Some humans (some Q as well apparently) do allow themselves to die.
Well, yes, but whether or not you allow it, it *will* happen. That's the definition of being mortal, after all. You can perhaps blame a suicidal mortal for dying *right now*, but you can't blame mortals for the fact that they die at all.
What happens when all the fun of parent-hood wears off? You're left with a bunch of very not-at-all-happy Q's running around after tiny little beings with omnipotence...(poor you! No wonder you're having such a hard time)...
I'm trying very hard not to think about that.
Although, since so far I'm the only Q who's chosen both to procreate and to raise the child, we don't have a "bunch" yet. I suspect they're all waiting to see how my son turns out before jumping in.
I wonder how many years it will take before another war starts?
Hopefully, never. War is a sign that something has gone drastically wrong with your ability to communicate with your fellows. We didn't have a war because we were bored, we had a war because we were afraid of our destruction as a species and half of us vigorously disagreed with the other half as to what the prescription for our salvation should be. When someone comes along with a new idea, the way it's *supposed* to work is we take it under consideration, test it, and accept it or not after seeing how it worked... which is what we're doing with having children, more or less. It's not supposed to cause *wars*.
(And, by the way, as a female human who has *had* a child I can understand why the Captain turned you down. There are certain parts of female human anatomy that rip you know.)
Rip? Oh. Oh, dear. That seems like *incredibly* poor design. How is it that any of you ever thought you were created by an *intelligent* being again?
Amanda was of the opinion that if I'd really wanted to procreate with a human, I should have volunteered to take the female role. According to her, if there's a choice in the matter the person who wants the child should take the female role because it's harder work -- also, she claims it would have freed me to pursue Picard, who would probably have said yes for the sake of peace but not if I made him do the work of being pregnant, given that he's used to the limitations of being a human male. I granted her the point tentatively but was unaware that the "work" involved could include grievous bodily harm... even if you can regenerate your body instantly, that sounds rather more painful than I'd ever want to deal with. So I suppose it's just as well I procreated with a fellow Q. At least then no one had to deal with *pregnancy.*
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Date: 2008-07-15 02:15 pm (UTC)Well, yes, but whether or not you allow it, it *will* happen. That's the definition of being mortal, after all. You can perhaps blame a suicidal mortal for dying *right now*, but you can't blame mortals for the fact that they die at all.
What happens when all the fun of parent-hood wears off? You're left with a bunch of very not-at-all-happy Q's running around after tiny little beings with omnipotence...(poor you! No wonder you're having such a hard time)...
I'm trying very hard not to think about that.
Although, since so far I'm the only Q who's chosen both to procreate and to raise the child, we don't have a "bunch" yet. I suspect they're all waiting to see how my son turns out before jumping in.
I wonder how many years it will take before another war starts?
Hopefully, never. War is a sign that something has gone drastically wrong with your ability to communicate with your fellows. We didn't have a war because we were bored, we had a war because we were afraid of our destruction as a species and half of us vigorously disagreed with the other half as to what the prescription for our salvation should be. When someone comes along with a new idea, the way it's *supposed* to work is we take it under consideration, test it, and accept it or not after seeing how it worked... which is what we're doing with having children, more or less. It's not supposed to cause *wars*.
(And, by the way, as a female human who has *had* a child I can understand why the Captain turned you down. There are certain parts of female human anatomy that rip you know.)
Rip? Oh. Oh, dear. That seems like *incredibly* poor design. How is it that any of you ever thought you were created by an *intelligent* being again?
Amanda was of the opinion that if I'd really wanted to procreate with a human, I should have volunteered to take the female role. According to her, if there's a choice in the matter the person who wants the child should take the female role because it's harder work -- also, she claims it would have freed me to pursue Picard, who would probably have said yes for the sake of peace but not if I made him do the work of being pregnant, given that he's used to the limitations of being a human male. I granted her the point tentatively but was unaware that the "work" involved could include grievous bodily harm... even if you can regenerate your body instantly, that sounds rather more painful than I'd ever want to deal with. So I suppose it's just as well I procreated with a fellow Q. At least then no one had to deal with *pregnancy.*