Ethics [Monday, April 2, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

"Today we talk about the ethics we encounter in relationships," Anakin began quietly. "Not just the easy questions like 'is it cheating if one of us is possessed?' but the ones that effect everyone--how much of the truth do you tell the person? What happens when one of you stops loving the other one? What happens when you reach an impasse on differences in religion or life goals? What do you do when circumstances beyond your control threaten to split you apart? What if there's too much old baggage to try again?"

He ran a hand through his hair, not looking at John or Molly assuming they're in class today. "Take it from me. Sometimes love isn't enough to make it work." He looked around the classroom. "Today we talk about the messy parts of love. Pick one of my questions and answer it the best way you can."

He leaned against his desk. "I'll be over here brooding listening to the discussion."

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Sign in [April 2]

[sith_happened]

Name, first person you ever kissed.

Listen to the lecture!

[sith_happened]

Speculate why the teacher's so interested in the topic! Or stare off into space.

Whatever.

Answer a discussion question!

[sith_happened]

Does it counting as cheating if someone's possessed? How much of the truth do you tell the person? What happens when one of you stops loving the other one? What happens when you reach an impasse on differences in religion or life goals? What do you do when circumstances beyond your control threaten to split you apart? What if there's too much old baggage to try again?

It's almost like Anakin's spent a lot of time thinking about this or something.

[OOC: Answer a question, reply to someone else's, make the comments as messy as you like!]

Talk with Anakin after class

[sith_happened]

He's around.

Still brooding.

Shocking, that.

OOC yay!

[sith_happened]

He's more than happy to give out detentions if anyone's looking for one :)

Re: Sign in [April 2]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle Wexler, ....Tannim Drake *hides!*

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle was collecting up a pretty impressive of random doodles in her notebook for this class. Today's featured Anakin being particularly emo (...different from the others how, exactly?), crying about how love sucks. And a few of herself (indicated by the awesome braid and all the money around her) complaining about how this class went so downhill since Vader left. Ugh.

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle, being such an expert at love and everything, decided to take care of all of them in one fell swoop. "If anything, especially something as stupid as love, gets messy enough that any of those things are an issue, they're not worth it and you're better off just saying 'good riddance' and go have a pizza."

Re: Sign in [April 2]

[sneerkite]

Steerpike. And Annette Hargrove

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean Winchester, and Gina.... something. Never did get her last name.

Re: Sign in [April 2]

[likethegun]

Sam Winchester, and Madeline Campbell

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[likethegun]

"It doesn't count as cheating if someone's possessed," Sam said quickly. "As for telling the person the truth, I think it depends on whether or not the truth will hurt them or make them stop loving you. I don't think you have to be truthful if the truth is something you're bothered by."

Re: Sign in [April 2]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John Crichton. And Laura McCoy.

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John got distracted during the lecture, too many thoughts coming too fast and ended up sort of just staring at Anakin.

Re: Sign in [April 2]

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara. Nobody. liar, liar pants on fire

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"It doesn't count as cheating but it can still hurt the other person," John said, wincing a little. "And not just cheating. Sometimes secrets need to be kept." Here, he eyed Anakin a little. "But you should try and tell the truth to the person you love. And you should let go if you're just going through the motions for the sake of it."

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean stared at him. "You've got to be kidding me."

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[likethegun]

"Love isn't stupid," Sam said. "Love is awesome, and if it gets messy, that just means you have to fight harder to make it work."

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[likethegun]

"What?" Sam said, staring back.

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but what's the point? Who actually wants to go through all that bleeding heart, made-for-TV movie love drama? If I ever do fall in love, I don't want it to be anything like that. I want it simple. Too much other stuff to have to worry about."

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"If you're really in love with someone, I think you have to be honest with them," Dean said, "especially about yourself. Otherwise, you'll never know if they're in love with you or with the lie."

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[sith_happened]

Anakin stared at John for a long beat. "And if you can't?" he asked quietly.

Which could be a question for either telling the truth or letting go.

Anakin was sneaky that way.

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"It's okay to lie to someone you love if you're bothered by the truth? You can't really believe that."

Re: Listen to the lecture!

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara listened to the lecture with her eyes strictly fastened on her desk.

Re: Answer a discussion question!

[likethegun]

"Of course I do," Sam replied. "Come on, how often have we told people the truth about us? I mean, we didn't even start out telling the people here about Dad. If everyone wasn't okay with it, we would have continued lying."