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Aug. 31st, 2010 06:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dandelionking[Filter: Private]
I didn't really learn anything.
Well, that's not true.
I didn't get the right answer just handed to me. I heard a lot of interesting different perspectives and arguments. And I sort of just want to listen to all of them. I wish one were way more convincing than another, but comparing what King Reuben said, what Prince Reeve said, what Prince Julian said ...
I know what sort of King I'd like to be. I want people to respect me as a person more than I want them to be so impressed with me they want to do what I say. That's just what I'm like. That's probably why I'm having such a hard time just clamming up like I have been. But ... I don't know what sort of a King Hanalan wants me to be. Normally, I'd say it is someone they can relate to. Maybe not the courtiers, or the rich, but the country folk ... people like ... like Harold and Gherta and Haylie ... normally, that would be what they wanted. I think so, at least.
But after the Honeysuckle Treason -- who can even say, anymore? Isn't a King you respect more likely to make you feel safe after something like that? And that has to be what people want more than anything else, right now, just feeling safe. But I don't know. I really don't. Maybe having someone who stays separate from them will just make them worry that something is wrong. Maybe a King who tells them about his shoes would make them feel more safe ...
...
[Filter: Leigh]
Hey, I've got a question.
I didn't really learn anything.
Well, that's not true.
I didn't get the right answer just handed to me. I heard a lot of interesting different perspectives and arguments. And I sort of just want to listen to all of them. I wish one were way more convincing than another, but comparing what King Reuben said, what Prince Reeve said, what Prince Julian said ...
I know what sort of King I'd like to be. I want people to respect me as a person more than I want them to be so impressed with me they want to do what I say. That's just what I'm like. That's probably why I'm having such a hard time just clamming up like I have been. But ... I don't know what sort of a King Hanalan wants me to be. Normally, I'd say it is someone they can relate to. Maybe not the courtiers, or the rich, but the country folk ... people like ... like Harold and Gherta and Haylie ... normally, that would be what they wanted. I think so, at least.
But after the Honeysuckle Treason -- who can even say, anymore? Isn't a King you respect more likely to make you feel safe after something like that? And that has to be what people want more than anything else, right now, just feeling safe. But I don't know. I really don't. Maybe having someone who stays separate from them will just make them worry that something is wrong. Maybe a King who tells them about his shoes would make them feel more safe ...
...
[Filter: Leigh]
Hey, I've got a question.
