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FH: this is so cute wtf
BE: :3c
BE: ss thought of it tbh
BE: im glad u like it
SS: Rest in peace FoolishHashbrowns.
SS: While your existence was short lived, it was rather hilarious.
FH: remind me to never get you to speak at my wedding/funeral.
FH: whichever comes first
SS: Why would I mourn your existence at your wedding, FH?
FH: dude idk.
FH: i just have a feeling any speech you give would be uh.
FH; inch resting
BE: when the inch
BE: is resting
FH: im so glad u interrupted me to say that lmao.
FH: changed my life !!
BE: >:3c
SS: I’ll have you know that I’ve never been to a wedding or a funeral before.
BE: lmao me either
BE: pretty sure its bc pple related to me refuse to die
BE: its just pure spite
BE: the marriage thing is dubious tho
SS: I wasn’t aware that spite added to one’s lifespan.
BE: yea lmao i guess
FH: i’d believe it tbh
BE: ss: gets stabbed
BE: also ss: i need 2 recite a soliloquy abt how i am going to die
BE: ss: just like all those shakespeare characters did
SS: I wouldn’t say it like that.
SS: More like,
SS: To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. -- Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia! -- Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
BE: ur such a nerd (respectfully)
BE: but i would hope when the time comes u write ur own death monologue
FH: u could keep it simple
FH: with an ‘ah, i have been slain!’
SS: I would never keep it simple. How dare you even suggest such a thing.
FH: of course, perish the thought.
BE: lmao this is such a weird conversation
SS: I don’t believe we’ve had a conversation that I would describe as ‘normal.’
BE: lamo true that
FH: lamo
BE: silence hasbrown
FH: don’t bring my personal failures into this!!
BE: >:3c
BE: out of curiosity
BE: ss do u know what ****** twist is abt
SS: One of the novels by the same author who wrote ‘A Christmas *****’, was the novel in question originally published in 1838?
BE: thats the bitch
SS: To be completely honest, I find the language to be a little difficult for my taste.
FH: now there’s something i wasn’t expecting to hear!
SS: I understand that because it was written long ago, the language is convoluted, but that combined with a near inane plotline create a literary work that is so horribly convoluted that I just can’t bring myself to want to properly read it.
SS: His other works are not nearly as arduous as ****** Twist, to be frank. ****** Twist simply drags on in a way that an author paid to write a longer work would write.
SS: It’s not true that he was ‘paid by word,’ but it is true that longer novels would garner a larger profit.
BE: so ur saying ur no help
SS: Unfortunately, I believe so.
BE: fuck
BE: theres like
BE: ****** twist abridged online
BE: but its just a plot summary with a whole lot of words and long paragraphs
BE: like yea i took my meds this morning but even i cant focus on all this
FH: ****** twist is the natural weakness of adhd medication.
FH: you learn something new every day i guess.
BE: this is a time of crisis fh
FH: well what do you need to know the plot for?
BE: its an essay
BE: woe is me :(
FH: well you could just fudge the details of what you do understand from the summary
FH: it won’t be the best essay you’ve ever written,
FH: but its better to turn something in that shows you’ve tried.
FH: english teachers love that, from what i understand.
BE: i have to write abt symbolism relating 2 like
BE: the plot
BE: but i have such a bad headache and id rather just turn in nothing D:
SS: Something that helps me do assignments that I would really rather not do is to break them apart.
SS: Instead of sitting down to write the whole essay, sit down and try to write a claim.
SS: Then take a break, and write your introduction.
SS: And so on and so forth.
SS: That helps me write my chemistry lab reports.
SS: I ah. I really dislike those.
SS: My chemistry teacher once deducted points because the word ‘epiphany’ was inappropriate in a lab report.
BE: maybe ill try that
BE: i make no promises
BE: on days like today i wish i could listen to audiobooks without spacing out into next week
BE: cuz man
BE: that was the only resource the teacher gave 4 this
BE: and i sure cannot follow them
SS: That’s hardly appropriate for a teacher to do. If you weren’t so morally opposed to reaching out for help from your school I would suggest sending an email asking for further accommodations.
