dewey would not “endure” torture. we’d cut back to him and he’d be eating donuts w the CIA agents going “and then, they forgot my birthday! can you even believe it!” and the agents would be like “man, sounds like a tough life” while water boarding malcolm
One of the things I can genuinely praise the Paramount Halo show for is that they did this in an extremely likeable way for me. I can totally see a Spartan 4 and maybe a well adjusted 3 doing this with Marines.
Your lack of personal purpose is causing your romantic obsession. When your life is full, you're building something, you're learning something, you're creating something, you're serving someone, you don't have time to spend 4 hours analyzing why they used a period instead of an exclamation point. You read the text, you reply, you move on with your day. But when someone becomes the most exciting part of your life, every notification feels life changing, every delayed response feels personal, every conversation gets replayed in your head like it's game film. Suddenly you're looking for a hidden meanings in messages that were probably sent while they were waiting in line at target. You know, it's it's not that you're deeply in love. It's that your brain has nothing more compelling to latch on to. A relationship was never meant to become your identity. It should add to your life, not replace it. The healthiest people I've met don't love less. They they just have more to love. They have goals, they get them out of bed friends, they invest in hobbies. They're excited about purpose. So, you know ironically, that's usually what makes them more attractive too,because they want a relationship, they don't need one to to feel complete .So before you convince yourself that one person is the answer to everything, ask yourself a harder question if they disappear tomorrow what would still make me excited to wake up? Your answer to that question matters a whole lot more than whether they text it back.
I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, "Never play fair in a game where others cheat." It doesn't mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they'll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.