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Neku tries to backtrack and fails miserably.

“I mean, you’re not uncute.”

“You’re not uncute yourself. In fact, I’d say you’re very cute. Almost enough to tie with me.”

Neku just shrugs and climbs on top of Joshua, the angle awkward. He wraps his arms around him anyway even if he won’t be able to keep it up long.

Neku can’t believe what he’s walked in on. Okay well, he can, but its ridiculous. And adorable. He loves this weird dweeb and just watches with a smile on his face  as Joshua just doesn’t notice him.

And then he does notice him, lingering in the doorway with the fondest expression. He won’t sing along though, just shakes his head at the request and folds his arms over his chest.

Josh rolls his eyes, pausing the music so he can speak without talking over the noise.

For every 💭 I receive, I will write one thought my Muse has had about yours.

Send my muse a fear you see them having, and they will rate it from 0-10 depending on how much it frightens them.

* soft angst starters

“Joshua blinks up at Neku from his position, slouched sideways on the couch, too floppy and limbs to heavy to get up.

i see where youre coming from, but i dont agree

[ fair enough! ]

usodanee replied to your post: considering the person literally forgets what they were last thinking of, i’d say it still overwrites their thoughts. megs’ was different because it didn’t leave room for any other thoughts, but any kind of messing with thoughts is mind control. it’s not like he’s like “hey buddy how would you like this thought” and gave them a choice. they were even unaware of imprinting happening to them, so even the resistance only happened unconsciously.  and neku was hesitant about the mind reading thing but still did it, because the story/game demanded it. neku however was also worried about using imprint on a guy when shiki and him first tested it out, because his mind was totally overwritten by it. imprinting leaves people with no choice and forces a certain thought onto them. no matter the reason, it’s invading their individual thought process and not everyone would be cool with such a method

[ perhaps i don’t remember the game itself well enough since i haven't replayed in a while, but i always interpreted the RGers reactions to imprinting as a “eureka! forget about that last thought” type of moment, rather than a literal thought overwriting... in the same way that you might forget what you were previously talking about due to a sudden topic change in a conversation. nothing ever struck me as an out of the ordinary reaction to that. also, neku’s uncomfortableness over mind reading wasn’t the same as his reaction to imprinting -- if i recall correctly as well, neku was merely skeptical of imprinting’s functionality. but hey, i could be remembering the intensity of their forgetfulness wrong / neku’s reaction wrong, but since most npcs were looking for inspo at the time i took their enthusiasm for their new thoughts as things for their own will (i.e. shrimp getting as excited as he would whenever you’d give him a new idea related to his troubles). i don’t think anyone is arguing that imprinting isn't invasive, because it is. however there is a pretty solid line between mind control and subliminal telepathic suggestion imo, since one is a direct alteration of thought while the other is an indirect addition to thought, especially since the secret reports explicitly mention imprinting as a method of control as “unreliable at best” aka not feasible overall. that is enough imo to place imprinting into a dubious moral territory rather than a totally nefarious moral territory (which is something i consider mind control to be) since indirect action means there is still intention to allowing the individual’s free will to function. obvs some people would be unhappy at the prospect of being imprinted by another sentient being regardless -- but that’s totes normal since everyone has different boundaries so i feel that. ]

fxbricatedrxality replied to your post: ((Maybe imprinting in lower does… would be kind of like something called ‘nudging’? I can’t link, but it’s kind of like… subliminal advertising gives off the wrong impression but that’s the best synonym I can come up with. It’s prevalent in behavioral science and economics. I’m finding this discussion really interesting and it made me think of this, so, no clue if it’s really relevant but I thought I’d bring it up? Just ignore this otherwise.))