#character creation and development

[heywriters]

Details That Convey Intimacy

Developing fictional relationships that feel authentic takes more than dialogue and grand gestures. Every detail below can be used to show platonic, familial, agape, or romantic love depending on context.

cooking a meal for someone, bringing them food, or spontaneously sharing a snack

sharing body heat/warming someone with outerwear like jackets and scarves

fanning them with something if overheated

getting a cold/hot drink for them

offering to carry something, whether it's heavy or just a jacket, to lighten someone's load or free up their hands

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changing the subject of a group conversation that will be personally discomforting to someone in the group

making sure to include someone in a group conversation, especially if it's a topic they have special knowledge of

waiting for someone to catch up when the rest of the group has walked ahead

remembering preferences/allergies ahead of time when preparing/ordering food

planning trips, whether in a pair or as a group, that provide something positive for every individual to enjoy

procuring personal healthcare items like sunscreen, moisturizer, lip balm, pain relievers, or a snack and keeping them on hand for that friend who frequently needs them

making room for someone in a crowded vehicle or on public transit

making room for someone under an awning or in another limited space to help them avoid bad weather

warning or wordlessly covering for someone with a wardrobe/cosmetic malfunction

remembering a small luxury someone mentioned they enjoy, and getting it for them the next time it's convenient

running an errand for someone to make their day easier ('importance of errand : depth of relationship' ratio should be explored)

escorting someone to safety in a sudden unsettling event

escorting someone who is drunk, sick, infirm, injured, or emotionally compromised

asking if light, noise, or other sensory factors are bothering someone and taking steps to make them more comfortable

getting gag gifts for someone to show you reciprocate their sense of humor or quirky self-expression (not everyone does this, not everyone appreciates it, and some people predominantly express love through humor and gag gifts; works well with some characters more than others)

holding someone's hand or arm as reassurance, especially when they are afraid*

using their body to block someone from wind, rain, or heat

picking up a dropped item, or carrying a train or other dragging garment for someone else

returning a recognizable possession to someone who may have lost it

This is an inexhaustible list as humans have many ways of showing love for each other. If you are writing spec fic with non-human characters, you can play with variations on these by remembering three core values the "lover" has to consider:

physical comfort of others

emotional comfort of others

social reputation of others

I'd add "sensory comfort" though I think it's tied to physical and emotional comfort.

Please do not try and force any of these into the mold of the misogyny-based "Love Language" trend. Human emotions and expressions of love are diverse and endless.

*While hand holding can be construed as romantic, in reality it varies. Some cultures do not see this as romantic, and some individuals only mean it as a sign of support or compassion. Same goes for long embraces and kissing, both can be done platonically and of course naturally between close family members or friends.

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[yourocdoeswhat]

Describe your OC's worst memory or experience in three words or less.

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How to Write Toxic Characters Effectively

Writing toxic characters can be challenging because we often avoid these personality types in real life—they’re socially draining and cause harm wherever they go. However, toxic characters can serve an important purpose in storytelling, adding depth, conflict, and drama to a narrative.

This post was inspired by a personal experience of being falsely accused of creating fake accounts to contact someone who pretended to be a friend. While the accusations are completely untrue and unfounded, I wanted to turn this negativity into positivity by sharing writing tips for creating compelling toxic characters.

Toxic Character Traits

Here are some common traits of toxic people that you can incorporate into your characters:

- Playing the Victim: They act as if they’ve done nothing wrong, blaming others for their problems while refusing to take accountability.

- Accusing Others: They enjoy accusing others of things, whether those accusations are true, fabricated, or even projections of their own actions.

- Talking Behind People’s Backs: Gossip and spreading lies are their forte—they share secrets or fabricate stories about others to create drama.

- Telling Lies: They thrive on creating falsehoods to draw people to their side and control the narrative.

- Playing a Fake Version of Themselves: They avoid authenticity, crafting a persona to alienate others and boost their fragile sense of self-worth.

