Doghead's Cosmic Bar

The care package arrived -- very delicious. Nice to have something undomesticated for a change.

I think I agree with you, Not I, but not for the same reasons. Suppose a would-be hero like Spikey saves a child from drowning. I say it doesn't really matter because the child has nothing worth growing up for. You would say (I think) that the child was, in fact, supposed to drown, and the hero is messing with fate.

Not at all. One should do what needs to be done. But one who seeks to be a Hero will of necessity create the calamities that require a Hero. As for Fate... How should Not I know what Fate has in store?

Sarah, you ain't all bad, for a wet hen. I sees where you'd ask about that. "People don't shape stories, stories shape people."

The thing is, the stories repeat...they happen over and over. The story always ends the same way, then it moves on and starts over. For the players, there's an ending.

If someone wants to _make_ a story, then she tries to force the "happy" ending. As Not I said, if someone makes a hero, they need to create a problem for the hero to overcome. Thats', wotcha...er, that's "Narry Tive Cause All Tea"--what means the story takes shape.

In other words, a good hero has to be forced into the role.

But you know who I really miss?

The Professor!

*sobs into his mescal*

Alas, poor Professor! I knew him, Horatio: a man of infinite jest.

A 'good' hero would not call himself a hero (or herself a heroine), nor think of any action as heroic.

Buggar that. Let's curse somebody.

No, but the title would fit in retrospect. Not that it matters.

That doesn't sound at all proper!

Curse you and the car you drove in with. That doesn't have quite the same ring to it. I miss the old days.

*waits for curses to rebound*

*Gives Sarah A Look* Oh? I suppose you think I should stick to wishing on stars and fairy dust? Should witches _make_ people happier?