Written By Bliss
May 8, 2018, 2:37 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Arik
I cannot speak for other Champions, but if there are eight words I try to live my life by, they are these:
I'm up for practically anything I find interesting.
I'm up for practically anything I find interesting.
Written By Niklas
May 8, 2018, 2:34 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Humorlessness is a good trait.
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'.
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
The last two Legates, if I recall correctly, died. They have not been replaced yet.
Written By Mae
May 8, 2018, 2:29 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I like to consider myself lacking in a sense of humor AND incompetent. It's just the safer thing to be these days!
Written By Itzal
May 8, 2018, 2:27 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Anyone know when we last had three Legates? We're supposed to have three, right? What did happen to the last two? Did Legate Orazio eat them? Is the Dominus next? Won't anyone think of the children?
Seriously though, what happened?
Seriously though, what happened?
Written By Ida
May 8, 2018, 2:19 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I'm not especially good with words but wanted to put something to journal, for as little weight as it may carry beyond myself. My oaths as a knight mean I will willingly give my life should a situation dictate it, regardless of who or what might necessitate as much. That said, there are some that I would follow into a fire even beyond my oaths; my children, my brother Austen, His Grace Prince Edain and his family, Guildmaster Joscelin, and any number of the Keatons, though Count Kael and Countess Reigna especially. I don't particularly care about their humor.
Written By Lou
May 8, 2018, 1:37 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Niklas
One really good word of advice. The only name you should ever use around me is Lou. If you say the dreaded first name, even once. Well. People in Grayson can only tell you what will happen.
Now, be a good brother-in-law hopeful, will you?
Now, be a good brother-in-law hopeful, will you?
Written By Aureth
May 8, 2018, 1:37 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Sometimes, people fail to have a sense of humor about themselves and it is eyeroll-worthy. Other times, attempt to have a sense of humor about themselves and are unfortunately crippled by the condition of being chronically unfunny.
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!
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
I agree with Bliss, on her viewpoint of dueling. Truthfully, I was just about to sit and write all of what she just wrote, especially the parts about Caspian and I being wonderful, but luckily I don't even have to, now. Thank you, 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.
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
I kept an eye on the topic of duels in hopes a champion might reply and so I enter another perspective... If the Peerage choose to challenge for both reasons big and small and they properly decide to find a champion... Do the champions wish to fight in duels that are not traditional in their method? Instead of martial prowess be it blades or fists would the Champions guild accommodate dancing, hiding, and general games more meant for a social event than a challenging duel?
Written By Cristoph
May 8, 2018, 12:54 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
To clarify, I did not suggest truly funny people were incompetent. The journals do seem touchy this week.
Written By Mirari
May 8, 2018, 12:54 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Yesterday was marriage and making money being bad..good? I never got to the bottom of that.
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?
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
Good leaders know that entertainment is almost as essential for business as straightforwardness and objectivity. That you embody both of those things in moments where the context fits goes without saying, and I hold you as being a very good example of such, Your Grace.
Written By Reigna
May 8, 2018, 12:50 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I have debated speaking here and how to express my feelings the latest flurry of entries has inspired.
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.
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.
Written By Eleyna
May 8, 2018, 12:28 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
How in the world does having a sense of humor mean that one is incompetent? Amazingly, you can be both funny and capable!
Written By Alis
May 8, 2018, 12:27 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Not everyone finds the same things humorous. I don't believe that to be news to anyone. And while I strive to be charitable, to honor Gild, some things are simply not funny to me. Perhaps it should be incumbent on both those whose funny bones are not tickled, as well as those who think they are hilarious, to stop and think before rubbing salt into wounds.
Written By Jonathan
May 8, 2018, 12:25 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I would throw myself down a wolf's maw for my 'humorless' Keaton lieges. Any of them. Because, and this is no insult to the other nobles of the city? They are each worth at least two or three of them. That is their quality.
Written By Lumen
May 8, 2018, 12:20 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
I think her highness is my favorite of the Grayson Voices thus far. She lacks the alluring mystique of her Lycene counterpart but at least my quiet asides don't send her dramatically fleeing the room with her arms flailing above her head like they do my cousin.
Written By Cristoph
May 8, 2018, 12:20 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
I'd take a handful of competent and allegedly "humorless" Keatons versus an entire duchy of people who think they're comedic geniuses.
Written By Lumen
May 8, 2018, 12:17 p.m.(9/15/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Sabella
I have great admiration for a woman capable of seeing obstacles in her path and rather than charging forward on through or stubbornly grounding her feet beneath her, bending to accommodate and assuage... while still achieving her own desired end. Kudos and best wishes.
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