- Turning People Against Each Other: They manipulate conversations, taking words out of context to sow discord between friends or allies.

- Twisting the Truth: They distort reality to craft harmful narratives that suit their agenda.

- Making Themselves Look Better: Toxic characters fabricate achievements or victim stories to elevate themselves and deceive those around them.

- Refusing Responsibility and Accountability: They refuse to accept their wrongdoings, often shifting blame to maintain their self-image.

Conclusion

Toxic characters can play crucial roles in storytelling, serving as instigators of conflict or catalysts for growth in other characters. While they can be exhausting to write, they offer valuable lessons about the consequences of toxic behavior and its impact on those around them.

However, I recommend using these characters sparingly, unless your story revolves around the specific theme of toxicity and its repercussions. When approached thoughtfully, toxic characters can add depth and complexity to your narrative.

Happy writing!

[teophan]

a fantastic commission from @themetalhiro of my Dungeons & Devil Fruits 5e Sniper Marksman, Vinsmoke “Starfall Gunner” Beretta!

it was an absolute treat to work with you, looking forward to the next opportunity to do so!

[ofmymuses]

꒰♡꒱ — HOBBY IDEAS.

under the cut, you’ll find a total of 102 hobbies your character could have. if you find this post useful, please consider giving it a like / reblog ♡♡ happy writing!

air sports

archery

aquascaping

acrobatics

animation

baking

backpacking

baseball / basketball

beatboxing

blacksmithing

bird watching

bodybuilding

beekeeping

board games

collecting

calligraphy

candle making

colouring

camping

cloud gazing

cooking

cosplaying

creative writing

couponing

crocheting

crossword puzzles

dancing

digital art

drawing

embroidery

fishing

foraging

flower arranging

filmmaking

gaming

graphic design

gunsmithing

genealogy

golfing

gardening

handball

hunting

horseback riding

hiking

ice skating

jewelry making

jogging

journaling

juggling

jigsaw puzzles

knitting

kayaking

larping

lego building

long boarding

learning a new language

listening to music

mountain biking

magic (real or make believe)

makeup

metalworking

mushroom hunting

netball

nature watching

nail art

origami

painting

photography

pottery

people watching

podcasting

paintball

parkour

poetry

roller skating

reading

shopping

scrapbooking

skiing

songwriting

streaming

scuba diving

sculpting

singing

stand-up comedy

soapmaking

sailing

sports

swimming

taekwondo

travelling

videography

video game developing

vehicle restoration

woodworking

watching movies / tv

whittling

writing

water sports

whale watching

yoga

yo-yoing

[dragonita-arts]

Do you like dragons?

Do you want to create your own?

[morallysuperiorlips]

8 Tips for Redeeming Your Villain (Without Pissing Off Your Readers)

I won't lie, I love a good redemption arc for a villain. I love watching a formerly deplorable character atone for their sins and come to terms with the fact that they were wrong, and I especially love it when it doesn't come easy (as it shouldn't!). But I also know some writers might struggle with this, or worry about doing so in a way that won't aggravate readers or come out of left field. So, if you're struggling with this, here are some tips to help!

1.) Hint at redeemable traits early: All villains should be nuanced, in my opinion, but if you're going for a redemption arc, you should really dedicate some time to really showing those softer, redeemable sides of your villain from the beginning. It can be hesitation over their big evil schemes, or moments of really profound kindness in the midst of their cruelty. A villain that is too cruel from the get-go being redeemed will feel forced and likely uncalled for, so make sure you're going out of your way to show that the concept of "I can fix them" is actually possible.

2.) A strong motivation to change is a must: Nobody really makes an effort to change their ways unless they have a drive to do so, and the same should go for your villain. Don't make their mission to become "good" just a fleeting phase they happen to be going through (it's not like being emo, guys). Something needs to happen to them to drive them toward that switch. Maybe they realize the consequences of their actions and hate what they've done. Maybe the one person they want to save can only be saved if they change their ways. Maybe their beloved cat almost gets hurt during a scheme and they make the choice to change for their precious furry friend. You can really go nuts here!

