❀ 6th Konpeito ❀ [Anonymous Text]

[konpeitoqueen]

let's say A is anyone and B is someone who treats A terribly by society's standards

which is dumb to follow but for the sake of argument

so B gets into trouble and by A's point of view they've done nothing but horrible things to them

and A still helps B out of trouble without any way of using the situation to make them 'owe one' or blackmail

what exactly could A be thinking?

[...Saionji is not very good at all this anonymous business.

What's up with all this, though?]

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[beholdmydemons]

That there's a moral high ground they should walk.

Or that they hope bee will change their ways after the experience.

Or that they pity bee and have never been so wounded by their acts to take them to heart.

Or they're simply too kind for their own good.

Or they've been fooled into believing they should tolerate the treatment.

I hold to eye for an eye myself but I've known people who would think all those things.

[artificialrose]

There are a few reasons. It all depends on what kind of "anyone" A is.

If I were A... Maybe it's because no matter how horrible someone is, sometimes there's kinds of trouble that no one should have to deal with. Maybe I just want to be the better person.

...If B were someone in particular I'm thinking of, I'd help her out because I understand that despite what happened, the way she became was something out of her control. She was only doing things by what she knew.

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[konpeitoqueen]

[...She gets what you mean anyway, and she's too exhausted to point it out. Saionji's still a bit miffed to see Walter, but she has to stay anon.]

i guess they could be too kind for their own good. they haven't been fooled, so that's definitely out

A definitely takes it to heart

[...]

i agree with you, but A isn't an idiot. for better or for worse, so their actions make no sense because they can't possibly believe any of that

[freshprints]

That A is the better person, and therefore superior to B.

Even if they never overtly use it against B, A will always have the personal satisfaction of knowing how pitiful B is by comparison.

[konpeitoqueen]

[Garry.

Garry, that stings.]

but what if it's something B can't change

no matter what

A isn't an idiot and they must know that so why would they imprison themselves like that when they could've run free?

they're not a fool with a bleeding heart so what other motives would they have?

[konpeitoqueen]

that could be true.

but what kind of idiot would endure all that mistreating for 'personal satisfaction'?

[freshprints]

What sort of person feels it necessary to mistreat others for personal satisfaction?

[konpeitoqueen]

well in this society most people see mistreating as obviously bad and for personal satisfaction

but if you mistreat others according to the majority's standards then no one will think about taking advantage of you over some naivete, like this place is riddled with

[...Right?]

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[beholdmydemons]

If you're after specifics why not just ask them.

[freshprints]

In other words, you think that so long as you're on the "winning" side, you ought to be invincible — and therefore, those who aren't the winners are yours to do with as you will.

[konpeitoqueen]

that's about it

[Too bad she's not on the winning side anymore.]

[konpeitoqueen]

[BECAUSE]

they can't speak

[she almost put a 'moron' there but. decided against it...]

[freshprints]

If that's how B thinks, then it's hardly a stretch to think that A might've enjoyed seeing them in need of help.

Quite possibly A felt a sort of karmic satisfaction to it — that the once-mighty B had at last gotten what was coming to them.

[beholdmydemons]

Did you kick your Pokemon?

[first place his mind goes so uh]

[konpeitoqueen]

[...]

as if it would be that simple!

anyway this is a hypothetical situation

[And Saionji continues to enforce that, despite... slipping up that this was kinda personal in her last text...]

[artificialrose]

Sometimes that's just the way things are! Even if B can't change, I still wouldn't want her to suffer. I'm not that cruel a person.

How is A imprisoning themselves? There are some kinds of people that will just help someone else and think "Okay that's it. It doesn't mean anything."

But if A isn't a bleeding heart, then are they the exact opposite or are they just average?

[beholdmydemons]

Bullshit it is. [kimblee you ain't, anon.]

Anyways there's also selfish reasons that don't look to extort something from bee. I've had to go to lengths to save the life of someone who belittled and even tried to kill me and it certainly wasn't my idea but I won't say it didn't satisfy me at least a bit to hold such power over him. It revolts me a little but I won't deny it.

[konpeitoqueen]

[This is bad, because: Saionji ended up bringing up an opinion that was clearly her own, and Kirigiri might deduce who she is if she actually bothers to ask around.

This is also bad because now everyone seeing this knows she's bringing in personal details and thus other people might be looking for her.

Goddammit.]

'what was coming to them'?

[freshprints]

Indirect satisfaction. B's place in the favored majority wasn't nearly so secure as B thought it was; that sort of arrogance is what inspired the phrase, "pride goes before a fall."

A had the pleasure of watching B fall, even if A wasn't the one who caused it themselves. One doesn't have to orchestrate another person's misfortune in order to derive satisfaction from it.

[konpeitoqueen]

well A fought back against B before

and makes it pretty clear than they don't like B

which makes even less sense considering A still helped B when they could've gotten rid of B completely

[...] it's hard to tell if they ARE a bleeding heart actually

[konpeitoqueen]

that makes sense.

[Here's another liberty with being anon, even if she's exceedingly obvious. She can admit when the other person has a good point, for once, without looking like someone losing the argument.

...If something less significant had set off the motivation for this anon message, she may have aggressively defended B, buuuut.]

thanks

i guess watching your master fall is one of the only choices a slave has to enjoy

[konpeitoqueen]

[she is the exactly opposite of kimblee sorry 2 disappoint when you saw an anon message pop up waltybro]

you can't prove it anyway.

would you still have run away to rid yourself of them if you could've, though?

[artificialrose]

Well it doesn't sound like you can get rid of anyone here completely so that's probably one factor if they aren't a bleeding heart.

People are complicated like that.

[konpeitoqueen]

you can if either party isn't human

[Oh, there you go, Garry. A hint!]

and you would think only people are that complicated, when life is so simple in the end!

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[tearsofademon]

A doesn't like suffering. Doesn't matter who.