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fandomhigh2025-03-04 10:41 am
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Friendship is Magic!, Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Anakin was at the front of the classroom looking tanned. Ahsoka was looking exactly the same. "Hopefully you also enjoyed your week off," Anakin began, "but now it is time to get back to learning."
Yes, learning about friendship. The most difficult of classes.
To teach, maybe. "Earlier in the semester we talked about making tokens of appreciation for the friendship of others," Ahsoka said. "But sometimes you may need to do something a bit more extravagant."
Anakin nodded. "Some friends or relatives might expect a gift, for example, if you went on vacation without them." And left them alone with two children while you went to Barbados for a week, maybe.
"Or you may be expected to provide a gift to the host if you're staying with someone," Ahsoka said.
"My grandmother-in-law is very particular," Anakin said, "which is why we just don't stay with her." Problem solving, students! Problem solving.
That was one way to put it. "Of course, you don't always have limitless funds to procure these gifts," Ahsoka said, and didn't sigh but had a definite air of wanting to about her.
"Very true," Anakin agreed. "Now is the time when you need to think about what you know about your friends or relatives and find budget-friendly gifts they will still appreciate. Or in the case of Emily Gilmore, just stop trying."
"Which leads us to one of the more...ethically murky areas of gift giving."
"When you get a gift you hate," Anakin said.
Ahsoka actually did sigh now. "And give it to someone else instead."
"But not in front of the person who gave you the crappy present," Anakin said. "Because that's rude."
"To who?" Both of them, the answer was both of them.
"I didn't ask any follow up questions," Anakin admitted. "Rory looked pretty angry."
"Did she?" Ahsoka did not sound surprised at all.
"Very," Anakin said, "but that was years ago. I'm much better at getting rid of presents I don't want. Today, come up with your own strategies! And make sure to account for that weird aunt that remembers every weird thing she has given you and will be very upset if you've given it away."
"We've provided example gifts for you to use to try these out." And by 'we' she meant Anakin.
Yes, enjoy the moddable Barbados-themed enrichment toys for dogs that Aphra had given him during their week as roommates! Because she'd decided Jedi were a lot like puppies. (She wasn't wrong.)
Yes, learning about friendship. The most difficult of classes.
To teach, maybe. "Earlier in the semester we talked about making tokens of appreciation for the friendship of others," Ahsoka said. "But sometimes you may need to do something a bit more extravagant."
Anakin nodded. "Some friends or relatives might expect a gift, for example, if you went on vacation without them." And left them alone with two children while you went to Barbados for a week, maybe.
"Or you may be expected to provide a gift to the host if you're staying with someone," Ahsoka said.
"My grandmother-in-law is very particular," Anakin said, "which is why we just don't stay with her." Problem solving, students! Problem solving.
That was one way to put it. "Of course, you don't always have limitless funds to procure these gifts," Ahsoka said, and didn't sigh but had a definite air of wanting to about her.
"Very true," Anakin agreed. "Now is the time when you need to think about what you know about your friends or relatives and find budget-friendly gifts they will still appreciate. Or in the case of Emily Gilmore, just stop trying."
"Which leads us to one of the more...ethically murky areas of gift giving."
"When you get a gift you hate," Anakin said.
Ahsoka actually did sigh now. "And give it to someone else instead."
"But not in front of the person who gave you the crappy present," Anakin said. "Because that's rude."
"To who?" Both of them, the answer was both of them.
"I didn't ask any follow up questions," Anakin admitted. "Rory looked pretty angry."
"Did she?" Ahsoka did not sound surprised at all.
"Very," Anakin said, "but that was years ago. I'm much better at getting rid of presents I don't want. Today, come up with your own strategies! And make sure to account for that weird aunt that remembers every weird thing she has given you and will be very upset if you've given it away."
"We've provided example gifts for you to use to try these out." And by 'we' she meant Anakin.
Yes, enjoy the moddable Barbados-themed enrichment toys for dogs that Aphra had given him during their week as roommates! Because she'd decided Jedi were a lot like puppies. (She wasn't wrong.)
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