dear_mun | Mun's reading fanfiction. Also, still voice testing.

[At least there's no Godzilla shipping, at least, none the King of the Monsters were aware of.]

Why do you care? After all, it shows how little imagination people have if everything is about sex. That says more about 'them' than it does about you.

[Erm, best not ask Sherlock what he thinks about all the people he's paired with - including his brother.]

[Oh good mother of God.

He's just going to... stare... a lot...]

Well, yes, I suppose it does, but--well, it doesn't change the fact that it's really disconcerting to see stories written about me being 'paired' with serial killers, my family [BAU family], and people who I've never even met...

[Hey, wait...] Excuse me, who are you?

[Sherlock grins and offers his hand.]

Sherlock Holmes.

[He pauses.]

Then you are focusing on the wrong issue. They're idiots. We know the reality and that's all that matters.

[ ...he's almost afraid to ask. ]

Do I want to know?

[Sherlock Holmes? The Sherlock Holmes, or a man with schizophrenia?

Either way, best to accept it. Reid arches an eyebrow, unsure if he should be impressed or wary, but he flinches away from the hand, giving an awkward wave instead. Have another socially inept genius, Sherlock!]

Well, I guess that's true, but reality isn't always all that matters. I really, really don't want to be the subject of anyone's delusions, since they can motivate people into committing particularly violent crimes, and even if it's not reality their belief in it can drive them to--[Stop him. Stop him before he gets into it.]

[Oh hello Rossi he really could have done without seeing you immediately after being forced to read a slew of Reid/Rossi fanfiction (and Reid/Morgan, Reid/Prentiss, Reid/JJ, Reid/Hotch, Reid/Garcia, Rossi/Reid/Hotch, Rossi/Reid/Hotch/Sergio...)]

Uh, no! No, you really don't!

[He goes bright red and his voice may be a slightly higher pitch than normal.]

[Sherlock tilts his head in a half smile.]

I assure you, there is only one consulting detective and I am he, Sherlock Holmes.

[He looks confused.]

Oh, please do continue. I have a certain interest in what others see as motivations for people to commit violent crimes.

[You should see his book shelf, Diary of Jack the Ripper, Signature Killers, The Holy Bible, The Tragedy of MacBeth pretty much in that order.]

[ This mun has read just about every permutation as well, although...Rossi/Reid/Hotch/Sergio would be quite interesting... ]

That bad?

Somehow it doesn't surprise me.

Seriously? [Eyebrows going right on up. He doesn't know how to respond to this.] They said there were alternate universes, but...

[Oh wait, someone isn't actually telling him to shut up? He perks immediately. Yay! He gets to lecture!]

Well, you see, that's what I do for a living. I profile criminals--spree and serial killers, for the most part. You see, delusions can play a part in the motivation to murder--you feel justified in killing people if you're convinced they're replacements or spies or somehow going to hurt you--but for a lot of the UnSubs I deal with, there's brain damage or just old-fashioned sociopathy at work. Murderers sometimes have damage to their impulse control, or they just don't have the empathy to understand what is wrong with it--[He is going to continue like this for a while.]

[Reid doesn't want you enabling his mun. Stop it. :| ]

Yeah, the imagination of our 'fans' never ceases to amaze me. And it's hard to amaze me.

[Seriously, can't a man go around being really pretty and cute and have lots of fluffy scenes with his family figures without getting shipped?]

[Nope. He's not, because Sherlock is going to interrupt.]

Psychopathy.

[He pauses and waits for Reid to stop.]

You said sociopathy, but you mean psychopathy. I was nearly impressed until you committed such a rudimentary error. There is, after all, a difference between the two.

[His eyebrows go up in pleasant surprise. Wow, he actually knows there's a difference between the two! (Wait, they didn't understand that during the Victorian era, did they...?)]

