Be directed
Want and be directed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a verb phrase "Be directed".
Want
Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.
Be directed and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be directed" instead a verb "Want".
Both terms in one sentence
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Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Healy's message to Piper in the first episode that this is not Oz and how she doesn't have to have sex with anybody if she doesn't want to seems to be directed at the viewer as much as Piper.
Source: Series / Orange Is the New Black -
To top it off, during Lilly's route when Lilly explains to Hanako that she and Hisao are in a relationship, Hanako delivers a speech that screams I Want My Beloved to Be Happy (granted, it could theoretically be directed at Hisao, but the two barely interact in Lilly's route).
Source: Ho Yay / Video Games
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