bad rap

[insertusername]

bad rap

The things we become known for aren’t always what we’d like to be known for. Reputations are hard to run from. Sometimes they’re not even deserved. So here’s your chance to set the record straight. Clear up some misplaced assumptions, debunk any rumours about yourself and defy your stereotypes.

how to play:

Top level with something(s) your character is tired of people assuming about them, blaming them for, or pigeonholing them about, etc. Say it in person or over text.

Comment on any surprising, or not so surprising declarations.

Comments

[motiontostrike]

You're right about that. I'm not saying I don't know why. Only that I think we've all got something, and this works for me.

Does that really work for you? It seems like a coin toss. You don't get people thinking you owe them a story?

[horticulturalist]

Does it ever get in the way of all the... lawyering? Church and state being what they are.

Most people don't want to be burdened with figuring out the right thing to say to that.

[motiontostrike]

It's a good question. I don't think so, no. My beliefs are my own, and the law is the law. Maybe the same reason I'm drawn to one explains the other. There's a kind of ritual to both practices. It's almost a ceremony, really. In church or in the courtroom, you're interpreting text -- parable or precedent -- to make your case.

I get you. Sometimes people just walk off, in the middle of a conversation. They just leave me babbling to the wall.

[horticulturalist]

I can see that. Neither one's a science. More qualitative than quantifiable.

Me too. Huh. I'm only now realizing the possibility that some people might think I'm blind...

[motiontostrike]

Guess I've always liked to fight. Some people do it with their fists, and some people take a swing with their words.

If you're telling them you have no face, who knows what they might assume.

[horticulturalist]

And some aren't much for fighting at all.

It's probably got more to do with the glasses...

[motiontostrike]

Some aren't. I don't know if I believe that from the guy who thinks faith in God means rolling over and playing ignorant. You fight with something; maybe it's just yourself.

Ah, the blind man's trademark. That could be.

[horticulturalist]

I dunno, that sounds a lot like the opposite of fighting.

Yeah, I guess I'm wearing the team colors.