Yes, there is, but I meant sociopathy. Sociopaths are just as capable of killing as psychopaths. In some ways, sociopaths can be more dangerous if they feel that killing can fulfill their needs, because they tend to be more capable of blending in than psychopaths. Of course, I've met plenty of both during my job--the fundamental fact that they lack empathy remains the same, and that statistically makes them more likely to kill. [Believe him, a couple have held a gun to his head at one point or another. :| ]

[Sherlock knows a thing or two about sociopaths... So he simply reaches into his pocket and sends an untraceable text to Reid's mobile. It only says one word.]

WRONG!

[ /horrible enabler. ]

I've come to realize that.

I'd say try to ignore it, but there's no turning back now, is there?

[ No, of course not. ]

[Reid looks at the text, then looks at Sherlock quizzically.] What makes you say that?

[He reviews the definitions of sociopath and psychopath in his head quickly. Sociopath: the defining trait of a sociopath is muted emotions or a complete lack of empathy, but the ability to hide it. Because of this lack of empathy, they tend towards lying habitually, often have juvenile delinquency records, and often develop the ability to simulate emotions to manipulate others. Because of their muted emotions, certain sociopaths have been known to get an emotional high from high-risk behavior, a trait they share with psychopaths, and worst case scenario, that high-risk behavior makes them kill to feel.

Psychopath: Like a sociopath, only less subtle, and the symptoms that constitute psychopathy are debated more than the symptoms of sociopathy. Psychopaths tend to be predatory in every day life, tend to be very impulsive, and can display symptoms of narcissism. Because of their impulsive natures and lure to high-risk lifestyles, they also can be killers, Charles Manson being an example of one.

Yep, he's pretty sure he's right, but maybe he's missing something?]

No, there's really not. And I'm afraid there isn't a way to burn the images out of my head, either.

[Can't he at least get to just occasionally hug them?]

[Godzilla stares right back, tail beating the ground patiently.]

[Sherlock sighs, bored.]

You're allowing your own struggles with mental heal issues to cloud your understandings of these two very distinct Antisocial behaviours.

[Besides, Sherlock is a sociopath (or thinks himself one at least, maybe because he has been convinced by others that he is one). The point is he clearly knows the difference.]

The psychopath's ability to manipulate people and situations can allow them to blend in just as well as a sociopath. How often has a neighbor said, "He wouldn't hurt a fly?" And sociopaths are much less likely to commit murder for the thrill of it. Passion would be a sociopath's motivation for murder. The psychopath's desire to kill for the thrill makes them much more dangerous. Also, a psychopath is much more likely to plan out the murders, it's part of the thrill - and typically, they eventually want to get caught - to be in the spotlight and have their hard work laid out for the world to see. A sociopath is more likely to make a mistake relatively soon because when you do things out of passion, you do not think things through.

Basically it comes down to motivation, so in your previous statement when you said "You see, delusions can play a part in the motivation to murder--you feel justified in killing people if you're convinced they're replacements or spies or somehow going to hurt you--but for a lot of the UnSubs I deal with, there's brain damage or just old-fashioned sociopathy at work." Your comparison is where you are wrong. Most sociopaths don't have the kind of delusion working - unless they have other underlying issues. That level of delusion is much more prevalent in psychopaths.

It doesn't always help, but sometimes just forcing myself to think about what I know is real gets rid of those...images.

[ No! All of those hugs will just be a prelude to something more! :P ]

I would try, but it doesn't help that my mun likes going out of her way to reinforce the images. She says that she does it because she 'likes' me. [And he's adorable when he's flustered.] I don't think I agree with her apparent definition of 'like'.

[Then what is kissing a man on both cheeks for his birthday a prelude to, Rossi? >) ]

Sometimes they have a funny way of showing it. Just how bad are these images?

[ That is a very good question... ]

I'd suggest you read the stuff yourself, but I don't really want to inflict that on you. Suffice to say, I really didn't want to think of anyone in the BAU in that context.

[You should reflect on that while Reid continues to be cute and lovable and occasionally hug the team.]

Yeah. My mun was reading a lot of that last night. [ ...a lot of Rossi/Reid which the mun was unaware existed until now XD ] I used to think I'd be annoyed if my mun started writing...as me (still a weird concept) and then discarded me in favor of other characters. Now I'm not so sure it's a good thing.

