Ethics [Thursday, November 12, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin stalked into the room precisely on time and shut the door firmly behind him. "Today we talk about wrath," he said. "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. The students might remember the scenario from a few weeks ago.

"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?"

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Re: Answer the discussion question!

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Who says all of them are?" Rose asked, turning fast to glare at Tara. "More than a few kinds have souls just fine. Some of 'em are more tied to the earth's magic than I am. Jesus. It's Fandom. Is it so shocking that there might be more kinds than you have at home?"

Re: Answer the discussion question!

[life_inshadow]

Tara visibly shrank at the sudden burst of anger.

She opened her mouth to try to answer, stammered a few times, and finally came out with, "Your aura. It's ..." black, and that would be a really dumb, nonhelpful thing to say "...not what we were talking about, sorry. I've never heard that vampires could have souls."

Re: Answer the discussion question!

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"...my aura?" Rose repeated, frowning a little but more curious now. "The hell?"

She shrugged. "Some vampires do. At home there's two kinds. One with souls and one without. I don't disagree with you about the kind without."

Re: Answer the discussion question!

[life_inshadow]

"I'll tell you later," Tara promised. She felt like she already had enough people looking at her funny. "And oh. We only have the bumpy forehead no-souls mean kind. I mean, I've never met one? But, uh, y-you hear stories."

Re: Answer the discussion question!

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Are you from the same world as Kennedy and Buffy?" Rose asked, totally just curious now. "Are you going to be a Slayer or something too?" She shrugged easily. "Probably better not to meet 'em if you're not ready to fight 'em."

Re: Answer the discussion question!

[life_inshadow]

Tara shrugged, trying not to feel condescended to by the tone of the last sentence. It wasn't as if she disagreed. "I don't -- how would you know that? I don't even know Buffy." Though that was something to try to figure out with Kennedy sometime.

"And I'm about the least Slayer person in the world, anyhow. Just, uh, a witch."

Re: Answer the discussion question!

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"No idea how to know," she admitted. "Just everyone I know who's talked about Slayers and those weird vampires with the funny faces is from that world."