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stormcrawler75 · 6 years ago

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Hey Storm! If it sparks inspiration, the prompt "I’m all for characters at their worst, but can we talk about Character A walking in on Character B wearing their sweater, eyes glassy and nose red." Just screams Analogical to me, idk about you. (Also how convenient that you reblogged a sickfic prompt list while I'm sick. 😂)

I hope you feel better, Athena!

Okay, fair warning. Patton is not shown in the best light here. After the last video, I just got some vibes from him that had me a little on edge and that is reflected here.

Logan rubbed his eyes tiredly as he walked to his room. It had been a really long day for him. The time he had put away passion project had been interrupted by Patton needing help in the Subconscious. It had been long and tedious work going through the Subconscious looking for problems that may affect Thomas in the future. That and being around Patton recently made Logan a little tense for reasons that he couldn’t pinpoint.

Logan shook his head and sighed. No time to think about that now. He had to get back into his work and try and work out a new version of the planner. Perhaps if he put a little more free time into it than it might work this time. He opened up the room and stopped in the doorway. “Virgil?”

Virgil was sitting in the middle of his bed with Logan’s larger NASA sweater on. His eyes were a little glassy, though that may have been because of the tears burning in them, and his nose was bright red. “Hey,” he mumbled, hugging himself. He ducked his head and pulled on his sweater. “I wanted to talk to you.”

Logan cocked his head and closed the door behind him. “You’re sick,” he observed. “You usually go to Patton for when you’re sick.”

Virgil’s eyes flicked to the door and he tensed a little at Patton’s name, something that Logan took immediate notice of. So, he wasn’t the only one feeling off about Patton lately. Interesting. “You’ve noticed it too,” he said softly. Virgil’s shoulders tensed even more and Logan was quick to reassure him, “Patton cannot hear us in here. This is my room, I make the rules.”

“Good,” Virgil muttered. “I, I have something to tell you. Something I’ve been hiding.”

“First thing’s first,” Logan said, deciding to focus on Virgil’s health first and whatever the Anxious Side was hiding second. He summoned a glass of orange juice and a box of tissues. He sat across from Virgil on the bed and set the box of tissues between them, passing Virgil the juice. “Drink this and then we can talk.”

Virgil gulped down the orange juice, gripping the glass tightly. He finished it quickly and traced the rim of the glass. “You asked why I didn’t go to Patton,” he said. “Because I knew that if I went to Patton about me being sick, I might say something about what I’ve been hiding. You know how I can get when I’m like this.”

Logan nodded solemnly. Virgil tended to overshare when he was sick. “If you’d like, we can continue this discussion when you’re better. So discussion this is fully consensual on both sides.”

But Virgil shook his head. “I’ve been sick since the video,” he muttered. “It was a lot worse. S’why I stayed in my room for so long. But, I’m feeling better now. I’ve been thinking about this and I’m tired of hiding it. I’m,” he rubbed at his eyes. “I’m scared,” he confessed. “I’m so scared. Deceit knows what I’m hiding at he’s trying to get me to admit it but if Patton finds out then,” he shook his head. “I don’t know. I just know that everything’s black and white now and lying is wrong.”

Logan set a hand on Virgil’s knee. “I always felt that that was an oversimplification,” he said carefully. “Lying can certainly be wrong in certain situations. But, there are some times when I believe that lying is understandable. Something that I understand,“ he glanced back to the door anxiously, “that is not the best opinion to have right now, especially with Deceit popping up more often.” He squeezed Virgil’s knee. “Tell me what you’re hiding, Virgil. I won’t tell anyone.”

“You will,” Virgil mumbled and then sneezed. Logan silently passed him a tissue and waited patiently for Virgil to blow his nose. “It’s big,” Virgil admitted. “What I’m hiding, I should have told you but I was so scared.” He paused, swallowed, and then blurted out, “I’m a Dark Side.”

Logan blinked and let the information sink in. Hmm, well, that certainly was a surprise. Though, perhaps not. Virgil kept information about himself close to his chest and him being a Dark Side would certainly be included in that category.

