Monday DE: Breaking Glass?

[splash_of_blue]

“There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty.

The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so! My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who's been pinching my beer?

And at the other end of the bar the world is full of the other type of person, who has a broken glass, or a glass that has been carelessly knocked over (usually by one of the people calling for a larger glass) or who had no glass at all, because he was at the back of the crowd and had failed to catch the barman's eye.”

- Terry Pratchett, a man who Knew What Was Going On.

So..... based on the options above (and any others that you can come up with), how full is your character's glass?

Comments

[from_the_outside]

Zinda, my eternal optimist, always views her glass as half-full. If it's empty, that just means it's time for a refill.

Sharon's glass has a tendency to get knocked out of her hand just as she's going for a sip. She sees it as half-full and is very protective of it.

Geralt doesn't even have a glass. If he did, and if there were something in it, it would probably be poisoned.

[thesecondjade]

Zenigata is a half full type of guy; sure everything can be worse, but half a glass of beer is better than no beer at all. (He's not half full; child support and divorce wrecked him a while, he can't advance because he has a do not promote order.) He does his best with what he's got.

Zuko is a: that glass is half filled, and I have to measure how much I pour out and how much I refill for the entire nation, because it's not really a glass, it's a pitcher.

Lan Zhan thinks the distinctions is irrational and illogical.

Vex is remarkably a glass half full kind of guy no matter how loudly he complains. Most things are pretty good and he's used to making the best of a bad situation. He could always be worse off, after all.

[canttrickmeanymore]

Peter: has a broken glass, probably cracked and leaking, but it's still half full

Harry: is scooping with his hands trying to break even while the boat keeps filling up faster than he can bail... aka: what glass?

[fairy_fixit]

Amascut is the type to grab her glass, empty it on the head of one of the loudmouths demanding more beer, and quip, "There's your beer you damned drunk." Because those people are always the source of the best barfights.

Fairy Fixit is asking the bartender if this is what she paid for. Which is weird; I would have expected something more nuetral from her. I guess technically it is, but she's telling me that it is beer; you don't mess with someone's beer.