>>…asking for help and getting it…<< Or, when you need help, and son’t know it’s available, and someone manages to offer or provide it anyway. (In a way that is actually helpful nd respectful, not helpy.)
>>…observation changing experiments…<< Anthropology and psychology and any sort of relationship, where your presence influences the outcome because people are really social.
>>…improvising…<< What happens when one is so used to improvising that they just dive in and start making / fixing stuff right of the bat while everyone else is waiting around for the official channels and resources to work.
>>…upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible…<< “Sorry for the inconvenience, we are trying to change the world.”
>>>>…radical activism, radical trust…<< How about radical activism by way of radical trust. As in, whatever wild and crazy and seemingly impossible trick you are trying to pull, it will only work if you can get this total stranger to stop panicking, or this group of total strangers to stop what they are doing and follow you based on trust and social skills.
>>…the buck stops here…<< Good leadership, including responsibility towards dealing with promlems, and underlings troublemaking.
>>…intercultural entanglements…<< From a tag on AO3, Cultural Differences Handled Respectfully.
Specifically from Peculiar Obligations…
>>…wild young things…<<<
I wonder what Hector is getting up to… probably a bunch of cultural misunderstandings.
Also, what about the backstory for Spartacus and Allathyah… I remember at least one of the possibilities involved him being unable to be a tiny agent of chaos for awhile, and if they spent a lot of time together a that point, his adventurousness may have influenced her to be a bit more of an explorer as well. (I can PM with more details if that would be helpful. Being deliberately vague rn because potential spoilers.)
>>…damsels/gentlemen in distress…<< Hostage situations and kidnappings are probably not uncommon, but for bonded symbiotes it is probably frequently resolved with ΅I knew you would find me.΅
>>…teachers, leaders, teammates, ethicists, psychologists, folklorists, activists, queerfolk, other responsible rebels,…<< The challenges of teaching kids right from wrong when your society requires folkd to break the law and irritate powerful people.
>>…liminal zones…<< If liminal beings count, what¨s up with Belisarius del Sol? I¨m pretty sure he is fluently bicultural in both hawk and dove skills and he has an interesting personality on top of that. So… backstory, current adventures, whatever.
These two fit the setting quite well…
1) >>…troubleshooting, cleaning up messes, cooperating, taking over in an emergency, saving the day…<<
2) >>…teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth…<<
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Date: 2025-05-07 05:53 am (UTC)Or, when you need help, and son’t know it’s available, and someone manages to offer or provide it anyway. (In a way that is actually helpful nd respectful, not helpy.)
>>…observation changing experiments…<<
Anthropology and psychology and any sort of relationship, where your presence influences the outcome because people are really social.
>>…improvising…<<
What happens when one is so used to improvising that they just dive in and start making / fixing stuff right of the bat while everyone else is waiting around for the official channels and resources to work.
>>…upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible…<<
“Sorry for the inconvenience, we are trying to change the world.”
>>>>…radical activism, radical trust…<<
How about radical activism by way of radical trust. As in, whatever wild and crazy and seemingly impossible trick you are trying to pull, it will only work if you can get this total stranger to stop panicking, or this group of total strangers to stop what they are doing and follow you based on trust and social skills.
>>…schools, kitchens, campfires, libraries, laboratories, apothecary shops, makerspaces, farmer's markets, foreign dimensions, other phantasmagoric settings…<<
Campfires as an improvised laboratory.
Some of these places in Quixiotic Ideas would be pretty cool to explore.
>>…magical artifacts, quests, enchantments, potions…<<
This. Also, put down drinks before reading.
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>>…the buck stops here…<<
Good leadership, including responsibility towards dealing with promlems, and underlings troublemaking.
>>…intercultural entanglements…<<
From a tag on AO3, Cultural Differences Handled Respectfully.
Specifically from Peculiar Obligations…
>>…wild young things…<<<
I wonder what Hector is getting up to… probably a bunch of cultural misunderstandings.
Also, what about the backstory for Spartacus and Allathyah… I remember at least one of the possibilities involved him being unable to be a tiny agent of chaos for awhile, and if they spent a lot of time together a that point, his adventurousness may have influenced her to be a bit more of an explorer as well. (I can PM with more details if that would be helpful. Being deliberately vague rn because potential spoilers.)
>>…damsels/gentlemen in distress…<<
Hostage situations and kidnappings are probably not uncommon, but for bonded symbiotes it is probably frequently resolved with ΅I knew you would find me.΅
>>…teachers, leaders, teammates, ethicists, psychologists, folklorists, activists, queerfolk, other responsible rebels,…<<
The challenges of teaching kids right from wrong when your society requires folkd to break the law and irritate powerful people.
>>…liminal zones…<<
If liminal beings count, what¨s up with Belisarius del Sol? I¨m pretty sure he is fluently bicultural in both hawk and dove skills and he has an interesting personality on top of that. So… backstory, current adventures, whatever.
These two fit the setting quite well…
1) >>…troubleshooting, cleaning up messes, cooperating, taking over in an emergency, saving the day…<<
2) >>…teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth…<<