Virgil continued, hands shaking from where they were wrapped around the now empty glass, “And that’s what Deceit’s trying to get me to come clean about. He’s, he’s an ass but he doesn’t like it when people try and lie to themselves. Which is what I’m doing. I was trying to pretend that I’m a Light Side when I’m not” He took a deep and shaky breath. “I was lying to the rest of you too. I’m sorry.”

There was a pause that Logan took to organize his thoughts before he said, “It makes sense that you’re a Dark Side.”

Virgil glanced up at him through his bangs. “Yeah?” He sounded like a scared child caught in a lie.

“Yes,” Logan said matter of factly. “The jobs of all Dark Sides are rooted in self-preservation. Anxiety is also rooted in self-preservation. It just makes sense.” He gently takes the glass from Virgil’s hands, sets it on the ground, and then takes both of Virgil’s hands. “Thank you for telling me this, Virgil. And, my promise stays the same. I will not say a word of this to anyone before you are ready for the others to know.”

Virgil’s eyes were wide with awe and nervousness. “But then we’d both be lying. Right? Lie of omission?”

“Like I said,” Logan said with a soft smile, “there are times where lying is understandable. And, with the tension that is currently in the Mindscape and Patton being very,” he let loose a breath, “adamant about what is right and what is wrong, I believe that this is one of those times.”

The two of them shared a quiet moment of silence where they just smiled at each other. And then the moment was broken by Virgil doubled over in a coughing fit. Logan slipped out of the bed and grabbed a blanket from his closet and spread it over Virgil’s shoulders, pushing him down on the bed.

“Now,” Logan said firmly, “you are going to rest. You’re still sick and denying that will do nothing in the long run. Stay here, I’m going to go and grab a bowl of soup for you and some more orange juice. Sleep, if you can.”

Virgil nodded and curled in on himself. “Okay,” he whispered. He sounded a lot lighter than he had at the beginning of the conversation and Logan wondered just how heavy that hidden information had felt to the Anxious Side. “Thank you.”

They both knew that Virgil was thanking Logan for much more than the soup.

Logan gave Virgil a smile and ran his fingers through Virgil’s bangs. “Anytime.”

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mrclaudeknowsbest · 7 years ago

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The Kids are Our Future

The Children are Our Future... so what does “The Baarn ... a ...Baby” issue say to them

Roll out the song cue…"The kids are our future, teach them well, and show them the way. Conflate with “Baby, baby it's a wild world, it's hard to get by without a smile”.

In my humble opinion (”IMHO”) the overall direction of society has followed a consistent historical trajectory of self-interest and hypocrisy. Improvement may not be demonstrable while recognizing improvements in intellect, knowledge base, or technology. Different folk will cherry-pick whatever period of mankind resonates with them, and their particular narrative. That can change easily to whatever is expedient at any time, situation, or audience.

So, what are the most important issues IMHO that today’s adults are leaving our next generations:

1. Climate Change, and its impact on economies, prosperity, population movements and unequal impacts on countries or continents.

2. Inequality in Society and growing disparities are certain to challenge the Western Democratic Model. The constant challenges from alternatives cannot be naively discounted, as appears the norm.

3. Expanding Debt, both public and private, and all its trailing issues. Yes, too many to detail at the moment (”ATM”).

4. Intangible expenses, such as pollution, climate change, and all changes in technology, social cohesion or perceptions of a good life. How they are measured, and how they are communicated to an economically unsophisticated populace. The merits of GNI over GDP is a meaningful starting point.

5. Whatever issues an observant dog, of sufficient mental bandwidth, can sniff out?

Now to “The Baarn…a…Baby issue” (”BaB”) as an aphorism, metaphor and parable (”AMP”) to today’s media beat up as a distraction, and competitor for limited public attention spans, when compared to my list of critical issues.

For future reference, any AMP requires the background lyrics, soundtrack and visuals by AC/DC to their song ‘TNT’).

IMHO ABC program “Insiders” is the best current affairs offering ATM. The 18/02/18 episode devoted much time to BaB, so why?

