Gave D&D a miss this evening due to a bad Wifi connection. There have been background mentions of running yet another campaign, in, I think, yet another ruleset. I've been very quiet about how much I actually really hate having to learn new games, but it seems that we're going to be picking up a new Star Trek campaign.
I hopped back into the group chat late to see, "Since she isn't here to argue, I nominate her captain!" followed by several assertions that this was the best choice.
Which is the exact gif I posted in the chat upon reading this exchange.
"Perfection!"
"Wait, perfection or a declination?"
"I'm pretty sure that's the reluctant acceptance of someone placed somewhere where the only choice is forward, like out of the Delta Quadrant."
"Yes. That."
Followed by gifs of joy.
It reminds me of the first performance review of my entire life. When I was 17, I was a junior counselor. The job was, essentially, camper with autonomy. Not old enough to be in charge of anything, the job was to be lackey for the actual counselors and a role model for the campers. I received a thorough dressing down that I needed to be aware that I was a natural leader, and I should use these powers for good. They couldn't describe what I was doing wrong, only that I was somehow gradually taking over the entire camp, and I needed to stop it.
Twenty years later, I still don't understand how one teenager had this kind of power over an entire camp (roughly 40 adults and 180 girls at any given point). Because if I actually HAVE this kind of power, why does it only work when I'm not aware I'm doing it? And why is traditional leadership afraid of it?
"Perfection!"
"Wait, perfection or a declination?"
"I'm pretty sure that's the reluctant acceptance of someone placed somewhere where the only choice is forward, like out of the Delta Quadrant."
"Yes. That."
Followed by gifs of joy.
It reminds me of the first performance review of my entire life. When I was 17, I was a junior counselor. The job was, essentially, camper with autonomy. Not old enough to be in charge of anything, the job was to be lackey for the actual counselors and a role model for the campers. I received a thorough dressing down that I needed to be aware that I was a natural leader, and I should use these powers for good. They couldn't describe what I was doing wrong, only that I was somehow gradually taking over the entire camp, and I needed to stop it.
Twenty years later, I still don't understand how one teenager had this kind of power over an entire camp (roughly 40 adults and 180 girls at any given point). Because if I actually HAVE this kind of power, why does it only work when I'm not aware I'm doing it? And why is traditional leadership afraid of it?
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