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[ceitfianna]

Good morning, Milliways. I made it to work even though I barely slept for all that I was in bed early and I'd really like to not be sick.

Do your pups trust their instincts? Do they take them at face value or do they rationalize them away? Is there anything in their world that allows a place for hunches, premonitions or other such things?

The question comes from the fact that my instinct was making me nervous about someone in the coffee shop as I had breakfast and this odd sense that I might get an interview soon.

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[minkhollow]

Apollo trusts his, of course. God of prophecy and all that. (Doesn't mean he always acts on them, but.)

Cata and Sam trust theirs; it's part of Guild training, in its way.

Claudia... sometimes trusts her instincts. When it comes to machinery, anyway. When it comes to social interactions, not so much. And in general vibes are Pete's thing, so.

[ceitfianna]

How does the Guild train to trust your instincts?

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

I think all my pup's canons allow for instincts and hunches if not out right requiring them.

616 Ben has them but will follow someone else's lead even if the it goes against the hunch, except in poker. In poker he trusts no one but himself.

Ult Ben pays attention to and acts on his instincts. In fact he depends on them and will be very vocal about anything that goes against the hunch.

Jessica has been an assassin, a spy, a super hero and a private investigate; hunches and instincts a vital.

Val has hunches as well but she may rationalize them away if they don't seem logical. She does trust the hunch when in regards to science or magic without question...or at least she'll try it out until it proves false.

Julie gets them but she doubts just about everything about herself so doesn't listen to them very often...at least not yet.

Artemus thrives on his instincts and Rincewind would tell you he survives on them.

Thalia is another who acts on her impulses and instincts without thought.

[ceitfianna]

That makes sense as the canons you play in tend to be rather unpredictable and dangerous.

[crabbycustomer]

All the Sgrub/Sburb players have accurate predictions and hunches that they tend to channel in various ways, usually without being aware of them. Unfortunately Karkat's self-loathing tends to get in the way.

Basically if he says something will never happen, it will happen. If he is certain something will happen, he is wrong. If he says something sarcastic and facetious it will turn out to be true 99% of the time.

[ceitfianna]

That sounds incredibly frustrating for him. So he can't rely on himself and that sets up the cycle of self-loathing?

[crabbycustomer]

Well, it is definitely a cycle, but he is as responsible for it as anyone else. He has a bedrock certainty that the universe is out to make a chump of him and it is that certainty that enables him to make an ass of himself on the universe's behalf so much.

Just another permutation of the Ultimate Riddle!

[ceitfianna]

He's a fascinating character.

[mogget_cat]

Yrael never second-guesses himself. Instinct all the way. If it turns out that he should have re-thought his choices, he just shrugs it off. >_>

For Sunshine, it depends. Her instincts are good in most situations, especially about people (aided by her Dark Sight, which does occasionally provide visions/hunches), but she doesn't trust herself nearly as much as she lets on. If she instinctually knows something but doesn't want to face it/admit it, her automatic reaction is to rationalize it away or just not think about it. At the same time, she has instinctual reactions (usually to vampires) that it doesn't even occur to her to rationalize (grabbing Con when she felt her control over her power slipping; running down a vampire about to kill a girl on Sunshine's turf). Sometimes her instincts are really stupid.

Zelgadiss trusts his instincts, unless shown proof that they are wrong.

[ceitfianna]

Aw, poor Sunshine, her instincts sound like they don't have a helpful, and you might die if you do this in them.

Instinct seems to be a big part of the Old Kingdom, many of the characters do things because they feel right.

[mogget_cat]

When your destiny is written in your blood, duties not coming instinctually should be sign that something's wrong. *thwaps royal family for not paying attention*

Sunshine's desire not to be what fate requires her to be limits the usefulness of her instincts about anything more dangerous than baking. (wow, convoluted sentence)

[ceitfianna]

I think I get what you mean and Sunshine's feelings about her instincts and powers seem a little convoluted. Not as much as they were before she went through canon, but there are still issues.

*sighs* Yes, I'm hoping to maybe use Milliways to grab some kind of missing moment for Sam and Sabriel and oh yes, I've got a different duty. I know why it was written that way, but familial neglect is not a healthy way to move a plot forward.

