explosivecombat: (Always look forward)
Solf J Kimblee ([personal profile] explosivecombat) wrote2015-04-15 05:09 pm

042. [Text, and one other thing.]

[TEXT]

I've noticed that when people are asked the question of whether they would change any major events in their past, a prevalent answer seems to be "No, because everything that's happened to me and everything I've chosen to do have made me who I am today." Sometimes I find that position unbearably arrogant; who's to say that the person you could have been – as terrifying though that notion seems to be for most – wouldn't be an improvement on you are now?

Not all changes are for the better, but there's no reason to assume they'll be for the worse, either.

I hold to a general principle of not regretting anything I've done; that hasn't changed, even now. Just the same, that doesn't mean that sometimes I don't wonder what would have happened if I've chosen to do something different at critical junctures of my life, regardless of how pointless that practice actually is in reality.

The idea of seeking solidarity in such notions is also pointless, but I suppose today is good for indulging in things like that. If I have any questions to pose to the rest of you today – and I admit I didn't start this with that sort of thing in mind for once – I suppose what I want to know is whether you would change anything or not. What it is doesn't matter; I just want to know whether such doubts have crossed your mind before, whether you find it plausible or not.

At the very least those feathers from on high are good for one thing, and that's ensuring that such insipid thoughts aren't keeping me up at night; I've been sleeping surprisingly well since picking one up.



[PRIVATE MESSAGE – ARCHER]

I imagine it would be a good idea for me to let you know that I haven't simply vanished into the aether.

I'm feeling reclusive tonight; do let Isaac know I won't be around.
scoutingangel: (I'm not afraid to say 'I love you')

[personal profile] scoutingangel 2015-04-17 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It probably wouldn't make much difference to what happened after it, honestly, but we were supposed to stay as calm as possible in any situation...

I panicked at the wrong moment, I'd change that.


[And a lot of other stuff too if she really starts going about events she'd like to change! But well, they are supposed to go with no regrets and if she's trying to focus on just one thing about events in her own life here, that she'd like to change to something that she wouldn't regret from that moment... Wrong moment is such a huge understatement there.]
scoutingangel: (Get on the floor. Baby lose control)

[personal profile] scoutingangel 2015-04-18 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I could call it one part in a series of unfortunate events, but considering how it was all planned to work the way it did -- well, it's still unfortunate for us.... You'd be right with that. I was a soldier in a military branch, that fights against giant, humanoid monsters.