☤ twenty-six

[as_damaged]

well, why not.

if you know something good is bound to end badly, is it still worth beginning? when does happiness outweigh the risk, the loss?




[ooc; all Cameron's replies will (ofcourse) be anonymous until midnight at which point they will revert to being hers. For my own ease of recordkeeping: courier replies were anon, anything in regular font is written post-midnight. IF FOR ANY REASON YOU WANT TO BACKDATE, please put pre-midnight on your thread <3]

Comments

anonymous;

[thenormalsquint]

Depends on what you mean by 'badly'.

anonymous;

[as_damaged]

Use your imagination.

anonymous;

[thenormalsquint]

That's not going to get you a helpful answer. Are we talking professional, personal, or something like eating that cake you know is an extra five pounds on a plate?

anonymous;

[as_damaged]

Personal. Serious. Getting everything you wanted and then losing it. Would it be worth it?

anonymous;

[thenormalsquint]

I will say I have avoided things because I thought it would crash and burn, but I ended up being wrong. I've learned to take a chance and go with the flow. If it ends in a disaster, take it as a learning experience and move on. If I stopped doing what I wanted to do because of fear, I'd never get anything done.

anon

[supercompacted.livejournal.com]

Yes. And I really think you'll know when it's worth it, because you'll do it even if it's doomed.

Plus, there's always a small chance things won't end badly.

anon

[as_damaged]

Have you ever done it? I know they say, better to have loved and lost, but saying it and living it are two different things.

I'd like to believe I'm wrong, but I'm finding it hard to be optimistic.

anon

[supercompacted.livejournal.com]

I suppose you could say I have, in a roundabout way.

It would always be worth it, for me. My life was always dangerous, but as long as I could have good things in it, I was fine.

anon

[as_damaged]

Maybe I should take the fact that I am still considering it as a good sign. Or, maybe I should take the fact that I haven't decided as a bad one.

Good things can be as dangerous as bad ones. Maybe moreso.

anon

[bufferprincess.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is worth it.

anon

[as_damaged]

Always?

anon

[bufferprincess.livejournal.com]

Yes, because you can always have the memories of when it was good.

anon

[as_damaged]

but you can't just keep the good and forget the bad. you remember all of it. watching someone die, watching as they leave you, watching your life fall apart. Do the good times always outweigh all those?

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

Everything ends badly. Everything ends.

[as_damaged]

Everything ends eventually. Would it make a difference, at the beginning, if you knew when? Or how?

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

I've seen patients who don't start living until they get their terminal diagnosis.

I'm a doctor.

[as_damaged]

But the dying patient isn't going to be the one left behind, after. They're making the most of the time they've got because the end is inevitable and involuntary.

anon

[mumbled_truth]

Yes. It's worth it.

anon

[as_damaged]

Always? No matter how badly it ends?

anon

[mumbled_truth]

I don't think anything is worse than never knowing what could have been.

anon

[as_damaged]

Are you speaking from experience?

audio; backdated cry

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[Talking to anon doesn't bother him and he is certainly not anon himself.]

There is no answer broad enough to cover everyone's beginnings and endings. When will be different from person to person.

audio; backdated is fiiine <3

[as_damaged]

How long would it have to be, for you, to be worth the loss?

audio; ahahaha I thought you'd be sleeping by now

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

That depends on your definition of happiness and how sure you are that there will be loss in the end, what that loss might be.

audio; aaactually i am about to be |D more tomorrow tho <3

[as_damaged]

It's a hypothetical; take it how you will. Having someone and losing them after, permanently, almost definitely. Would you do it, knowingly?