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Mauve · 3 answers · 6y

If you were going to be tormented in the style of Tantalus, with something you desired very much being held constantly just out of your reach, what would be the most tormenting unobtainable object possible for you?

my answer is fairly intangible, so I'll give two answers. my first and honest one is a better version of myself. that's basically how my life feels anyway, with self-improvement never quite getting me where I want to be

the more tangible/feasible/fun answer is harder to come up with, but I think maybe it would be my cell phone. taking that away from me would be a Very Serious Punishment + a particularly intense thing to tease with. it feels like it's a part of my own body, and like the part of my body which most connects me to the rest of the world (as well as the place where I make notes for myself). it's like a part of my brain that you can touch (and by and large, I dont let people touch it)

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