Your quote of the day...

[osborn_journals]

"But goodness alone is never enough. A hard cold wisdom is required, too, for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom invariably accomplishes evil."
- Robert Heinlein

And to make this entry a little more interesting than just that... Ask me a question. One question, whatever you like. Ask and I will answer, as truthfully as I am

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[osborn_journals]

There's.... something of a story behind that, actually. But I won't bore you with the unnecessary details. Put simply... I often saw a similar sort of creature in my nightmares as a child. When I came to terms with those, overcame them, I overcame it. After my accident, when I realised what I was capable of and was deciding on my plan of action... it occurred to me that those old memories would be a fitting, personally-meaningful starting point for the theme I knew I would have to have.

Simple as that.

[kingsherald]

Boxers, or briefs?

[osborn_journals]

Boxers. Boxer briefs in costume.

[kingsherald]

*a sage nod*

[_remember_me__]

If you had to be someone else for a day, who would you be?

[osborn_journals]

Hmm. Really, I rather enjoy being me. But just for a day... (assuming it was more than just a physical exchange, that there was some sort of psychological interplay involved) it might be interesting to be some kind of hero, just to see what it would be like. Given that I'd get to go back, of course.

[_remember_me__]

Changing back would be important! I know I wouldn't want to be something I'm not forever.

[osborn_journals]

At least, not against your will. There are some situations... But we won't get into that, hm?

[locked to Norman]

[webstunner]

Only one? How did you help Reilly? I'd like to know, in case there's ever...another emergency.

Re: [locked to Norman]

[osborn_journals]

Well, you can ask more. There's just no guarantee that I'll answer truthfully. I talked with him -- just that. Just with Reilly, the other aspects not interfering. He was... distressed, unhappy with the state of certain affairs. I convinced him, as much as I could, that things weren't as bad as they seemed, and that certain options he'd dismissed out of hand were... more feasible than he'd made himself think.

Nothing much more, really.

Re: [locked to Norman]

[webstunner]

*laughs, nervously* Distressed, really? You think? ...Sorry. So you just talked -- like, in his mind? 'Cause Hornhead didn't look that chatty to me.

I guess that's good. Nice to know we won't have to go to the Nexus to if something happens. Not that I'm not grateful, but you know better than anyone what I put him through that night. I'm not doing that to him again.

You say that like I can be sure you're telling me the truth now. No offense.

Re: [locked to Norman]

[osborn_journals]

Essentially, yes. It would have been rather more complicated if Murdock hadn't been helping, of course.

Come now. Do I look like the sort of man... shaped... creature who would break the sacred trust of a recycled internet truth-meme?

[_meadow_lark]

A message arrives, care of Z.

"What is your son like?"

[osborn_journals]

Which one? I have two sons, a grandson, and a daughter.

[_meadow_lark]

Another note. "I thought you only had one kid, Harry. Tell me about him?"

((Well, she asked for honesty...))

[osborn_journals]

Harry was my oldest child. He died a number of years ago, though.

I was... My wife died not very long after he was born, and I was left to raise him on my own. I wasn't there for him, as I should have been. Occupied with business, trying to ensure we were secure financially. And I was too hard on him when I was there. He was... a good man, though, despite me, and a good son. I just wasn't able to see it, until it was too late.

He died trying to follow in my footsteps, thinking I was dead. And there isn't a day that goes by without me wishing I could fix that.