A Question

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Ah, it has been some time since I last posted to the community. However, I would like to pose a question to all of you, simply out of curiosity then anything else.

What do you consider most important, if you had to choose between family (or friends) and duty?

If further clarification is needed, please ask.

Comments

[sunao-punch.livejournal.com]

... Duty.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Do you mind if I ask why you feel this way?

[sunao-punch.livejournal.com]

Feelings for others shouldn't matter if you have something important you must do.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

I would agree with that.

[sunao-punch.livejournal.com]

I'm glad. Most of the people around me would have said family is the most important.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

It is not always as I would want it to be, but I will choose duty over family if I must. It is my karma.

[sunao-punch.livejournal.com]

What do you mean by that?

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Duty sometimes calls me to lead or send my family, my clan, to certain death, even though they are what I treasure most in this world.

[sunao-punch.livejournal.com]

Ah. I can see how that must be hard for you to decide between.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[sonofwillow.livejournal.com]

Family, maybe duty when I am older.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see, young Jotaro. But why would your choice change when you got older?

[sonofwillow.livejournal.com]

Because by then I will have a Master, as a Samurai, and my duty will be to him.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Don't you have a sensei right now?

[sonofwillow.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Correct me if I am wrong, but do you not owe him duty?

[sonofwillow.livejournal.com]

But he is my Sensei- it is closer to family then duty

[darkmirror-vr2.livejournal.com]

My commitment to my duty will always come first.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

As will mine. thank you for indulging me.

Would you mind telling me why?

[darkmirror-vr2.livejournal.com]

I owe it to my lord to do whatever he asks of me. Thankfully, my friends seem to understand that.

[yellowbeebot.livejournal.com]

Duty. There is one person I admire aand respect beyond all others. I owe him my life many times over. I will always be ready to do whatever he asks.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see.

[hotheadedrebel.livejournal.com]

Depends on the situation

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

How so?

[emos-with-honor.livejournal.com]

Duty, definately. Only way we're going to win this war and destroy the Autobots is to follow the commands of our leader.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

How do you then define duty? Do you cease to follow after the war is won?

[emos-with-honor.livejournal.com]

I took an oath that means I have a duty to bring order to an universe plagued by disorder and weaker alien races and to protect our homeworld of Cybertron by aggressive expansion.

And I suppose I will help preserve law and order on Cybertron when the war is over.

[is-primes-pants.livejournal.com]

Do I have to choose? Both are important to me.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

I believe that ultimately there will always be a choice between the two.

[is-primes-pants.livejournal.com]

Well, excuse me miss, didn't realise my opinion would offend you like that.

[missdoitherself.livejournal.com]

Friends and family. Duty is important, but it's more important to do the right thing by the people you care about.

Why do you ask?

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

I am curious to see what others think.

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

Duty. But I have never been much attached to friends or family.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Ah. You are slightly different from myself, then.

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

You are lucky, then.

[death-chopper.livejournal.com]

Duty.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Admirable.

[death-chopper.livejournal.com]

Inevitable.

[souris-keteer.livejournal.com]

...Wow,that'd be really hard to tell...I hope I don't ever have to choose for real!

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

I hope you do not either. However, I fear that you may have to, one day.

[doomedyouth00.livejournal.com]

Duty.

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Ah, good.

[doomedyouth00.livejournal.com]

Good?

[nukenin-kat.livejournal.com]

Well, in my own opinion, duty comes before all else.

[doomedyouth00.livejournal.com]

I see.

[carloilsoldato.livejournal.com]

I would say my friends and loved ones come before duty...but the man I owe my duty to is also one of my dearest friends.

[jagan-glare.livejournal.com]

Depends.

[visestvita.livejournal.com]

Do you seek reassurance on the matter?