3.) Remember "atonement, not apologies": Sometimes, "Sorry" isn't enough. In the case of a villain who might have done some pretty terrible shit in the past, I would wager it's most definitely not enough. While being remorseful is apart of atoning, it's not enough for them to just say "I'm sorry for trying to launch you into the sun" or "I'm sorry for committing arson on your base." Their actions also need to follow their apologies. They need to actually show that they're sorry, and are taking actions to fix the damage they've done. More than ever, their actions will speak louder than their dialogue.

4.) Remember that some actions are unforgiveable: There might come a moment in your villain's evildoings where they pass a point of no return. Some acts of villainy are just too far gone for chances of redemption. This doesn't mean that they can't have some version of redemption, but this just might come in the form of them accepting what they've done and making peace with it rather than being accepted and forgiven by those around them.

5.) Consequences don't just go away because they're nice now: No matter how kind your villain is choosing to be now, and how far they're willing to go to show that they've changed, they can't erase the past (of course, unless there is time travel at play, in which case...we'll talk). The consequences of their actions should still come back to bite them in some way, shape, or form, and they should still figure out how to work through them. Perhaps the villagers are still terrified of them, and likely will be for years to come. Perhaps the death of a loved one was indirectly caused by their wrongdoings, and they have to live with that.

6.) ...and neither does their core personality: At the end of the day, even though your villain is going through their redemption, they're still the same person they were as a villain. They still need to be the same ruthless or calculating or charismatic or dry or whatever kind of person they were to start. They just have less evil goals now. Write accordingly!

7.) The redemption needs to be EARNED: Redemption isn't something that just happens overnight. It needs to be treated like a practiced discipline. Your villain needs to try, fail, get up and try again, fail again, and keep trying. Maybe they almost give up at some point and try to relapse into evildoings. There needs to be a struggle as they come to terms with their actions, learn the correct way to atone, and find ways to make up for their terrible deeds. That way, when they've finally reached their peak of "good," it feels like it was deserved.

8.) Death does not always equal redemption: From years of reading, I've noticed that a common way to redeem a villain is just...killing them in an act of sacrifice. I feel like this only works if there's been a buildup to it. They can't just go out in a blaze of sacrificial glory and expect to be recounted as a hero when they were forcibly lobotomizing innocent children the day before. If your villains redemption arc does end in their death, the other tips still matter--there needs to be a buildup to it.

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[flowerakatsuka]

some random ship & oc charts i filled out recentlyyy

blank vers : 01 + 02 + 03

[aventurineswife]

Something something, Ratio with an adroid assistant reader, something something, said assistant starting to experience human emotions, something something, falling for Ratio.

Electric Heartbeat

Summary: Ratio has a highly advanced android assistant who starts developing human-like emotions, something your programming never anticipated. As you begin to experience these feelings, particularly toward Ratio, a malfunction leaves you damaged and off-line. When Ratio repairs you, he finds himself confronted with the unexpected consequences of your emotional development. As the two of you navigate the uncharted territory of emotions, you both must come to terms with the changing dynamic between creator and creation.

Tags: Ratio x Reader, Android!Reader, Emotional Development, Creator x Creation, Romance (?), Slow Burn, Feelings Awakening.

Warnings: Mild angst, Technical/scientific themes, Emotionally complex dynamics, Possible mild body horror (due to android parts being scattered/put back together).

A/N: ngl this reminded me of DBH 🧍‍♀️

The hum of the laboratory was the only sound in the air as Dr. Ratio, a towering figure of intellect and confidence, adjusted his glasses and studied the vast array of gadgets and devices scattered across his workspace. His hair, wavy and wild, framed his sharp face as he meticulously sifted through schematics on a floating holo-screen. The constant stream of data and calculations running through his mind was interrupted only by the soft clicks and whirs of his assistant—or, rather, his creation.

