"Run from the man having the purple fins."
It isn't an uncommon thought to think back and wonder what you would tell yourself knowing what you know now. Everything from simply saying what the lottery numbers would be or what stocks to pick up to life advice such as things you wish someone told you when you were younger or something to easy a rough time in one's life. So wouldn't it stand to reason that your characters might feel the same way? That they may, in some way, wish to have the means to speak to themselves in the past. Of course some might literally have that ability, I'm not here to judge, this is more for the ones that can't but wish they could. In this thread I am asking you to look back throuh your OCs eyes and get a good look at their past. How they grew up. The things they wished someone told them or things they would want their youngerself to know from them directly. Essentially I'm asking you the simply question of "What would your OC tell their younger self?".
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"Mm.." He pauses, stroking his chin, "I dunno. Come to your senses earlier? And whatever ya do, just.." He sighs, "Don't trust some guy who's nice t' ya on the street. You don't need kindness that bad- you've got friends, y'know."
Jeremy sighs, folding his arms. He paces a bit, "Honestly, I'd tell my younger self a few things... Firstly, don't get too attached to my Western world comforts, I lost it all for a good portion of my life. Second, readjusting back into the Western world would be the hardest thing. I was not prepared for that." He pauses, "And stop falling in love so easily. I just had to wait until I met the right person instead of flying from person to person most my life."
"First off, it's going to get better. Secondly: you're going to meet a girl. She's going to be the most beautiful, understanding, and terrifying person in your life. She's going to try and push you off a third storey balcony when you first meet. Don't hold it against her too much. Treasure her, with everything you have. Oh, and whatever you do, keep that letter safe."
"It ain't worth it getting mixed with the street folks and drinking and smoking - just keep to your goody-two-shoes life and quit complaining. Seriously, you'd thank me if I could tell ya that for real."
"You worried too much. Even though humans created androids like us by including loads of information in our inorganic brain, 'intuition' is something we don't...quite accomplish. Your prediction was dead wrong and far off the reality. No...there wasn't anything endangering Kaliningrad other than the calamity of economic collapse triggered by the disappearance of the USSR...."
"Don't be stupidly headstrong, just go for Vladivostok as soon as you can. Because...big brother Zakharov......he...no, maybe having a chance to get to know him will hurt you but perhaps it might worth it? And be nice to Spiridonov...you have no idea how extremely lucky you are, to be the last in the project and completed. That economic crisis is going to kill more colleagues than you can count, both those already commissioned and those poor younger androids whose constructions are abandoned. I'm telling you, BE NICE to Em. In the end, Vovka, Boryushka, Nikolka and you are going to survive on his sacrifice."
"Hmm. Well. How can I put this? Probably be easier on you if I tell you you're gonna die of cancer when you're 30. Yeah. Let's just go with that.
"Just... Write your books. Tell that guy you like him. Watch the sun rise, feel its warmth on your skin. Breathe some fresh air and be grateful for all of it. All that jazz. Not to be irritatingly vague and overly sentimental, but... things won't always be so simple."
"hmm yes, well would you mind telling me some things because i have no idea who i am. please help."
callilux OMFG i DIED at the lottery number part
"Undoubtedly, I have so many things I could lecture you concerning bad decisions and naiveness. Still, I have to give you one praise; you chose the correct person to look up to. Commander Kirov is a truly marvelous example. But also...you better prepare yourself for the brutality of the thing calls 'fate'. Hold Commander Kirov high in your regard, always, because you'll have to play the substitute older brother role in place of him and watching over for your future boss, who is Commander Kirov's youngest brother."