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how to say goodbye
meh:
--- Quote from: neurovore on April 25, 2010, 08:38:36 PM ---OK, your cultural context for "wakes" must be very different from mine.
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Probably.
Where I'm from the boys get a 3-day ox roast when they go into the army, a bigger party than their wedding when (if) they come back.
ahra:
it depends will he be pining for his family during the rest of the story .If not an overly emtional exit wouldn't sit well
meh:
--- Quote from: ahra on April 26, 2010, 10:51:20 PM ---it depends will he be pining for his family during the rest of the story .If not an overly emtional exit wouldn't sit well
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I was thinking that the goodbye might actually affect the overall tone of his thinking about humanity during his absence, and affect his conduct.
Possibly to the point that the aliens notice divergence from his fit into whatever criteria they used to pick samples in the first place.
The goodbye scene itself could certainly be used to show who does and who doesn't have faith in the alien system at that time point.
I include faith to bring 'their boy' back and faith that the information gained by the aliens will be used ethically and faith that 'their boy' will live up to expectations.
meg_evonne:
Did U try a military send off for real feel and real conversations? We've just had two in IA. Midwest is full of them. Or try role play.
Nickeris86:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on April 27, 2010, 02:23:25 AM ---Did U try a military send off for real feel and real conversations? We've just had two in IA. Midwest is full of them. Or try role play.
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i have considered military send off but with my current living situation it would be impossible to go one right now. i think the closest military port is a couple hundred miles away from where i am going to school at the moment.
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