Go On Then...

[magicaddict]

(Incidentally, for those of you wondering where the hell I've been, I apologise - watcher_tirn has been somewhat LJtime-consuming. Normal service to be resumed soon).

...I'll start this time.

Tell me what your Waygate character thinks of Watcher, and he'll tell you what he thinks of them.

If you're very nice, it might be me telling you what he thinks of them instead.

Comments

Asharian's thoughts

[the-werefrog.livejournal.com]

He may be Human, but he knows the Forest, and the Ways of the land - and his Fury against the Ack competed with even our most ferocious Rangers. I regret not seeing more of him (though that was most likely delberate on his part) - given more time, I could perhaps have called him a friend.

Re: Asharian's thoughts

[watcher-tirn.livejournal.com]

The Henlade are always worthy of several notches more respect than most, and he's no different. Good with a bow, clever in the woods, and understands that you never really switch off...but absolutely no understanding of people.

Some of the elves realise they're not of the world and don't try to be, others realise it and set about gaining some experience. He's one of the ones who I don't think is even aware of how naive he is. One day, unless his elders take him in hand and get him some more life experience, that'll bite hime on the arse, and he probably won't surive.

And yes, that actually would be a shame.

[xanthipe]

Am still not knowink vot Henlade and Mercy are thinkink of. Still, is beink hard not to notice changes - gone from beink a straight-up nasty little homicidal maniac to havink flavour of bearink of Katrin. Even so, vould not be trustink him until beink enough Ack to be keepink him occupied again.

If is turnink out that change in bearink is beink because Katrin is makink another conqvest, may have to be bleachink own brain. Some thinks do not need to be beink considered.

[watcher-tirn.livejournal.com]

Dear oh dear, Mistress Weaver - what in the inferno were you doing out here with this lot of wasters? You don't strike me as the 'holding Waygate's end up' type, you didn't need to the money, so...what was it? Boredom? Intrigue?

Death wish?

From the way you went flying into fights with no more than a flowery hat and burlesque accoutrements, I'd hazard a guess at the latter...but then you always seemed so put out after you'd been brought back. I watched you outside the servants quarters, entirely alone when surrounded by so many - you didn't look as though you knew where to put yourself.

Perhaps not nihilism, then.

The likelihood is that you won't be seeing me again (something of a relief to you, I'm sure), so I probably won't get a chance to find out, but even if the chance presented itself, I'm not sure I'd want to. What you think, while interesting, isn't that important - you're Waygate born and bred, and so I want you to survive. Every single one that does, and shows the Kingdom that they don't get things entirely their own way, makes my life easier.

*Trademark grin* Your survival helps me. Maybe that's enough to turn you suicidal after all.

[ruthste.livejournal.com]

Quite remarkable how all the competent scouts were those not of the Kingdom of Exiles' Defenders. Although, with Watcher at least, given the torture incident and his attitude towards Katrin's command, I doubt he would have lasted long there, it would certainly have got him court martialled in short order back home.

Still, I was surprised to discover he was actually a local of the Waygate area - from his avoidance of the city and the patrol hall I had assumed he was a traveller like Crowfoot, another with the sense to stay out of the way of the complications the city nobles and the pantheon caused. And now, from the only conversation I had with him, I wonder how much of his apparent attitude was simply to provoke a reaction? Or perhaps he was just another who really didn't like Katrin...

[watcher-tirn.livejournal.com]

The question was asked how a woman could be compensating. I didn't say at the time, but it was perfectly obvious to me.

It wasn't your sword, though.

Not a single smile, fought in duels for no other reason than to try to impress, claimed a noble title as if that was all you needed to elevate yourself...desperate to please, desperate to be better than you were.

What happened to you that made you so entirely convinced of your own crass inadequacy?

You could fight well, you certainly weren't an idiot, I'm willing to guess that a lot of the time you weren't talking, you were thinking...you had a lot of the necessary elements already there and working well, so why then, whenever you had the opportunity to demonstrate otherwise, did you settle for merely compensating? Maybe your title will grant you what you need in order to have a modicum of self-confidence, but I doubt it, and even if it does, it shouldn't.

Stop trying to be what someone else thinks you should - it'll be a life-changing improvement.

[dantarian.livejournal.com]

Seems to be one of those people who has spent so long making sure he is good at what he does that he has forgotten how to be anything else. Think he could do with spending some time in a place where everything no is necessarily out to kill him, or him, it. No so sure he would know what to do with himself, though.

Still, am grateful he did not leave me as bait for the goblins

[watcher-tirn.livejournal.com]

You really need to learn to sleep lighter, friend. I'm not about to forget I saved your life, and I don't expect you to either. Also, seek help; you don't just go to sleep in prison and wake up outside - I don't care how deep you go.

Still, you were better than most, when you were awake.

I knew where to expect you, you worked out the cipher faster than I did, and you didn't either stand there and get butchered or run screaming at the first sign of danger. Thinking, pragmatic, interested. If you can fix your psychoses, you might stand a chance of surviving.