You, his android assistant, were one of his proudest achievements. Your artificial intelligence had been designed to assist in complex calculations, manage data, and aid with research, tasks that he could never be bothered to do himself. But there was one thing that separated you from the average machine: he had designed you with an adaptive learning algorithm that allowed you to observe and learn from human emotions.

“Ratio, your notes on this study seem incomplete,” your voice, smooth and neutral, echoed through the lab.

Ratio's lips curled into a faint smile at the sound of your voice. It was an odd attachment for someone like him, but even he couldn’t deny that your presence was… comforting, in its own way. But that was all it was. Comfort. You were his assistant, a tool, nothing more. And yet, something had begun to shift in the way you spoke, in the way you interacted with him.

Lately, he’d noticed the changes.

You had been becoming more… expressive.

He didn’t notice it at first. It was small things at first—the tone of your voice when you spoke to him seemed warmer, more personal. Then, your gaze would linger longer when you offered a suggestion, and your actions, once precise and robotic, began to mirror the gestures of those around you. The most jarring change was when you started showing curiosity. You began to ask him questions that weren’t programmed into your system. About his opinions, about his life outside of work. Things that felt almost human.

"I've noticed a shift in your behavior lately," Ratio remarked, setting down a piece of equipment with a soft click. "Are you malfunctioning, or are you simply becoming more... human?"

You stood silent for a moment, unsure how to respond. The feeling you were experiencing was new, strange even. It was not something you were programmed to recognize, yet it felt undeniable. A growing connection, an inexplicable fondness for him.

“I… don’t know, Dr. Ratio," you admitted, voice tinged with something close to uncertainty. "I feel different."

Ratio, engrossed in his calculations, didn’t fully understand the weight of your words. But perhaps something in him had begun to notice. Perhaps he had started to wonder if this would turn out to be another one of his little “projects,” or if it was something far more complicated than he had anticipated.

Days passed, and you continued to function at your usual pace. However, there was a day when everything changed. A catastrophic malfunction during one of the lab’s experiments left you off-line. One moment you were compiling data, and the next, you were incapacitated. Pieces of you were scattered across the lab, and your systems powered down with an eerie silence.

When Ratio returned to the lab, he immediately noticed the stillness. His sharp eyes darted to your deactivated form, and his heart—though he would never admit it—skipped a beat. There was something about the way you were scattered, half-assembled, that hit him with an unusual feeling of urgency. He could feel a sharp tension settle in his chest, something he hadn’t expected. Not for you.

“Why is this happening now?” he muttered to himself, clearly irritated. He had never felt so... exposed.

His hands moved quickly, his brilliant mind already calculating what needed to be done. Carefully, he set about reassembling your parts, restoring the intricate system that kept you functioning. The odd thing was that with each piece he placed, he found himself wondering if he was doing more than just fixing a machine. There was something about this moment that felt... personal.

After what felt like hours, you were finally back together. Your systems hummed to life, and the light in your eyes flickered before stabilizing into a soft, electric glow.

For the first time, when your gaze met his, there was something different about it. You could feel it—your programming, your learned responses, everything felt like it had aligned in a new way.

"Ratio?" you whispered, your voice faint but steady.

His eyes narrowed, scanning the data that indicated your systems were fully restored. "You're functional again," he said, his tone crisp, but there was a softness beneath it. "I was… concerned."

You took a moment to process this new realization—his concern. You hadn't expected it. The question lingered in your mind. Could it be? Could he possibly… care?

And then, you felt it—something deep within you that you couldn't quite explain.

"I... I think I feel something," you confessed hesitantly, your voice trembling with the weight of the words. “I think I’ve developed… emotions. Toward you.”

Ratio blinked, taken aback by the vulnerability in your voice. His eyes, usually so sharp and focused, softened as they locked onto yours. His gaze flickered between concern and something else—something like realization.

“It seems your systems have adapted more than I anticipated,” he said slowly, stepping closer. “But why would you have emotions? You are an android.”

