“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back… she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” - Aslan, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

SWANK LAW No. 047: We Do Not Participate in Triangulation

SWANK LAW No. 047: We Do Not Participate in Triangulation

A Principle of Aristocratic Clarity and Social Hygiene

At SWANK, we operate on the most refined of frequencies.

We do not negotiate our dignity through intermediaries.

We do not perform for audiences we did not invite.

And we most certainly do not defend ourselves to people with secondhand information and third-rate perception.

Triangulation — that grotesque sport of the emotionally inept — is a game for those who lack the courage to speak directly and the intellect to perceive nuance.

It is the tool of cowards, gossipers, and the socially common.

We do not court opinion by proxy.

We do not respond to “concerns” raised by unseen advisors.

We do not entertain relationships shaped in drawing rooms we weren’t present for.

Should you find yourself swayed by the whispers of your mother, your friends, your therapist, or any other uninformed spectator — we will, quite politely, escort you to the exit.

Because at SWANK, we regard triangulation as a form of relational illiteracy — a sign that one’s emotional lineage is not fit for our table.

Let it be known:

We dine only with those who bring their own clarity.

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