[ The mun suddenly has many thoughts about those cheek kisses. ]

Speaking as someone who's been around a couple of months....no. It never gets better. We will be paired with absolutely everyone our muns can think of.

Including eachother if we let it get too far. Fair warning.

Did she make you read it too? [If they're two team members, they have been shipped together. It's a fact.] I'm really sorry.

[Yes, reflect on those cheek kisses. Reflect while reading more shippy fanfiction.]

Each other too?! [You wouldn't, mun, right? ...Right?!]

What is with this collective obsession with our love lives? Morgan, I could understand. JJ or Prentiss, even. But us?

[ ...he sounds particularly nonplussed about this. ] Yeah. She made me read it.

[ Yes. Well. Imagine the ideas running through the mun's mind now. ]

[Perverted muns of the world, unite?]

I think it's the fact that we hold it such low regard. Generally, at least in this place, the less someone is interested in sex, the more likely they are to want to figure out how it would work.

Because, obviously, sex with someone like us would be different then sex with someone else. [Have an eyeroll, other self. But hey, at least some of the awkwardness of sharing space with a better him was starting to wear off...]

You're taking it surprisingly well.

[Reid begs his mun to not encourage those ideas. His mun encourages away.

Also, dat icon.]

I know better; protesting or expressing any displeasure gets me nowhere with her. It just encourages her. [ Yes, he's profiled his mun. ]

And I've been around long enough to know it could be worse.

[ I went searching for a kissy icon and lo and behold!

See, now you can't encourage these ideas and give me no outlet for them. :P ]

[*fist bump*]

I still can't fathom why... [He sighs, scrubbing his face with his hands.] You know what? You'd think I'd learn that I'm not going to understand these muns any time soon. I'll just hope she sticks to just toying with me. [He doesn't want to hold her interest. :|

And his mun insists on no awkwardness. Only fun. Lots of fun and roleplaying.]

[Perversion ftw *Makes t-shirts*]

Because it's what they do, these muns. A proverbial bull in a china shop. It's best just to acknowledge this now...and it would also probably be best if we stopped talking. My mun is known to do incredibly random things, like RP while sleep deprived and in the state she's in currently, I'm not entirely certain our virtues would be safe.

Just a suggestion.

[He makes a mental note to profile his mun. It's hard when he keeps on getting distracted by scary things like inheriting schizophrenia and fanfiction.] Worse? Like pairing? Another version of me mentioned something about pairing muses together.

[Reid does not like the sound of this. His mun is very intrigued.]

[ The only trouble with that sometimes is discovering things you really didn't want to know. And then knowing you're still stuck with your mun regardless. ]

Pairing. Or circumstances, situations. Trust me, it can get a hell of a lot worse.

[ This mun thinks that things should be plotted. ]

I guess I should be grateful my mun is very attached to her sleep, then. She's not usually one to do things that might affect her mentally.

[He grimaces.] I would take your advise, but my mun won't allow it.

So I've been told. [He shifts his weight uncomfortably.] I've... heard stories from headmates.

[So does this one. PM sound good?]

Talking them out of it doesn't seem to work. [ Which is frustrating to him, as you can imagine. He's stared down violent serial killers and gotten them to confess. But with his mun, he doesn't stand a chance. ]

[ PM is great! Also, here's where I found the icons: http://ms-lesly.livejournal.com/925.html#cutid1

Well, assuming they control what we say as well as the circumstances around us, they would be able to predict anything we would say to them. It would stand to reason that they would be resistant to persuasion in ways no one else is.

They have complete control. [ Which absolutely does not sit well with David Rossi. His mun knows everything he's going to say and do, and can put him into the worst situations imaginable. ] And they rarely wanna do anything good with that power, it seems.

Well, it is true that humans historically tend to dehumanize people they consider beneath them. When they make us suffer, they only reinforce the notion that we are not feeling people like they are, making it even easier to hurt us next time. That is why, historically, the same groups of people tend to be victimized over and over again--

[He'll go on like this for a while if you let him, Rossi.]

