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theatrical_muse from 11/9/2004.
I have just spent what feels like several millennia dealing with Continuum politics.
Someone had the brilliant idea that we should implement representative democracy. I mean, really. I posted about the Continuum and democracy earlier, but let me briefly reiterate that the only form of government that works for the Q is full democracy-- *none* of us will ever be in 100% agreement with anyone we might choose as a representative, and unlike mortals, who will shrug and console themselves with the notion that nobody's perfect and there's too many stupid mortals to make true democracy work, we know better. When a form of government has worked well for five billion years, changing it just for the sake of changing it is downright idiotic.
Wait, did I just say change is bad? Dear me. I *need* to get out more often. Every time I do this political thing I feel as if more of my true self is slipping away and I'm changing into someone I barely recognize.
Who has had the most influence on your life?
At the risk of swelling his tiny mortal head, Jean-Luc Picard.
Recently, anyway. If I sat around trying to enumerate everyone who has influenced me in my entire existence, and then balanced them against each other, I'd be here for a century or two. However, my life of late has undergone dramatic changes, changes far more sudden and severe than any other change that ever occurred in my life, and the root cause of this, if I trace it back, is that I became interested in humans when Picard defied me at Farpoint. As a result of that, I became an exiled pariah, lost my powers, regained them and my status, ended up leading a movement for change, got shot (not fatally, obviously), had a kid, and became one of the leaders of the Continuum.
I suppose I could also say my son has had an enormous influence on my life, as he has more or less single-handedly changed me into a devil-may-care entity with no responsibilities, free to swashbuckle my way through the universe doing whatever I saw fit, into *shudder* a DAD. Honestly, I hear myself saying things like "You need to *think* before you act! You can't just do whatever you want!" and have horrific flashbacks to my entire existence of listening to other Q say such things to *me*.
Does heartache make you stronger?
No, it just makes you depressed.
If you won the equivalent of $2,000, and had to spend it, what would you spend it on?
This is an absolutely absurd question for a being of my nature. Next!
What happened the first time you got drunk?
Omnipotent beings can't *get* drunk.
Well, technically I suppose I could get drunk, due to that "omni" in front of the "potent". However, if I did it, either I'd have to put my powers aside, rendering myself vulnerable to whatever indignities mortals might want to commit on my person, or I'd risk the use of my powers while in a state of impaired judgement. It really doesn't seem so terribly attractive as to make it worth it.
I've never needed chemical alterations to be uninhibited anyway.
What makes you feel vulnerable and what makes you feel invulnerable, and why?
Immortality and omnipotence help quite a bit with that invulnerable feeling.
Getting shot at by one's own compatriots, however, does introduce a bit of vulnerability.
Hmm. I very much dislike being embarrassed or humiliated. That's a form of vulnerability all Q have, albeit more to other Q than to mortals. I prefer to have the upper hand in my dealings with other Q. That, at least, *is* one thing becoming a leader has been good for. Most of the outright mockery has stopped.
What would you place in a personal ad if you were making one?
Single omnipotent entity, 5,000,000,000, seeks questions that are not abysmally stupid.
What is the biggest lie you ever told? What were the consequences?
Consequences? For lying? No one believes me when I tell the *truth*, why would there be consequences for lying?
There are planets where they call me the God of Lies, but that isn't quite accurate. Mostly, I prefer to tell the truth. Just, my version of the truth. For moderate values of truth. Still, I don't think lies have ever gotten me into as much trouble as the truth has.
theatrical_muse from 11/9/2004.I have just spent what feels like several millennia dealing with Continuum politics.
Someone had the brilliant idea that we should implement representative democracy. I mean, really. I posted about the Continuum and democracy earlier, but let me briefly reiterate that the only form of government that works for the Q is full democracy-- *none* of us will ever be in 100% agreement with anyone we might choose as a representative, and unlike mortals, who will shrug and console themselves with the notion that nobody's perfect and there's too many stupid mortals to make true democracy work, we know better. When a form of government has worked well for five billion years, changing it just for the sake of changing it is downright idiotic.
Wait, did I just say change is bad? Dear me. I *need* to get out more often. Every time I do this political thing I feel as if more of my true self is slipping away and I'm changing into someone I barely recognize.
Who has had the most influence on your life?
At the risk of swelling his tiny mortal head, Jean-Luc Picard.
Recently, anyway. If I sat around trying to enumerate everyone who has influenced me in my entire existence, and then balanced them against each other, I'd be here for a century or two. However, my life of late has undergone dramatic changes, changes far more sudden and severe than any other change that ever occurred in my life, and the root cause of this, if I trace it back, is that I became interested in humans when Picard defied me at Farpoint. As a result of that, I became an exiled pariah, lost my powers, regained them and my status, ended up leading a movement for change, got shot (not fatally, obviously), had a kid, and became one of the leaders of the Continuum.
I suppose I could also say my son has had an enormous influence on my life, as he has more or less single-handedly changed me into a devil-may-care entity with no responsibilities, free to swashbuckle my way through the universe doing whatever I saw fit, into *shudder* a DAD. Honestly, I hear myself saying things like "You need to *think* before you act! You can't just do whatever you want!" and have horrific flashbacks to my entire existence of listening to other Q say such things to *me*.
Does heartache make you stronger?
No, it just makes you depressed.
If you won the equivalent of $2,000, and had to spend it, what would you spend it on?
This is an absolutely absurd question for a being of my nature. Next!
What happened the first time you got drunk?
Omnipotent beings can't *get* drunk.
Well, technically I suppose I could get drunk, due to that "omni" in front of the "potent". However, if I did it, either I'd have to put my powers aside, rendering myself vulnerable to whatever indignities mortals might want to commit on my person, or I'd risk the use of my powers while in a state of impaired judgement. It really doesn't seem so terribly attractive as to make it worth it.
I've never needed chemical alterations to be uninhibited anyway.
What makes you feel vulnerable and what makes you feel invulnerable, and why?
Immortality and omnipotence help quite a bit with that invulnerable feeling.
Getting shot at by one's own compatriots, however, does introduce a bit of vulnerability.
Hmm. I very much dislike being embarrassed or humiliated. That's a form of vulnerability all Q have, albeit more to other Q than to mortals. I prefer to have the upper hand in my dealings with other Q. That, at least, *is* one thing becoming a leader has been good for. Most of the outright mockery has stopped.
What would you place in a personal ad if you were making one?
Single omnipotent entity, 5,000,000,000, seeks questions that are not abysmally stupid.
What is the biggest lie you ever told? What were the consequences?
Consequences? For lying? No one believes me when I tell the *truth*, why would there be consequences for lying?
There are planets where they call me the God of Lies, but that isn't quite accurate. Mostly, I prefer to tell the truth. Just, my version of the truth. For moderate values of truth. Still, I don't think lies have ever gotten me into as much trouble as the truth has.