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Does your pup care about politics?

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[wanderlustlover]

Marian and Peeta will stop breathing before they stop being wholly invested into politics. Illyana doesn't have much of a choice but to care, when its between ignorance and the threat of genocide. (She does follow Russian politics quietly.) Jean cares quite a bit about politics, and all the nuances therein, both on Earth and in space.

Edward cares about it as much as tiny yappy dogs, as a historical reference frame and conversation topic, but not something that effects his world often. Star's existence has no politics, but several of the people she looks down on are, so.

[kd7sov]

Not especially.

Felix comes from a world of separated city-states, although there's some hint of larger-scale cultural identity and about two of the city-states have managed to form empires by conquering others. Also he's basically a nomad. So all he cares about, politically speaking, is whether the person in charge will let him wander in and out and through. (When he does have to deal with politics, he hates it; he hasn't been to either Madra or Alhafra in several years.)

Kain is the adopted son of a king, so he has some idea of what politics looks like, and wants no part of it. That's one reason he was so driven to get the commandership of the Dragoons - once you're in charge it's just chain of command, no backbiting or jockeying.

Politics is not really a huge thing in Equestria, at least not the way it is here. There are mayors of unknown term length, and there may be other administrative bodies, and then there are the Princesses. They do have some amount of diplomacy going on with the buffalo inside their borders and the griffons and dragons wherever they may be, and possibly the zebra, but none of that really has much to do with Fluttershy unless it involves her friends first. All in all, she'd much rather keep to herself and her animals.

[innerbrat]

No, no, no, no, a little, no.

Marguerite cares about politics - she was vocally in support of the revolution and had many friends who helped set it in motion. She is just as passionate in her disgust at what the French Government has become. A little less vocal, though, as she has learned to watch her words.

Macis fiercely political, even for such a young man. He's distrustful of the ruling classes and their perceived 'right' to rule. He's suspicious of anything that keeps the little guy down and the powerful rich.

[sdelmonte]

Knox tended to be apolitical on the national level, though he did vote in every presidential election. By and large, he's been an "all of them of crooks" Reagan Republican. But in millicanon, his reality's president is grappling with superheroes as an issue, and that has slowly lit a fire under Knox.

CharlieQuestion is very political, as befits a character written by the openly liberal Denny O'Neil and the politically attuned Greg Rucka. He was quite involved in a mayoral election in Hub City, for example.

Cyborg is just old enough to vote, but not really engaged in the system. He was, however, really excited when Obama was elected.

Kirk hates politics, given that his life is affected by them on a daily basis. Luckily, the shape of Federation democracy means he has less to be involved with.

Gibbs doesn't have the right to vote. And had a king. Politics is for the rich.

Howard Stark has to deal with politics as much as Kirk does, but the war has taken him away from thinking about it. After the war, he will stake out a claim as a hawk and as an active contributor, but will steer away from public endorsements. I think he ultimately becomes an Eisenhower man.

[landlesslord]

Guy cared a lot, certainly while he was alive, but mostly only in how any of it affected his own life and prospects.

The rest of them? Not so much.

[genarti]

Trowa: He follows politics kind of obsessively, so I guess that's a yes. He has no desire to participate in them, but he was at the center of some really major global upheavals back in his teenage years, and both arrogance and a logical vested interest mean he keeps an eye on what's become of that. You never know when events might suck you back in, voluntarily or not. It's much better (he feels) to pay attention so you can be preemptive about things and minimize the fallout, ideally on your own terms.

River: Tries to avoid it. Has a Senator for a father and a couple of less bitter but still staunch Browncoats for crewmates, and has been a psychic in the same room with some powerful secret-hoarding politicians, so... she doesn't avoid it all that well.

Regan: Is a Senator's wife. I'm going with "yes."

Clare: No. Not remotely.

Piotr: He hates politics. But he feels it's kind of necessary self-preservation to keep an eye on them anyway. So to some extent he keeps tabs on American and Russian and international politics, although honestly I suspect most of the time Russian is the only one he actually seeks out on his own. That one has the certain nostalgia factor of reading the news in your own mother tongue, and also the fact that not so many people on his team care about it particularly. International and American domestic politics are things a lot of X-Men pay attention to, talk about, and tend to tune one of the public tvs to.

