Thanks to a conversation with a friend the other day, I saw this and laughed hard:

http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/the_cake_is_a_lie.html?catid=25&cs=2&csd=25


torturedfruit865: I rather like mariam.
torturedfruit865: like a mommy, I really want her to run along with jeffrey and share banana splits together at shari's
The Murasaki: I adore her. She's like this big pillar of reality. I love how she keeps raining on Lily's parade.
The Murasaki: And Lily's just like, "AGH. wtf. WHY. . . . You're right, but, please shut up."
torturedfruit865: yes, pretty much
The Murasaki: I love it.
torturedfruit865: and Paulina is the compromiser
The Murasaki: Paulina is fantastic. "Go have fun. But don't get into trouble."
The Murasaki: "...but. Have fun."
torturedfruit865: XD
torturedfruit865: and then there's Phantom
torturedfruit865: "Your friends might be right, but don't pay attention to them. Just look into my godamn eyes and do whatever I say."
The Murasaki: HA!
The Murasaki: "Come to the daaaaark siiide..."
The Murasaki: He's sort of, "Ignore the man behind the curtain."
The Murasaki: And at the same time, "Look! There's a man behind that curtain!"
torturedfruit865: XDD
The Murasaki: "You don't understand me!"
The Murasaki: "I don't want you to understand me!"
torturedfruit865: "It tears me up inside that there is a man behind the curtain. But please do not go looking for him. Just let him touch you by sliding his hands around on you with the curtain in between.
torturedfruit865: "It's completely appropriate."
The Murasaki: "You can have your cake, but you better not eat it."
torturedfruit865: XDDD
The Murasaki: And poor Lily, "I JUST WANT MY FUCKING CAKE."
The Murasaki: "Too bad."
The Murasaki: "WHY NOT."
The Murasaki: "Because I said so."
torturedfruit865: "If I see you even as much as swipe the frosting with your finger and lick it... I'll have to... I'll have to take it away for a while."
The Murasaki: "And I'll cut it."
The Murasaki: "But please, let the cake chew on you for a while."
torturedfruit865: "Just ignore the cake and it will come to you."
The Murasaki: "What flavor?"
The Murasaki: "Whatever flavor you imagine it to be."
The Murasaki: "That's a lie."
The Murasaki: "No, it's a cake."
The Murasaki: "Then the cake is a lie."
The Murasaki: WTF. That just happened.
torturedfruit865: XD
torturedfruit865: "The cake is not lying to you, it actually is in love with you, but it won't start doing what you want it to unless you cooperate."
The Murasaki: "So... wait. It won't be chocolate until... I'm.. chocolate?"
torturedfruit865 (5:45:28 PM): "Yes."
The Murasaki: "Then. I'm chocolate."
The Murasaki: "That isn't how it works."
The Murasaki: "BUT YOU JUST SAID."
The Murasaki: "Ignore what I said."
torturedfruit865: XDD
torturedfruit865: Why the hell does she even like him so much.
torturedfruit865: Unless she's a fuckin' idiot.
The Murasaki: Maybe a masochist?
The Murasaki: Why do any of us like the Phantom?
torturedfruit865: well, I... I don't know. I think he may be easy to be interested in as a reader, but if you actually had to deal with someone being rude like that and telling you what to do... you'd naturally tell him to get out.
torturedfruit865: Kate said that she wants to hit him over the head yet isn't sure if she dislikes him all at once.
The Murasaki: YES. EXACTLY.
The Murasaki: You feel like, "Wait. I can't hit him yet, I'm not done asking him questions for him to dodge."
torturedfruit865: hahah
torturedfruit865: I think the reason she tolerate is that he is in fact a mystery, and she is incapable of leaving things that need to be solved.
The Murasaki: And he so needs to be solved.
torturedfruit865: it's like leaving a half-finished puzzle out on the floor just because it's being mean to you.
torturedfruit865: if that makes sense.

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