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what is a friend?

4 days ago · 1 · Intrusive thoughts, +2


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I don't know what a friend is. Maybe it's because of fiction. Fiction has built my conception of friendship: Harry, Rony and Hermione; Anne and Diana; Luffy and his nakamas; a "Studio Ghibli" relationship. Soulmates. I don't think there's a better way to express: that eternal friendship. People who would die for you, literal and figuratively.

Personally, I don't have this kind of relationship. Do you? So, it makes me question myself if what I consider my "friends" are really my friends. However, as I said, my conception is based on fiction. So this could be deluding me at the point I think I don't have friends, when actually, I'm facing the real world.

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  • Novni Guest · 4 days ago

    Don't forget this!

    It seems like I've got a replacement and I know you'll make it.

    In time being you'll know why.

    ( Also, my favorite characters are Luffy and his crew. You can't argue with me :)

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