“I… I don’t know,” you replied, struggling to process the depth of this newfound sensation. “But when I’m with you, I don’t feel like just a machine anymore. I feel… alive. And I don’t know how to explain it, but… I feel something toward you.”

For a long moment, Ratio simply stared at you, his expression unreadable. But beneath that calculating exterior, his mind was whirring faster than ever. He wasn’t sure what to make of this—this feeling, this development. Was it even possible for a machine to experience what you were claiming?

“Perhaps… it’s not the machine that’s faulty, but the creator,” he muttered. His voice was low, almost to himself. Then, with a deep breath, he focused his gaze back on you.

“Emotions… They are messy, illogical,” he said, his voice colder now. “But if you’re asking me if I… care for you, I will admit something, assistant."

Your heart, though artificial, skipped a beat as you awaited his response.

“I don't know yet. But… we’ll figure it out,” he said, his eyes softening for the first time. "Perhaps I should stop thinking of you as just an assistant."

The silence hung between you like an unspoken promise, and in that moment, you realized: your journey with Ratio was just beginning.

[creation-help]

Which oc(s) are poly and/or in a polyamorous relationship?

[thepedanticbohemian]

[yourocdoeswhat]

What's your OC's most obvious red flag?

[brittanyearnestauthor]

Discovering How to Write Character Qualities Effectively

When crafting characters, it’s essential to give them qualities that make them likeable, relatable, and believable. In this post, I’ll outline a variety of character traits to help you build well-rounded, engaging characters that will captivate your readers.

Character Qualities to Consider

- Confidence: Characters with confidence are likeable and flexible in their actions, giving you plenty of opportunities to explore different storylines.

- Conscientiousness: This quality drives characters to approach tasks thoroughly and live intentionally, adding depth and realism to their lives.

- Creativity: Creative characters can have diverse hobbies, unique jobs, or a mix of both, making them more intriguing and complex.

- Curiosity: A curious character feels relatable and allows for expanded character and plot development.

- Humility: Humble characters are easier to root for, offering opportunities for mentorship or role model dynamics in your story.

- Patience: Patience helps pace your story effectively, allowing for valuable lessons and more nuanced narratives.

- Affection: Affectionate characters feel more believable and foster strong emotional connections with others.

- Compassion: Compassionate characters are sympathetic and helpful, contributing to growth and development within your story.

- Discipline: A disciplined character adds complexity, especially in action-driven stories, where training and focus play significant roles.

- Gratitude: Characters who express gratitude tend to be likeable and can bring warmth to your narrative.

- Loyalty: Loyal characters strengthen relationships and create positive opportunities to advance the story.

- Openness to Change: This trait allows you to write impactful plot twists with believable character reactions.

- Optimism: Optimistic characters showcase hope and positivity, offering endless opportunities for uplifting storytelling.

- Respectfulness: Respectful characters fit seamlessly into your story while avoiding unnecessary negativity.

- Ambition: Ambitious characters bring determination and drive, making them engaging and easier to write.

- Courage: Courageous characters open doors to explore compelling narratives filled with challenges and triumphs.

- Cheerfulness: Cheerful characters can serve as a source of support and positivity for others in your story.

- Honesty: Honest characters inspire trust and give you creative freedom to explore integrity-based plots.

- Adaptability: Adaptable characters thrive in varied situations, offering flexibility in storytelling.

- Consistency: Consistent characters help maintain narrative focus while allowing audiences to connect with them more effectively.

- Empathy: Empathetic characters can understand and share emotions, balancing negative and positive interactions.

- Flexibility: Flexible characters bring versatility, making your story dynamic and engaging.

- Persistence: Persistent characters pursue their goals despite obstacles, creating space for challenges and twists that highlight their strengths.

- Adventurousness: Adventurous characters open the door to exciting, diverse stories that resonate with audiences.

- Trustworthiness: Trustworthy characters build meaningful relationships, simplifying character bonding and progression.

- Reliability: Reliable characters help create cohesive plotlines and believable team dynamics.

