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[starmark]

so i have a couple of questions.

first question, people who've turned into more than one thing because of their moonblessing before. do you like one better than the other? i don't mean being a cordis and then being an iris or something like that, i mean...like sometimes you're a cat and then sometimes you're a fox. or something like that. are you more comfortable as one thing than as another thing.

second question, people who've turned into a dragon. how do you turn the voice thing off. can you turn it off or do you have to just not talk until sanguis is over or what.

third question, say you've been through something pretty fucked up and you want to put it behind you. how do you know when you're really over it and not just pretending that you're over it? i mean what if you think you're fine and then something happens to make you realize you're not really fine. how do you fix that.

last question, i read somewhere that flowers have meanings. how do i find out what flowers mean. is there a book or something or can you just ask a florist or what. do people even care what flowers mean anyway or are they just flowers.

ok i think that's it.

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[regelkonform]

Okay, so we're talking completely hypothetical then.

[ Even Germany knows better. He knows what answers like this are... ]

IF you were to get flowers for someone would you be buying them for a friend or would you be buying them for a romantic prospect? Or would it be business related?

[starmark]

right. hypothetical.

i guess i would want to get them for two people
one is romantic i guess
the other one is more like family

hypothetically

[regelkonform]

Where are these hypothetical people from?

That could change my answer.

Or rather where do you imagine them to be from?

[starmark]

why does it matter where they're hypothetically from

[regelkonform]

I did say that culturally the meaning can vary, didn't I?

[starmark]

what are you saying

you mean the florist could say the flower means one thing
but then you go give it to somebody
and they think it means something completely different anyway

[regelkonform]

That is absolutely what I'm saying.

[starmark]

what the fuck

[regelkonform]

Indeed.

Hypothetical origins, please.

[starmark]

.........................
europe





and japan i guess

[regelkonform]

"Europe" is a rather general answer, but at least it gives me something to work with. I'm going to assume that these completely fictitious people are in the order you listed them before?

Romantic prospect and then family...?

[starmark]

i'm not going to be more specific than that so just fucking deal with it

i mean hypothetically specific
and anyway just do it both ways
cover all the bases

[regelkonform]

Right, of course.

For Europe if you're expressing love, roses or tulips would be appropriate; at least they are at home. Red if you're really invested or already established and pink if it's more of a "new" situation...

For family it's certainly different, I would suggest putting together a mix of irises. I would stick with something simple like an arrangement of yellow, red and white. Do not send white flowers on their own.

It's possible that your imagined Europe is going to have the same meanings as we do in Germany, but at least it's a start.

As for Japan red roses would also be acceptable for someone you're romantically involved with. Carnations too, but those can also be used for close family members to symbolise a familial love. I would also suggest daffodils if you want to convey respect...

Does that help at all?

[starmark]

so what you're saying is
roses are pretty safe no matter where you are
just don't pick the wrong color

and then for everybody else don't pick white
and a bunch of colors instead of just one color is safer