Well, now I know

[jarandhel]

Well, now I know a bit more... three people I formerly considered my family have decided that I've done a series of things, over a period of time stretching all the way back to the first time I met some of them, that they are holding against me.

Some of these are as simple as not believing someone's story about themselves, others that I have apparently manipulated minds and memories. I rather wish that last one was true, if I had that sort of power and was as unscrupulous as they make me out to be, they'd never have confronted me about any of it to begin with, as they'd never remember these things that they have apparently suffered in silence for so long.

I have the option of going back through old logs, old emails, and trying to disprove as much as I can. I'm not going to. When you have that many things that people don't like about you piled up in a long list that literally spans years, the issue isn't about the things you've done. It's something deeper than any of that.

So, regrettably, I tend to think that this is the end of my friendship with those three. I don't like that, I don't really want to lose my brother or Feral over this as well as my sister, but I don't see a reasonable alternative.

If they want to put me on some sort of trial of public opinion within my family, let them produce the damned evidence, because I do not accept the burden of proof.

Edit: This stuff was all mostly said in anger and pain and I don't think I was really thinking straight.