[ He sucks in a breath and lets it out again, rubbing at the bridge of his nose for a moment before he can even consider letting out words that aren't annoyed snarling at the very idea of some of the things that Ford's said.]
I've heard similar defenses. And while I... I know that people aren't stupid, I think they're so used to seeing him as this neutered little... little annoyance that they can't actually comprehend the fact that whatever he pretends to be, he's something so far outside of the scope of what a person actually is that any sort of relationship he might have is- is ultimately just a- a- a mimed parody performed by something that knows us only well enough to be aware that we let our guard down when we think we can talk to it.
[ Huff.]
Of course I take him seriously. He's almost worse.
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Date: 2019-02-12 04:12 am (UTC)[ He sucks in a breath and lets it out again, rubbing at the bridge of his nose for a moment before he can even consider letting out words that aren't annoyed snarling at the very idea of some of the things that Ford's said.]
I've heard similar defenses. And while I... I know that people aren't stupid, I think they're so used to seeing him as this neutered little... little annoyance that they can't actually comprehend the fact that whatever he pretends to be, he's something so far outside of the scope of what a person actually is that any sort of relationship he might have is- is ultimately just a- a- a mimed parody performed by something that knows us only well enough to be aware that we let our guard down when we think we can talk to it.
[ Huff.]
Of course I take him seriously. He's almost worse.