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[webslings.livejournal.com]

I'm leaving home today. Most of my stuff is already at the apartment but, this is different. I'm not going to be coming back here very often. I want to say I'm worried about leaving my aunt here alone but, the truth is I think she'll handle it better than me. She's a pretty tough lady.

That just leaves me. I wonder if I can handle being everything that I need to be full time. [There's some silence before he sounds sheepish.]

Sorry that's kind of heavy and I don't even have a question for you guys. Uh.... let me think... oh. I think I got a good one.

What do you think makes a hero?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

A hero... It's a complicated term, isn't it? I have a bad history with it, but I'll try to answer succinctly.

A hero is someone who shoulders burdens upon himself for the sake of others. Who saves the people that he can see.

[webslings.livejournal.com]

That sounds about right to me. Can I ask about the history or is that pushing my luck?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who is dedicated to becoming a hero. He's too selfless... it made me worry over him.

I've met his future self. Pursuing that idea of saving everyone - that ruined him.

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[traptinacoffin.livejournal.com]

A truly selfless man.

That is to say, he doesn't exist.

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[webslings.livejournal.com]

Why do you say that? People can be selfless.

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[traptinacoffin.livejournal.com]

In all things, without fail?

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[savetheworld]

Dedication to doing what's right no matter what.

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[webslings.livejournal.com]

I like that.

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[savetheworld]

I think it might be a Superman quote.

[messiahed]

That's a strangely relevant question...


What are you talking about 'full time'?

[webslings.livejournal.com]

Oh you know being a student. It's going to be starting in a couple of months.

[messiahed]

Oh right. That college thing you people do.


What do you even learn at college anyway?

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[hasaqueasysoul.livejournal.com]

You can still visit though, right? [He knows all about the hardships of leaving home )8]

Um, right. A hero. What was that comic book quote? Heroes aren't born, they're made? It's not really what you have to work with, but what you do with it, I guess.

But sometimes even heroes have to do bad things. [Or so he keeps justifying to himself. He looks away before smiling sheepishly back up at Peter.] Sorry, I think I just added to the heaviness.

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[webslings.livejournal.com]

Yeah. She's not bolting the door behind me. It's just going to be official now. I was just visiting the place before.

Don't worry about the heaviness. No one else seems to mind it actually. [Issei's story worries him. :(]

But, I think you're right. Choices have a lot to do with it.

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[hasaqueasysoul.livejournal.com]

That's good. I can't really visit my mom after-- anyway, it's definitely a good thing.

Choices are...important. I know it sounds simple, but even really simple choices get more complicated when you make them. Something like that anyway.

And I think a lot of people like to talk about heavy things here. It's easier with strangers. That whole, online anonymity thing.

[thefairynator.livejournal.com]

A hero is someone who is selfless. Someone when faced with a huge problem does not crumple or run away. Someone who must make diffcult decisions on da spot.

[webslings.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. A few people have given that answer already.

[thefairynator.livejournal.com]

Oh... Let then I, Jorgen Von Strangle, toughest fairy in the universe, add one more thing! He also must be discipline!

Why do you ask dis?

[ttlynotcable.livejournal.com]

Lot of things, really. But I guess the big one is like the others mentioned - willing to do what you can to make things right.

[webslings.livejournal.com]

Is that what you do? Make things right?

[ttlynotcable.livejournal.com]

... try to. Sometimes it doesn't always work out, but... do the best you can with what you got, I guess.

[makewayforroze.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll be fine. Leaving home is hard for the first time but you can visit when you really need to.

A lot of things can make a hero. Anyone can be one, if they want. They don't have to save everyone, they can save just a single person and be that person's hero.

And then there are different ways to save someone. Instead of worrying about being one, if you try to do good, I think it will eventually come naturally.

[webslings.livejournal.com]

I'm not worrying about being one. I was just curious. Thanks for the encouragement. It's nice to have someone saying that.

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

They die before they have a chance to grow old.

[webslings.livejournal.com]

Oh. Um... that doesn't really answer my question but, okay.