> Post kittens.

[alienates]

Karkat Vantas shared a photo. 3/24 near Apprassage

You are goddamn welcome, everyone.
At least now, no matter what kind of a shitstained day you've been having, you can say you saw newborn kittens.

[ timeline-wise this is a little later in the afternoon, so like for high schoolers it'd be after school ends for the day, etc. ]

Comments

[alienates]

lol

[ no ]

When they're a little older I'll probably ask you to come over so you can check them out then.
And so I can judge how you interact with them obviously.

[appraiser]

of course!
i'm learning about cats from the best person there is, so i'll be ready by then

[alienates]

Who is this apparent cat whisperer

[appraiser]

none other than Souji Narukami, joint owner of four to five cats, depending!

[alienates]

Oh
I know his brother.

[appraiser]

Yu? Yu is wonderful too-- he also loves cats!

[ the criteria for being wonderful, apparently ]

[alienates]

[ karkat is not even sure how he would describe yu because his relationship with him has been weird ]

Is anyone who loves cats wonderful to you or are they already wonderful and just happen to also love cats?

[appraiser]

i think... people are wonderful in general, and loving makes them even more so!
so you, who exist and likes cats, are wonderful+

[alienates]

[ w.... what the fuck is this. karkat doesn't even know what to do with this. who the fuck does ryoji think he is?????? ]

I
Wait
Holy flaming shit did you mean everything you just said?!

[appraiser]

yes

[ Unfortunately, and with all sincerity, yes. ]

[alienates]

You aren't trolling me right??
I mean
I am having trouble wrapping my head over how extremely optimistic that is

[appraiser]

of course not
optimism has little to do with beliefs
i just think that every person has something about them that is admirable, and that makes them wonderful
you don't think so?

[alienates]

I am pretty sure there are people out there who are just flat out awful and anything admirable about them is immediately negated by how much of a piece of shit they are.

[appraiser]

hmm outliers may be the exception, but
awful people don't start out awful
and they don't have to end that way either
i have hope!!!

[alienates]

Wow I am getting extreme deja vu here
I completely disagree with you since I think there are some people who won't change no matter what.

[appraiser]

in general, or do you know somebody personally?

[alienates]

Both, I guess.

There's gotta be like one person you don't like.

[appraiser]

hmm probably? but if there's somebody i don't get along with, i would rather just stay away from them and turn dislike into neutrality. there's no point in antagonizing the both of us

[alienates]

[ karkat..... can read the words ryoji is saying, but he does not understand them? ]

So you just
Stop talking to them? Just like that?????

[appraiser]

i mean, i would make an attempt to settle our differences, but if things will clearly not work out, i would stop. just like that.

[ don't get along --> that's alright, just move on. what's so hard to understand ]

[alienates]

[ it is not computing here sorry ]

Ok but what if, hypothetically speaking, they did not stop and kept talking to you even after you decide to cut ties???

[appraiser]

if they keep returning with efforts to make amends, of course i will meet them halfway to reforge the friendship!!!

[alienates]

But what if they aren't returning with an olive branch and a white flag in their palms?
What if they just want to continue being antagonistic towards you??

[appraiser]

why would they do that??

...Karkat, are you being bullied?

[alienates]

[ ryoji is the second person to ask karkat this oh my god ]

Let's not make this discussion TOO personal.