(text) a completely hypothetical question

[blacksong]

[The only reason Rose is posting this is because she thinks it's going up anonymously, but what's one more effort blowing up in her face when that's all she's gotten for the past. Forever, right! Besides, she didn't actually bother to put back her name in when prompted, so everyone gets to see this post from just another asshole instead.]

okay so hear me out

let's say there was some crazy alien parasite infesting you that wanted to
idk destroy the entire world or something
end all of humanity at the very least
now you could live and let all that bullshit happen
i mean god knows how long you'll even be okay with something like that living in you
but anyways
you could do that or you could... you know, die

what would you pick

also before anyone asks: yeah i should probably get therapy but who doesn't need that on this app

Comments

[babysplice]

[ violent gestalt responds ]

keep living until ive finished everything i want to do
then
if i still feel like it
die

[blacksong]

[Assuming this is Violet and autocorrect is weird as hell... Well, this is probably the most even response she could've hoped for from her family.]

it's not really a question of feeling like dying
but i guess that makes sense
what if you don't have a lot you wanna do though
or you have too much to do and the parasite can go outta control before you can finish it

[babysplice]

how much do you want to do the things you want to do?
how much do you want to live?
how much do you want to die?

[blacksong]

a lot
idk tbh but
i'd still rather live than die

[babysplice]

then live

[blacksong]

even if it ends up hurting a bunch of people?

[babysplice]

can u prove with charts & graphs
that it would hurt more people, to a greater extent,
than if you died

[blacksong]

look i'm not that smart
but also """"statistically"""" speaking
if i've got a world-ending monster stuck in me
it just seems more likely it'd hurt way more people

[babysplice]

then die.

[blacksong]

i wish i could see this as easy as you do

[As impossible as Violet's always been to understand, her mindset at times is something Rose has always envied a bit.]

[babysplice]

how would the world have to change to make you truly comfortable with dying for it?
how would your life have to change to make you truly confident about living it?

[blacksong]

if i could live knowing i wouldn't hurt people i could live
but idk if i need the world to change to die for it
just some people