Ash/Friendship/FeelingGloomy/3_IngredientsGathered_4
Is… Is this what I think it is?
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Ash · node 1
Is… Is this what I think it is?
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Player · node 2
Golden Night Brew!
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Player · node 3
I hope it tastes as good as you remember!
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Ash · node 4
Holy cow, [var=name]! Just the smell brings me back.
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Ash · node 5
*Takes a sip.*
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Ash · node 6
…
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Ash · node 7
It’s perfect. Tastes just like my Nan’s…
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Ash · node 8
Ugh, this was too thoughtful, [var=name]! You’re gonna make me sick!
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Ash · node 9
…
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Ash · node 10
My Nan passed away a few years ago.
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Player · node 11
I’m sorry for your loss.
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Player · node 12
That sucks.
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Ash · node 13
It’s ok, she was old af.
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Ash · node 14
But I do miss her… every day.
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Ash · node 15
My parents… never really got me. Always tried to stick me into their little boxes.
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Ash · node 16
Girls wear pretty dresses, put on make-up, don’t play so rough…
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Ash · node 17
And sure, I like a cute dress or some badass make-up every now and again, but jeez!
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Ash · node 18
If that’s what being a girl is… What being a woman is supposed to be… Then I’m neither!
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Ash · node 19
I am Ash. Nothing more. And I’m not hurting anyone, so leave me the heck alone!
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Ash · node 20
…
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Ash · node 21
So yeah, they never got the whole non-binary thing… Which is fine.
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Ash · node 22
I don’t expect others to wrap their heads around it. I know there’s far more important stuff going on in the world than my friggin’ pronouns.
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Player · node 23
They are important, Ash.
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Ash · node 24
Well, to some more than others. Whatever.
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Ash · node 25
If someone accidentally misgenders me, I personally don’t really care.
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Ash · node 26
I’ve got better things to spend my energy on.
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Ash · node 27
And if they do it on purpose to piss me off, then I don’t give them the satisfaction of caring.
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Ash · node 28
Which ironically pisses them off.
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Player · node 29
Well, they should at least respect your choices.
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Ash · node 30
Exactly. Live and let live.
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Player · node 31
I don’t really understand the whole deal about the pronouns, to be honest.
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Ash · node 32
Most people are fine being labeled “man” or “woman”.
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Ash · node 33
I am, biologically, a female.
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Ash · node 34
But the word woman has a lot more weight than just a biological distinction.
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Ash · node 35
It’s the clothes you can or cannot wear, the things you can or cannot say, the way you must and mustn’t act in society.
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Ash · node 36
It’s all these silent rules, this performance to make others feel comfortable.
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Ash · node 37
Well, that makes me feel uncomfortable. Or worse.
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Ash · node 38
It’s as simple as that.
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Ash · node 39
So, yeah, my parents and I would clash a lot.
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Ash · node 40
They just wanted their kid to fit in and shut up.
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Ash · node 41
But my Nan got me. Maybe not the whole of me… different generations and all…
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Ash · node 42
But the essence of me. I guess we were similar in many ways.
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Ash · node 43
Same “this is me, take it or leave it” attitude.
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Ash · node 44
… I really do miss her.
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Ash · node 45
But I’m glad I have someone like you to chat with, [var=name].