I don't think I was bad either. I mean, a prince isn't bad. I just wasn't anything, one way or the other.
[ he doesn't even know if he was nice before. he must have been, once. maybe when he was a frog and he had all that time alone in the pond to consider what was nice and what was so terrible that he must have deserved to be frogged, he had figured it out. he was probably nice to Elody, once upon a time, or she never would have given the horrible frog a chance.
but he'd stopped trying so hard for a very long time. ]
I don't know that she's the one I'm trying for. I think I want her to have her own story, her own choices, but I don't think that involves me.
...Yeah. I'm starting to think a lot of the people I thought were good were just people who went through the world without ever having to decide much of anything.
[princes don't usually have many. neither do little girls deciding whether to take the shortest path or to linger in the woods to pick some flowers. the little girl is cute, but there isn't anything particularly consequential about any of that.
that does surprise her, though. and it makes her feel sad, which is probably uncomfortable because he can feel it. what he's saying does sound right, maybe. but even if she's come around on people having their own stories, it's just hard to understand why someone with those choices wouldn't choose to love gerard.]
Well...that's okay, too. You can try for yourself, right?
It's easier to be good when you're written to be that way.
[ he wasn't exactly written to be good, or bad, just a frog. the feeling of understanding that she's sad at the things she's saying is a little awkward at first, but ... he understands. he's sad about it too. ]
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[ he doesn't even know if he was nice before. he must have been, once. maybe when he was a frog and he had all that time alone in the pond to consider what was nice and what was so terrible that he must have deserved to be frogged, he had figured it out. he was probably nice to Elody, once upon a time, or she never would have given the horrible frog a chance.
but he'd stopped trying so hard for a very long time. ]
I don't know that she's the one I'm trying for. I think I want her to have her own story, her own choices, but I don't think that involves me.
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[princes don't usually have many. neither do little girls deciding whether to take the shortest path or to linger in the woods to pick some flowers. the little girl is cute, but there isn't anything particularly consequential about any of that.
that does surprise her, though. and it makes her feel sad, which is probably uncomfortable because he can feel it. what he's saying does sound right, maybe. but even if she's come around on people having their own stories, it's just hard to understand why someone with those choices wouldn't choose to love gerard.]
Well...that's okay, too. You can try for yourself, right?
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[ he wasn't exactly written to be good, or bad, just a frog. the feeling of understanding that she's sad at the things she's saying is a little awkward at first, but ... he understands. he's sad about it too. ]
I want to.
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[well she is written to be good and also to be big and bad at the same time, so it's a bit complicated.]
Well, I like you how you are already, that's all I mean.
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[ he does
a ribbit. ]
I like you how you are too.
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anyway it's obvious that he likes her but she's still like 😳]
Even though you wouldn't even bite me...
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