on being given a paid & promoted to muselist. canon is American McGee's Alice.

[doyousuppose]

 I suppose it's quite flattering, being given all the new faces. What's unflattering is you expected me to leave, didn't you? You might have sewn up the wound, but you didn't disinfect it first.

Still, I won't be ungrateful for being given a gift. So, thank you. I do appreciate it. Maybe now I'll get my point across much clearer to those who matter. And maybe you'll do more than just dust me off every now and then, too.

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[forgotten_vows]

Now you've got my mun thinking about a paid account for me again. Apparently the lure of more icons is very strong.

I'm quite glad to see you "promoted to muselist," however. It's good to know you're not going to vanish anytime soon.

[doyousuppose]

That's her fault entirely. Have they found any useful ones? Searching for mine was quite difficult, she laments.

Thank you. I'd have tried harder not to when I did, but she's almost as stubborn as I am.

[forgotten_vows]

There's a couple she's seen that she liked, but she says it can be hard to find ones for me sometimes. As you might expect, the title character of the movie tends to get the most exposure in pictures.

My mun can be the same sometimes, although with her it can be with picking up a muse in the first place. She waffled for a while before she first created me on tumblr.

[doyousuppose]

Quite the reason. My mun will look into what she can. Friends in different places.

Well. I'm certainly glad she did. Sometimes they need a little push.

[forgotten_vows]

That would be very kind of her. My mun's glad yours found so many for you. (She's still a little stunned that you go straight from 15 to 100. She has no idea how she'd fill all of them.)

So am I. And that she decided I deserved a space on Dreamwidth. It's been fun.

[doyousuppose]

Difficult, but not impossible. It's the details that will bore you.

Good. If not we'd have to fix it.

[forgotten_vows]

I suppose the trick is to just get what you like and not worry about the other slots.

We certainly would. But so far I haven't had much cause to complain. Most of the memes I've been in have been all right -- and the company's quite nice. *shy smile*

[doyousuppose]

Something like that. It did make me wonder why I frown so much, though. I have enough to frown about, but really.

Don't jinx it, or you'll turn right around into a cardguard.

[forgotten_vows]

Yes, it's -- it's a shame. You have such a nice smile. . .

Ugh, yes, you're right. You never know what might happen, do you?

[doyousuppose]

You're probably the only one who knows it, too.

Expecting the unexpected only leads to distraction.

[forgotten_vows]

*That gets a blush.* I -- well, I'm honored to know it.

And doesn't work, because expecting the unexpected only turns it into the expected. Which means something else has to be the unexpected.

[doyousuppose]

The seemingly obvious becomes the unexpected, because you forget to expect it. You can't expect everything. It's impossible.

Expect a frown, and you'll forget to expect a smile. Expect either, and you won't expect any tears.

[forgotten_vows]

Yes, exactly. There's something to be said for being prepared, but. . . You can't take it too far, or you'll never be able to enjoy life again.

[doyousuppose]

...I wonder if actual psychics have unsurprising lives.

[forgotten_vows]

I imagine frustrating ones, more likely. Can you imagine seeing something horrible in the future, and not knowing whether or not you were allowed to change it?

[doyousuppose]

That certainly doesn't mean I wouldn't try, though.

I'd hate to be able to predict the future, it sounds horrible.

[forgotten_vows]

I'd try too -- how could I not? Even if I thought it was inevitable, I'd have to prove it, have to see if there was anything I could do. . .

(He nods.) I think I prefer having it as a surprise too.