BE: no wait
BE: im open to that
BE: cuz i could either write an email
BE: or write an essay
BE: and as much as i hate emails
BE: i hate essays more
SS: In my experience, if I email a teacher and say ‘hello, the provided material has been unhelpful due to my need of further accommodations which are xyz’ it goes pretty well.
SS: Your teacher may become less thrilled the closer it gets to the due date, however.
BE: its due next week but like
BE: im failing the class
BE: what if she thinks that im like
BE: making up having trouble so its easier
SS: BE.
SS: Accommodations are for the explicit purpose of making things that are unnecessarily difficult easier.
BE: i hate when ur right
BE: gonna go send a mf email and then get crackalackin
BE: thx
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SS: ‘Crackalackin?’
FH: i don’t question it anymore tbh.
FH: before asking what a word be uses, one should ask ‘did i understnad meaning of the sentence it was used in?’
SS: I see.
SS: That is a rather sound line of reasoning.
FH: :D
SS: How have you been since yesterday?
FH: better.
FH: i went to sleep and then school so i haven’t really had time to think about stuff.
FH: besides, i really don’t want to.
SS: I wish you nothing but steady improvement.
FH: thanks :)
SS: This question may seem out of left field, so I apologize.
SS: But I’ve been wondering for a while, what do you enjoy doing?
SS: You listen to me and BE talk profusely about our own interests without any consideration for yours.
FH: idk, i’m not interested in the way you guys are.
FH: does that make any sense?
SS: I think so, I’ve been told by my therapist that the majority of people don’t ah… fixate on certain topios the way that I often do.
SS: That being said, what do you do for fun?
FH: i um.
FH: i really like drawing.
SS: What kind? Visual art can be used in many unique and interesting ways, what do you prefer?
FH: like,
FH: stuff that makes me laugh, i guess.
FH: it sounds really dumb when i type it out lmao.
SS: No, I think that sums up most creative endeavors.
SS: After all, most art is about an artist indulging themselves, whether it be via subject matter, medium choice, or creative process.That’s not anything to be ashamed of.
FH: they’re like absurd.
FH: like think of the most unintentionally bad piece of media you know.
FH: and add absurd punchlines with a terrible art style into the mix,
FH: and there you go.
FH: its everything i’ve ever made lmao.
SS: It’s times like these that I wish I could be the judge of that.
FH: yea, the image-blocking thing on this is kinda annoying.
FH: i feel like BE has mourned not being able to spam super shitty 2022 memes at us.
SS: Oh, the horrors.
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BE: dont fucking diss my memes
FH: aren’t you supposed to be sending an email right now?
BE: how dare you try and keep me on task
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FH: lmao gottem!
SS: To go back to the conversation we both got rather sidetracked from, I wish I could support you further.
FH: no its ok.
FH: it's just kinda difficult to do anything i enjoy.
FH: sometimes its my shitty mental health,
FH: but sometimes its because my dad is like,
FH: breathing down my neck.
SS: Fuck that guy.
FH: idk why im telling you this bc i really don’t want you to feel bad for me or some shit.
SS: If I do or don’t feel bad for you that won’t be any issue you need to concern yourself with.As your friend, I wish for you to confide in me only as much as would be beneficial to you.
SS: If it would make you more comfortable, I could share some details of my own life.
FH: idk theres nothing big or anything.
FH: i just like, can’t exist very well.
FH: he fucking reads my internet search history for gods sake!!
SS: What the fuck?
FH: he’s always in my text messages too, telling me that something i said was inappropriate or something.
FH: man if he knew i was like,
FH: existing here without him knowing he’d fucking frek out.
SS: He’d be thrilled to know that this program also cannot be deleted, I’m sure.
FH: lmao yeah.
FH: i just always feel like i’m being watched.
FH: when i was younger and i’d call my friends he’d sit in the room with me.
SS: Of course, a grown man should be sitting and listening to a bunch of children gossiping or whatever you talked about as a child.
FH: he just has a really set idea of who i should be,
FH: and every time i don’t match up to it he freaks the fuck out!!
