Liar Liar, pants on fire

[artistwithasickness]

Oh yeah, time for a meme. Apparently this is our first one. What a tragedy.

You know what we got in this City? A bunch of repressed people, who are far too comfortable behind their masks of lies and half truths. Let's have some fun with that, shall we? A la 'Liar Liar', your character is compelled to tell the truth. The whole truth. Lies of omission are still lies.

Rules are simple
1. Post with your character.
2. Respond to questions, or avoid answering statements.
3. Go make other characters uncomfortable by poking into their personal business.

Comments

[sleight_of_fate]

It makes me sad to think that it depends completely on lies and being oblivious. Because I value what we have, as weird as it is. I'm not a perfect idealist and I know shit happens, but some things I can't look away from, not and still live with myself.

[dirtyandtrue]

You could accept it. You can help stop it - Well. Some of it. There's not much that withstands my temper and I doubt you're going to run around me warning people to not sour my mood.

Selene should have told you; I'm not an easy man to live with, and I have no inclination to change from who and what I am.

[sleight_of_fate]

I can forgive a lot more if you're trying to be better. I'm not expecting sainthood, believe me, I just don't know if I can cope with true callousness. Not when I know it's something that I could become if I let myself go down that hole. I've spent too long being a healer to ever change, unless something goes really, really wrong.

But I know life...well, yeah. Nature red of tooth and claw, and all that. I think if I knew I could make a difference in that, it would make it easier for me, yeah.

[dirtyandtrue]

Largely, I protect people. I lift people up, I keep them from harm. Yes, some of them die. Some of them have to, or the ones I care about will replace them. I am not callous. I am realistic. I've long accepted what the balance must be.

[There was no 'better'. There just... was.]

Why do you dance around voicing your opinion on it?

[sleight_of_fate]

I think... Because I'm tired of losing everything because of being who I am. I lost my home and my sister, I've lost friends, I've lost my innocence, control over my life and fate. I've tried to be honest and I've tried to be a liar and I don't win either way. And coming to this place has just confused me even more.

I think that's why I'm drawn to you. I want that kind of confidence, and I don't want to disgust you with how naive and idealistic I am. Or how clean I wish I *could* be.

[dirtyandtrue]

You are not terrible because the people in your life were. I am not terrible for it either.

My confidence comes from a jaded hopelessness and bitterness. My confidence is a lie wrapped up in well measured suits and beautiful lovers that leave me after a night. My confidence is addicts and fear and a power that I get to choose to wield over people. That power gets me hard and that feeds into everything else.

Humans are not clean creatures. Hoping to be clean when we are not puts us to a standard that we are crafted to not be able to obtain. Your nativity and idealism aren't disgusting but it's not a line of thought I can subscribe to after so many years alone.