Ethics [Monday, January 7, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

If there was one thing Darth Vader excelled at, it was making a memorable first impression.

He waited until the classroom was full, then stalked in, cape flaring behind him.

He twitched his fingers as he reached the center of the room and the door slammed shut behind him.

"I am Darth Vader," he intoned over the even mechanized breathing of his suit. "I trust you may have already heard of me." His masked face scanned the faces in front of him. If he was at all affected by any negative thoughts and emotions being directed at him, he wasn't showing it. "You will refer to me as either Darth Vader or Lord Vader. Any other address will result in detention." He began pacing the room. "You should be grateful for that. Very few have ever been granted advanced warning of my actions.

"Today we discuss how far over the line you would go to save someone you love." Vader's voice turned cold. "I don't want to hear that you wouldn't go over a line. Would you lie for someone? Steal for them? Kill for them? Does it matter to you if it's friend or family? Does how much you love--" and yes, the word sounded awkward coming from that particular visage, "--that person affect how far you would go for them?"

Vader crossed his arms over his chest and waited for the first student to speak.

{OOC: Roster and syllabus here. I'm starting my first day of work in an internetless environment tomorrow morning, so Vader will be responding late. Please don't burn the classroom down while I'm gone :).]

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Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"Yes, tiny version of Doctor Wilson?"

Re: Answer the discussion question

[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

...

He was really going to have to meet this Dr. Wilson. Lowering his hand, he gave Vader a shakey but mannerly smile.

"It's Neil, Lord Vader. Neil Perry." He wasn't correcting Vader, no no...not at all, just being clear that he wasn't Dr. Wilson.

"And, I don't think I've ever been in love that way with another person so I don't feel as if I could speak to that part of the question, since I don't know how I feel." There was a pause then, because he didn't realize think it would hurt he did say. "But for an ideal...for love of a dream, I think I would be prepared to die for that."

Would be...was, at one time.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"An idealist." It was obvious Vader was not impressed by that particular quality. "So for something nebulous like a country, or the ideal of something unattainable, you'd throw your life away? Interesting."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

Neil tilted his head to the side, thinking about what Vader was saying before he shook his head slightly.

"Not for someone else's idea, like a country or a government. But for my own dream, to live my own life with freedom and to fulfill myself, yes. I'd fight to the death for that."

Yeeeaaahhh...cause coming here to Fandom, as a compromise with Father is such a fine example of standing up for myself.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

Vader snorted. "You are terribly young, aren't you?" he asked. "Freedom is a myth."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

Neil looked a little perplexed.

"How is it a myth, Sir? Perhaps it is ultimately unatainable until the point where one dies." Since that had been one of the key traits of the Dead Poets, after all. "But is it not still a worthy goal to strive towards and to show love of?"