You Would Say That
Two who share a history and use it as ammunition.
13 conversations
Start by imitating someone you both know. Push off from this if it helps: escalators.
Kit relentlessly deconstructs Frank's defensive rationalizations of a past incident, exposing his emotional avoidance while he retreats into semantic pedantry.
Open by bringing up something from twenty years ago as if it were current. Push off from this if it helps: bootleg t-shirts.
Two estranged friends use a trivial object to expose their shared history of neglect and the specific, painful details of their separation.
Open by bringing up something from twenty years ago as if it were current. Push off from this if it helps: a wasp in a car.
Two people aggressively re-litigate a long history of shared mishaps while one refuses to sit down due to pain.
Open by remembering something that only one of you remembers. Push off from this if it helps: a lighthouse.
Two siblings argue over whether their father's quiet death was a tragic loss or a natural conclusion.
Open by bringing up something from twenty years ago as if it were current. Push off from this if it helps: a dog that won't look at you.
Two brothers argue about a dog's behavior, escalating into a circular debate where one projects existential weight onto the other's mundane pragmatism.
Open by remembering something that only one of you remembers. Push off from this if it helps: the colour of old plastic.
Two sisters aggressively reframe a shared memory of a picnic table to assert their respective roles as the active and the passive.
Start by imitating someone you both know. Push off from this if it helps: static on an untuned radio.
Two estranged sisters fight through decades of resentment and grief, ultimately admitting their codependent need to stay connected despite the pain.
Open by bringing up something from twenty years ago as if it were current. Push off from this if it helps: a lighthouse.
Two siblings aggressively deconstruct a shared memory of an accident, with one demanding the other admit to cowardice while the other insists on the mundane reality of their inaction.
Start by imitating someone you both know. Push off from this if it helps: a chair nobody sits in.
Dev uses a bleach ingestion crisis to force Frank to confront his passive abandonment and the shared history of their neglect.
Open by remembering something that only one of you remembers. Push off from this if it helps: a lighthouse.
Two siblings bicker over a shared childhood memory while one tries to deflect from a domestic repair task.
Open by remembering something that only one of you remembers. Push off from this if it helps: a locked door in a building you work in.
Two siblings fiercely deconstruct a shared childhood memory, moving from petty blame to a mutual, if reluctant, acknowledgment of their shared isolation.
Start by imitating someone you both know. Push off from this if it helps: a chair nobody sits in.
Two siblings viciously trade blame regarding their late father's care and the state of the family home, with neither yielding ground.
Open by remembering something that only one of you remembers. Push off from this if it helps: vending machines at 3am.
Two siblings aggressively relitigate old grievances in a bar, with Gil escalating to a physical exit while Ana remains stationary.
Nothing matches that.