January Posting Meme: apprenticed to characters, for tielan

[beatrice_otter]

tielan asked: "If you could be 'apprenticed' to any character in any of your fandoms, which would you pick, and why?"

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Starfleet officer in the worst way (and it still sounds pretty fun--learning lots of things, traveling the galaxy in a comfy starship with all the comforts of home, etc).  But they don't really do apprenticeships, you know?

Most of my fandoms don't really do apprenticeships, either, considering that I tend to prefer SF to Fantasy, and SF tends to have regular schools and academies to teach trades, not apprenticeships.  And the other thing is, I don't want to live in most of my fandom worlds.  B5?  No.  Terminator?  Hell no.  Once Upon a Time?  Not really.  (Besides, most of the people who might take on apprentices have ambiguous morality, are outright evil, or are otherwise screwed up.  And magic always comes with a price.  No, thank you.)  Comic books?  No particular desire to be a superhero, actually, particularly not when you consider how screwed up most of them are, how much crap they have to deal with, and the fact that for many of them (especially the ones like Batman who mostly deal with crime) there are actually things they could do that would be much more likely to actually fix things than going around beating up criminals while wearing weird costumes.

If I could pick an era with no Sith, no Empire, no Clone Wars or other major upheaval, being a Jedi might be nice.

Comments

[mmegaera]

Yeah, the problem with this sort of question is that what makes the book fun to read is the kind of stuff no one sane would want to experience in real life.

[beatrice_otter]

I'm quite happy with my life. I mean, sure, sometimes I'd rather have other traveling options--Star Trek transporters, Harry Potter's floos, etc--but really, quiet and ordinary suits me fine.