An Alluring Affair

Romance writer. Fanatic for classic lit. Rust - don't even think about letting it get to your head. She/her/hers. If you think I'm mean you haven't even seen my temper yet.

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She/her/hers. Writer. No, I won't say my pseuds here - I'm not looking for bad press. I made this blog to post without the pressure of my publicist breathing down my neck. Yes, I am a rust blood. If you have opinions on that, I strongly suggest you lick my heel about it, because I could not care less. I will spit on your face paint and twist your fins. Stay out of my way.

While I enjoy writing them, I don't care for being in quadrants myself. I don't see them as essential nor desirable.

Talking about the intricate manners of romance and the meanings behind classic writing tropes is my hobby, however, I am rude and I am not polite. I will not be kind to you if you piss me off. I suggest you take the time to consider if your pride can handle talking to me.

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Would I {14, rust, a} be the asshole if I punched a coworker {12, purple, a} for being a creep? She's been obsessively asking about my quadrants, bothering to even search my private social medias, and trying to "divinate" a significant other for me based on my palm lines and my sign, or something like that. Recently, she started physically grabbing my hand and pulling me to her desk to show me dating profiles. I cannot take anymore of this.

Since she is far above me in caste, it could result in me being terminated, however, our boss {older, indigo, a} told me to "h/\ndle it however you think best" and I think a punch to the face is best. Another coworker {older, jade, a} told me that I would be "overreacting and overreaching" if I did, so I'm asking here.

Would I be the asshole for punching her the next time she grabs my hand?

♱✮☾✮♱ WIBTA? ♱✮☾✮♱

You'd Be The Asshole

You Wouldn't Be The Asshole

Everybody Sucks Here

No Assholes Here

More Info Needed

Voting ended onSep 6, 2025

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Good enough for me.

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If my fucking coworker doesn't stop fucking touching me and fucking meddling in my fucking life I'm going to fucking lose it.

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So be it, I'm your crowbar

If that's what I am so far

Until you get out of this mess

And I will pretend

That I don't know of your sins

Until you are ready to confess

But all the time, all the time

I'll know, I'll know

And you can use my skin

To bury secrets in

And I will settle you down

And at my own suggestion

I will ask no questions

While I do my thing in the background

But all the time, all the time

I'll know, I'll know

Baby

I can't help you out

While it is still around

So for the time being, I'm being patient

And amidst this bitterness

If you'll just consider this

Even if it don't make sense all the time

Give it time

And when the crowd becomes your burden

And you've early closed your curtain

I'll wait by the backstage door

While you try to find

The lines to speak your mind

And pry it open, hoping for an encore

And if it gets too late, for me to wait

For you to find you love me, and tell me so

It's okay, don't need to say it

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Some escape, some door to open

This path seems the blackest, but I guess it's the soonest

But there in the clearing, I know you'll be wearing

Your young aching smile and waving your hand

Can't go with my heart when I can't feel what's in it

I thought you'd come over but for some reason you didn't

Glass on the pavement under my shoe

Without you is all my life amounts to

A final sleep, no words from my cutting

Mouth to your ear or taut wicked pinches

From my fingers to your bitter face

That I can't heal

I know tomorrow you will be

Somewhere in London living with someone

You've got some kind of family there to turn to

And that's more than I could ever give you

A chance for calm, a hope for freedom

Outlet from my cold solitary kingdom

By the forest of our spring stay

Where you walked away

And left a bleeding part of me

Empty and bothered, watching the water

Quiet in the corner, numb and falling through

Without you, what does my life amount to?

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If you find a reason

I'll be gone in a matter of time

This was your decision

Oh you got me in a state of mind

I wish that there could be another way

But I know that you've made up your mind

You know there's nothing left for me to say

That could change your mind this time

Hard to find a reason

Television and another headline

Don't believe in Jegus

Heaven knows I'm wasting my time

Wanna believe in Alternia

But it's somewhere I can't find

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Here we are, stuck by this river

You and I, underneath the sky that's ever

Falling down, down, down

Ever falling down

Through the day, as if on an ocean

Waiting here, always failing to remember

Why we came, came, came

I wonder why we came?

You talk to me as if from a distance

And I reply with impressions chosen

From another time, time, time

From another time

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Two birds on a wire

One tries to fly away

And the other watches him close from that wire

He says he wants to as well

But he is a liar

I'll believe it all

There's nothing I won't understand

I'll believe it all

I won't let go of your hand

~ Regina Spektr, Two Birds On A Wire

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{ Hello, im just starting out in the writing scene but I feel like im not good enough to tell stories cause like im pretty fucking basic. Just some office worker, nothing special. Did you always want to be a writer, or did you start out somewhere else? }

Oh, that's quite nostalgic. Believe it or not, I used to be an office worker myself. Specifically for paper products... I worked in the lowest point of the office, while taking freelance writing jobs. It eventually led to a wonderful writing career, even with my caste.

