Is this scenario right or wrong?

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It's not really related to me, and as a guy, I sure as hell wouldn't go about doing something like this. I thought this post could be a good mental exercise, and a test of my writing skill.

So, there's this girl. Let's just call her the Girl. She's shy, introverted, a shrinking violet almost. She's deeply depressed, and wants a connection with someone. She meets a guy, whom we'll call the Guy. The Guy offers her a fresh start, a chance to blossom in the world. She's reluctant, but follows through. With the Guy's guidance, the Girl establishes a new persona for herself, and rises up the food chain of general interpersonal relationships, so to speak. At the same time, the Guy establishes a new persona of his own, disguising himself as another man and winning over the Girl. The Girl is happy with her new life, but still feels empty. She projects a lot of her disappointment on the disguised Guy, and eventually, both of their masks shatter, revealing the cores inside. The Girl is at her weakest, and the Guy's alternate identity falls apart in front of her. The Guy turns out to be like the Girl was at the start, and this was all an elaborate game designed to satisfy both his desires, and the Girl's.

The question is, guys and gals: was this a necessary evil, or just plain cynical and despicable?

I dunno, but it sounds like a game Team Ico would make. It's too disjointed for me to even really comprehend whats going on. It's very poetic. I see nothing in there that suggests a necessary evil taking place since none of it was necessary.

Last edited by Jasper1 on 29 Jul 2013, 6:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.

it was neither.

Yeah, it was neither cynical or despicable either.

So it's a morally ambiguous scheme, is that correct?

it doesn't sound like a [premeditated] scheme to me, but a slice of ordinary life instead. needy people have been known to engage in symbiotic relationships wherever possible with any suitable people within reach.

Sounds like both of them have a Knight in Shining Armor complex. She wanted to be saved by one and he wanted to be one to save her. Then he fell off his horse.

how does one not have the knight in shining armor complex? or at least turn it down a notch or two?

^^^You have to dial up the uncaring bastard complex a notch or two.

Well, you can't prevent yourself from wanting someone to come and save you from a situation or from wanting to save someone else from a situation. What you can do is remind yourself that nobody can save you from some things except yourself and then make yourself take the steps that you need to fix your situation, or if it's the other side of the jousting field remind yourself that even if you step in and seem to save someone from a situation that you don't fix the problem you only patched it for a while - the person has to do it themselves.

I agree, I think this is more of a depiction of real life. As tragic as it is, this is what happens in most relationships. People mask themselves to cover all their insecurities, when eventually their superficial masks collapse on themselves, conflict on some level ensues, and they are forced to resolve. You've basically just analyzed a normal of human relationships, and spat it back out from a backend perspective.
Is it manipulative? Well, yeah kinda. People manipulate each other in several ways every day and don't even notice it. It's really the natural way humans communicate.
Is it wrong? Well, in my opinion, if your doing something that hurts one or another, it's only wrong if you know your doing it. If us asp/auts did it, we would most likely know what we're doing, and if we were doing it with selfish intent, while knowing of the negative affects, I think it would be wrong, but if it's kind of what we think has to happen, knowing the resolve will be worth the trial, then not so much.