If I had a truth potion that I could give to anyone I'd have to give it to one of my old friends. We have gone through periods of being really close, drifting apart, to being really close again, to not speaking to each other. There were many reasons contributing to us having our last fall out, life problems, stress of school, living together... etc. However, we have managed to patch things up now and talk to each other on a pretty regular basis. But it is still a little weird when we see each other. So, if I gave this to her I would love for her to tell me exactly what was nagging at her and what she thought about me and our friendship, truly. I feel that there is a lot we both could say and bring back up but neither of us want to stir that pot again. Although, I do think that it could help us grow strong again, but I am afraid of creating something I wont want to finish. I do not enjoy confrontation but I do like to talk calmly and be truthful with people when their is something that's been bugging us, whether it be bad or not there is something to say there. So, I'd want her to tell me her true feelings about our past and present friendship so I could take what she says and help us both understand each other and our feelings in order to be genuinely friendly again.
If she were to have a sip of this I'd imagine she'd say something like, "You've been ignoring me and I feel like this is a one-way friendship and I'm the only one that is trying anymore". She would say things like, "Remember when we used to talk all the time? We basically lived together and had so many great times". I'll agree with her but still have hard feelings because we did have countless good times and made so many memories, but we also had bad times where she kind of forgot about me and put other people before me. I do not really like disrespect especially when i had done so much for her and been there for her; for her to kind of just drop me, disrespect me and my things in our room was not something I enjoyed. Therefore, I just really was not feeling her company for a while. So, maybe I'd ask her why she did that, or where she was at ow with those people, and if she knew how much it hurt my feelings. I would ask her if she understood why how she treated me would make me feel badly about being her friend again. Knowing her she would be upset if I said all of this and she would feel very badly. She would say, "I didn't even realize what I was doing and I was wrapped up in my newer friends, having fun, and going out with them. I'm sorry". I would tell her I understood and let her know I still want to have her in my life but this time I want to communicate with each other. I feel as though I've been holding a grudge which I hate, but it is only because we haven't really had closure on whats bugging us. We have seen each other a few times and have had laughs and chatted but it was not like it used to be. Overall, I'd like to give her this truth potion so it would be easier for us both to open up about our feelings and what went wrong.
So, why not give her the potion and see what she says about her feelings, the problems, the weirdness? This almost reads as if you'd actually rather not know, but, at least on paper, you can let her take a sip and talk for a minute or two.
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I added some things!
ReplyDeleteSome prompts work for some people and not others--this one isn't going to work for you. Look at the three short speeches you give her in the added material. This is supposed to be her truth potion but it still winds up mostly being the JL point of view--and the idea of the assignment is to get into someone else's head a little.
ReplyDeleteThat's okay. Time to move along to other things.