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56 - What would a description of your exact opposite be like?
You know that guy that always sees the bright side and hasn’t got a bad word for anyone and truly believes that no matter what happens things will always work out just the way that they’re meant to? That would be my exact opposite.
I’m not happy and I’m not optimistic, I rarely smile and I have a hard time believing in the best of people. I suppose my exact opposite would be trusting and more accepting of the machine, more willing to give her a chance and see past the basic fundamentals that she is a machine and therefore she has the programming to betray us.
My exact opposite would be like that guy you see on TV, the all round good guy with the all American smile and the bleeding heart that feels every little thing. I’m not that guy, I could have been, but I’m not. He’d be all warm, compassionate and a hell of a lot more emotional than I am. All open with it as well instead of keeping a million thoughts to himself except those that matter and make a difference to whether we live or die.
If anything Kyle was my polar opposite in a lot of respects.
He still cared and he still dreamt of something better, had enough faith to place his fate into John Connor’s hands. Suppose if anything Kyle took that leap and as it turns out it was the right decision to send him back because he made a difference, saved a life and died for a cause he believed in.
But like I’ve said I don’t know how many times nobody is perfect so my exact opposite would need his flaws, but maybe they wouldn’t be quite so glaringly obvious and if anything they’d make him a better person for having overcome them to rise above and grow.
He wouldn’t be able to kill and he’d probably find other ways to deal with things, maybe even talk about them? But, honestly? I don’t think my opposite could have survived as well as I have, could have lasted this long. There’s a reason why I am the way I am. It works and I’m not sure my opposite would stand a chance against a terminator when confronted by one, but who knows?
Thank god this is all theoretical. It’s bad enough that I’m sharing a time with my younger self, I don’t even want to think about what the complications would be if I ever ran into my exact opposite.
Muse: Derek Reese
Fandom: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Word Count: 433
You know that guy that always sees the bright side and hasn’t got a bad word for anyone and truly believes that no matter what happens things will always work out just the way that they’re meant to? That would be my exact opposite.
I’m not happy and I’m not optimistic, I rarely smile and I have a hard time believing in the best of people. I suppose my exact opposite would be trusting and more accepting of the machine, more willing to give her a chance and see past the basic fundamentals that she is a machine and therefore she has the programming to betray us.
My exact opposite would be like that guy you see on TV, the all round good guy with the all American smile and the bleeding heart that feels every little thing. I’m not that guy, I could have been, but I’m not. He’d be all warm, compassionate and a hell of a lot more emotional than I am. All open with it as well instead of keeping a million thoughts to himself except those that matter and make a difference to whether we live or die.
If anything Kyle was my polar opposite in a lot of respects.
He still cared and he still dreamt of something better, had enough faith to place his fate into John Connor’s hands. Suppose if anything Kyle took that leap and as it turns out it was the right decision to send him back because he made a difference, saved a life and died for a cause he believed in.
But like I’ve said I don’t know how many times nobody is perfect so my exact opposite would need his flaws, but maybe they wouldn’t be quite so glaringly obvious and if anything they’d make him a better person for having overcome them to rise above and grow.
He wouldn’t be able to kill and he’d probably find other ways to deal with things, maybe even talk about them? But, honestly? I don’t think my opposite could have survived as well as I have, could have lasted this long. There’s a reason why I am the way I am. It works and I’m not sure my opposite would stand a chance against a terminator when confronted by one, but who knows?
Thank god this is all theoretical. It’s bad enough that I’m sharing a time with my younger self, I don’t even want to think about what the complications would be if I ever ran into my exact opposite.
Muse: Derek Reese
Fandom: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Word Count: 433