[ To some people, those tenets might seem fairly basic and sensible, almost obvious: provide for the vulnerable, make others happy. But it's obviously hard-won on Ruby's side, and as she methodically lays it all out like this, Luther realises that he—
Doesn't have this. Doesn't have a set of values that are his own. He's a blank slate, an empty page to be filled up with whatever he's been told to do, unquestioningly, without him ever stopping to consider why he's doing what he's doing.
So, no wonder. It's absolutely no wonder that people have preyed on him over the years.
And even now, even now Luther feels this instinctive kneejerk instinct to simply take Ruby's words and completely internalise them himself, and let her lead him even though she's half his age: adopt her ethics and morality for his own, because she's thought them through and they seem sensible and, for lack of anything better, he might as well take these.
But there's that slippery slope. And, thankfully, he's self-aware enough now to notice it happening and catch himself. He can't just latch onto the nearest convenient person and let them start dictating his identity either, simply redirecting who he looks towards for guidance every time. He can't keep doing this. ]
You've obviously put a lot of thought into this. That's all really well-put and it sounds like a good code. Better what I've got, for sure.
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Doesn't have this. Doesn't have a set of values that are his own. He's a blank slate, an empty page to be filled up with whatever he's been told to do, unquestioningly, without him ever stopping to consider why he's doing what he's doing.
So, no wonder. It's absolutely no wonder that people have preyed on him over the years.
And even now, even now Luther feels this instinctive kneejerk instinct to simply take Ruby's words and completely internalise them himself, and let her lead him even though she's half his age: adopt her ethics and morality for his own, because she's thought them through and they seem sensible and, for lack of anything better, he might as well take these.
But there's that slippery slope. And, thankfully, he's self-aware enough now to notice it happening and catch himself. He can't just latch onto the nearest convenient person and let them start dictating his identity either, simply redirecting who he looks towards for guidance every time. He can't keep doing this. ]
You've obviously put a lot of thought into this. That's all really well-put and it sounds like a good code. Better what I've got, for sure.
[ Which is nothing. Nothing. ]
Why do you think you're unable to be happy?