Iliad character asks: menelaus, odysseus, paris, thersites, ajax
thank you jordan !!! i’m having a bad evening and ask games distract me because they like ??? bring me back to earth by forcing me to associate myself with reality whoo. oh an i reread song of achilles again today because kev finally gave it back to me at the end of the semester
menelaus: what is the greatest length you’d go to for something?
this is such a….difficult question, hmmm. like, okay, real life example: the lengths i’m going to in order to get out of pennsylvania and get a job i love? i’m in a grueling education program and enduring 4 years of college in a place that makes me depressed. but then there’s things i really really want that i have far too much anxiety to go lengths for so ????
odysseus: do you believe there are times when dishonesty or trickery are acceptable?
if it will actually and measurably benefit the other person, yes. if it’s harmless like…idk…santa or biting your tongue when you don’t like something but it makes the person happy and isn’t harming them…yes! if it’s to get entire armies moving at the risk of offending one person’s pride…yes! (just kidding, that was just an iliad joke i’m sorry)… but when it’s to hurt someone. or to trick them or harm them or anything. then no liars suck.
tl;dr - if the dishonestly is measurably harmless, yes. but if it’s scummy and crappy and just UGH then no. because liars suck.
paris: what is the biggest consequence one of your actions has had?
i confided in someone i shouldn’t have and she made all of my friends hate me because she was a great manipulator??? but as for something i’ve done, i know i’ve broken hearts before and i’ve said the wrong thing and hurt people which sucks :( because the #1 thing i hate is hurting kind people. also, i made a lot of mistakes with my parents along the way.
thersites: what annoys you most?
how much bad stuff there is in the world and that everyone i love keeps getting hurt. trivially, i just get really annoyed at people who don’t know when to leave me alone and people who hug me without asking??? i’m feeling very closed off right now oops. REALLY trivially, people who don’t act like adults…
ajax: what is your greatest strength?
apparently, my loyalty. like i feel like every strength people say i have adds up to loyalty!!!
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