Pride Post!

Jun 26, 2011 15:29

[It's a beautiful day in Camp-the sun is shining (though there is shade for vampires), the birds are singing (but not taunting anyone), and there is a magnificent spread complete with all sorts of food (including human flesh for those so inclined). Above all this reads a huge banner:]
PRIDE!
Be proud of who you are!
[You might find yourself with a ( Read more... )

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:06:10 UTC
[her arms are crossed to hide her LGBTQ bracelet]

What the hell is a Persona?

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hardlyboy June 27 2011, 05:08:56 UTC
Er-- pardon me.

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:10:07 UTC
What? Did you get caught with some multiple personality crap?

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hardlyboy June 27 2011, 05:11:28 UTC
No-- the definition of "Persona" as it applies to me and my fellows is somewhat liberated. I was simply not expecting someone to question me about it this quickly.

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:12:30 UTC
I'd question you about the gay thing, but I can tell one when I see one. You don't even need a bracelet for that.

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hardlyboy June 27 2011, 05:14:53 UTC
Your assumption is incorrect, and I'll thank you for not dismissing my identity so readily, when we have not known each other for five minutes.

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:15:44 UTC
I don't care about you.

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hardlyboy June 27 2011, 05:18:42 UTC
I might have noticed.

To answer your previous question, a Persona manifests when one has faced their True Self.

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:19:12 UTC
...

What?

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hardlyboy June 27 2011, 05:26:28 UTC
Self-possessed individuals all have a Shadow; the Shadow is everything you dislike, are afraid of, or otherwise repress about yourself. If you face it properly, it manifests into a Persona.

That is the simplest explanation I can offer for what is a rather complex experience.

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:28:23 UTC
So you've got a little creepy voice in your head on top of being gay.

Wow, your life must suck.

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hardlyboy June 27 2011, 05:30:14 UTC
You're greatly simplifying things.

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:30:51 UTC
I doubt it.

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hardlyboy June 27 2011, 05:34:29 UTC
To begin with, it isn't a voice-- it doesn't "speak", precisely. A Persona allows me to participate in combat against dangerous entities.

... and I am not gay. I identify as bisexual, and...

[looks at her bracelet]

I am not cis-gendered.

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:35:19 UTC
[give her a second]

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burgercraving June 27 2011, 05:36:15 UTC
Show me.

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