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fandomhigh2021-06-11 12:14 pm
misshapen_spark) wrote in fandomhigh2021-06-11 12:14 pm
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So You Want to Be a Hero. [Friday, Period 5]
"Take a seat," Yang said, once everyone had trickled in. Today the Danger Shop was set up like one of the common rooms from the dorms, with plenty of comfy seating, and Yang sitting where the television normally was.
"Today, we're talking about the risks of being a hero," she said simply, her mechanical arm in her lap. "I lost my arm despite being essentially invunerable."
"But I'm not the only person I know who's lost something. Hell, I'm not the only person in my family."
"The woman who raised me went out on a mission when my sister was an infant and never came back. We have no idea what happened to her, and we buried an empty coffin. Madame Mallari, my physical therapist, lost both her legs in her career. I'm ninty percent sure my uncle has untreated PTSD -- post traumatic stress disorder -- from his missions. Some of my friends -- upperclassmen at my hero college -- came back from a mission so brutalized that they could barely walk, and some of them couldn't talk. Then, I lost half my peer group to a terrorist attack. I'm not just talking about my classmates; the best of the best of the aspiring heroes across the world were there. We lost an entire generation of heroes, who tried to take on a force they weren't equipped to handle, and their mentors who were trying to save civilians. And the civilain toll? Giantic."
"My headmaster, one of the most talented Huntsmen alive, died. My sister saw two of her best friends die, and is traumatized... which she decided to deal with by going after the woman responsible. She's out there, somewhere, on my planet, and I have no idea where she is at this moment, or if she's even alive."
"Because when you become an adventurer? A hero? You are not the only one risking something. You are risking everyone around you, because the 'bad guys' don't play fair. And they probably don't think they're the bad guys. Some of them? Think they're the heroes."
"What you need to understand is that you're not just risking losing every time you take up a bounty, or walk out a door with your weapon. It's not just 'your life.' You're risking everyone around you, and you need to understand that, and decide if the payoff is worth the risk."
"So today, we're watching a movie while you think about it. I'm around after class if you have questions."
"Today, we're talking about the risks of being a hero," she said simply, her mechanical arm in her lap. "I lost my arm despite being essentially invunerable."
"But I'm not the only person I know who's lost something. Hell, I'm not the only person in my family."
"The woman who raised me went out on a mission when my sister was an infant and never came back. We have no idea what happened to her, and we buried an empty coffin. Madame Mallari, my physical therapist, lost both her legs in her career. I'm ninty percent sure my uncle has untreated PTSD -- post traumatic stress disorder -- from his missions. Some of my friends -- upperclassmen at my hero college -- came back from a mission so brutalized that they could barely walk, and some of them couldn't talk. Then, I lost half my peer group to a terrorist attack. I'm not just talking about my classmates; the best of the best of the aspiring heroes across the world were there. We lost an entire generation of heroes, who tried to take on a force they weren't equipped to handle, and their mentors who were trying to save civilians. And the civilain toll? Giantic."
"My headmaster, one of the most talented Huntsmen alive, died. My sister saw two of her best friends die, and is traumatized... which she decided to deal with by going after the woman responsible. She's out there, somewhere, on my planet, and I have no idea where she is at this moment, or if she's even alive."
"Because when you become an adventurer? A hero? You are not the only one risking something. You are risking everyone around you, because the 'bad guys' don't play fair. And they probably don't think they're the bad guys. Some of them? Think they're the heroes."
"What you need to understand is that you're not just risking losing every time you take up a bounty, or walk out a door with your weapon. It's not just 'your life.' You're risking everyone around you, and you need to understand that, and decide if the payoff is worth the risk."
"So today, we're watching a movie while you think about it. I'm around after class if you have questions."
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