Alle Kunst ist der Freude gewidmet

I was thinking about how far they would go to accomplish something, mostly win a fight/war. (That was kinda a left-over musing from the Vigarde&Lyon fic Sacrifices.) I was musing about both of them, because I love to compare Hayden with Innes (and Fado with Ephraim), because they are canonically quite similar in personality. What mainly prompted this musing was a Subway to Sally song, though, "Die Schlacht".

Manchmal muss man, um zu siegen (In order to win you sometimes have to don
keusche Unschuldsmiene zeigen;  (a chaste and innocent air;
sich in wahrer Demut üben,   (practice living in true lowliness,
schüchtern sein und ganz bescheiden. (acting shy and meek)

Manchmal muss man, um zu siegen (In order to win you sometimes have to
Freunde morden und verraten; (murder friends and betray them;
man muss lügen und betrügen (you have to lie and cheat,
man muss sähen böse Saaten. (you have to sow the seeds of evil.) Subway to Sally - Die Schlacht

The translation is not the best, because it's almost impossible to keep the rhythm intact (and you really cannot replicate the grammatical structure of the verses into English. The grammar systems are too different). So, this whole thing sparked my wondering:

What would Hayden and Innes be willing to do to reach their goals? Edit: I'm not thinking straight today so I merged two different situations into one. The "would they sacrifice family" thought is actually separate from the "how far would they go" thought. Go, me >> To clarify further; the "would they sacrifice family" assumes a "sacrifice one person or hundreds of others will die/suffer horribly" situation.

And I came to the conclusion that under almost no circumstance Hayden would betray his family and friends. If his "friends" gave him reason to, he might (only if no other possible solution works). Hayden would never (and I mean never) sacrifice his family. For nothing. He might sacrifice his friends if he is pressed to do it (it would haunt him for the rest of his life, but he would). His family is Hayden´s big weakness, though, especially Tana and his wife. He would rather put himself (and everybody else) in danger than his daughter and wife (Innes is a bit of an exception since he's a soldier. He's more prepared to sacrifice a soldier. Yes, Tana is a soldier as well, but, well, Hayden doesn't truly accept it in his heart.)

He would lie and cheat. As long as he considers his cause good and justified, he would have absolutely no problems with that. The same with provoking disputes; though he would try to not let it grow out of control.

Hayden would put on a false act to get what he wants/needs. He would probably not like it, but he would rock it. He is a good actor.

Now, Innes on the other hand... He is the same in regard to lying/cheating and putting on a false act (though I believe he wouldn't be as good as Hayden at acting innocent).

So, what about sacrificing friends and family? I took me long to come to a conclusion. But in the end... yes, I believe Innes would sacrifice them. He wouldn't particularly like it, of course, and he would try to find another solution, but in the end he would do it. Innes would go farther than Hayden.

(But to counterbalance that; I believe that Hayden is more conniving and back-stabbing than Innes. Innes tends to be more honest, because he wasn't taught as much as Hayden to be conniving (with the strong conflicts with Grado back then, Hayden was highly encouraged to be... mean to them))

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Unrelated to that, I'm kinda wondering if it's strange that I never assign specific songs to characters. Maybe because I tend to never listen to the lyrics (the only thing that is important for me is that the melody is nice and that the sound of the voice is nice and fits) and if I do, only if they're fun or creepy. I mean, I rarely listen to German music (and then it falls under the mentioned categories) and I don't bother to pay attention to lyrics in other languages. And honestly... I hate it when I understand the lyrics. They always distract me from the music itself and therewith take all my enjoyment away. That's the reason why in general I hate German music. I do not want to know what you're singing about. Normally it's cheesy or stupid or nonsensical or just plain horrible. If the lyrics are in a different language, I at least don't notice how horrible the lyrics are. >8X

Alright, enough ranting for today.

You know what is even worse than a normal presentation?

A surprise presentation.

Maybe you remember a few posts ago I talked about being sick and not being able to hold a certain presentation? I emailed the teacher and he said "Okay, I'll do your stuff". However, now, a few minutes before the lecture starts I hear "Oh, hey, we haven't even reached your part yet. You'll hold it today :D" And I'm like "WAIT D8 But I don't have my material with me!!1!" Well, it ended with me taking hastily notes while another presentor finished their chapters. And then I, just with my notes and without my pretty powerpoint presentation, have to face the class without a clear plan and a bit rambling. Oh joy (thankfully it was not that bad contentwise since my topic was quite easy)

HOWEVER. The really bad part about this?

Normal presentation = my English becomes bad (granted, my German tends to get a bit bad during presentations as well, mostly as in me forgetting very basic words)
Surprise presentation = my English gets doubly bad 

Really, apart from that it was almost okay. But the funny part? My presentation is not finished yet. However, in two weeks (next week is free) there is the last ERASMUS meeting before going abroad, which takes place at the same time as my lecture. And I really, really want and need to go to that meeting. It's so bad it's hilarious ;A; (Only ray of hope; I have a co-presentor so I can ask her to finish my part)

BUT. Now enough depressive things. Let's distract ourselves with bros.

I still have no title for the 10_orders collection. "21th Century Boys" popped in my head earlier, though there are two problems about that; there will also canon pieces in the collection (ruling 21th century out) and the bros will not always be boys. And I haven't found another good title yet.

Therefore I'm tempted to just call this whole thing "In Which The Bros Are Doing Brotastic Stuff But Sometimes They Aren't Bros But Have Boobies Instead Of Dingdongs". Unfortunately that title is a bit long. Shucks.

Oh, and on an almost unrelated note:

Hayden going blind when about 60 = headcanon, oh yes
Innes going blind = headcanon, hell yes! (Yes, I do find it hilarious to make archers (who are, in Innes´ case, openly proud about their archerness) go blind. I'm a bad person)