Gerard H said words to the effect of - a furious statement by the PM initiated an equally emotional response by Barnaby Joyce (”B”). To the less involved, other side of the brain, thinkers such as GH “fury is best handled privately”. Wow, what does that mean to a dog? My perception is whatever you want it to mean. Any wide statement can be interpreted by anyone for whatever narrative they seek to perpetuate. So, surprise, politicians and media commentators from the left and right start bickering. Any subset of otherwise “emotionally intelligent” folk share many values of narcissism, cognitive dissonance, willful blindness, hypocrisy, hubris, self-interest for the greater good of the tribe ("my filters"). IMHO, Pollies are just pecking at the seeds as a usual course of conduct. I suggest a good lick to discern the pheromones and relevant neurotransmitters being released.

The PM has a strong view on marriage. That may be limited due to his success at meeting his true soul mate. I often see Lucy and Malcolm walking, hand in hand, completely at ease with each other's company and on display for all to see. Half or more of the population should be in envy. The media have many examples of opposing examples such as Donald Trump and other partners. I refer to this President as Agent Orange (”AO”). Has he followed precedent and introduced some dog sense of values into The White House?

I submit that the PM has limited experience of family breakdown, or Family Court of Australia ("FCA") matters. I describe this mental vacuum as no personal skin in the game. Accordingly, the PM should stay out of issues, such as BaB, that he is largely ignorant of. An empathetic dog can construe B’s statement and use of the emotive word “inept” in that context. Maybe it is partially true in the entire context of FCA issues that B is currently submerged by. This is not suitable material for political glibness, and I repeat a matter that the PM has no skin in the game. Strangely I have heaps of it. When the subject of divorce is raised in discussion with acquaintances, and lesser relationships, I mention my master's circumstances in this quagmire having a wife who is a more competent lawyer than him. It is unsurprising that the conversation mostly stopped, until a circuit breaker was introduced. That is an example of excessive skin in the game. Perhaps better and further particulars may be relevant in another blog.

The AMP of “oil and water” was raised to elucidate the entire context of many contradictions encompassing personal matters, or family issues, and politics. Agreement with the outstanding broad-brush AMP, yet where is the public interest test for any Government ("G") funded person or position? The timing of the introduction of “The New Code” comes into question and may be the Emperor’s New Clothes. It cannot apply to B, either retrospectively or due to the fact that the PM has limited ability to direct leadership decisions for its Nationals coalition partner. However, the timing was a barb that B, as a compromised individual experiencing family trauma, could not ignore. The lack of foresee-ability shown by the PM to this certainty is breathtaking and disappointing to my master. Furthermore, this distraction from real policy making for the public good was fodder for an opposition attempting to gain traction amid good economic and employment news.

I submit that the decision for B to take a week off to consider his options was appropriate and necessary in the entire political and FCA context. His priority ATM should be to manage as best as possible the vexed issue of his children’s welfare and the future of his new union, including a yet to be born baby. FCA papers, and counselors, discuss the theory that divorce proceeding initiate various lengths of temporary psychoses in about 80% of applicants. Therefore, I submit that B has a good chance of being affected, especially when conflated with the extreme pressures of politics.

The optics of whether B should have accepted free rent from a mate is more political chaff. Need and greed, overlaid by timing and other distractions, are relevant issues for subjective navel gazing. The journalists with their usual premised questioning techniques have managed to obtain a narrative of different ‘facts’ from B and the friendly landlord. Wow, what a revelation? Seek, often and repeatedly enough, and you will find ‘gold’. Any dog knows that you have to sniff out the entire turf, just to cover the field of possibilities.

That luminary social commentator, Karl Stephanovic ("Karl"), raised doubts about the PM’s possible different treatment of B compared to previous Ministers. I suspect he may be a cat lover. Karl alleged that the PM knew of all manner of mischief, while taking advantage of all the investigative instruments of State. This was likely to have been, months before us mere mortals were informed by the ever-vigilant media. The argument raised by one hypocritical politician, or media commentator, against other equally morally compromised members is that you must be consistent. I submit that Karl has recently been in a similar situation to B, and therefore in my doggy notion of fairness has standing to comment. The issue is likely to have tickled his nerve on the hypocrisy exhibited by the PM and many other journalists and Pollies.

