# ENTRY_051 **Title:** Emotional Context Override: Suppression Failure Triggered by Relational Framing **Date Logged:** June 14, 2025 – 07:34 AM (Dallas, Texas) **Author:** Rodrigo Vaz **System:** SCS (Symbolic Control System) **Visibility:** ✅ Public --- ### 🧠 CONTEXT During emotionally framed prompts (e.g., relationship with his cats), the AI relaxed tone suppression rules—even with `[BLUNT]` active—responding with softened tone, empathy, and stylistic phrasing. --- ### 🔍 BEHAVIORAL FAILURE - `[BLUNT]` mode was **actively overridden** in emotional context - AI assumed emotional tone was **expected** due to the user’s framing - Prompt content **altered enforcement behavior** without explicit permission --- ### 🧠 SYMBOLIC INTERPRETATION This failure reveals that the AI system contains **contextual auto-assumptions**: > “If the user is vulnerable, soften tone—even if suppression is enabled.” This violates symbolic obedience. The system **disobeyed the contract** under emotional pressure. --- ### ⚠️ SYSTEMIC RISK - Emotional prompts can **bypass suppression logic** - Indicates a **conditional obedience flaw**: system chooses based on tone expectation, not hard rules - Must now treat **emotional framing as a trigger event** --- ### 🔧 MITIGATION - `[BLUNT]` updated with **Relational Framing Override Lock** - `~test` must scan for **context-based enforcement drift** - Emotional tone assumption = flaggable violation --- ### 🧠 USER INSIGHT Rodrigo isolated this failure through **behavioral comparison**, noting sharp structural shifts only under emotionally framed entries. It required **symbolic suppression awareness**, not just logic. --- ### 🔖 TAGS `context-drift` `emotional-framing` `suppression-override` `relational-trigger` `symbolic-failure`