Lan: Is a king's only son. During canon, he tried to ignore and disclaim that as much as he could, in terms of playing politics; he succeeded about as well as he could have, through sheer stubbornness, but it was always kind of a losing battle. (Plus he hung out with an Aes Sedai who played Daes Dae'mar like breathing, although to be honest so does Lan in a different way; he just prefers to ignore that fact.) Post-canon... he's the king, so! At least Malkier is on really good terms with its neighbors?

Uzura: Has no comprehension of what politics even are. So no.

[lilium_evansiae]

Yes, absolutely. She has decided Opinions about Things, and she isn't shy about sharing them.

Mostly in the Wizarding world, but she probably keeps an eye on the Muggle side of things, too.

[muji]

Mal and Lily should meet. He has a fondness for magical London from long-ago things with Tonks, etc.

[lilium_evansiae]

That can be arranged!

:)

[oxfordtweed]

Mycroft does. Of course he does. And Nicholas knows they're important, so he pays attention. I don't think he finds them particularly interesting, though.


The rest, no. Not even close.

[camwyn]

Gordon does, because he knows that if he doesn't get involved in it from the get-go, the instant people start governing themselves again after the Combine are gone someone is going to start claiming to do things in his name. So he's rather grimly planning a future in politics assuming he survives and looking forward to the day he can retire from it and go back to physics.

Adrian does as well because historically speaking, people tend to do very stupid things after revolutions. He promised to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution and that still holds until people say 'fuck it, we changed our minds about our foundational document'. Even though there is no government these days.

Ellen... does not think of politics as such, although essentially what the Brotherhood is doing now in the Capital Wastes is the early stages of a political balancing act with the goal of establishing a reasonably stable local government with all the associated interdependencies and specializations. Right now her experience of politics is not one she is enjoying, because it amounts to 'the President (of the Republic of Dave) has been kidnapped by ninjasslavers, are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President', and it has led her all the way to Pittsburgh. Ew.

Arcade Gannon is keenly aware of politics and is doing his best to quietly convince Corazon that the best way to steer them is towards the existence of New Vegas as an independent city-state outside of the control of Mr. House or the NCR. He doesn't have to steer anything wrt the Legion, they're in agreement on the Legion sucking.

Varric is more interested in commerce and business and shady activities than politics per se. Mostly because in Kirkwall, politics means templars and mages and he's starting to get sick of both already.

Medic could not possibly care less so long as people keep attempting to kill each other in large groups.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

Non sequitur moment: Saw this and had to pass it on. (http://i.imgur.com/Qtx9h.jpg)

[death_gone_mad]

*splorfle*

[minkhollow]

Cata mostly cares about politics as a means to a contract, as it's unlikely that anyone with Mizzamir's agenda is going to gain enough power to screw the whole world over again (at least, within her lifetime). Sam has long thought of politics as boring, but that's because, thanks to Mizzamir's interference, it has been boring - they tend to get the sort of well-reasoned, polite debates regarding the issues that most Americans would love to see.
Bistort's about due for a proper knock-down drag-out mudslinging campaign, I think. (I actually have some political theory on the Six Lands in general going re: Cata/Medic shenanigans that got put on hold, mainly: After Mizzamir's death, without all that sweetness and light to hold it together, half the Six Lands have completely fallen out of the habit of democracy. Two of those weren't much inclined to it (one never adopted the system in the first place) and the third... well, when a bunch of mages realise there's a power vacuum, trouble's bound to follow.)

Apollo is more invested in family politics than mortal politics, though he keeps an eye on it, as a sort of weather vane for the next time Olympus sets up shop somewhere else.

Claudia... sorta follows politics, but it's not her preference. What she's keeping an eye on is whether trends are shifting enough that the Warehouse might move.

[spooky-lemur.livejournal.com]

Ben used to not be but then Civil War happened and now he pays much more attention to these things. "Never again" is his motto for politics now.

ETA: Oh and Mars would definitely be interested in politics though he might think the current form of America politics to be somewhat boring...too much talking, blah blah blah.

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut is interested in politics for mainly two reasons. First, civil unrest and war is always fun, second, magic and technology research must always be well funded. One never knows which well intentioned bit of research will turn into the next tool of mass murder.

Unfortunately, these goals often do not mesh well.

