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Mac McDonald ([personal profile] morebetter) wrote in [community profile] piper902021-01-08 12:07 pm

Mac Gives Dating Advice

[ooc: Mac's opt-out post, as this thread will undoubtedly contain misogyny, alcoholism, homophobia, etc, is here.]

So it’s come to this. Some of you have reached out to me, and I don’t blame you, for dating advice. I am, after all, very experienced in scoring with women, and they usually find me pretty irresistible as well, as the walk-in clinic can attest.

Anyways. I used to have a system called the “M.A.C.”, a.k.a. “Move in After Completion”, where I’d help my buddy seduce a chick by pretending to be the booksmart friend and then when he ghosted her, I’d go comfort-bang her, but it turns out that that got really old after a while because they’d like, cry all the time, and women are already gross and whiny enough before they’re crying, and also she’s expect you to read her poetry or something and that’s really gay. So I dropped that one. I guess I recommend it if you’re really into getting snot all over your shoulder and pretending you give a ████, but that’s a weird kink, bro.

There’s also one I’m pretty sure works, which is breaking and entering into someone’s house to make sure they know that you’ve scoped out the weaknesses in their security system and thus, are a more securer person than whatever idiot originally installed it. That demonstrates your mastery of protecting them. If you do it in the middle of the night, and you don’t wake them up, you can use that time in the morning to do some pushups or practice your karate or something so that when they come downstairs and see you, their first thought is holy ████, that dude is RIPPED, and I’m going to let him into my body’s ████ areas immediately.

Finally, the best dating advice I can give is to lie. Lie about everything. The more you lie, the more mysterious you are. If you lie, for example, about being a secret agent fighting the KGB, and they start to ask you what that’s like, you can look at them very seriously and go [putting on a serious, dark, movie-style voice] “I could tell you but I’d have to kill you” and they’ll just swoon in mystery. You don’t even have to lie about cool stuff. You can pretend you have a car and then say [putting on a serious, dark, movie-style voice again] “I could tell you but I’d have to kill you” and they’re going to assume you drive a flying Lambo for the mob that goes to space or something, and there is nothing, nothing, nothing sexier than having sex with someone you don’t trust and know nothing about who says he’s gonna kill you.

Anyway, apply literally any of these, and you losers will be swimming in ████ by sundown.



greyerrant: (Oathsworn Protector)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
That makes sense. I'm not sure exactly how i feel though. And having a more... mortal body than previously makes this a bit strange.
valkywhee: (15 - 09)

[personal profile] valkywhee 2021-01-09 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
If she's worth your feelings, she won't hold any of it against you.

[Shrug.]

Look, I haven't seen my boyfriend since I got here, and things were kinda...rough before that.

[Haha this is fine.]

You don't know how much time you have, so don't waste it.
greyerrant: (Looking down.)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry that happened to you. But I'm still trying to determine what my feelings are, and how to address them. This hasn't happened before and I've been alive for a... very long time.
valkywhee: (15 - 04)

[personal profile] valkywhee 2021-01-09 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
You've never had a crush before!?

[Everything he's told her about Astartes appears to have bounced off, or at least not connected to anything else in her head.]
greyerrant: (helmet)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
No.
valkywhee: (15 - 03)

[personal profile] valkywhee 2021-01-09 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhhhhhhhh.

[Wait.]

Aren't you centuries old?

[Maybe she was paying some attention.]
greyerrant: (Oathsworn Protector)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, yes I am. But remember, my body was significantly changed into a weapon, more or less. I am somewhat more.. mortal since I came here.
valkywhee: (15 - 01)

[personal profile] valkywhee 2021-01-09 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
It's not all hormones, you know. Even if they messed up your glands or whatever, you could still fall in love.

[Fighting and emotional advice: the two skills Nora's actually good at.]
fromfryingpantofire: (A - Head in hands)

[personal profile] fromfryingpantofire 2021-01-09 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Dear God, Mac, how are you so...this?]

For the record, if anybody happens to be taking notes on...any of this? It's all a terrible idea.
prairietroubador: (Hrmm)

[personal profile] prairietroubador 2021-01-09 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds about right, then. Can't say they explain all of this, but I'm bettin' they play a not insignificant part.
fuckcable: (40)

[personal profile] fuckcable 2021-01-09 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Dating a guy who can kill you is worth so much more than missionary.

[ Ric doesn’t think Mac gets out much. Or has access to porn. ]
greyerrant: (The knight of shadows)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I think.. well I think there need to be a lot of steps and things I need to understand first.
greyerrant: (The knight of shadows)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Is this a rhetorical question?
valkywhee: (15 - 07)

[personal profile] valkywhee 2021-01-09 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. You already care about people a lot. You just have to focus and think about how you'd do it for one person instead of everybody at once.
fuckcable: (28)

[personal profile] fuckcable 2021-01-09 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Still boring.
greyerrant: (Confused)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
I don't understand.
valkywhee: (15 - 01)

[personal profile] valkywhee 2021-01-09 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Love is really just putting someone else before yourself. You already do that.
greyerrant: (Grey Angel)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2021-01-09 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I must inherently love humanity then. But this doesn't feel like duty.

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