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fandomhigh2015-11-11 09:14 am
atreideslioness) wrote in fandomhigh2015-11-11 09:14 am
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Surviving (and Thriving) on Fandom Island, Week 10 (Wed., Period 3)
From the comfortable cushions strewn around the room and the audiovisual equipment up front, students might be able to guess what kind of class today would be.
"Yes, it's movie day," said Tahiri, pacing back and forth just beside the television. "Now, this movie's an Earth classic, from what I understand, and can actually be relevant to the Fandom experience. Specifically, the 'I just ran into my great-aunt, only she's younger than me and doesn't know she's going to be my great-aunt' one."
She paused, gave a self-conscious chuckle, and shook her head. "Well, maybe not quite that specific, but a very good friend and I used to make a game out of it at every welcome picnic, looking out for older or younger versions of anyone we might know from home." And that was about as specific as she was going to get.
"My family carries the gift of prescience," Ghanima chimed in, willing to get a bit more specific since her instance was no longer quite as... complicated as Tahiri's. "--But that doesn't mean I expected to see my own twin brother arrive at the school as a student a few years ago. Seeing all the lines of the future is not the same as automatically knowing what you can and cannot do to bring about the future you desire. One wrong misstep, and you can close a door forever."
"Which brings up another good point: do those of us who know or see the future have an obligation to preserve the future we know? If know someone must go on a trip, or must not, or that the person they're dating becomes a serial killer, what do you do? Stay silent and pray the present takes the same shape as your past, so that your future is realized? Or allow someone to forge their own future, free of your influence? How do we know if someone is our person, or one from an already alternate reality? Does it matter? What right do we have to dictate the future of another?" Ghanima asked. "For my part, I stayed silent about the future, but allowed Leto to make his own decisions without my interference or guidance. Our paths in the timeline have now caught up to be synchronised again, and I was rewarded with a fine sister-in-law and a darling niece that I was not expecting. But still, the future marches on."
"Yes, it's movie day," said Tahiri, pacing back and forth just beside the television. "Now, this movie's an Earth classic, from what I understand, and can actually be relevant to the Fandom experience. Specifically, the 'I just ran into my great-aunt, only she's younger than me and doesn't know she's going to be my great-aunt' one."
She paused, gave a self-conscious chuckle, and shook her head. "Well, maybe not quite that specific, but a very good friend and I used to make a game out of it at every welcome picnic, looking out for older or younger versions of anyone we might know from home." And that was about as specific as she was going to get.
"My family carries the gift of prescience," Ghanima chimed in, willing to get a bit more specific since her instance was no longer quite as... complicated as Tahiri's. "--But that doesn't mean I expected to see my own twin brother arrive at the school as a student a few years ago. Seeing all the lines of the future is not the same as automatically knowing what you can and cannot do to bring about the future you desire. One wrong misstep, and you can close a door forever."
"Which brings up another good point: do those of us who know or see the future have an obligation to preserve the future we know? If know someone must go on a trip, or must not, or that the person they're dating becomes a serial killer, what do you do? Stay silent and pray the present takes the same shape as your past, so that your future is realized? Or allow someone to forge their own future, free of your influence? How do we know if someone is our person, or one from an already alternate reality? Does it matter? What right do we have to dictate the future of another?" Ghanima asked. "For my part, I stayed silent about the future, but allowed Leto to make his own decisions without my interference or guidance. Our paths in the timeline have now caught up to be synchronised again, and I was rewarded with a fine sister-in-law and a darling niece that I was not expecting. But still, the future marches on."
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