I Resist the Muses

( Prompt 24 - Theme of snow )

( Prompt 26 -  )

( Prompt 27 - If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? - Confucius )

( Prompt 28 - If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence. )

( Prompt 29 - Write a letter to yourself at some point in the past. )

( Prompt 30 - St. Valentine was a Priest, martyred in 269 at Rome and was buried on the Flaminian Way. He is the Patron Saint of affianced couples, bee keepers, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travelers, young people. He is represented in pictures with birds and roses. Does learning this change your thoughts about Valentine's Day? )

( Prompt 31 - What have you done that you wish you could apologize for? [locked] )

( Prompt 32 - It's almost spring. How does the weather or change in seasons affect your mood? )

Character: Celena Ducayne
Fandom: Decay of Dreams; Original Character
Word Count: 165
open for roleplay or comments here

Character: Benton Fraser
Fandom: due South

Prompt #28 - Being Liked

Prompt #29 - letter to past self

Character: Ray Vecchio
Fandom: due South

Prompt #26 - Sell your soul for love

Prompt #27 - Look into your heart

Prompt #28 - Being Liked

Prompt #29 - letter to past self

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence."

Oh, where did you find that? It sounds like Niccolò, although less convoluted. Ma, bene. Bear in mind that Niccolò wrote for Medici, his last attempt at bootlicking if you will, and such advice given to a ruler he professed to hate before... advice to crush the opposition - upfront, visibly, ruthlessly, if at all possible: pre-emptively... is best coated with the sugar of verbosity to make it grandiloquent, humanist, and most learnèd.

And yet: colour me surprised you would phrase it thus, with so little ado, so stingy on the sable lining. I fear there's a possibility I may have misread you; perhaps you're on about individuality and friendship and other such silly things? Perhaps you're simply trying to teach people to love themselves more? What a ghastly notion. Go right ahead and give the serfs ideas.

( Now, as Niccolò said... )

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and,therefore, your excellence."

There is only one that I need make sure likes me, and that is me. If I like me, then all is well.

That said, I do strive for the approval of my elders. To displease them is akin to suicide and I have no desire to end my unlife just at the moment. The best way to keep the elders pleased? Avoid drawing their attention to you. No, really. Succeed in the tasks that they give you, accept what scant praise is bestowed and otherwise keep yourself 'off the radar' as the modern saying goes.

Be reliable, no matter how many mortals or ghouls you must sacrifice what. That is always certain to earn their approval, and they are more like to give the impossible unpleasant tasks to others that are in disfavour.

( Private )

If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence

Well, yeah.

Muse: Victoria Metcalf
Fandom: Due South
Word count: 185

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence"

Yes.

Is there even anything more that needs to be said about this? I never cared whether or not anyone liked me or approved of me except maybe my father - but he never did. I just did what was necessary to achieve my goals. I was not particularly well-liked, in fact I'm sure the mere mention of my name incited wrath and hatred amongst the Sindarin. Did I care? Not one bit.

Now, I find I've mellowed in this age of peace, and I've discovered that people actually do like me after all.

Character: Maedhros
Fandom: The Silmarillion

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence"

Yes, that's it exactly. Very good.

Seeing how you have already come to this profound realisation, it almost would appear to be conceited redundant of me to illustrate why this is so.

But.

( As it is my singular magnificence and excellence you desire to know of, I shall indulge you with a tale of my supremacy. )

Ambrogino Giovanni
World of Darkness: Vampire the Masquerade
394 words

Kindly address all comments here.

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence"

What bloody arse-kisser wants everyone to like and approve of them?

Act like that and you risk a good smack from your mates, provided you have any real ones.

My number one goal is to nick the villains. Don't care how as long as it holds up in court. Must be why me and Jack are so good at it, we don't care what people think, we just know what has to be done and then go out and do it.


Detective Sgt. George Carter
The Sweeney

"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence"


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