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Posted By: BlueRose
Posted On: January 29, 2018
How has joining the Phantom Thieves changed you and the way that you view the world? Is there anything that you regret, or something you wish you could tell yourself before learning the truth?
[ Don't mind her, she might be trying to work through some Things. ]
Posted On: January 29, 2018
How has joining the Phantom Thieves changed you and the way that you view the world? Is there anything that you regret, or something you wish you could tell yourself before learning the truth?
[ Don't mind her, she might be trying to work through some Things. ]
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Your face was that of someone trying to find a way to fight for her justice.
Also I was kind of afraid you were going to physically vomit on me when you tried the sexy favor routine.
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Date: January 29, 2018
You said that to me then, too. I'm not sure what you mean by "my justice." The only justice I've known is what has been championed by men like Phelps and my father. All I wanted to do was try to prevent another person from being targeted just for living.
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Sent By: BlueRose
Date: January 29, 2018
I'm sorry, that happens to me sometimes when I'm around arrogant jerks. I'm sure you understand.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
When we Phantom Thieves talk about our justice, we mean our own personal sense of right and wrong and what we are willing to do to achieve it. Most of us define our justice as something that can't permit all this bad shit to continue.
And hey, don't blame me for your own self-loathing. Make better life decisions next time.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
I'm not sure yet myself. Not letting men like those corrupt officials from the DA and the PD continue to prey upon those who can't or won't fight back is a start, but I don't think a beast that large is something I or any of us can handle as we are. But I suppose I can start somewhere.
It shouldn't come from me, and I doubt that it means anything now, but I'm sorry.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Progress is slow and hard. You have to claw and fight for equality, for recognition, for life, sometimes. And you may never get it in your life time. What we're fighting for, we're fighting for change, and it's bigger than you, or me, or even this whole LA group. But if we don't do it, who will? So yes, it's a start. We may not be able to finish the job in our lifetime, but we need to keep pushing forward anyway.
Anyway, you don't need to apologize. You were in a shitty situation, but you aren't there anymore and that's what's important.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
You would make a good leader. Has anyone told you that? Someone needs to look out for this little rag-tag group of ours, after all.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
That's high praise, especially from you. I hadn't really thought about it like that. I'm just a bit more experienced so I try to help out.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Is it? I was only making a casual observation.
[ Liar. ]
Sometimes all it takes to inspire others to act on their anger and passion is the help and support of others. There is strength in numbers.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
It's something I test at least once a month. Numbers can only take you so far though, unfortunately.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Once a month?
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Life of a political activist. You show up and protest regularly, and usually get a face full of pepper spray for your trouble.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
That's a gross exaggeration.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Want to see my medical bill from the time the cops broke my ribs and arrested me?
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
They broke your ribs? What happened?
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Was in the middle of a protest and wasn't backing down. A cop pepper sprayed me in the face and I fell down. Got kicked from all sides, cuffed, and thrown in the back of a car. Spent the night in jail before my friends got me out on bail, no charges but they broke two ribs. Obviously nothing happened to the cops, I guess there were three of 'em on me. Don't remember it too well, I blacked out during the kicks.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Disorderly conduct. They have partial immunity as long as they can justify it as protecting the peace.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Eh, even without it cops'll protect their people. They can literally get away with murder.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
But there has to be a reason, even if it happens to fabricated or falsified. If you control the narrative, you control the people's perceptions of the world.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
I'm sure they have something in their paperwork but I dunno. Didn't even get cited.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
From what you've told me, I'm not surprised.
When my father speaks about protests, it was always with disdain. That if those people protesting were truly peaceful, then they would not break out into violence as they sometimes do. That is the narrative, whether it's true or not.
no subject
Date: January 29, 2018
Yeah, typical. Usually when things get violent, at least 50/50 the group being protested it started it. But you'll get people who think you need to make a ruckus to be heard too. I can see their point. We're still less rowdy than your average college football win celebration.