Remember Me.
((So a different approach to my blog post for the day, namely – if asked – what my girls would say if someone said “What do you want people to remember you for?” Their legacies would be utterly different, and I think it’s a great question to challenge yourself with.))
Yva: “That I learned to control power, that power did not control me. That I learned to function around magic, within its strange confines, and to use my gifts to make the lives of those I care about better. That my husband and . . . children? I suppose, perhaps, if I’m lucky – that my gifts contributed to forging a better world for them.”
Indarra: (Darnassian) “That I conquered the divide inside of me, that I overcame the shadows that held me, persevered, and truly became one of Elune’s light bearers. I wish to live in her image and to walk the path of the holy sisters before me.”
Rosilia: “Don’t remember me, I don’t care. It isn’t ABOUT doing something for everyone else to remember you by, is it? It’s about living now, pushing limits, taking care of folks. Lyr, yeah?
“You know? I hate questions like this. Think they’re stupid, Sweetheart. What the shit am I gonna care what anyone thinks of me when I’m too dead to hear it?
SKyborne: “That I killed lots – and lots – and lots – of mammoths. Betterer than everyone else.”
Seylon: “Eh, I ain’t even sure really. Guess it’s that I learned from screwin’ up with Sky an’ made Khal’s life somethin’ good. I wasn’t a good Ma, now I’m tryin’ to be. Ain’t easy, but I’m workin’ on it.” (a horrible feral grin) “Guess it’d prolly be nice to be remembered as a damn fine lay, too. I am ya know. Just ask me. I got details ’bout it.”
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((So what do you think your characters would say?))
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Tarq on 19 Oct 2009 at 10:28 am #
Jakob: “History’s a canny wench at the best of times, changeable and given to hard judgements; there’s days when I’d think it well just to not have curses levelled against my mouldering bones. But why settle for so little? My ancestors surely didn’t. The ancient Arathi had the right of it – ‘Cattle die, kinsmen die, you and I must die/But words of truth shall never perish, nor a noble name.’ So why /not/ immortality?”
Tarquin: “Only deid men ought care a shite oan thir reputation’s the sort has’na managed fir ta lay down an’ die. Thit’s no’ in the cards fir me. But, s’posin’ my weary shade’s ta ha’ stake in wha’ thim I left behind’s haverin’ oan about, then let thim say I took care ay m’ain an’ bent the knee ta neither crown nor church, or any ither tyrannical cunt. An’ if they could name a guid whiskey fir me, thit’d be barry too.”
Bricu on 19 Oct 2009 at 11:29 am #
“Fuckin’ morbid shite this. What do I want t’be remembered fer? I could be remembered as a drunk–that bastard died years past though. I’d prefer t’be remembered as a good husband an’ father, but there are millions o’honest folk who do that every day, an they ain’t remembered fer shite. So what I want t’be remembered fer is this: I took care o’me own, an’ gave the fuckin’ tossers who came at us what for. An’ if they aren’t afraid o’the name Bittertongue, I’ll haunt those fuckers in their dreams, at twilight an’ every moment they think they’re safe in their ivory towers…. Failin’ all that’, I’d like t’be remembered fer bein’ a damn fine cook.”
Teuthida on 19 Oct 2009 at 11:52 am #
Teuthida: (Draenei) “I am not so much planning on dying at any time soon, but I would like to be remembered as a protector, fighter, and friend. And — I would hope Dornaa and the other Shattrath orphans remember me, even if I cannot be remembered as a mother, too.”
Nancie: “Here lies Nancie Lighthammer, of Ironforge. Dwarf. Paladin. Loving wife o’ Geoffar and mum t’ Ovistine th’ Invincible. Kicked th’ livin’ shite out o’ th’ Scourge an’ th’ Horde ’til she had nothing left t’ fight with. Followed th’ Light with all ‘er heart, an’ learned frae ‘er mistakes as best she could.”
Agness: “I’d like to be remembered for not dying. I’m just going to keep working on that, if it’s all the same to everybody.”
Ovistine: “Hopefully, I’d be remembered for helping my friends, imbuing strong fighters with INVICIBILITY!, and making a name for myself in spite of having to live up to Mum’s. *sigh* I expect there’ll be stories about the braids, too.”
