► twelfth sketch [Video]

[memorychains]

[The feed opens to the view of Olivine beach, held by its owner as she records the horizon and ocean for a while. It records silence for a few moments before the owner speaks up, sounding hesitant.]

... if you've done something wrong in the past that hurt a lot of people, and every one of them said that it was alright and that they didn't blame you...

... but... you still feel guilty over it...

... how do you go about forgiving yourself?

[There's more silence and then an audible sigh, before there's an elephant trumpet sound, and Namine giggles as a Phanpy clambers and obscures half the view of the camera.]

No, this isn't for playing. Come on.

[The feed cuts off.]

Comments

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[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

...I have no idea. [Ritz is looking thoughtful.] But if they're you're friends, and they care about you, they wouldn't want you to be upset with yourself.

Maybe it's less about forgiveness, and more about learning from it. Figuring out what you did wrong, and why, and never letting yourself do it again.

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[cagedstar.livejournal.com]

I promised myself I'd never do it again, so I'm alright with that. I think I'm just having trouble moving on from blaming myself so much.

[Video]

[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

I guess... just reminding yourself that beating yourself up over it when your friends have already forgiven you would hurt them? I know if one of my friends did something and I'd already forgiven them, seeing them beat themselves up over it would suck.