Dearest
2B (and esteemed friends),
Taxing
it may be, to talk instead of write, but I'm not one to do something easy if I
can do something right. Luckily, I've got someone to help me. So we're going to
talk, and you are going to listen. We've been silent far too long.
So
there it is.
A
year and a half of this, an innocent family scared and hurt, all because of
intentional misunderstandings and a healthy dose of hate. All could have been
avoided with an email or even just being less immature and walking away rather
than lashing out. But what is done is done; what happens now is what's
important.
Way
I see it, all of you have a choice now.
Yeah,
even you 2B, because like it or not, this is part of being a leader.
You
can try to...redefine your delusions, find some new way for me to be Reaver.
Maybe I convinced Kermit to come film it or maybe I'm Reavers sister or
something even more detached from reality. Anything to preserve the masquerade
that what was done was just or right, I guess. Or maybe instead of making me
out to be Reaver, you'll try to deny that you have responsibility to the
victims. (We both know that's garbage; there ain't nothin' I could do that
could make it acceptable to hurt someone who isn't me. That's the sort of thing
literal comic book villains would use to justify themselves.)
Or
you can accept responsibility for this and make it right. None of this "Oh
but it's in the past and also you are terrible for some reason that none of us
can actually come out and say and that justifies it"; people are hurting
right now, and the people hurting aren't me. Innocent people are scared because
of you. Your actions had unforeseen consequences and now it's your responsibility
to make it right, to make them feel safe again and like you aren't going to do
this the next time you have some imaginary beef with me.
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Never
too late to do the right thing.
-
Alice and Reaver