DE:

[bjornwilde]

OK, I loved yesterday's DE and it sort of makes me want a circus/midway AU for Milliways.

Onto to today's topic, from shinyhappygoth, some heavy lifting today.

 

I've been reading Isaac Asimov's Black Widowers stories, so: How do you justify your existence?

 

Comments

[hecu_marine]

"Oh, that's easy. The good Lord put me in the world to kill shit so other folks don't die. I do that. And I am very fuckin' good at it."

[bjornwilde]

Jess: To destroy HYDRA and anyone else attempting stupid shit like what made me.

Andrea: To be the shield between magic and those who can't defend themselves. Kind of like Shephard up there.

Ethan: Not so sure he even thinks about it to be honest. Maybe to give and show kindness where ever he can.

Brimstone: Spoiler.

Hank and Lady Trent care less about justifying their existence and more about finding answers to their burning curiosity.

Quin: I am a tool of the Force and a father. What more reason do I need?

[lazy_but_loyal]

Pam exists because if she didn't, Eric would be lonely and emo. (Do not deny it, you big squishy viking.)

But seriously, she exists because she's a survivor. She wanted life, and she got it.

She also exists to be more fabulous than you, but that goes without saying.

[onceaviking]

This is very true.

Eric exists because he loves life. And that is why it pisses him off no end, when Pearse Harmann claims that he is dead. He is not.

He also exists to avenge the death of his family and to continue Godric's line.
And because Godric was alone.
And because Pam.
Just.

[a1enzo]

"If I didn't exist, at that age, at that time, Dot wouldn't have sent me out of the way when Daemon came, and no one would have been left to spread the cure and the whole Net would have been destroyed. So that's enough to justify my existence right there. I try to keep justifying it, though, by continuing to protect the Net and help people as much as I can."

[genarti]

Enjolras would have an answer, but he would also refuse to give it, because part of what the Amis' goals for social change are all about is no one having to justify their existence. You're born, you have fundamental human rights, end of sentence.

More later if work allows!

[acts_of_gord]

"Dr. Breen asked me something similar once."

(Gordon being Gordon, there are no further words forthcoming.)

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut: "I don't. I only exist as long as all you continue insisting that you have a reason to exist. You are sick in the head."

Fairy Fixit: "It's better than the alternative, I suppose. The transition to another state is quite difficult, so I have never tried, to be honest. I have no memories of being in another state. though I suppose it would be impossible to have them anyhow. ... It is a bit irresponsible of me to say that existence is better than non-existence, isn't it?" she answers, deep in thought.

"Wait! This is one of philosophical questions. I always take those questions too seriously." she continues. "You are asking if I have a purpose in life? If I achieved something grand? Yes? No? Well, not one grand thing. A lot of tiny somethings though. Perhaps someone later will take what I have done and make something grand of it. It might be something that might have been impossible if it weren't for what I've done, or maybe something I did made that grand thing easier to do. Or it could be the opposite. Grand things can be good or bad. Helping grand things happen is just as good as stopping other grand things, is it not? I am not the person right now who does grand things; I just help some things happen and halt other things. That may not be a purposeful enough life by your standards but I am not going to take credit for other people's work."

[dejah_thoris]

Dejah: "I discovered -- rather, confirmed the existence of -- the Ninth Ray, providing a clean and sustainable energy source that revolutionized our technology. I engineered and administer the subterranean pumps that bring fresh water to the surface of Barsoom, as well as the atmospheric generators. And I endeavor to teach the next generation of researchers and explorers who will bring my vision to its fruition. Someday, the Age of Oceans will return to Barsoom."

Earl: "I support and evangelize the myriad fine food trucks and roadside diners, back alley cafés and push carts, of the known and sometimes unknown world. Also, I suspect there's a tshirt factory in China that is grateful for my patronage."

Vlad: "I do not need to justify my existence. That I exist is justification enough."

Alex: "Funny you should ask..."

[electro_kinetic]

Noriko: To protect the (human) people that can't defend themselves against the (mutant) people like us who are more inclined to hurt them than we are. Even if they don't want us to.

[last_kallig]

"I don't know that I can justify my existence. The price for my survival has been...high. But if I can change things, make them better....maybe, maybe it will be worth it."


"It has to be. It just has to."

[luvs_yogurt]

To find out who burned me and return to my life's purpose - to be a spy.

(And to a lesser extent help people.)

[hey35andholding]

Clementine would say that was bourgeois bs and even trees deserve to live, man.

Juliet's is to be the best and nicest cop ever.

Dixie's is to entertain. Thoroughly.

Pinkie's is to make people happy.

Eponine's is to save Marius' life.