User blog:Doomflower/Arcee IC Journal/What Just Happened??

Wait, what??

What just happened??

I was only trying to help, where did this situation come from?? It reminds me so much of that silly movie about television anchormen I saw so long ago, "Wow, this escalated quickly."

Honestly, I was just trying to help him. He was struggling so hard. I noticed the problem right away. It was as clear as day. I offered to help him out in the department. And he agreed to it.

I promised myself that no matter how difficult things got, that I would not lose patience with him, because patience is the one thing he doesn't have. I would be that patience he needed, no matter what. It was working out really well! Things began to flow much better in the department.

Then, last cycle, he pitched a hissy fit. I anticipated this resistance. Asked him for a time-out. He wasn't having it...major resistance. Primus help me, I wanted to slap him. But I weathered through it, because I know he's better than that.

And somewhere in the process of working out this latest block, something changed. The dynamics shifted. I feel like I broke through something tough. Really tough. An anger block the size of Unicron. Enough resentment to power Autobot City for cycles. And beneath all the ugliness...a very vulnerable and sweet guy that no one ever sees.

I'm no counselor, how did this happen?? I was only trying to help him...now what. Now what??

I feel like I'm free-falling from a cliff. Where's the brakes???