Redemption: What A Crock [Period 6, Monday]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

After the class had assembled Ares leant back and considered them thoughtfully.

"Now, I assume you have all chosen to take this class because you have some ideas about the concept of redemption, and you either agree with my take on it being a fallacy at best, and deliberate con at worst, or you wish to convince me of the error of my ways. Just so you know, the second's never going to happen."

"Now, rather, so starting from next week we will be playing out various scenarios to show, just how the world conspires to keep the average idiot redemption seeker down, but for now, we'll just start with something small and have you introduce yourself and tell me why you took the class. Also, if you've ever down anything you feel you need to redeem yourself for."

"Oh, and Skywalker? You're the TA."

[ooc: wait for OCD is up!]

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Comments

Sign In - WACk [Week One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

All collapsey style.

Re: Sign In - WACk [Week One]

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew Wells

Listen to the Lecture - WACk [Week One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Hey, he left off the part about being a god this time!

Re: Listen to the Lecture - WACk [Week One]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke's normal good mood evaporated as he listened to the lecture.

By then end of his he looked decidedly sulky.

Not to mention a little confused. Why would he need to be the TA?

Re: Listen to the Lecture - WACk [Week One]

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Wow. As the lecture went on, Dawn sat there and boggled at how very wrong Ares was.

Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Name, grade, reasons for taking the class.

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Uh, hey. I'm Dick Casablancas. I'm going to be a senior next year." he withheld the urge to shout 'SENIORS RULE!' "And I'm taking this class 'cause I happen to agree with Ares. Redemption is stupid. The little blonde detective person you had supposedly wronged is just going to hold the "bad" stuff you did over your head for the rest of your life."

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'm Lana Lang. I'm going to be a senior, too, and, well, I was put in this class by mistake and they won't let me switch," she said hesitantly. "But, I'm sure that it will be... very interesting."

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Hello, all!" Andrew turned and gave the class a little wave. "I'm Andrew Wells. I'm going to be a junior next year. And I, um... I've just always been fascinated with the idea of redemption. I mean, it's a pretty major theme in comic books and fantasy novels and stuff like that. Yeah." Andrew looked thoughtful. "That's about it, I guess."

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I'm Luke Skywalker," Luke began, "I'm a senior, apparently the TA...and I took this class because I disagree with the basic premise but I need to learn to understand all sides of an issue."

Frown.

"No matter how misguided."

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I'm Dawn Summers," she gave a little wave to everyone else, strangely relieved to see Andrew in there--maybe he'd be able to learn the lesson well enough to not need redemption. "Um, I'll be a senior, and I'm here because I know a lot of people who have had to redeem themselves, even if they didn't really want to or believe in it, and I wanted to know more about it."

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy waved a touch nervously to the class. "Hi, I'm, uh, Teddy Altman. I'm going to be a junior this year and I'm in the class because..." He sighed. "Because if there's no such thing as redemption, I think we're all pretty much screwed."

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'm John Sheppard. I'm gonna be a junior in the fall," John smiled at the people he knew in the class, trying not to widen his eyes when he noticed Wells was there.

"As to why I'm here, well, I thought I was signing up for 'Patriotism, Yay,' but apparently...yeah, that didn't work out," John settled his eyes on the floor and retook his seat.

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"I'm Rodney McKay and I'm a Junior." Rodney paused for a moment and tried to think of a diplomatic way to explain why he was in this class; then he gave up and went with the truth. "I'm here because I needed another class and it was either this or 'Creatures of Nature.'" He shuddered, "I mean really, an entire course about animals and nature. I'd break out in hives before the end of the first day." Rodney seemed to realize that this might not be the kind of thing the professor wanted to know and he subsided.

Re: Introduce Yourself - WACk [Week One]

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"I'm Jeff," he said. Well, he was. "My mother signed me up. She said it was an important life lesson." Smaller voice: "She wouldn't tell me which class I was in. I kept asking, of course, but she was too busy... Uh."

Extra Question! - WACk [Week One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

What you you need redemption for? Do you need redemption for anything?

Re: Extra Question! - WACk [Week One]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

After Ares' lecture, Lana certainly didn't want to say anything out loud, but she couldn't help feeling that she still wanted to find some redemption for the things she'd done while she was possessed. Regardless of what people said about it not being her fault. But there was no way she'd admit it here!

Re: Extra Question! - WACk [Week One]

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I shoplifted some stuff, but I had to return it," Dawn offered, scowling slightly at the memory.

Re: Extra Question! - WACk [Week One]

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew looked around the class, uncomfortable. He spoke up, voice cracking a bit, "I, um, that is to say, one time I kind of summoned this Drokken Beast, and my aunt's cat, Mr. Nixon, walked into the summoning circle and, um, was eviscerated and eaten. Mostly eaten."

He cleared his throat, "Mr. Nixon was hiding under my bed. I didn't even know he was in the room. He was an old cat, blind in one eye, incontinent, missing patches of fur - basically his time to go was near. But sometimes I feel bad about that. My aunt doesn't have many friends."

Re: Extra Question! - WACk [Week One]

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John totally wasn't thinking of the incident with Turtle's braid when he said, "I don't think I need to be redeemed for anything, but isn't that somehow dependent on point of view?"

Re: Extra Question! - WACk [Week One]

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

"Just because I've made a few people cry by pointing out their incompetency doesn't mean I need to be redeemed," Rodney said this matter-of-factly." I was only telling them the truth. It's not my fault if they couldn't handle it."

Re: Extra Question! - WACk [Week One]

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"Embalming," said Jeff. He did not elucidate further.

Talk to Ares - WACk [Week One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Because he just loooooooooves long talks with his students, oh yes he does.

Talk to the TA - WACk [Week One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

Who's probably feeling as confused as you are.

Re: Talk to the TA - WACk [Week One]

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke looked really, really confused.

And a little cranky.

But he was here to make up answers to any questions you might have.

OOC - WACk [Week One]

[sideburnsofwar.livejournal.com]

mmm...half-nekkid Ares...