Ethics [Thursday, December 3, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was trying very hard (very, very hard) to look as if he didn't know or care that he was wearing an entire elf costume today.

Yes, he'd set the stupid hat on fire. And the shoes with the bells. They kept. Coming. Back.

"You've had two weeks with your droid babies," Anakin said. "I trust that you've all learned valuable lessons about restraint in the face of lust, or at least the value of good birth control. Now we'll move on to the last of the seven major sins: sloth. Originally, sloth was described as 'an uneasiness of the mind'," he continued. "Apathy. Melancholy. Joylessness. And importantly, the decision not to do anything about it."

He shrugged. "The modern view understands that the mind is slightly more complicated than that and sometimes it is impossible to will yourself not to be sad. Instead, this sin focuses on the failure to utilize your talents and gifts."

He made eye contact with each student. "In a place filled with as many talented people as this one, I can view it as almost criminal to not live up to the potential each of you has. Today, pair up and talk about what your plans for the future are, and how what you will be doing will be helping you in what you might think of as your greater destiny."

He rolled his eyes. "You may also use this time to complain about what a horrible person I was to saddle you with fake children for a period of weeks, if you insist upon it."

Comments

Sign in [12/3]

[sith_happened]

Like you've been up with an infant for two weeks.

Re: Sign in [12/3]

[glacial_queen]

Karla

Listen to the lecture

[sith_happened]

Return the adorable droid babies, try to set Anakin on fire with your brain, and so on.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[trigons_child]

Raven almost didn't want to give Ariela up. It had been tiring, but part of her had enjoyed the experience.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

It was totally second nature for Rose to be protective and so she possibly didn't hate the droid babies even as much as she bitched about them. But she sure as hell was happy to get rid of Vassily and Kolya and get a full night's sleep again.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[glacial_queen]

Karla couldn't give Wee Baby Merlin back, not yet. She had a feeling that Francine might cry if she didn't get a chance to say goodbye to him.

While she didn't hate the baby enough to think about lighting Anakin's head on fire, she did think the jingly shoes were a fitting punishment.

She was ignoring her own pointy hat at the moment. If anyone asked, she'd say it was Puck's hat.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Katchoo was just fine with handing the baby back, thanks. Having one in the room had been enough, and the nights there'd been two . . .

Okay, she was just fine with it in an almost wistful if you squinted way, but mostly fine; mechanical things shouldn't look that close to real. It was frikkin' disturbing.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[see-beyond.livejournal.com]

While Jonas had adapted to Sarah somewhat, he still knew he wasn't ready to do this for any longer than he had to so when it came time to give her back, he was happy to. He'd miss her but he had a lot to learn before thinking about that.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was there, although the bruises under her eyes and slight shake of her hands had less to do with dealing with Marcus - who, okay, she hadn't minded that much once she got used to it - and more to do with spraining her brain yesterday.

So she was here, half-asleep in her seat after having handwavily reclaimed Marcus from shoving him at Tara (sans explanation) yesterday. The earrings from Karla carefully (deliberately) obscured under her hair, keeping the minds of her classmates at bay.

So tired, that not even Skywalker's shoes were funny, and normally Emma would be silently gleeful at the island's sense of humor.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[abetterthief.livejournal.com]

Parker was actually a little sad to give the droid baby back. Once she'd figured out how to get it -- her -- to stop crying, she'd actually kinda enjoyed having it around.

She consoled herself however with the thought that if she missed the baby too much, she could always steal it back.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie actually didn't mind taking care of Sarah, but she was also glad to return her. Being a parent was not something she was ready for, even to a robotic baby.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

Maron was sorta sad, sorta glad.

You know--she'd had fun having Dai and taking care of him but at the same time... she liked her free time, too.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[gotyourmateria.livejournal.com]

Yuffie, to put it simply, looked like Hell frozen over. She had gotten less than two hours of sleep a night, and it just sucked that baby Aerith finally quieted down the day she was to go back.

She thought she should get bonus points for setting the bassinet down carefully instead of flinging it at the professor's head.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Elena was happy she hadn't set the kid on fire.

That was about it.

Discussion question [12/3]

[sith_happened]

What are your plans for the future? How are your current choices going to figure into it?

Or, alternately, how much of a meanieface was Anakin for giving you droid babies for twice as long as every other class?

Re: Discussion question [12/3]

[trigons_child]

"I am not certain about my future," Raven said, a little hesitantly. "I do wish to continue to learn to control my powers and experience emotions." Other things she didn't want to get into in class, like finding a way to stop her father should he attack Earth.

Re: Discussion question [12/3]

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I don't know my plans, any more," Hayley said. "Other than I don't want any babies and I don't want to go back to Gotham. Any body want to adopt me?"

Re: Discussion question [12/3]

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"So what lesson were the babies supposed to teach if you can't get pregnant?" Rose asked. It had been a question on her mind. Even if that wasn't the exact truth, but it wasn't like she was going to be sleeping with a Moroi - especially since Adrian was the only one around - anytime soon. Or ever.

The second question though. "I've been training for my job since I was a little kid," she said with a shrug. "It's my job now to keep on training to get better and better at it and keep Lissa alive."

It was that simple apparently.

Re: Discussion question [12/3]

[glacial_queen]

Karla was fairly certain that, by this point, everyone in Fandom knew what her future was going to entail. "I don't think I'm likely to have children," she said, not seeming terribly upset about it. "Even if I find someone I'd want to father my children, these past few weeks have shown me how much time children need. I'm not going to have that kind of time, especially during the first few years I'm Queen."

Re: Discussion question [12/3]

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

"Sure as f$#* don't involve sleeping with a guy, ever," Katchoo said, shooting a glance at Francine.

The details were . . . more than she wanted to get into in front of people. Nobody here needed to know they'd had that conversation, okay?

Re: Discussion question [12/3]

[see-beyond.livejournal.com]

"I don't know exactly what's in my future," Jonas answered honestly. "I know I have a lot to learn and I want to learn everything I can before making any kind of decision about how I'm going to spend my life. After this assignment, I know I have much more to learn."

Re: Discussion question [12/3]

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was going to haul herself upright for discussion time.

"Since this was hardly an accurate depiction of the consequences of lust, I sincerely doubt I'll be changing my current choices in any way, shape or form," she commented dryly. "Besides, desire is a powerful motivator. It pushes us forward, away from things such as sloth."

"I've got college, graduate school, and a hostile takeover to plan. I don't care about 'greater destiny,' I just care about getting what I want."

Talk to the TAs

[sith_happened]

Hello, girls.

Re: Talk to the TAs

[trigons_child]

Raven was there, and would never say that Anakin was a horrible person!

Talk to Anakin [12/3]

[sith_happened]

Mention the shoes and you will be in detention until you graduate.

OOC

[sith_happened]

I might have entirely too much fun putting him in stupid outfits.