124 Diagnosis

[vicodincrutch]

This man is an unfit parent. Nouns are not names. A living being has a proper name especially when it is dependent on your successful, in this case unsuccessful, nuturing. 

Cameron and I can offer a far superior homelife. Normal in fact. I would have thought better of you. It's one thing to make a bad decision on the company you keep, it's another thing entirely to condone abuse. Then again I always knew you had a sick streak.

I never thought I'd say this but Chase, talk some sense.

[ooc; cursed. very cursed.]

Comments

[nosferotofu.livejournal.com]

Dog is a fine name. You said no to Lassie, which is, undeniably, better than Bessie.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Did your parents almost name you Man?

And yes, Bessie for Bessie Smith the godmother of modern jazz. Not that you'd know anything about that I'm sure.

[nosferotofu.livejournal.com]

What can I say? Somehow it fits.

Modern may be relative, but 2019 isn't the 30th century.

[dr_conscience]

For the record, I did not condone that.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

That's what you're saying no. I've seen you.

[dr_conscience]

Him wanting a name I don't happen to agree with doesn't quantify abuse. Besides, Bessie is basically the same thing as naming her Cow.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Or Etta or Ella. Look, it is a real name. If he isn't going to spend that much time naming her how do you think the rest of the time she'll be in his 'care' will turn out?

[dr_conscience]

And I agree that she should have a real name, but the fact that he's not terribly creative doesn't mean that he doesn't care.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

But names are nothing more than nouns...

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Okay, Asian.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

[Snort]

I'm sorry to inform you, but I am not and have never been "Asian." I'm European technically. Your eyes must be deceiving you, Mr. Superiority Complex.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

It was an example. Asshole works too.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

Not a very good one if I can say anything.

I prefer troll, thank you. Trolling is an art. Being an asshole isn't.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Don't quit your day job or get used to being a starving artist if you expect people to pay for that.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I still have my day job. People pay quite well, just not in the expected way. Also, I don't see the value in art, so being a starving artist is rather hard activity.

Psst! You should probably quit your night job as a comedian. You're not as funny as you think.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Is that the new thing? Calling yourself an artist than dismissing the craft? Kid's these days.

I don't think of it as a job. I think of it as a calling. If no one points and laughs at stupidity then we are truly doomed as a society. I think that it's a sign that we're halfway there when who's more funny is more important than visitation right.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

I would love the irony, if I actually was an artist. Too bad that I personally have rejected art since I was basically born.

But we are doomed as a society. It's a slippery slope until we let our desires consume us. I'm sorry for your ultimate loss, but I don't think you even deserve visitation rights. I don't think you even have a proper claim to the wonderfully named Dog the dog. Comedy and your sad lack of visitation rights are ultimately two different arguments. Good try though.

[bedsidemanners.livejournal.com]

So it's... a dog named Dog.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Unimaginative and demeaning.... pretty reflective of his personality.

[bedsidemanners.livejournal.com]

I don't know, if he'd really wanted demeaning, he could have always gone for "mongrel" or "mutt."

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

He didn't even think about it long enough.

[bedsidemanners.livejournal.com]

Sad. I didn't take you for an animal lover.

words he will regret forever

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

A father's gotta do what a father's got to do.

ahahaha

[bedsidemanners.livejournal.com]

How noble. You're practically giving me faith in humanity.

What are you naming him?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Her. I'm getting objections to Bessie Smith because she comes from a horribly uncultured home.

[bedsidemanners.livejournal.com]

How about something Biblical? Abishag, Tamar...

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Try yelling that down the street at dinner time.

And the name calling at school would be legendary.

[bedsidemanners.livejournal.com]

Nonsense. You're taking her to school too? Your love knows no bounds.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

I would? That nutjob would probably not.

[punchedhitler]

He's abusing a dog?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

He named it Dog.

[punchedhitler]

....that's not abuse.

It's just boring.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Mediocrity should be a decision not a birthright.

[punchedhitler]

What would you have named the dog?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Bessie was a forerunner, Etta, Ella and Zelda were other close ones.

The real fact of the matter is that he's just a terrible person who should not care for anything.

[punchedhitler]

Ella's a good name.

[Pause]

Why do you say he's a terrible person?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Based on naming alone he does not have her best interests in mind. He's completely preoccupied with entertaining if you get my drift.

[punchedhitler]

Entertaining?

[nosferotofu.livejournal.com]

Don't believe a word he says.

[punchedhitler]

I'm sorry?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

You know what I'm saying.

[punchedhitler]

I wouldn't ask if I did.

[as_damaged]

I'm sorry, was I going to be consulted on all this at any point?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Oh. Now you need to be briefed to help someone?

[as_damaged]

If we are offering anyone or anything a "homelife," I think I ought to be informed.