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Poem: "The Marble and the Sculptor"

Nov 08, 2016 15:49

This is the linkback perk poem for today's fishbowl. It came out of the April 6, 2016 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from rowyn. This poem also fills the "drunk girl/guy" square in my 10-1-15 card for the Halloween / Samhain Bingo fest. It belongs to the series One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis. Boost the signal for the November 8 ( Read more... )

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thnidu November 19 2017, 01:24:54 UTC

It's fun, in a partly schadenfreudlich way, to read about a god whose remit has recently changed and who is still learning the ins, outs, twists, and oddities of his new job.

Yes ... ysabetwordsmith November 19 2017, 02:08:24 UTC

That really is a big part of the charm in this series. I'm especially amused by several prompts leading to poems about fragments of his past that he can't leave behind, no matter how much he wants to make a total break.

However, I think Shaeth is actually doing a pretty good job as the God of Drunks. Unlike a lot of top-down solutions, he's asking his new followers what they want and providing it. So far that's everything from a place to sleep to free booze and snacks at the services to a hangover cure. The sense of community seems to have sprung up on its own.

Yay! anonymous November 24 2017, 08:56:15 UTC

Shaeth is a good guy, whatever his former occupation. And besides, I sort of feel that without a God, all the evil priests and paladins and what-all would simply get up to MORE trouble, as it indeed seems they are, so even when he WAS God of Evil, he was doing important work. Not good work as in work that is inherently good, but good work as in he had a hard job and did it well.

--BairnSidhe

Re: Yay! ysabetwordsmith November 24 2017, 10:11:00 UTC

>> Shaeth is a good guy, whatever his former occupation.<<

Well, he's getting better.

>> And besides, I sort of feel that without a God, all the evil priests and paladins and what-all would simply get up to MORE trouble, as it indeed seems they are,<<

Exactly! No matter how much some people might want to, it is not possible to remove all evil from sentient beings. The best you can do is find a way to channel it so it does a minimum of harm.

>> so even when he WAS God of Evil, he was doing important work. Not good work as in work that is inherently good, but good work as in he had a hard job and did it well.<<

Very true. Riding herd on those guys -- well, you can see what yahoos they are, just from glimpses in this series. No wonder Shaeth wanted a new job!