I just said that. Right above, two lines above your replay. I'd quote it again, but if you can't read it now how would that help?Persephone wrote...
Dean_the_Young wrote...
Where are you getting that you should be ashamed? Especially after I have already reassured that it was not an insult of any sort?Persephone wrote...
Why in all of the Nine Hells should I be ASHAMED for defending him (Not in all things) OR be ASHAMED that I like him? And it seems whe have different definitions of "fangirl" & "fanboy".
Don't be ashamed. Or rather, I don't think you should, nor have I in the least implied I cared one way or the other. Being unapologetic means you have conviction. (Of your beliefs. Not that you should/have been convicted.) Conviction in your likes and dislikes is, to an extent, an admirable thing.I really don't get what your issue is about this.c) He does flinch. He does feel regret. But what's the use? If I say more my due shame would probably be too much to bear.
Callosed doesn't mean you don't feel regret or never flinch at all. It does mean, however, that you feel less of it, carry through with it despite the pain, have learned to deal with the pain, and that it doesn't hurt you as much as when you were uncalloused. It means nothing about your virtue: 'hardening' Alistair is giving him callouses, but it hardly makes him a bad person.
If Loghain were uncalloused, he would be an absolute monster for being able to carry one with what he did. It would mean it barely affected him. But it does affect him, and that emotion is what proves him not a total monster. But his ability to carry on with such things despite the regret does identify him as one with callouses.
He isn't an "absolute monster". That's the whole point.
It can also mean simply insensitive (not incapable), lacking mercy (oh, doesn't he claim that), indifference, and to various degrees.But it does
And:
Definition of CALLOUSa[/i] : feeling no emotion b[/i] : feeling or showing no sympathy for others :
It is not automatically an absolute adjective. It is a modifier open to degrees. Someone can be heavily calloused or have small callouses.
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