010 ❀ I'll burn your name into my throat

[floreatnoctem]

Sickness and a month of Jason. Lovely. I would say I plan to file a complaint, but we all know how much good that would do.

Instead, a question to old and new residents alike.



"Is getting attached to anyone here worth it?"

Though perhaps "Do you feel such a foolish endeavor is worth the resulting pain when you're left behind?" would be a better phrasing. Regardless- your thoughts?


[Not that she really cares, of course- she just wants to verbally punch optimism in the face if it's presented.]

Comments

[ghostytrainer]

i think it's worth it. to a degree, at least.
it's better to have friends then to spend all your time alone, but at the same time it really does suck when they leave.
so getting super attached to one person probably isn't the best idea. but spreading that attachment out between multiple people isn't foolish at all.
you're going to be in pain if you just spend all your time alone too.
so...why not at least get some memories and happy times out of the deal?

[floreatnoctem]

An interesting answer.

How can you be sure it's worth it though?

[ghostytrainer]

because if i don't believe that it's worth it, then it isn't. and what would be the point in that?
believing in something makes it slightly more real, after all. or in this case, slightly more worthwhile.

i've tried doing the thing where you cut yourself off from people so that you don't have to feel sad when they leave.
there was a time in johto when it felt like someone i cared about was disappearing every other day. i thought for sure that if i didn't get attached to people, i wouldn't feel as bad if/when they finally were sent back home.
seemed like a winning plan to me.
but i was wrong, it was actually the biggest loser-y idea i ever came up with. i wasn't any happier that way, in fact, it honestly made me feel even worse.
it still sucks if someone leaves. it sucks a whole fucking lot but it's something that you can't let get to you.
it's kind of like that one saying.
"it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all," only it's not love in the romantic sense.