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...whereas my situation is I look at other people's cards and go "oooh, I could write that".

Edited Date: 2014-06-13 05:25 am (UTC)

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I am with

ride_4ever - I look at other people's cards and go 'OMG, I would want THOSE PROMPTS'...nine times out of ten, I never get them, lol!!

That being said, this is an AWESOME card!

Ummm...this is sad. I should know this (and likely do), but...what is gaslighting? Is it like jacklighting? I'm confused (and I will probably feel dumb when I get the answer).

*HUGS*

Edited Date: 2014-06-13 02:27 pm (UTC)

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OMG...I love your icon, lol!!

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To understand about the form of mental abuse known as "gaslighting," check out a description of the 1944 movie "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman.

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Ahhh!! I'm writing that (and for myself - I have a bad habit of not sharing) right now. I did not know that was the term for it though!! Need to remember this term...it is...a fav form of abuse to write. Yes, you can look at me like that. I am truly terrible to my characters. *SOBS*

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I think my card is great, I'm just having a moment of, "Wait a second. Am i really going for it?" It appears I am.

Yeah- the term comes from a play (and also the movie mentioned by [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]) which is about a husband who drives his wife crazy by making the gaslights in their house blink and flicker constantly- and insisting that nothing is happening. Basically, it refers to a kind of psychological torture, wherein the victim feels crazy because the person torturing them has made them believe that something that is happening actually isn't.

I'd studied the play before (because I'm such a geek that way), but I had to check that it was what I thought it was when I got the card because I didn't know it had become a common term, so I don't think it's that strange that you don't know what it is. I did recently read a quote that paralleled race relations in this country with gaslighting, so I guess it's more common than I thought.

It's an interesting concept, it just doesn't directly lend itself to fic (for me anyway).

Edited Date: 2014-06-13 04:22 pm (UTC)

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Heh. You would be into it and not know what it was called.

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I've been doing that for a while now, which is why I figured I ought to try it the usual way for once. I was looking at the section where people got the cards and coveting everyone else's, but mine is cool. There's plenty I can do with mine.

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This is the definition of me -

'Torturetorturetorture...oh, it's an actual THING?! RLY?!'

*commences with evil cackling intermixed with sobs*

Edited Date: 2014-06-13 05:08 pm (UTC)

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*wipes away your tears* We are only so terrible to our characters because we loooooooove them! *evil grin*

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YUS. PLEASE DOOOOOO!!!!

Mine is kind of...reverse, maybe? Where the character thinks one thing is happening, but it is actually another and they think they are losing their mind when it is actually so much WORSE than that. Nevermind. Seems to be the exact definition, lol!! OMG...I am a terrible, terrible woman.

Well...tis kind of strange. I write all sorts of fucked-up shit and never learn the actual NAMES of what I am doing. That's rather weird. This is NOT the first time I've had to look something up that I do on a regular basis. *Pounds face into desk*

I know you can do it though...I have faith. *waits with interest*

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Bless you. You are a dear. I do love them, just...WHY DON'T THEY STAY DOWN WHEN I KICK THEM?! Dammit, don't they know it compells me to do it again?! OMG...

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"Wait. People other than me have written about that? Surely not!"

It is hard to decide whether to laugh or cry in those moments.

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:) I shall try my best.

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As you can see...I rather indulge in both at once. O_o

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YAY!!!

*Happy!Twirl!*

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Where the character thinks one thing is happening, but it is actually another and they think they are losing their mind when it is actually so much WORSE than that. And you are keeping this all to yourself? *wants wants wants*

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Yus, because RPS shenanigans and personal porns and likely it sucks and my one reader I share it with would never tell me because she is awesome and sweet and I know it is HORRIBLE and BAD and there are terrible, terrible issues where there is non-con and hallucinations and...

It's bad...

*Whimpers*

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I am fascinated by your ability to limit yourself to one reader.

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LOL!! Tis self-preservation, mostly. Otherwise I'd create a beginning for this insanity and post it. Which would be bad. Like 'cross the streams' kind of bad, lol!! So I email this poor creature my scribblings and she is kind and puts up with...well...a great deal from me. Dunno how I lucked across the awesome friends I have, but I've got them.

I'm trying to save them all really. This fiction...ye gods...O_o What haven't I done in this fiction?!

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It's a good thing for me that you aren't writing in my primary fandom. *points to icon* If you were I would be forced to pester you about reading it rather than being able to gracefully accept your authorial decision to limit the audience.

Edited Date: 2014-06-14 05:41 pm (UTC)

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