lol does “overthrowing the government” count as a hobby?
Not so much a hobby, but Alister pays attention to stuff. So he learns a lot about the districts he’s assigned to, which becomes a problem when he’s assigned to Eleven and realizes how fucked up the situation is. He’s always wanted to do the right thing and that’s been fine because he was in chill districts, but then in Eleven he sees a PK kill a kid for stealing fruit, and he just can’t make that okay in his head. He knows how little those kids have, he knows how little that piece of fruit costs, he knows right from wrong and this isn’t it. After that he…well, pays attention some more, and talks to some people, who talk to some people, and by the time 75 runs around he’s got a handful of guys with him and is blowing up his own barracks.
That sort of thing doesn’t leave a lot of time for actual hobbies. I think he probably is seen as a bit of a loner: good guy, polite, doesn’t open up much, sticks to the rules (because when you’re breaking the big rules you don’t break the little ones. Or as Leverage puts it, nobody speeds when they’ve got a body in the trunk). Probably more likely to play pickup sports than to play cards—stuff that’s less talking and more physical.
18. Describe their sleeping habits
I mean, he was at the Centre until he was about 16, and then the Academy and the PKs, so he is both used to sleeping on a strict schedule and aware of how much he can push that if he needs to. He’s pushing pretty hard when he’s with the D9 rebels because they don’t know anything and he’s half convinced they’re gonna all get themselves killed if he lets them out of his sight.
Lucerne is the only person who can get away with telling him to go the fuck to sleep, and then only sometimes. She has a pretty good “son, just don’t,” face.
19. What are some of their strengths
Ha, strangely enough (or maybe actually not), he’s very loyal and very principled. Cares a lot about what’s right, less about what’s legal. Is loyal to his people, less to organizations and causes—at least by the time we meet him. He’s a pretty loyal Peacekeeper until they, in his mind, break trust with him. At which point the moral thing to do is to defect. And his job is to protect people, and these people are fucking lunatics who are going to get themselves killed, but they’re HIS fucking lunatics, and he’s going to do what he can to keep them safe.
(there is a contingent of ex-PKs after the war who were working with folks in the Districts. They get together and trade stories about the crazy shit their people pulled, but so help you if you weren’t out there and you say anything bad about the Districts…)
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Date: 2017-05-11 12:32 am (UTC)17. Describe some of their hobbies!
lol does “overthrowing the government” count as a hobby?
Not so much a hobby, but Alister pays attention to stuff. So he learns a lot about the districts he’s assigned to, which becomes a problem when he’s assigned to Eleven and realizes how fucked up the situation is. He’s always wanted to do the right thing and that’s been fine because he was in chill districts, but then in Eleven he sees a PK kill a kid for stealing fruit, and he just can’t make that okay in his head. He knows how little those kids have, he knows how little that piece of fruit costs, he knows right from wrong and this isn’t it. After that he…well, pays attention some more, and talks to some people, who talk to some people, and by the time 75 runs around he’s got a handful of guys with him and is blowing up his own barracks.
That sort of thing doesn’t leave a lot of time for actual hobbies. I think he probably is seen as a bit of a loner: good guy, polite, doesn’t open up much, sticks to the rules (because when you’re breaking the big rules you don’t break the little ones. Or as Leverage puts it, nobody speeds when they’ve got a body in the trunk). Probably more likely to play pickup sports than to play cards—stuff that’s less talking and more physical.
18. Describe their sleeping habits
I mean, he was at the Centre until he was about 16, and then the Academy and the PKs, so he is both used to sleeping on a strict schedule and aware of how much he can push that if he needs to. He’s pushing pretty hard when he’s with the D9 rebels because they don’t know anything and he’s half convinced they’re gonna all get themselves killed if he lets them out of his sight.
Lucerne is the only person who can get away with telling him to go the fuck to sleep, and then only sometimes. She has a pretty good “son, just don’t,” face.
19. What are some of their strengths
Ha, strangely enough (or maybe actually not), he’s very loyal and very principled. Cares a lot about what’s right, less about what’s legal. Is loyal to his people, less to organizations and causes—at least by the time we meet him. He’s a pretty loyal Peacekeeper until they, in his mind, break trust with him. At which point the moral thing to do is to defect. And his job is to protect people, and these people are fucking lunatics who are going to get themselves killed, but they’re HIS fucking lunatics, and he’s going to do what he can to keep them safe.
(there is a contingent of ex-PKs after the war who were working with folks in the Districts. They get together and trade stories about the crazy shit their people pulled, but so help you if you weren’t out there and you say anything bad about the Districts…)