I never did anything good as an office worker myself, it was unsatisfying, and I was poor at it. I likely would have been fired if I hadn't quit to take my manager's contract offer.

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Which ♡ne ♡f y♡u was g♡ing t♡ tell me that tea tastes different if y♡u put it in h♡t water...?

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You were putting it... in cold water...?

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{B.C.C. Mod. Answer the question, mod.}

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... Yeah? I th♡ught f♡r... like... 3 sweeps...? That pe♡ple just put it in h♡t water t♡ speed up the... "tea-ificati♡n pr♡cess"? I didn't kn♡w there was an actual reas♡n...

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{... You don't have the patience to microwave water for three minutes?}

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Why are you... Putting it in the microwave... To boil it?

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{Do you think I have the patience to boil water on the stove?}

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It takes less than a minute!

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{My darling, is your stove top powered by the Grand Captor himself!?}

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How long does it take you to boil a cup of water on the stove!?

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{About... Seven minutes?}

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Just place the mug on top of the stove, on medium heat. It boils in about two minutes, less than that. Or you can use a sauce pan.

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Which ♡ne ♡f y♡u was g♡ing t♡ tell me that tea tastes different if y♡u put it in h♡t water...?

[alternian-cringe-collector]

You were putting it... in cold water...?

[quadrant-advice]

{B.C.C. Mod. Answer the question, mod.}

[beforus-cringe-collector]

... Yeah? I th♡ught f♡r... like... 3 sweeps...? That pe♡ple just put it in h♡t water t♡ speed up the... "tea-ificati♡n pr♡cess"? I didn't kn♡w there was an actual reas♡n...

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{... You don't have the patience to microwave water for three minutes?}

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Why are you... Putting it in the microwave... To boil it?

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{Do you think I have the patience to boil water on the stove?}

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It takes less than a minute!

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{My darling, is your stove top powered by the Grand Captor himself!?}

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How long does it take you to boil a cup of water on the stove!?

[beforus-cringe-collector]

Which ♡ne ♡f y♡u was g♡ing t♡ tell me that tea tastes different if y♡u put it in h♡t water...?

[alternian-cringe-collector]

You were putting it... in cold water...?

[quadrant-advice]

{B.C.C. Mod. Answer the question, mod.}

[beforus-cringe-collector]

... Yeah? I th♡ught f♡r... like... 3 sweeps...? That pe♡ple just put it in h♡t water t♡ speed up the... "tea-ificati♡n pr♡cess"? I didn't kn♡w there was an actual reas♡n...

[quadrant-advice]

{... You don't have the patience to microwave water for three minutes?}

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Why are you... Putting it in the microwave... To boil it?

[quadrant-advice]

{Do you think I have the patience to boil water on the stove?}

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It takes less than a minute!

[beforus-cringe-collector]

Which ♡ne ♡f y♡u was g♡ing t♡ tell me that tea tastes different if y♡u put it in h♡t water...?

[alternian-cringe-collector]

You were putting it... in cold water...?

[quadrant-advice]

{B.C.C. Mod. Answer the question, mod.}

[beforus-cringe-collector]

... Yeah? I th♡ught f♡r... like... 3 sweeps...? That pe♡ple just put it in h♡t water t♡ speed up the... "tea-ificati♡n pr♡cess"? I didn't kn♡w there was an actual reas♡n...

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{... You don't have the patience to microwave water for three minutes?}

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Why are you... Putting it in the microwave... To boil it?

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Ask the green text anon from before about sgrub. Their blog is "cambriancruelty", but i don't want to ping them.

Hm. I suppose I have to. I've been asked by my little guppy to play, so I might just play it, if only to see her...

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Stop sending me messages about the meteor shower. I don't care, I'm not going, I don't believe it has anything to do with that stupid video game, pound sand.

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" I don't like quads" (courts some deranged violet anyways

There's a difference between not wanting to be given a Twelfth Perigee's kitten and visiting a cat cafe. Besides, that violet is actually cute, and amusing to talk to.

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It's some kind of game that causes things to happen in physical reality. From what I've heard, it also destroys the planet you and your friends play it on. DO NOT FUCKING PLAY.

I have no clue what this is meant to convince me of. I presume the group will play with or without me, and I'm only being badgered to play due to some stupid lack of players. I think it's rather obvious why I declined.