time travel texting.

[hapertas]

THE BIG FAT TIME TRAVEL TEXTING MEME.

How does it work?
- You post your top-level as usual.
- People reply, but the catch is, magical shenanigans intervene and poof! You're getting a text from someone you know, but it's 3 years too early or 10 years too late! What spoilers will you learn? Will you accidentally reveal some of your own?
- You can use this to explore forward-dated scenarios or have characters interact before they "met," or at least before one of them knows they met.
- When you reply, notate in the header when your character's tagging from.

Comments

[squelch]

it's amazing to hear that. a little weird, since i don't remember tell you my secrets yet, but i guess i have, huh?

maybe i should get on that! and soon! there's an awful lot to say, so i'm guessing it's probably going to take awhile to say it.

[incendiaring]

yeah, you have. you've told me a lot of things, and i'm grateful to have your trust in such a way.

hey, it's okay. we have all the time in the world, darling.

[squelch]

i should say the same, right? i'm really glad i'm someone you can be comfortable with.

do we? that sounds so nice. that makes me happy, you know? so happy. you're someone i want to have a lot of time with.

[incendiaring]

it's important, for both of us. it's good. you and i... we're good together. very good.

[squelch]

how good? stay together for years and years good? [ Getting ahead of himself?

Pshaw, Ten never does that! ]

[incendiaring]

i firmly hope so. we're getting close to a year, and we've already talked about a lot of long-term commitments together. I want these things with you. I want years and years with you.

[squelch]

that's amazing! i'm happy for us. is that weird to say? that i'm happy for my future self?

he sounds like he's doing well.

[incendiaring]

were i in your shoes, i think i'd be happy, too.

he is. we have our ups and downs, you know? like everyone. we can't be happy all the time. but we're happy most of the time. especially when we're together.

[squelch]

i'm a lucky person. very, very lucky. i've known that for awhile, but it's gotten even more obvious lately!

someone i knew used to say you can be happy even when you're sad, because you can be happy about having someone you love by your side.

[incendiaring]

so am i. i'm very very lucky.

it gives us strength, the fact that we've got each other. it really does.

[squelch]

i must be superhumanly strong by now then! here, i'm not quite there yet. i think i still have some level ups to go, sounds like.

but i'll be okay, because someone's helping me a lot.

[incendiaring]

oh, i don't know. i think you were very strong from the get-go, truly.

if you're talking about me, you're sweet. i don't think i've done that much, though.

[squelch]

was i? i felt so weak sometimes. not always in bad ways. there's good ways to be weak, i think. or to be something people see as weak, but really isn't? it's not easy being vulnerable, not always. but much easier with someone you love and trust.

you have though. i think you do every day, every single day.

[incendiaring]

vulnerability isn't weakness. i don't think, anyway. it's okay to be vulnerable with people you trust, it's okay to allow yourself to lean on people. it doesn't make anyone weak. And you are certainly not weak.

well, i'm glad if i can help in any way. but mostly, it's all you, for and by yourself.

[squelch]

i think so too. i really want to be more vulnerable, whatever it takes. but i guess i want to be careful, too. maybe that's an oxymoron?

is that how it is for you? all you, for and by yourself?

[incendiaring]

makes sense. take your time with it. allow yourself to feel safe before you open up.

not all of it. you bring me a lot. you allow me to be vulnerable, too.

[squelch]

right! i think it must feel better when you can be open like that on your own terms. because you want it to happen and you know you're ready.

future me must have grown up a little. i'm glad. i want to be a safe place for you like that. and to tell you that you're strong, too.

[incendiaring]

we've both grown, i think. and you are definitely a safe place. you're my safest place.

[squelch]

safest place...

good job, future me! you did well! i'm so glad. this inspires me to work twice as hard now. to be the best i can be.