[ Yeah, he's putting a stop to that right now... ]

Uh huh. I get it, Reid.

The good news is, my mun finally slept so she's a little less likely to be complete giggling mess in a corner, poking me until I do things I wouldn't normally.

The bad news is now she's awake enough to be highly amused by our interactions. This probably isn't much of an improvement.

Well, can't she do that when she's in the right mind, too? From what I hear, muns can legitimately make us do whatever they want.

[He feels a headache coming on.] Why is our discomfort amusing to everyone?

Oh, she could. However, she's less likely to outright ask your mun if it would be something she would be interested in unless she's so tired she's loopy. She likes to think that she has some shame left. I think she's in denial, personally.

[Sympathy wince, you have one. And a couple of extra strength Ibuprofen held out in the palm of a hand.] I'm still trying to figure that one out, actually.

[His mun is actually very open to different plots, but like hell will he say that out loud. He's worried that the muns might get ideas.] Thanks for small miracles? At least some muns have something holding them back.

[He grimaces and nods in thanks. Just gonna grab those Ibuprofen tablets and swallow them dry.] A few of my headmates have told me it's because we're 'cute'. For some reason, that means that muns are attracted to hurting us. [...Wait.] ...Do muns often arrange for some comfort for their 'muse' after a torture session? [What if it's some strange incarnation of Angel of Death behavior? Hurting a muse, just to save them. It would make sense they would be targeted, then--they look vulnerable, and they are as far from Alpha personalities as you can get. They're the type of people others just feel the need to dote over (much to his chagrin sometimes).]

[They were screwed. Mostly because the muns could read in the brackets, other self.

Still, he's just going to nod.]

Usually. I think they call it hurt/comfort. Personally, I think it's closer to Munchausen by Proxy. They 'break' us, only to 'fix' us again. Granted, sometimes the 'fix it' threads are nice. But the ones where they break us? Well, let's just say I'm not a fan.

[He's watched his lover die, been raped repeatedly, and been beaten to within an inch of his life. He'll pass, kthnxs.]

[Damn, if only he could control what went into brackets!]

Munchausen? Do muns give each other sympathy and positive attention when their muses get hurt? [He puts his hand to his chin.] Actually, my headmates have mentioned behavior like that. What if muns have different factors going into their treatment of us? The ones that outright break us--they could be displacing their own anger over something they cannot control on us. The ones that give us drawn out torture before dropping us and looking for new muses? Sadists that are uncomfortable with taking their urges out on 'real' people. The muns that hurt their muses for attention, the ones who hurt them just to comfort them, the ones that go out of their way to make sure their muses are comfortable and happy--all these things could be linked to symptoms of an illness or peculiar personality quirk. I'd need to actually observe them more, but...

[He glances around, sensing his mun and reviewing her behavior in his head. Where do you fall, mun?

Damn it, Reid, stop psychoanalyzing your mun. Also, stop babbling.]

Mun's reading fanfiction. Also, still voice testing.

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Oh-ho, the wonderful world of CM fanfiction. XD

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At a certain point, I don't know if I should run away or start contributing

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I thought I could resist, but I gave in ages ago. It may be inevitable...

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Damn, I'm already starting on one >.<

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What's the premise/pairing?

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Gen story where Reid is forced into taking care of a kid he doesn't know. It's still sketching out.

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Awww that sounds adorably awkward.

Daddy!Reid is always adorable <3

Indeed. I love his interactions with that autistic boy in Season 6

So did I!! Of course Reid of all people would figure a kid like him out <3

I think that's one of my favorite episodes.

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I think Coda, Revelations, and Uncanny Valley are a few of my favorites <3

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YES. I also love True Night to pieces.

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True Night made me wibble. ;.; One of the only times I actually wanted the UnSub to escape

Me too. ;;

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Which ep is the kissy icon from? It doesn't seem like True Genius *.*

Yep, it is! Lol there were like 5 icons of just that kissy scene from different angles.

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Pfff, I should get one xD

You should!

/will totally grab one when she's off her smartphone

\o/

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Which ep is the kissy icon from? It doesn't seem like True Genius .