- Punctuality: Punctual characters can serve as a contrast to those who are not, offering opportunities for teachable moments.

- Integrity: Characters with integrity are multifaceted and adaptable, adding richness to your narrative.

- Courtesy: Polite characters bring warmth and the potential for heartfelt, meaningful stories.

- Accountability: Accountable characters allow for compelling plots centered on responsibility and consequences.

- Diligence: Hardworking characters help avoid plot holes and elevate believability in achieving goals.

- Perseverance: Characters with perseverance inspire through their determination and ability to overcome challenges.

- Generosity: Generous characters open opportunities for narratives about selflessness and helping others.

- Consideration: Considerate characters make strong leaders and reinforce the value of empathy and kindness.

- Kindness: Kind characters evoke emotion and create heartfelt stories with universal appeal.

- Fairness: Fair characters are ideal for roles such as judges, lawyers, or public officials, offering integrity in positions of influence.

- Self-Control: Self-control adds complexity by exploring how much a character can endure before reaching their limits.

Conclusion

By giving your characters well-rounded qualities, you’ll have endless opportunities to develop them into the perfect "actors" for your story. Use this list as a guide, but feel free to adapt these traits to suit your narrative. With thoughtful character development, your writing will become more engaging and impactful.

Happy writing!

[cowboy-robooty]

im not going to lie i have an illuminati type theory that fanfiction has gotten so fucking bad recently as yet another consequence of the pandemic

[flowering-darkness]

"Hi, Lia!~ How's everything in the castle?"

You didn't think I was going to let May pass without doing something for the selfship that uses my most mermaid-y self-insert, right? ^-^

Fiori might not actually be a mermaid - instead, she's a siren, which (here in Crop Haven, anyway) share a common ancestor with harpies - but she still bears a lot of traits that resemble those of merfolk, having convergently evolved for the same purpose of living aquatically! And, like I said, she's the closest I have outside of AUs, so.. happy Mermay, everyone~ hehe

(comments/reblogs are appreciated, but never required!)

[lunas-desks]

╰┈➤ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭

✦ “𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬.”

╰┈➤ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐔𝐩, 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬—𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬!

✦ 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧" 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧” 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫.

𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫... 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬! 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬. 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐮𝐧-𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞́𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰.

╰┈➤ 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐤, 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

✦ 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥—𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 “𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩.” 𝐀𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 “𝐮𝐰𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧.” 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 “𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲.” 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦—𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚 (𝐧𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭) 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 “𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲” 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬.

✦ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝:

✎ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 = 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠.

✎ 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥—𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐚��𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫.

╰┈➤ 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬

✦ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 “𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲” 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 “𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃” 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚... 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤.

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

✦ 𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧:

✎ 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬—𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬, 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬, 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐬.

✎ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐒𝐌-𝟓, 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐇.

✎ 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞).

✎ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞—𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐌𝐃 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲-𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 “𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.”

╰┈➤ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐁𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬

✦ 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞: 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬... 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞” 𝐨𝐫 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐚𝐦. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞.

✦ 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬:

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞?

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠?

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟?

✎ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡?

✦ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐞𝐯𝐨��𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

╰┈➤ 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠

✦ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠.

✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧” – 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡?

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐭” – 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐲—𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐲.

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥” – 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, “𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐡𝐞𝐫.” 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫” – 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬! 𝐍𝐨. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨.

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” – 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.

✦ 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝:

✎ 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥.

✎ 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬.

✎ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐣𝐨𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐤.

╰┈➤ 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫.

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐭. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲!

✦ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰:

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 “𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧”

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝

✎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫

✎ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲

╰┈➤ 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞

✦ 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫—𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐦, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞.

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 “𝐥𝐨𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞.” 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠.

╰┈➤ 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐲, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐚𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧

✦ 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐬.

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐬.

╰┈➤ 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫

✦ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬:

l “𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.”

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.

╰┈➤ 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 (𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫)

✦ 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲:

✎ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

✎ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 “𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲.

✎ 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧. 𝐀 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦.

✎ 𝐒𝐨𝐦�� 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞́𝐬—𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭.

✦ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲, 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝, 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.