Just bitch up the whole situation,
lose both or emerge a winner. It’s a win, win or lose, lose .The statement
resonated with me, too, so much so that I found myself madly rummaging through
Microsoft word typing letters and words as this whole plight was still fresh
and appealing not like those yellow stickers I discretely write.. Honestly, I’m
not sure why I always rethink about what people share with me. It’s the biggest
source of most of these blog posts. .. If being good were as easy as most
cartoons make it out to be, everyone would be a saint. Truth is sometimes Being
Good Sucks. Doing the right thing doesn't always feel good, is hard to pull
off, can be painful, sometimes even harmful, to yourself and others. Being good
requires a heroic sacrifice, keeping your word and thinking of others before
yourself. It means swallowing your pride, owning up to and apologizing for your
mistakes. It means doing the above without expecting a reward (even a spoken
thank you refusing one if offered and most ego-crushing, accepting the
punishment for being good…
Jamie and Phoebe‘s affair began when
they met in a taxi. Jamie looks at Phoebe and she looks at him ; the chemistry
is there from the start. “We have always taken the same taxis; have you ever
noticed me? “Jamie asks Phoebe. “By the way we stay in the same vicinity; you
should come over to my place and prepare for you a meal.” I enjoy cooking. It
all started on a friendship level; slow and steady. Phoebe is a well brought up
girl with a church background and human principals. Jamie is an international
boy, well traveled, informed, staying with a partner is not a problem, “if we
like each why not stay together”. Phoebe is on the other end of the rope.-She
is also a very learned girl, church-ed to the core, step by step life living.
Both East and West Valued lads meet up and Jamie pours out his heart to Phoebe.
I want you to move in with me baby, we make babies, live together, grow old
together. The wedding will come. Do you have a problem with it? Hesitant Phoebe
is scared, reflecting and wondering; now check this one. She even forgets his
name for a second. She wants a wedding, but moving in with him; tarnishes her
world, reputation, disappointments and Jamie seems to really be at the East of
issues. He just doesn’t seem to get it that she can’t leave home because he
says let’s stay together. There procedures to follow. Phoebe has been single
for the last 5 years of life. She is just 31 years old, pretty at heart, face,
body and soul.
The variations are endless; Sacrificing
your own happiness: It can be any type of happiness, be it denying romance to
protect the love interest, or where their quest to be a master is leveraged
against a friend's life when the friend or idol decision comes along. Giving up
your ambitions: Usually these are selfish or dark ambitions, and denying them helps
the character in the long run. When a character wants revenge for the murder of
a loved one in a world where if you kill him you will be just like them, their
giving up murder (though not necessarily forgiving the villain) will cost them
dearly.Honesty is a big source of Suck when
being good. It means that any wrong doing on your part (or your friends') must
be revealed. The character may find that to do what is right means going against
stupid laws, becoming a wanted man, separated from loved ones, with their
"reputation" ruined.On the other side of the fence, when
Evil Feels Good. Often applies to a Heel-Face Turn character, or a hero who
laments that they have to save somebody they hate from a burning building, or
they don't get to kill their most hated enemy, because that's the
"heroic" decision.
You know how it’s done in the
movies.
There are many instances in real
life in which being good doesn't suck that much. Scientifically, deeds
perceived as good entail social recognition and approval, and bad deeds entail
reprisal. Justice is one of the fundamental evolutionary imperatives that
allows human society to function coherently; we may not all be saints, but
we're not all lawless murderers. Unless you're a Villain with Good Publicity
It's usually more profitable to abide by society's rules, and even in that case
you're best off being Affably Evil.
