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[evidentiary]

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[evidentiary]

What is the short story about?

[thesettingsun]

A monster - fangs, claws, the works - communicates with humans exclusively by social media and turns out as a well-adjusted individual.

[evidentiary]

Better adjusted than some humans, I imagine?

[thesettingsun]

'Humans are the real monsters' is a pretty common theme, I'm not going to put too much focus on that...

[The video's come to an end.]

It's more about how social isolation and rejection makes people worse than any innate 'evil' nature.

[evidentiary]

[ at least that...although she doesn't drop the topic immediately. ]

What made you want to write about that in particular?

[thesettingsun]

When you were younger, did you ever get told that friendships you made online weren't 'real' friendships? That's part of it.

...And I've been thinking more about the consequences of people believing that they're inherently bad because, say, they had a past life who was bad.

[That's definitely come up lately.]

[evidentiary]

I did a little, but I didn't honestly have many online friends...still, that's fair. I wonder...if that sort of thing will have any sort of impact...?

[thesettingsun]

I have to believe it will. I can't become that person.

[evidentiary]

...I believe you will be the person you wish to be. Intent does have an impact.

[thesettingsun]

Thanks for the support.

[He really, really needs it.]

[evidentiary]

Of course. For now...let's move on, shall we?

[ /END SCENE i need to end some threads for tagload ]