Shaelmon on 19 Oct 2009 at 1:45 pm #
Shael: “Kinnae ‘magine there’ll be a whole many as’ll remember me. Jus’ me fam’ly, so…’d like ta be remembered as a good father, I s’pose. Don’ think ‘ve done mich ta make a lastin’ ‘mpact on th’ world, but’ve kids as migh’. Wanna make ‘em inta folk as’ll stand up an’ do wha’s righ’, n’matter as’s up ‘gainst ‘em, e’en ‘f it means defyin’ their frien’s or mentors or th’ law. Or me. An’ I want ‘em ta remember ‘s me as taugh’ ‘em so.
Is ta say, I wanna be remembered fer makin’ me kids better’n I were.”
Era: “Remebawhat? Sweet thing, most folk don’t know I exist -now-. Chances of me bein’ remembered afterwise are nil to negative nil. ‘sides, ain’t like I’ll be gone-gone. I mean…I’ll probably just go back to what I was. I think.
…Funny. Just realized that…I might not even remember me. If I come back, y’know? I guess that’s what I want. I want to remember being me, when I’m something else again.”
Haemon: “I do not want to be remembered. Frankly, I am too young to be thinking about it, really. If I die soon, then rememberance will only involve pain. Pain in those I love. I would much sooner be forgotten than be the cause of that.
As for if I live to a ripe old age? I doubt I will have done anything all that worth remembering. I shall help others bear children, help a few raise them, and likely outlive a majority of them. Humans and all. I have been told by certain figures not to discount the possibility that I may have children of mine own, but…frankly, I am not sure I want to. I may well be happier raising new life in indirect ways, and then simply…vanishing. Painless.”
Corise on 19 Oct 2009 at 11:20 pm #
Corise: “I’m not plannin’ on goin’ out in a blaze o’ glory any time soon. If’n I had my druthers, I’d wanna be remembered for livin’ a good, long life, dyin’ rich and comfortable at the age o’ three hundred or so… but that don’t seem too likely in the grand scheme o’ things. One way or ‘nother, though… I s’pose I’d wanna be remembered as a survivor. Someone who fought when it was necessary and did what needed to be done to keep goin’. Someone who might’ve got beat down from time to time but always got back up.”
Jenive: “My ambition is to leave behind a legacy in the form of academic contributions to the study of magic, particularly in the fields of ley-line manipulation, cryomancy, and arcane engineering. However, in the event that this goal is unrealized at the time of my demise, I would wish to be remembered for my minor role in working towards achieving balance between the destabilizing forces on Azeroth.”
Lakena: “Let me be remembered as a devoted follower of Elune and a humble soldier in the battle against darkness. But most of all, let me be remembered not by the titles given to heroes, but by the many titles I have been given by those I have loved: Daughter, Sister, Friend, Wife… and perhaps, if I am fortunate, Mother.”
Yelgah: “Ach… I’m nae much fer this sort o’ question. If yeh really want an answer, though… remember me as one o’ many tae lay down her life in service tae th’ Light, ’cause chances are, I’m goin’ tae go out swingin’. Yeh kin be sure I’ll be protectin’ others frae th’ forces o’ evil, and yeh kin bet I’m goin’ tae take a few o’ ‘em with me when I go. Remember me like that, if yeh like — I’ve nae mind fer it, m’self. Th’ path o’ th’ Light is its own reward, in life an’ in death.”
Karreth: “Oh! I don’t ‘spect too many folks’re goin’ ta ‘member me when I’m gone, really. There’s lotsa people smarter, an’ stronger, an’… well, better’n me in pretty much every way I can ‘magine. I mean, I en’t, y’know… important or nuthin’. But… oh! I reckon mebbe my friends’ll ‘member me, a little bit, anyways… mebbe they’ll even tell stories ’bout me, like they do at the campfire an’ all! Yeah… tha’d be nice… I like stories, y’know.”
Fells on 01 Nov 2009 at 9:48 pm #
“R’membered? Nether onnat. I don’ plan on dyin’, so.”