[Wow why did he decide to check the network? Oh right, he was checking to see if maybe Rose was back. Well she's not and this post is just making him feel all the worse about that.]

[And yet he can't resist adding his two cents.]

love is hard to describe, really. it's hard to find words that are really adequate.
the first person did a pretty good job of describing it though.
all i would add to that is that it's best when the feeling is mutual. loving somebody is great and all, and having somebody love you is pretty awesome too.
but when both parties love each other, THAT'S when you really have something.

and it's just something that you kind of...know? i'm sure that's a pretty shitty way of putting it that doesn't actually answer the question at all but it's just one of those things that you KNOW with all your heart.
and people fight wars over matters of love. so yes, i would say that it is every bit as powerful as people say.
but on a less drastic scale, it's probably one of the few things in this world that can make you insanely happy and utterly terrified at the same time. that's a force to be reckoned with, don't you think?

[Text]

[akito_sohma]

Yes. [Akito isn't even going to try to put love into words, but it's important that this person know that it is powerful.]

text; anonymous

[wegotlucky]

Yes.

Love is very powerful.

text;

[white_knightin]

Love is powerful enough to turn friendship in to rivalry, and it can change things for the better or worse.

[anon]

[fusedstars]

It's powerful, and if you allow it, it can either make you weaker or stronger.

[Hei knew that first-hand.]

text;

[angramaintsu]

weakness

[anon]

[scorchedchivalry]

Sacrifice.

[looselips]

ha ha ha oh wow
I'd think anyone who has been here for more than five minutes would have already gotten over their mall goth phase, but I guess I was wrong.
then again, with a quality question like OP's, I don't know what I was expecting.

[puppy_lancer]

its not

[angramaintsu]

shut up shinji

[ Why does she bother with you GEEZ... ]

[angramaintsu]

then youve never loved before

[ Rin went there. ]

[puppy_lancer]

[If this was anyone other than Rin, they would receive some sort of nigh-incomprehensible threat, perhaps accompanied by Lancer putting his fist through yet another terminal.]

i have loved
more than once
and i still love people now

[mask_of_suffering]

I've never really fallen in love before... But I think it means liking a person enough to the point that you want to be with someone forever.

[no_longer_a_king]

I'm afraid getting more specific might compromise my anonymity. Perhaps if I put it like this:

if you were given a choice between the one you love and something that could help the people you swore to protect, does choosing what could help your people over the one you love mean you didn't love them?

Anon; John couldn't be anon if he tried. XD

[no_longer_a_king]

What about if you aren't sure if you loved someone?

[Text; Anonymous]

[no_longer_a_king]

How so?

[Unfortunately, she wants the elaboration and she'll never admit to making this post.]

[Text; anonymous] < Assume for both until otherwise noted?

[no_longer_a_king]

What makes you think that?

[Text; Anonymous]

[no_longer_a_king]

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Add this to the list of things to never tell Gawain ever. She'd skip this over to avoid how awkward it would be--and, oh, it's awkward enough to make this post--but if she did so it might raise suspicion and so she replies:]

Do you know that from firsthand experience?

[text; anon]

[no_longer_a_king]

How can it make you both?

[Text; Anonymous]

[no_longer_a_king]

[No matter the version, she isn't at all surprised by this answer.]

What makes you think it makes people weak?

anon until otherwise noted for both, then.

[no_longer_a_king]

How much do you have to be willing to sacrifice for the one you love?

[anon; text]

[no_longer_a_king]

What if you know you can't be with them forever? [Like how she had felt about Shirou.]