FH: and then i just sit and feel like garbage because i can’t meet his standards because i don’t know what they fucking are!!
FH: sorry that was a lot.
FH: i think im gonna go lie down.
FH: sorry.
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SS: I’m so sorry.
SS: That sounds awful.
SS: I hope that you’ll be able to leave home soon.
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BE: ive done it
BE: ive sent an email
BE: and then fucking fell asleep
BE: and then
BE: read the summaries she sent me
BE: and wrote a motherfucking essay !!
SS: !!
BE: i managed to write something that wasnt incomprehensible bullshit
BE: she also said that i should reach out again if im having trouble
BE: unsure if i will bc it was stressful
SS: I’m still incredibly proud of you.
BE: :3
BE: wheres fh
BE: were all usually on rn
BE: like hes got a life n shit obviously
BE: i just hope nothing bad happened or something
SS: He shared some details to me about his father, who if I was capable, would kick directly into the sun without an ounce of hesitation, and then he left rather abruptly. I don’t know if his absence is related to that or not.
BE: D:
SS: I hope I didn’t do anything wrong.
BE: idk one of the things i get abt him is that we can both b cagey motherfuckers
BE: and 4 me at least sharing a personal detail abt myself is like getting fucking shot
BE: so just give him a minute ok
SS: I suppose.
BE: just so u know
BE: ur a really good friend ok
SS: :D
BE: im so glad u make faces now
SS: Pardon?
BE: when we were first getting 2 know eachother id say something
BE: and youd just pause
BE: and then go ‘that made me laugh/smile’
SS: I see.
BE: plus getting a ‘:D’ makes me feel like i made u smile more than u just telling me
BE: and i like knowing i made u smile
BE: wowza
BE: i woke up on the cheesy side of the bed today
BE: stepped out of bed and into a vat of melted cheese
SS: Thus is the fate of humanity, to become covered in cheese.
BE: wait watch this
SS: ?
BE: BD
SS: Smile with big eyes?
BE: nah, smile with some cool guy sunglasses :3c
SS: Interesting.
SS: I wish I had an excuse to use this face, now.
SS: You’ve cursed me, BE.
SS: The horror and betrayal!
BE: if u wear glasses it could just be ur glasses :?
SS: I do wear glasses, but they’re not quite shaped like that.
BE: id argue its the spirit that counts
BE: embrace BD
BE: u know u want to
SS: I do.
SS: BD
BE: fuck yes
BE: ive had a vision
BE: hear me out
SS: Yes?
BE BB
BE: glasses wearer with buckteeth
SS: Not your finest work, BE.
BE: still funny tho
SS: A bit, I suppose.
BE: god im so bored for some reason
BE: like anything i want to do today just doesn’t feel interesting
BE: and theres something i rlly wanna do but i just cant put my finger on what it is
SS: That sounds horribly frustrating.
BE: whatever ill figure it out eventually
BE: until then tell me abt what uve been reading lately
BE: >:3c
SS: Well, I was recently recommended ‘The Odyssey’ by my history teacher of all people.
SS: She has recently climbed the ranks of my favorite teachers, due to her generally friendly demeanor, and interesting taste in literature. (Due to the start of second semester, several of my classes had changed, and she is now my teacher.)
SS: I suppose that is irrelevant, but the Odyssey is not.
SS: I never would have actively chosen to read it, considering it was written and translated far before Shakespeare even knew how to write.But, it encapsulates a lot of what I like about Shakespeare, surprisingly.
SS: Due to it being an epic, it follows a shorter, more poetic structure that reminds me of how Shakespeare wrote his plays.
SS: And Odysseus is a bitchass liar, if I may say so myself.
SS: I find myself partial to ********.
SS: Fuck.
SS: Odysseus’s wife.
BE: my theory on the censorship is that it censors like
BE: names that people in our times could have
BE: like nobody in the 21th century is named odysseus or shakespeare
SS: That is a sound theory!
BE: anyway keep telling me abt her
SS: It is interesting that I’m forced to refer to her as ‘Odysseus’s wife’ considering that’s the entire purpose of her character. Goodness, my pattern of interest in literature characters are rather predictable. She loses so much, and in the end it feels like she’s gained so little.
