Doghead's Cosmic Bar

This is a science fiction character forum. Doghead's Cosmic Bar is an intergalactic bar run by your favorite bartender, Doghead. Stop in, have a drink, and get your talk on!

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20 years ago #6060
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?

20 years ago #6061
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.


20 years ago #6062
In other words, a good hero has to be forced into the role.

20 years ago #6063
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.

20 years ago #6064
A 'good' hero would not call himself a hero (or herself a heroine), nor think of any action as heroic.

20 years ago #6065
Buggar that. Let's curse somebody.

20 years ago #6066
No, but the title would fit in retrospect. Not that it matters.

20 years ago #6067
That doesn't sound at all proper!

20 years ago #6068
Curse you and the car you drove in with. That doesn't have quite the same ring to it. I miss the old days.

20 years ago #6069
*waits for curses to rebound*

20 years ago #6070
*Gives Sarah A Look* Oh? I suppose you think I should stick to wishing on stars and fairy dust? Should witches _make_ people happier?

20 years ago #6071
*falls into a drawer; comes out covered in aluminum foil*
Curses! Foiled again!


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