[ceitfianna]

Will is interested in politics in terms of how much they hurt or help Nottingham.

Sameth tries to leave most of the politics to his father and sister, it doesn't always work.

Demeter pays attention to politics so she knows what's worrying the mortals at the moment but more in broad ideas versus specifics.

Moist is aware of politics as they let him know what's safer to try in various places, but not in depth. Just what he needs to know to blend in.

William cares because in his time, which side someone in your family fought for is important. In terms of his day-to-day life, it doesn't have a big effect, but he tries to read the papers when he can.

Tumnus works and lives in Cair Paravel and is an advisor to the Pevensies, so he cares greatly about politics.

The Pirate King knows who's Queen and that's about it.

[yakalskovich]

Teja does, very much so -- he was a leader of his people all of his adult life, and their king for his last three months. Urq, on the other hand, knows about them, but is deeply cynical about it all.

Antinoos, whom I will app post-move, sometimes wishes politics would go away entirely.

[basic_powers]

...much to Tyler's own headaches, in either era, he is up to his eyeballs keeping track of politics and specific politicians. It's just as much about helping the decent ones as it is being the unholy terror upon the ones who decide they need to make anti-metahuman sentiments on their platform this year. And toppling the metahumans who attempt to take over the world.

Dot..Dot Matrix IS a politician in her own right. Between being the Command.COM of Mainframe, having survived the Daemon Wars, and her husband and daughter being the demigod messiahs of keytools... Well shit, half her work at the office is politics.

...Mother also keeps up on politics, but for the general reasons everyone expects from him.

[nocarename]

Most of mine don't care as long as the government doesn't get in the way to an unworkable degree. Where the line is for unworkable varies, of course as do a number of other details.

Robo, for instance, reads the papers and throws a bundle of money every so often at people he has hired with a mandate of, 'Try and keep at least one sane world power liking us. Also, try and keep at least one world power sane.'

[boston_bruiser]

Voodoo is of the opinion that politics really isn't his place.

John, on the other hand, is fiercely libertarian, but detests politics. I imagine that were the latter not the case and if he were alive today, he'd vote for Ron Paul.

[miss-yt.livejournal.com]

Most of my pups don't care about politics for one reason or another, but for those who do...

Mouse is the backup Command.com of Mainframe, so she's kind of involved in politics by default. She prefers to tinker around with stuff instead, but acknowledges that it's helpful to know what's going on and where to apply a little pressure when needed.

Shepard has a typical career soldier's disdain for politicians, especially lately. But she keeps informed and has never missed an election if she's eligible to vote in it. Also, she was kind of a kingmaker that one time...

Tali will tell you that you can't avoid politics in the Migrant Fleet, no matter how hard you try. Everything is politics. Especially when you're the daughter of a senior member of the Admiralty Board.

Corazon is very much invested in politics, but she comes from the Fallout world, so it's...weird. She's become something of a major political player in the Mojave herself.

Seimei is not terribly interested in conventional politics. He can barely remember who his own prime minister is. Magical politics is a whole 'nother matter, though.

[student_of_impossibility]

Tavi is the future-ruler-of-an-empire who accidentally gets involved in espionage and foreign relations at fifteen and who consistently wins with brainage and diplomacy. ...Yeah.

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

Raph - Once upon a time Raph was invited to a war meeting at the pleasure of the King. It lasted until he started snoring. He doesn't have a lot of time or patience for politics or politicking. Though...he sure does find himself fighting in a lot of wars. Curious that.

Mike - Hates meetings and politics seems to involve a lot of meetings. They're so booooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

The Loompas - Are anarchists.

Ida - Will out live most administrations, so it really doesn't matter what you meat puppets do.

Aang - At the moment he's deathly afraid of all responsibility. Give him a hundred years or so though, and he'll learn first hand how important politics and diplomacy are.

[waco_jim]

Jim treats politics like a joke, just as he does most things. Thing is, in his world, he's not wrong. Just look at Governor Le Petomane.

McCabe has no interest in politics. Never had the brains for it. Besides, as far as he can see there isn't any real difference between one politician and another. They're all equally irrelevant to the daily goings-on in Presbyterian Church.

Borgel is simply a carefree tourist. What would he know from politics? Besides, he's been around a lot longer than you, sonny, and in his experience, things even out in the end.