this is the only post i will make regarding the cphil conversation because im angry about other matters
i can understand cphil's ideology. he is an immortal, who has likely grown in different circumstances, and so his care is shaped around this core desire of treasuring people around you because they will be gone. but it is not compatible with ctommy and his circumstances, or much of the server in their very, very mortal circumstances.
when you are consistently thrust into unstable circumstances, you will search for constants. people, and objects. when you are constantly used to losing places, people, and things, you will look to memorialize them in other objects. ctommy is used to strife. he is used to losing people. he is used to assigning memories of people he loves to items and "things"- the discs, lmanberg, the Rapple, allium, and so much more.
it is an ideology fundamentally incompatible with cphil's very detached view of life, but that does not mean that ctommy should have to give it up. he should not have to give up his sole connections to the people and memories of better days because another person does not understand how he can treasure them.
a person may not understand why i hold on tight to a bracelet that a friend of mine made, or the two remaining hoodies of a family member. but they will respect it, and not assume the worst about me for it. God knows they won't try to separate me from these bits of memorabilia- some of the only reminders of good days.
and if they did, i'd lay them out flat.
