"Manipulate" is a shitty word to use, because you shouldn't "manipulate" your loved ones. That implies doing them harm, and none of us here wish to harm the people we care about.
That said. . .
It is okay to help change someone's heart. Especially if they want to change-- or need to, for the sake of being able to live their lives. We all agree that changing someone's heart can be life-saving. It's just. . . you don't have to do it with fancy magic or harmful manipulative tactics.
You can change a person's heart just by being there to support them. By loving them, and letting them love you in return. By giving them a place to belong, and a reason to keep living.
Those are the ways Thistle would choose to change someone's heart. Not through manipulation, but through kindness and love.
Re: QUESTION TWO
That said. . .
It is okay to help change someone's heart. Especially if they want to change-- or need to, for the sake of being able to live their lives. We all agree that changing someone's heart can be life-saving. It's just. . . you don't have to do it with fancy magic or harmful manipulative tactics.
You can change a person's heart just by being there to support them. By loving them, and letting them love you in return. By giving them a place to belong, and a reason to keep living.
Those are the ways Thistle would choose to change someone's heart. Not through manipulation, but through kindness and love.