sith_happened: (Anakin: making an entrance)
Anakin Skywalker ([personal profile] sith_happened) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2007-11-28 10:45 pm
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Ethics [Thursday, November 29, 1st period]

Anakin stalked into the room and slammed the door shut behind him.

"Today we talk about wrath," he said. Ignore the pointed look he gave John Sheppard. Really.

"There's something very human about giving in to our temper," he said. "It's freeing, uncomplicated."

He paused. "At least at that moment. The repercussions are always waiting."

He waved a hand and the holoprojector flipped to life. Frozen in time was a young Jedi with two lightsabers at the neck of an older, clearly defeated enemy.

"This was me," he said, pointing at the young man. "And that older man was evil and threatened my family. It didn't make the choice I made--to kill him while he knelt there--any less wrong."

He looked around the classroom making eye contact with every student before continuing. "Wrath is very, very tempting. It urges you to listen to that dark little voice inside of you--to cut loose, live without consequences."

He pointed at the holo again. "There are always consequences. This moment has stayed with me, made me the person I am. It wasn't a positive influence."

Anakin stopped pacing. "What would it take for you to get to that hazy edge? And more importantly, how do you stop yourself from giving in?"

I Shall Not Walk Alone - Ben Harper

Re: Answer the questions

[identity profile] sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com 2007-11-30 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Sokka put a hand up in the air and pointed at Victor. "At what point," he asked Anakin, "do the future millions of people he's probably going to slaughter justify us killing him now?"

Re: Answer the questions

[identity profile] honoraryphd.livejournal.com 2007-11-30 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"If you wish me dead, feel free to try," Victor said. "Then it'll be self-defense when you die and not even the local authorities will have an issue with it. But if you're not man enough to go through with it, be quiet."

Re: Answer the questions

[identity profile] honoraryphd.livejournal.com 2007-11-30 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Fine. I'll settle for hospitalization if he makes any attempt on my life out of respect for you," Victor said. Strangely, he was being mostly sincere.

Re: Answer the questions

[identity profile] sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com 2007-11-30 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey," Sokka said, holding his hands up, "I didn't say I was GOING TO. I just asked you, as the ethics teacher, if you thought it was a good idea."