Georgia Carolyn Mason (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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entranceway2016-11-09 04:17 pm
choosetruth) wrote in entranceway2016-11-09 04:17 pm
Entry tags:
- bioshock: elizabeth,
- btvs: cordelia chase,
- dragon age: nathaniel howe,
- life is strange: max caulfield,
- marble hornets: tim,
- marvel: rocket,
- newsflesh: georgia mason,
- newsflesh: shaun mason,
- nocturne: naoki,
- stranger things: dustin henderson,
- supernatural: jo harvelle,
- the flash: cisco ramon,
- the flash: hunter zolomon,
- the picture of dorian gray: dorian gray,
- the vampire diaries: klaus mikaelson,
- the witcher: regis,
- undertale: sans,
- zombies run: sam yao
OPINION } from Images May Disturb You, the Blog of Georgia Mason, entry #2
If there's one thing I've learned about Wonderland in the weeks that I've been forced to start calling it home: it's that it lies to you.
But so do lots of people, right? Everyone has a reason to lie. Some people lie to hurt other people, but some people lie out of kindness. Some people try to protect you with comforting falsehoods. How do we know that Wonderland isn't lying for our own good?
I can't tell you that. I don't know Wonderland's motivations, if there even is any sort of guiding intelligence behind it and not just pure chance.
What I can tell you is this: it doesn't matter. Lying out of kindness is just as bad as lying out of cruelty. Possibly even worse. Comforting falsehoods might be nicer in the moment than cruel truths, but I'll take the truth every time. Is it better to spare a family by telling them their dying child might get better? Or to allow them to cherish the time they have left? Is it better to tell someone their writing is good? Or send them an honest critique that could let them actually improve until you could say so without it being a lie?
Is it better to lose the memories that have hurt you and spend a weekend in blissful ignorance? Or hold onto every iota of the pain that has built you and remember exactly why you fight? Lies won't take the time to heal you. Only the truth can do that.
Wonderland is the biggest lie I've ever seen. I cannot promise a way out of this gilded, wonderful cage. That would be a lie, even if it's one I'd like to believe. I can only promise that I'll do everything I can to find the truth all of those lies are working at concealing. I won't quit until I uncover all the secrets Wonderland is hiding.
Or until Wonderland gets tired of all the prodding and sends me home. Here's hoping, right?
But so do lots of people, right? Everyone has a reason to lie. Some people lie to hurt other people, but some people lie out of kindness. Some people try to protect you with comforting falsehoods. How do we know that Wonderland isn't lying for our own good?
I can't tell you that. I don't know Wonderland's motivations, if there even is any sort of guiding intelligence behind it and not just pure chance.
What I can tell you is this: it doesn't matter. Lying out of kindness is just as bad as lying out of cruelty. Possibly even worse. Comforting falsehoods might be nicer in the moment than cruel truths, but I'll take the truth every time. Is it better to spare a family by telling them their dying child might get better? Or to allow them to cherish the time they have left? Is it better to tell someone their writing is good? Or send them an honest critique that could let them actually improve until you could say so without it being a lie?
Is it better to lose the memories that have hurt you and spend a weekend in blissful ignorance? Or hold onto every iota of the pain that has built you and remember exactly why you fight? Lies won't take the time to heal you. Only the truth can do that.
Wonderland is the biggest lie I've ever seen. I cannot promise a way out of this gilded, wonderful cage. That would be a lie, even if it's one I'd like to believe. I can only promise that I'll do everything I can to find the truth all of those lies are working at concealing. I won't quit until I uncover all the secrets Wonderland is hiding.
Or until Wonderland gets tired of all the prodding and sends me home. Here's hoping, right?
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It's an opinion piece, so it's not really objectively right or wrong, but I'm glad to hear you agree.
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Did anyone task you with this
Or is it just how youre staying busy?
[Writing's not really Dean's best talent, but he can appreciate a good knack when he sees one. Her literary voice is a lot better than Chuck's so at least there's that. It beats looking at 100-year-old lore documents any day of the week too; those don't exactly have finesse.]
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I'm a journalist. It's my job.
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Either way go with your gut
Its marketable as long as its you spitting the truth.
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Pretty lucky to wind up with family
At least youve got that going for you
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[She and Shaun are terrible at functioning without each other.
It does remind her, though.]
How about you? Do you have people here? How common is it?
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Ive got my brother, my parents, and some friends
That alone is enough to keep things interesting for a while
As far as how common it is, I wouldnt know
Im not really up to snuff with statistics around here
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It can't be that common. It seems so unlikely. Why would any of us wind up with people we know?