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qcontinuum) wrote2008-02-06 02:45 pm
qcontinuum) wrote2008-02-06 02:45 pm
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More of these silly questions?
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theatrical_muse from 4/20/2004.
I actually rather liked the last set. What a pity these are mostly quite banal again.
How do you handle confrontations?
*broad grin* As frequently as possible.
Oh, I should clarify that. As frequently as possible, provided that I have the upper hand. :-) I won't run away from a conflict where I don't have the upper hand but I won't instigate one, either...
...oh, who am I kidding? I instigated the war in the Continuum -- admittedly I never thought it would come to *weapons*, but I certainly expected strenuous conflict and some certain degree of risk-- and I never honestly expected to win that one, or at least not as quickly and thoroughly as I did.
All right, you have me. I'll confront anyone, anytime I feel like it, which could be because I feel it needs doing or because I'm just bored that day, whether or not I think I can win-- though generally speaking, I rig the game so I'm likely to win before I begin the confrontation. :-)
I thrive on conflict. Discussion, debate, knock-down drag-out arguments of the sort where people throw asteroids at you, challenges, games, whatever gets me through the eons. Judging from my brief stint as a mortal and how spectacularly unsuccessful I was at not instigating conflicts that day, I'd guess that even if I were unfortunate enough to be weak and virtually powerless I wouldn't be able to stop myself from challenging everyone and everything around me. How fortunate for me, then, that the one body that has ever had the power to stop me is now largely beholden to me. :-)
Actually, that question was rather fun.
What's the oddest gift you've ever received?
Received? *blinks* Have I *ever* received a gift? What *would* anyone get the entity who has everything?
I've given plenty of gifts, and many of them quite, er, creative, which I suppose could be defined as "odd." Once I gave a young child a balloon that would follow him around like a faithful pet instead of flying off into the atmosphere first chance. I gave a certain android a good belly laugh, and gave a roguish young woman considerable aid and protection as a gift both to her and to her former boyfriend. The Jinarii weren't very *grateful* for my gift of shapeshifting powers, but then, who knew their neighbors would try to kill them for it? Likewise the Calamarain could have made better use of the gift I gave them instead of, well, trying to kill me for it, but you know, some people have no concept of gratitude.
I suppose I might say that when Data saved me from aforementioned murder attempt by the Calamarain, at significant personal risk to himself, that that was a gift. If so, I suppose I have to call it the oddest gift I've received, as... well, didn't someone else use that line about it was the only gift they received? Damn, I hate repeating other people's good lines. But, unfortunately, it's the truth. I haven't received any other gifts I can think of...
If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
I *can* live anywhere. Next!
There is no next yet? How very dull. All right, all right, then; the only place I would ever choose to live would be the Continuum, for what I hope would be the fairly obvious reason that if I left it permanently I'd lose my power and immortality. On the other hand, I can vacation anywhere I want to, for however long I want to, so long as I don't attempt to live among mortals as myself (that is, if I wanted to live among mortals I'd have to go incognito or curtail the use of my power; if I want to use my powers, and be myself, I'm limited to visiting and hanging out for a bit before going elsewhere.) So, effectively, I can live anywhere.
If I could choose to live among mortals, as myself, with free use of my powers... well, I wouldn't. Tried that once, but I'm a trifle more mature now, and I know why it's a bad idea. But if it wasn't a bad idea... well, there was a reason I tried to join Picard's crew, twice.
theatrical_muse from 4/20/2004.I actually rather liked the last set. What a pity these are mostly quite banal again.
How do you handle confrontations?
*broad grin* As frequently as possible.
Oh, I should clarify that. As frequently as possible, provided that I have the upper hand. :-) I won't run away from a conflict where I don't have the upper hand but I won't instigate one, either...
...oh, who am I kidding? I instigated the war in the Continuum -- admittedly I never thought it would come to *weapons*, but I certainly expected strenuous conflict and some certain degree of risk-- and I never honestly expected to win that one, or at least not as quickly and thoroughly as I did.
All right, you have me. I'll confront anyone, anytime I feel like it, which could be because I feel it needs doing or because I'm just bored that day, whether or not I think I can win-- though generally speaking, I rig the game so I'm likely to win before I begin the confrontation. :-)
I thrive on conflict. Discussion, debate, knock-down drag-out arguments of the sort where people throw asteroids at you, challenges, games, whatever gets me through the eons. Judging from my brief stint as a mortal and how spectacularly unsuccessful I was at not instigating conflicts that day, I'd guess that even if I were unfortunate enough to be weak and virtually powerless I wouldn't be able to stop myself from challenging everyone and everything around me. How fortunate for me, then, that the one body that has ever had the power to stop me is now largely beholden to me. :-)
Actually, that question was rather fun.
What's the oddest gift you've ever received?
Received? *blinks* Have I *ever* received a gift? What *would* anyone get the entity who has everything?
I've given plenty of gifts, and many of them quite, er, creative, which I suppose could be defined as "odd." Once I gave a young child a balloon that would follow him around like a faithful pet instead of flying off into the atmosphere first chance. I gave a certain android a good belly laugh, and gave a roguish young woman considerable aid and protection as a gift both to her and to her former boyfriend. The Jinarii weren't very *grateful* for my gift of shapeshifting powers, but then, who knew their neighbors would try to kill them for it? Likewise the Calamarain could have made better use of the gift I gave them instead of, well, trying to kill me for it, but you know, some people have no concept of gratitude.
I suppose I might say that when Data saved me from aforementioned murder attempt by the Calamarain, at significant personal risk to himself, that that was a gift. If so, I suppose I have to call it the oddest gift I've received, as... well, didn't someone else use that line about it was the only gift they received? Damn, I hate repeating other people's good lines. But, unfortunately, it's the truth. I haven't received any other gifts I can think of...
If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
I *can* live anywhere. Next!
There is no next yet? How very dull. All right, all right, then; the only place I would ever choose to live would be the Continuum, for what I hope would be the fairly obvious reason that if I left it permanently I'd lose my power and immortality. On the other hand, I can vacation anywhere I want to, for however long I want to, so long as I don't attempt to live among mortals as myself (that is, if I wanted to live among mortals I'd have to go incognito or curtail the use of my power; if I want to use my powers, and be myself, I'm limited to visiting and hanging out for a bit before going elsewhere.) So, effectively, I can live anywhere.
If I could choose to live among mortals, as myself, with free use of my powers... well, I wouldn't. Tried that once, but I'm a trifle more mature now, and I know why it's a bad idea. But if it wasn't a bad idea... well, there was a reason I tried to join Picard's crew, twice.