re: tumblr's obsession over Clive's hatred of snails

[vengefulyears]

Honestly, why is everyone just now realizing that I don't like snails? The English version of the game has been out for, what, three years now? This is hardly new information. Even if it was, I don't understand why it's--



...Mundane, what are you--







Will you get those bloody snails out of my face?!

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[tantou]

If you're really afraid of something like snails then you deserve to be made fun of.

[vengefulyears]

When did I ever say I was afraid of snails? I simply have a very strong dislike of them.

[tantou]

Well of course you're not going to say you're afraid of them. But people who say they "strongly dislike" things are just skirting around the fact that they're afraid of something embarrassing.

[penaltykicktothehead]

...It could be worse. You could have slugs on your hands.

[Le shrug.]

[doingthemistything]

... Why snails?

[vengefulyears]

That's completely absurd. When someone says they "strongly dislike" something, it means just that.

[vengefulyears]

...Thank you for that lovely mental image.

[Except not really.]

[tantou]

So you speak for everyone who uses that phrase, now?

[vengefulyears]

They're slimy, disgusting, and useless. There's absolutely nothing to like about them.

[doingthemistything]

... Huh. Never really thought about it like that before... I can see where you're coming from, though.

[He's very neutral about snails but he'll just not bring that up.]

[indirectoblivion]

But... they're cute... [and he will prove it to you with some snail kisses]



[and snail families]

[vengefulyears]

No, not really, but you know what I mean.

[vengefulyears]

I'm glad that someone understands, at least.

[Why do people keep giving him shit for not liking snails. 8'(]

[doingthemistything]

Everyone has their likes and dislikes. It'd be kind of silly to criticize someone else about stuff like that.

[vengefulyears]

They're hideous.

[KILL THEM WITH FIRE!!!]

[vengefulyears]

It is, but unfortunately, it's one of the things that are usually criticized the most by other people.

[penaltykicktothehead]

De rien, sir. I didn't mean literally, but take that as you will.

[indirectoblivion]

Hideous?

[he stares.]

Would you actually hide... from them? That's funny.

[deciphering]

Ugh. You couldn't have chosen an uglier batch of vermin.

[vengefulyears]

I didn't think so. ...But really, slugs are far worse than snails, now that I think about it.

[vengefulyears]

...No, I wouldn't hide from them. Where did you get that from?

[vengefulyears]

Yes, leave it to my mundane to gather the most repulsive group of snails possible just to get a reaction out of me.

[penaltykicktothehead]

Right? In comparison, snails almost seem pleasant.

...Almost.

[doingthemistything]

It is rather unfortunate.

Your dislike of those things isn't unreasonable, at least. [This kid actually isn't all that fond of dinosaurs, but that's a story for another time--]

[vengefulyears]

The only remotely comforting thing about snails is that if one gets on you, you can just pick it up by its shell and toss it away without having to touch its disgusting, slimy little body.

[Dealing with a slug would be far less pleasant. But either way, he still hates them both.]

[indirectoblivion]

[he raises a notebook he was holding and writes: Hideous.

Apparently it was a word pun.]

[deciphering]

So squish them. You've got a working pair of feet, right? Hands? You'd be crazy not to get rid of them if they bother you this much.

[ensconces]

Blimey, they're just snails! What are they goin' to do to you? Eat you in your sleep?