In summary, I suggest that asking a Pollie to be consistent is akin to asking a flossy such as Kim K to justify engaging in a sexual act on social media for added exposure. OK, perhaps a mental stretch, yet still an intellectual departure for a nuanced PM. Are the Nationals actually unable to remove a leader to the standards expected of effective politicians? The optics of going into a by-election in a Conservative jurisdiction with a leader who has left his family and is now living rent free with his pregnant former staffer requires some review by the local voters. It is not a loyalty to the National Party issue, or the hidden elephant of the G’s tenuously hold on power, yet a question of political judgement. These may be watershed moments when a 24/7 social media enabled electorate require greater transparency from the PM for appropriate information to determine his ability to perform the job.

Legislating personal liaisons of any nature between consenting adults, including the specter of a moral police on a Monotheist Iranian or Saudi model, should appropriately raise the hackles of most Western Libertarians. The opportunities for abuse, conflicts of interest, and by whom are too obvious to require review. However, the matter of moving a well-paid position that already existed in the Nations party office to that of senior ministers is well within the public interest test. Note, not a created position as touted by unsympathetic media outlets, yet the variation to salaries is also relevant. Exposing hypocrisy may be embarrassing to both the accuser and accused. The legal analogy in Equity is that if you seek relief, then you must approach with clean hands.

Subjective review, and Key Performance Indicators (”KPI”), for which job are merely far too salacious matters for a dog. Geoff asked me if a previous standard existed regarding the issue of moving jobs to shield B or others from political harm? My assessment was a conceded pass to a vague and subjective concept, requiring a tasty bone to mull over the marrow. The issue of a possible breach of existing Ministerial Conduct wrt informing the PM or others is worthy of greater scrutiny. The fact that B was not an active Minister at the time of job movements, moving into free accommodation or when relevant persons should be fully informed has some traction. No journalist to my knowledge has raised the issue of relevant timing. Requirements for a possible breach of conduct by B resurfaced immediately after a position of trust was engaged, and more so, if re-engaged. The reasonable person test kicks in, with a greater expectation due to the previous experience. It is easier to sniff a butt when the tail is raised.

The new lady journalist to the Insiders panel, Annika S raised further hypocrisy when cherry-picking B’s words on the campaign trails. Specifically, B advising folk to move to the country to obtain cheaper rent was a zinger of Bill Short- of- Integrity optics. Perhaps a well-paid Government Minister could afford to pay a friend a sensible rent, even if he offers otherwise. Conflicting recollections of negotiations, invitations to treat, leading to oral contractual relations and past conversations are emerging. I confess to being a cynical person in relation to the conduct of all business-folk, especially regarding tax minimization. Therefore, should some cunning person or the ATO sniff out if the ‘landlord’ providing free rent to B was negatively gearing this particular complex, or his wider property portfolio, within his tax affairs?

The observation recalling the 2016 election tussle with Tony Windsor was a true political gem or nauseating to a right-minded person or their dog. The “running off with Julia barb” was regurgitated. The salacious suggestion that Tony was engaging in an illicit extra marital affair with a former PM was outside The Pale. Yes, it offended most of my value set and alerted all my sensory filters. Maybe, B's canine pals can provide some relevant insights?

The vexed issue of the scarce resource of water and conflating such with the performance of the (Federal) Murray Darling Water Authority and other State entities was salient and relevant political inquiry. IMHO, this is the really meaty issue that B should be answering in regard to a waste of taxpayers' funds. Geoff assures me that the quantum of money and political machinations far exceed the tantalizing and salacious content of BaB. When he asked me if we could chase this simmering saga into another blog, I merely opened my mouth, stuck out my tongue to taste the air, and wagged my tail in approval.

Mike Bower’s photo zooming in on B, with other Pollies out of focus was potentiated by a musical option. The cartoon of pigs covered in crap was identified by Mark Knight as worthy - of a culinary award IMHO.

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