[mogget_cat]

Familial neglect is a running theme in their family. Touchstone was the bastard child of the queen, raised to be one of the castle guards and not openly acknowledged. From an early age, Sabriel was raised in a boarding school and only saw her father occasionally, either in a spiritual visit using the Charter, or the rarer physical visits.

So it's pretty fitting that the constantly busy lives of the Abhorsen and King as protectors, intermediaries, diplomats etc. shapes the relationships between Sameth, his sister, and their parents. Not "healthy," but it is fitting and true to form. It wouldn't have rung true (pun intended) had their family life suddenly been fixed.

[ceitfianna]

*nodsnods* Very true, playing Sameth I have my moments of going ah at them but as you say, it fits.

[withherhands]

LOL I think Jack would be dead 10 times over if he didn't trust his instincts, so yes. Lately they've been a little off (as it's been debatable whether it's instinct or paranoia pushing him to do something) but usually, he trusts his instincts implicitly, as they've been honed through years of experience.

[ceitfianna]

Yes, his world gives his poor instincts quite a work out.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

It's a canon Thing, through all five series', that Gene lives by his gut instinct. It serves him well, and he's rarely wrong. Though his methods of backing up that instinct - as in, finding something that would actually stick in court - are highly questionable.

[ceitfianna]

Oh interesting, that must be tough for Sam and Alex to deal with as its different from how they both work.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Lol yeah - well, they built two series' worth of characterisation around that very thing. Sam = not a happy bunny, most of the time.

But, as Gene would say, he learnt.

(Gene did too, but he doesn't like to talk about that. *pats him*)

[ceitfianna]

Hee, someday I will watch all of these series, really.

Milliways has made my to-read and to-watch list go to impressive levels.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

I guarantee you won't regret it!

Hit me up if you want links.

[kd7sov]

HmmmMMmmmm...

Felix has spent years honing his instincts. In particular, he has some sense of what kinds of Psynergy a given object might be susceptible to. He's also got years of swordfighting experience, enough that he certainly trusts his instincts in combat. As far as premonitions and prophecies and such, there is canonical place for them, but it lies solely with the Wind Adepts.

Fluttershy... I'm not sure. She's so reserved, and so consistently polite and kind, that it's hard to tell when she has a particular feeling about something or someone. I get the feeling that she trusts her friends more than herself, at least in some areas.

[ceitfianna]

Fluttershy seems to have an instinct with animals, how to calm them, how to heal them and just how to talk to them.

[kd7sov]

Well, that's true. I wasn't thinking about it in quite those terms, but that's definitely a trait of hers.

[bodldops.livejournal.com]

Ace really shouldn't follow her instincts. They tend to be either dead wrong, or influenced by ultimate evil. But she'll make crazy leaps of faith anyway. Nutter.

Katya lives almost entirely on instinct, good or bad. Usually, it's fairly good. Her big problem is the same as Gene Hunt's: finding proof to back up those instincts.

Cal often appears to be going on instinct, but usually he's going of details gleaned from a suspect's failure to lie convincingly.

Bones will go on a hunch, and is known for pulling minor medical miracles based on those hunches. It is a major bone of contention between himself and Mr. Spock.

Shaz has very good copper's instincts, but she very rarely gets the chance to use them.

Balthazar also does quite a lot of his work on instict and gut feeling... It's just a highly educated gut. However, Merlinians are known for scientific ability, so he definitely has the ability to plan elaborately.

[ceitfianna]

Who requires her to find proof? My first thought with Others wouldn't be back up what feels right, but I'd love to know more.

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

If Katya had lived and worked (and fought) in the time before the treaty, no one would require proof of anything. The Light and Dark sought to promote their causes without any holds. However, this all-out war tended to be rather detrimental to the humans who provide the power Others live off of.

But there's a Treaty now - rules that dictate that there needs to be a balance between Light and Dark, at least in the way they effect the human world. Now, of course, humans can choose to give strength to the Light or the Dark, but they can't be forced down that path. So this is why there are Watches - the Day Watch is made up of Dark Others who monitor what the Light Others are up to and can arrest/attack anyone who oversteps their bounds, and the Night Watch is made up of Light Others who do the same.

/elaborate explanation!

[ceitfianna]

Elaborate but very useful. I will read this canon someday, I just need time and for my to read pile to shrink.

[filemyclaim]

Clementine doesn't, and often lives to regret it.

Dixie lives on them.

Juliet has to follow them, considering who she's surrounded by.