DE: What is best in life?

[bjornwilde]

Pulling from the 100 Most Important Things To Know About Your Character today:

What do you believe makes a successful life?

Comments

[protect_and_survey]

Jemma: Being a brilliant scientist-spy that'd put Bond to shame shut up Being known for being truthful and downright brilliant in scientific research.

Oswin: ... she's still working that one out.

Glorfindel: Not dying in the service of one's liege lord is a start. Staying loyal to one's oaths doesn't hurt either.

Katya: Keeping the Treaty. Even now that there's no treaty binding her.

Sam: Right now? Surviving the war without becoming like the people they're fighting.

Bones: Living a purposeful life, with good friends, hopefully family, and keeping the damnfool crew of the Enterprise in one piece as best as possible.

Blakeney: Making Captain, at least, and bringing home prizes. >.> He's like, thirteen. Give him a break.

Ace: Staying true to your morals. Or at least learning some decent ones. Oh, and blowing up lots of stuff. Simply loads.

[harryhotspur]

HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR

and glory

and honor also

[tu_vas_triompher]

It's not like it's hard to find honor, come on. The world is full of people who need to be stabbed with swords!

[harryhotspur]

RIGHT like just put in some effort and you'll almost definitely manage it

[mjolnir_retriever]

YEAH MAN

[harryhotspur]

..........have thor and hotspur actually not met yet

[genarti]

...I think they haven't.

I think we are HORRIBLY REMISS because they haven't, in fact.

[harryhotspur]

WE REALLY REALLY ARE

i think i'm going to do a post-AU week EP for him soooo

[genarti]

:D :D :D :D

Well then! I think he will get to have a friendly towering Asgardian prince to make dumb life choices with soon.

[tu_vas_triompher]

i think you mean great life choices

[harryhotspur]

yesssssssss

[tu_vas_triompher]

Bossuet: He'd like a representative government with liberty and equality, but on a personal level he'd call anyone successful who gets fraternity down solid.

Feuilly: Getting through life while maintaining as much personal integrity as possible, using the opportunities you get to improve yourself and to improve the condition of everyone that you can.

Djehuty: Maintaining an orderly and happy cosmos. Or, I mean, for humans, hey, if you can face the judgment of Ma'at without fear...and without relying too heavily on heart-scarabs and spells...you've done just great.

Gredya: Survival is an important start. Seeing your children grow up. Seeing your pack healthy and secure. Respect as a hunter and fighter.

[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka: At this point, she's not sure. It used to be protect the Republic and become a Jedi Master, but then things happened.

Asajj: Similarly, things have changed for Asajj. Once she would have said destroying the Rebuplic and the Jedi Order, now, she's not so sure. If forced, she might say earn lots of credits.

Quinlan: Protect his family, raise his children to be happy and competent, and maybe help the galaxy out of the darkness that is the Empire.

Luidaeg: Steer the local nobility to not be so fucked up. Try and keep her siblings out of the lives of their offspring.

Hank: Save the world from Shaw's machinations. He's a little focused right now. For the future, ensure mutants are seen as people worthy of the same basic rights as normal humans.

Izana: Becoming a pilot and protecting Sidonia.

Rollo: Having sagas sung about you or at the least, having your name known outside your clan.

Sam Wilson: Making the world a little less cruel.

[genarti]

Thor: Living valiantly and honorably! Fighting bravely when called upon to do so, being a good and steadfast friend and family member, holding authority responsibly over any jurisdiction in which you do so.

...Uh and not doing anything too monumentally stupid that affects other people negatively. Right. That.

(But if you gotta do something monumentally stupid at least be really valiant about it okay)

Enjolras: Living a principled life, and doing what you can to make the world a better place than it was.

Cosette: Loving, and being loved, and being as kind as you can.

Kazul: Not getting yourself killed stupidly. Not annoying everyone around you (unless they really deserve it). Being a decent person.

River: Squish together Enjolras and Cosette's answers and you've got River's, really.

Trowa: Doing good where you can. Using your skills and resources on behalf of people who don't have them. Being a person who can look back at everything you've done with more satisfaction than regrets.

[have_no_mercy]

Tess just wants to be productive and to make a difference in the world for the better. And you can keep the fame and glory - she wants none of that.

[varadia]

X: Protecting people. And knowing when to stop.

Raven: Teaching.

Ysalwen Surana: Being free. Helping others to be free. Doing your best to make people's lives better, especially the hardest-hit.

Wonder Woman: Living every day to the fullest, loving with everything you have, and knowing when it's time to let people face consequences without any mitigating factors.

Nynaeve al'Meara: Heal everyone you can and take no shit from anyone.

Michael the Archangel: Fulfill thy duties. Make sure you have input into that definition.

Dean Winchester: Saving people, hunting things. Being with your family 24/7.

Galadan: Always being in control. Always being at least three steps ahead of the game. Always being at the center of the web. And when all else fails and turns rotten, vengeance.

[dejah_thoris]

Dejah: Making people's lives better. Knowing you did everything you could to accomplish that goal.

Tars: Standing in the center of the plaza, yelling, "Who will pledge their medal to mine?!" and hearing your entire clan roar their support.

[gods_that_haunt_me]

Crush your enemies! See them driven before you! Hear the lamentations of their women!

Oh, wait, no...

Floki: knowing that you have pleased the gods well and that they have blessed your life with such successes.

Emcee: making other people happy.

Pam: having a hot sugar daddy for a Maker, living for an eternity, and looking fucking fabulous forever.

[isawit]

20 points to you for recognizing the title quote!

[cassiefuckingcage]

Cassie: Be as awesome as me. Be confident and love who you are. Never give up or stop believing in yourself. Recognize that life goes on, even after your worst day.

Garyn: At the point in canon I have him at, Garyn would shrug, stare at his feet, and mutter something like "Whatever I'm not doing."

Raiden: Duty, gravity, and piety. Recognize your obligations to others, hold fast to them, and take them seriously. Respect the Elder Gods.

Sheogorath: Cheese and cabbage!

[rudderless]

Juliet: Happiness and honesty

Clementine: A never-ending flow of good times; someone to share them with

Dixie: Success, staying true to herself.

Eponine: happiness

Pinkie Pie: being able to make others happy