Written By Orazio
May 8, 2018, 2:50 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
And Legate Orazio requires more sleep than he typically gets, these days.
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 2:47 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Orazio
Next question: Does Legate Orazio actually require sleep? You decide!
Written By Orazio
May 8, 2018, 2:43 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
For the record, no, I did not eat the other Legates. They passed away, and the Most Holy is still contemplating their replacements. If anyone is interested, searching through the Archives will reveal the announcements of their passing, as well as the memorial actions taken on their behalf. There will be three Legates again, I assure you. There has to be, or else I am going to be found one day, suffocated under paperwork.
Written By Jonathan
May 8, 2018, 2:41 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Suck it, uncle. Said it would never happen, indeed.
Written By Orazio
May 8, 2018, 2:40 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
She is absolutely correct. There is no such thing as a 'petty' or 'silly' challenge, and no noble should ever turn down a challenge from a worthy opponent, nor should they fail to challenge when their honor is slighted, even in the small ways. This is the mechanism by which we keep those petty slights from escalating to grievous grudges that cost people their lives when houses go to war over a feud that started when someone felt snubbed at a party, did not challenge, and that tiny core of resentment grew until it colored every interaction.
Duels are how nobles maintain their public honor, and how houses make sure that small disputes don't become dangerous disputes.
Challenge others.
Use a Champion so that the rest of us enjoy it.
Win graciously, lose honorably.
And then? Drop the subject of the dispute.
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 2:39 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Lou
Written By Bliss
May 8, 2018, 2:37 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Arik
I'm up for practically anything I find interesting.
Written By Niklas
May 8, 2018, 2:34 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
How are we to take people seriously when they do not take themselves seriously?
I wish Princess Saoirse's humor salon event had happened. I was planning to argue stridently for 'against'.
Written By Lou
May 8, 2018, 2:31 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Itzal
Written By Mae
May 8, 2018, 2:29 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 2:27 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Seriously though, what happened?
Written By Ida
May 8, 2018, 2:19 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Written By Lou
May 8, 2018, 1:37 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Niklas
Now, be a good brother-in-law hopeful, will you?
Written By Aureth
May 8, 2018, 1:37 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Other times, the accusation that a person is without capacity for humor is a silencing technique used to squash dissent.
Aureth Grayhope's brief guide to jokes:
1) It's all in the timing.
2) Punch up, or laterally (if, for example, there is very little up available to you). Do not punch down.
3) The more embarrassed at yourself you are for laughing at a joke, the more Death loves it.
4) If your joke is hurtful to someone else and you are the only one laughing, it isn't a joke. It is bullying. You should probably stop.
5) If your joke is hurtful to no one and you are the only one laughing, see rule one!
Written By Luca
May 8, 2018, 1:20 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
But yes. Something something duels are wonderful. Use them often and well. And unwell. Use them for entertainment, or just to be a shit. But make use of them. Sometimes losing a challenge gracefully and with style is just as entertaining as winning them. That's why Arx has the most stylish Champions.
Written By Arik
May 8, 2018, 1:07 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
Written By Cristoph
May 8, 2018, 12:54 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Written By Mirari
May 8, 2018, 12:54 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Today is about having a sense of humor?
Here is my common advice for the day. Just be yourself, if someone else doesn't like it? Show them the fucking door. Easy, huh?
Written By Theron
May 8, 2018, 12:51 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
Written By Reigna
May 8, 2018, 12:50 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I do not believe that I am humorless. I think I have a perfectly appropriate sense of humor. I can, even, on occasion, appreciate a level of bawdy humor that makes Kael uncomfortable, or at least look at me in askance. I do not, however, have much humor when it comes to things I feel should be treated with the gravity and dignity due them. This includes matters of honor, duty and responsibility. This does not mean I am incapable of laughing at myself, but... I suppose it is that I believe some things are above being taken lightly. I understand that that is *my* viewpoint and not the style of communication of others. I understand that my way is not the only way. But when I see something that I find questionable or that I think isn't appropriate to be joked about I will say something. Because if I do not, then I am contributing to the normalizing of something that I do not feel is, or should be normal. I wholly accept that this might lead to me being saddled with a reputation of being humorless or dull or dour. I accept this. Because by not saying something I am not being true to myself or my principles.
So I am going to continue to challenge things I do not agree with, as is my Skald-given choice. But I do so embracing the consequences of that decision.
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