[ AUDIO ] Counselor's Log; Stardate 52173.24

[jrltezridax]

[ She sounds tired, and like she doesn't want to be recording this. ]

Counselor Ezri Dax, Personal Log, Stardate 52173.24. If Quark doesn't stop trying to date me, I'm going to need a counselor. I mean, I get it, everyone's mourning Jadzia, but at least the rest of them are just trying to be my friend... mostly. Except Julian, too. Ugh, why is it always the men?

It's a little strange there isn't another one, anyway, isn't it? What am I meant to do if I have a neurotic breakdown? And, man, I am feeling really inclined to those lately. I think that's the Emony in me. No, that's definitely the Emony in me. Probably. Maybe. I mean, I can't really do more than guess.

Um, Dax out! Good night!

Oh, Dax out.

Comments

[game_changer]

wait...

but i'm a man!!!

[jrltezridax]

Your words, not mine!

[game_changer]

why am i being blamed just because i was BORN a man???

[ Well, not really, but it's not like he's going to out himself. ]

this is so unfair... #notallmen

[jrltezridax]

You know, I've spent six lifetimes as a man. I'm not quite sure if I'm one now or not, most of the time. Still sorting out my pronouns, you know? If I can't get behind the sentiment by now, I don't know when I'll ever be able to!

But, I'll try to see it from your perspective... #NotAllMen? You're right. Captain Sisko never treated me like a replacement for Jadzia, or Jadzia like a replacement for Curzon.

[game_changer]

well obviously there are men who aren't bad people or even Like That, it doesn't change the ideas that run rampant within masculinity as a whole that need to be addressed and i think saying stuff like 'NotAllMen' rather dramatically misses the point, erza. it's a systemic issue, not a personal one. jeez :/

[jrltezridax]

I already agreed with you, silly, but I'm very interested in your thoughts on this.

[ Oh, Kokichi. You endear her, truly. ]

[game_changer]

i have none that are honest.

[jrltezridax]

Would that make that one honest?

[game_changer]

what do you think?

[jrltezridax]

I think you're trying a little too hard, and it makes me wonder what you're compensating for.

[game_changer]

[ Adorable. The psychoanalysis doesn't stop. ]

ezra, i think out of the two of us, if anyone's compensating for something by going overboard, it'd be you. i mean look how polite you are in the face of people spitting at you!! once you've put down a puppy, what's the harm in just getting a new one and naming it the same thing, you know? and here you are, just as enthusiastic and loyal as they need, right?

tell me jadzi or dax or... emi? aren't you just a little bit tired of being nice? don't you ever want to go apeshit? or are you just the... what was it, the good girl type of pushover?