SS: I’ve recently finished the epic, and I sure do have some thoughts.
BE: still can’t belive this formats actually called an epic thats hilarious 4 some reason
SS: I feel that there’s some correlation between the two contexts of the word, but I’m far too deep into my Odyssey tangent to go and look it up, you’ll have to forgive me.
BE: yea sorry i keep distracting u
SS: I appreciate your commentary, it makes me less guilty about my monologue.
BE: shut up
BE: i asked u to talk and ur talking
SS: I suppose so.
SS: Anyway, her character arc revolves solely on being pursued because she was formerly Odysseus’s husband and is now a single woman.There’s a, probably unintentional, commentary there about how men are incapable of believing a woman can exist without depending on a man, and viewing a single woman is an object to be earned, rather than a person in her own right.And thus, the ending of the Odyssey feels unsatisfying because after everything, she’s ‘put back together’ with a man, who she waited ‘so loyally’ for.
SS: Not to mention the double standards of her being praised on her loyalty while Odysseus has several relationships with other women.Talk about double standards.
SS: ******** feels like a tragedy in herself.
SS: To me at least, it’s an incredibly empty ending, like most tragedies. But instead of catharsis, I’m just angry.
SS: I enter a tragedy knowing it’s a tragedy, knowing the end will feel empty and unavoidable. While ******** may not have died in the end, but there was no hope for her to achieve any ending other than an ending to her manless waiting. The difference for me at least, is that a tragedy is painfully satisfying. Her ending leaves me with no such feeling, because it’s not a situation that’s outside of the realm of reality.
BE: u always make this stuff sound so interesting
BE: even when its a several thousand year old play that i otherwise wouldnt care less abt
BE: like id read these books if u were behind me commentating on everything tbh
SS: BD
BE: omg the face
BE: fuck yes
SS: Some of my gripe with ********’s ending is that because she is who she is, she would never find another ending.She would never actively reject the suitors, instead choosing to keep them waiting through trickery while avoiding confrontation, much like she would never reject her husband, because she loves him.Some of this goes back to my gripes with the ‘docile lamppost woman’ trope that many classic novels love providing us with.There’s droves of ideal wives and ideal women waiting to be consumed by the male audience, not wishing to be challenged, and instead existing as a cardboard cutout of what a man thinks a woman should be.
SS: And some of that is inevitable, because the time these stories were written is important. Misogyny was far more rampant than it is currently. But despite that, it’s indisputably important in my eyes to address this when reading and analyzing the text. The second you nod along with these depictions and write them off as ‘a sign of the times’ you write off all of the depth that comes with that ‘time.’ Because, in essence, it’s the same as writing off the women that are inflicted with these characterizations as unimportant. And that’s why male writers characterize women like this in the first place.
BE: has anyone ever told u ur really fucking smart
BE: because that was like
BE: really cool
BE: and i wish i had something 2 add but all i can do is like
BE: nod along while understanding kinda what u mean
SS: The fact that you’re willing to listen to me in the first place means the world.
BE: ur interesting ss!!
SS: That…
SS: That’s something I rarely hear.
SS: I often find myself being written off as boring or uninteresting due to my unconventional interests.So for you to say that I’m interesting even a bit,
SS: Well its
SS: It’s nice.
SS: There’s a multitude of other words that I could use, but ‘nice’ sums it up.
BE: :3
BE: have i never told u ur classiclit rants r interesting
SS: Not so directly, I don’t think.
SS: I tend to hold onto any praise I receive for several months/ up to a year.
SS: It’s simply in my nature.
BE: D:
BE: i should do that more often then
SS: Do what you see fit, but don’t lie to me to make me feel better.
BE: of course >:3c
BE: i think i know what i wanna do too
SS: Oh?
BE: i was talking to fh abt this a few days ago
BE: but me n one of my other online friends r making a game together
BE: and we were brainstorming yesterday b4 me both just got stuck
BE: while my gears r turning from understanding literary analysis i wanna turn those gears further
SS: I wish you the best of luck, then.
BE: ty :]
BE: cya
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