What would you do?

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"The call to adventure," so dubbed by Joseph campbell, is an ancient universal theme dating back to the very beginnings of human storytelling. Characters from the Frog Prince to Merlin, to Allanon, to Roland of Gilead, have enacted this call to spiritual change.
But let's forget all that for now and think about this literally.
What would you do if, for example, a strangely dressed man popped out of your mirror one night in the middle of Buffy, and asked you to come with him and help him save his world?



Once upon a time, my own answer would heve been a resounding and unequivocal "How do we get there?" But alas, now it would have to be closer to "How long will we be gone?" and "Can you wait while I find a babysitter?"

*sigh* :( :x :wink: :D
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I would go.
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Actually, if I was sitting down one evening, minding my own business, and someone popped out my mirror, I'd be tempted to run, grab a weapon of some sort, or question my sanity :)
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it would be excellent!!

... mmm.... but he'd have to wait till Buffy finished before I could go :wink: :wink: :mrgreen:
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If they wanted me they'd have to take my kids, too. Period. No discussion.
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It would be interesting, certainly, but I do not know if I would go anyway. Depends on my mood I think.
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I'd go, but I'd have to take my cat Socks. She talks to me. A lot. :screwy:
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Vain said:
Actually, if I was sitting down one evening, minding my own business, and someone popped out my mirror, I'd be tempted to run, grab a weapon of some sort, or question my sanity
HA HA HA! :lol:

Actually, you'd think that would be any normal persons initial reaction. It always struck me as kind of odd that Terisa never evinced any of these reactions. Oh, she had a halfhearted thought or two about calling security -and she was certainly surprised - but she never once questioned the reality of the situation, or even felt any fear. That's just odd. Especially in comparison with the Unbeliever.
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Yep, I'd be making an appointment with a shrink and gettin' some of the good stuff.

I also couldn't just take off into some magical land of danger and excitement and leave my wife and kid behind.
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Actually, you'd think that would be any normal persons initial reaction. It always struck me as kind of odd that Terisa never evinced any of these reactions. Oh, she had a halfhearted thought or two about calling security -and she was certainly surprised - but she never once questioned the reality of the situation, or even felt any fear. That's just odd. Especially in comparison with the Unbeliever.
I think that's because Terisa is a basically passive individual who felt herself to be powerless. Also, don't forget, she had that dream the night before, and Geraden looked like the person in her dream.

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Mm, I'd probably question my sanity if someone popped out of my mirror... :lol:

But if the person somehow managed to convince me that he wasn't a figment of my imagination, I'd probably go with him. At least to get away from Buffy.

Now, if he came in the middle of 24, that'd be another story... :lol:

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I would go...nothing's seriously keeping me here...
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that would all depend on wot he looked like.

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The inside of the wardrobe at home has scratch marks from repeated attempts to hope that something might be in there.

Yeah, I reckon I'd go. Not without some fear, though.
Do you think I like being this dangerous?
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"You want me to do... WHAT?!?"

lets think... you want me to take hold of you and walk thru your mirror.... tho this world of magic and mystery and you just made this huge mess of my apparment! who do you think is gunna clean this up??
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Yeah I'd try to blame my messy room on the bloke who just lobbed through the mirror, too :D
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:oops: :LOLS:
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Good one! :R
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Post by Forestal »

i'm not messy really :(

i'm just not tidy is all... :(

god i try! but theres no pleasing you people!!! i cant do anything right! 1st i'm wrong for stringing up geese to celine dion, then i'm wrong for being untidy!!

i give up! i'll b in my trailer...

*slams the door on the way out*
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Post by duchess of malfi »

geese? celine dion? I must have missed something somewhere. :shifty:
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