Advice Meme
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selenakAsk any character I've written or RP'd for advice, and they will provide it, advice columnist style. Your problems or fictional characters' problems both welcome. Management is not responsible for the results of following said advice, especially if coming from the likes of Londo Mollari.
...in other news, I loved the most recent Sarah Connor Chronicles episode so much I've rewatched it twice. It strikes me that Sarah's opening monologue about child!John's favourite fairy tale in the jungle, the story of the old man of the forest, who starts by hunting down all the animals mercilessly and destroys everyone in his way, then is punished by the gods who make him into the protector of the animals and ensure he'll have to protect, save their lives and be vigilant forever, is on one level an obvious allegory to what happens to the Terminators of the title when Future!John reprograms then. (On that note: I wonder at which point in his personal history John will aquire this skill, and if he's the only one who can do it or whether other human resistance fighters share that knowledge as well.) It's the plot of T2, and Cameron's fate: the deadly menace turning protector of what it has previously hunted. But in a more complicated way, this is also John's own story. By his very existence, he has caused death since before his birth, and often to people he cares about. He's going to cause more (human) death in the future; but he's also going to save and protect humanity, that role he's been trained for by his mother all his life, and there is no way out of this for him save his own death; and consider his paradoxical relationship towards machines in this light. What he really has been trained for from birth, at its most basic, other than saving his own life, is to fight and take out Terminators. But in the future, he'll figure out a way to reprogram at least some of them and will include more and more among the people he's in charge of, and offer whatever group that T-1001 was representing to become allies, all of which is ensuring the survival of those machines as well.
...in other news, I loved the most recent Sarah Connor Chronicles episode so much I've rewatched it twice. It strikes me that Sarah's opening monologue about child!John's favourite fairy tale in the jungle, the story of the old man of the forest, who starts by hunting down all the animals mercilessly and destroys everyone in his way, then is punished by the gods who make him into the protector of the animals and ensure he'll have to protect, save their lives and be vigilant forever, is on one level an obvious allegory to what happens to the Terminators of the title when Future!John reprograms then. (On that note: I wonder at which point in his personal history John will aquire this skill, and if he's the only one who can do it or whether other human resistance fighters share that knowledge as well.) It's the plot of T2, and Cameron's fate: the deadly menace turning protector of what it has previously hunted. But in a more complicated way, this is also John's own story. By his very existence, he has caused death since before his birth, and often to people he cares about. He's going to cause more (human) death in the future; but he's also going to save and protect humanity, that role he's been trained for by his mother all his life, and there is no way out of this for him save his own death; and consider his paradoxical relationship towards machines in this light. What he really has been trained for from birth, at its most basic, other than saving his own life, is to fight and take out Terminators. But in the future, he'll figure out a way to reprogram at least some of them and will include more and more among the people he's in charge of, and offer whatever group that T-1001 was representing to become allies, all of which is ensuring the survival of those machines as well.
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Date: 2009-03-31 02:22 am (UTC)I've developed a plan to create peace on earth. However, this plan involves A.) the annihilation of millions of people, and, B.) using extraterrestrial aliens as a scapegoat. I truly believe that the ends will justify the means, but I foresee disagreement on this point. As a supremely qualified individual, what is your take on the matter?
Sincerely yours,
Adrian Veidt
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Date: 2009-03-31 05:15 am (UTC)usually I'm all forgetting your hands dirty for the greater good. Sometimes this includes deaths without people volunteering for them first. But peace on earth? Are you serious? How long do you think that's going to last? Six months?
Look, I've lived among humans, I've lived among aliens, and I haven't met a single group among either which doesn't start bickering when left alone for five minutes.
Try visiting the X-men sometimes.Also, the last person I met who was going for universal peace on her world via framing aliens was a former hero turned visionary nutjob who ultimately wanted everyone on her world dead. Doesn't make me more optimistic towards your plan working, either.However, you sound like someone with time and money at their hands. Ever thought of putting both into homeworld defense? I've got headquarters that need rebuilding, and actual aliens who want to conquer earth. Plus I lost a lot of co-workers recently. So make yourself useful and send a cheque for the rebuilding and restaffing of the Hub, if you want to save Earth.
Yours,
A. Brand
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Date: 2009-04-01 01:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-31 05:27 pm (UTC)I'm planning on embarking on a round tour of the galaxy with a couple of friends. We have a wide variety of interests with focus on history, music and strange foods. Do you have any recomendations planets to visit/avoid? Or any general advice for space travel.
Yours
Prospective Wanderer
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Date: 2009-04-01 06:04 am (UTC)make sure there's a loo available on your space ship, that's my first advice, and one that's not too far away. Make sure that everyone brings their own luggage. Otherwise they'll be forced their friends coats and if their friends are thin as papercuts and always wear the same thing, this is really bad.
As for planets, look, mate, for all I know the ones that were lovely when I visited have raving monsters now or vice versa. Go for the surprise, that's part of the fun. Just stay away from Earth at Christmas. We're really overcrowded then.
Oh, and also? If I find out all this tour of the galaxy business is fancy talk for conquering instead of travelling, you're in trouble. So don't even think about evil overlording.
Yours,
D. Noble
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Date: 2009-04-01 10:23 pm (UTC)We shall certainly bear your wise words about toilets in mind.
And just to let you know that we shall not be attempting to take over the galaxy any time soon, mainly because we are all acutely aware that our organisational skills are sadly lacking and thus even if we did managed to take over even one small planet we would not be able to make the trains run on time and since we have no desire for anarchy we think we shall leave the universe as it is for now.
Yours,
Prospective Wanderer