vir_cotto_tm: Cranberries?

Vir Cotto (

vir_cotto_tm) wrote,
@ 2005-07-26 22:36:00

Current mood:	confused
Entry tags:	meme, theatrical muse

Cranberries?

If You Ruled the Land . . . by wackyweasel

Your first name:

How you gained your rule:

Your title is:

Your Godliness

Your symbol is:

the snake, because you can wear it like a feather boa

You rule from:

an ice palace - cold, but so, well, cool!

At your side is:

your hot Captain of the Guard

Your enforcers, troops, and guards are all:

ex-dancers who can still shake it at parties

Your most popular law is:

"National Pajamas Day"

Your least popular law is:

Irony banned

Your worst enemy is:

cranberries - ewww

Your popularity rating is:: 48%

Your chance of being overthrown is:: 44%

Quiz created with MemeGen!

Pajamas can be nice, depending. But a whole day devoted to them? Maybe this oracle is very fond of sleeping. I mean, it appears to enjoy weekends too.

I can't really object to the dancers- but I would never pretend at godhood. Great Maker.

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	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-27 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Obviously the cranberries are evil. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-27 06:08 am UTC (link)
	I don't even know what they are. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-27 06:19 am UTC (link)
	They're little berries. You can make a rather tart juice of them. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-27 06:24 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Well, then this oracle doesn't even make any sense. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-27 06:58 am UTC (link)
	Maybe they're making the people cranky. Oh, you were sorted into Hufflepuff? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-27 07:00 am UTC (link)
	Yes, recently. Is that good? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-27 07:03 am UTC (link)
	Hufflepuffs are very industrious. They're the very staunch, dependable people. I've been told that I'm very much the Gryffindor. However, I've never put the Sorting Hat on per se. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-27 07:07 am UTC (link)
	This Sorting Hat is from the same universe where they deliver their mail by owl, right? And where they use wand magic? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-27 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. The school is a very interesting place. The pictures move and talk and everything. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-27 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Really? How strange. Then again, I thought the Sorting Hat was a very strange object too. It argued with itself about where I belonged. So what are the members of House Gryffindor supposed to be like? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-28 03:15 am UTC (link)
	Perhaps it felt you belonged in another house as well. What was it arguing about? Gryffindors are supposed to be recklessly brave from what I've been told. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

vir_cotto_tm
2005-07-28 03:28 am UTC (link)

I'm not sure I would call you reckless, but you are brave. So maybe your friends are right.

As for me... well, for a little while, the Sorting Hat couldn't seem to decide whether I belonged in Hufflepuff or Gryffindor.

OOC: The one test out there that does house combinations did in fact sort Vir as a Gryffinpuff- a combination of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Makes sense to me. *g*

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	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-28 03:53 am UTC (link)
	You would fit both. I got something that sorted me as a Gryffinclaw, which puts me between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw which is the smart house. I figure that one didn't get me at all. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-28 04:03 am UTC (link)
	You don't think you're smart? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-28 04:44 am UTC (link)
	Not really. I think I'm clever, but not smart. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-28 05:12 am UTC (link)
	Vir's brow furrows. How is that different? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-28 05:20 am UTC (link)
	Mmm, maybe the difference between being street smart and book smart. I'm not book smart. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-28 05:48 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Well, neither am I, really. I suppose Lennier might sort as a Ravenclaw, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-28 05:49 am UTC (link)
	Yes, Mr. Lennier is very smart. You seem quite smart to me. I would think someone in your position would have to be very smart. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-28 06:05 am UTC (link)
	I like to read, but I'm not especially "book smart," as you put it. Vir tilts his head in thought. I-I suppose I'm sort of good at people. Good at knowing what people are feeling, I mean... knowing their motivations... knowing what might make them feel better if they're upset... that sort of thing. I guess that could be considered a kind of smart. Maybe. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-28 06:18 am UTC (link)
	I still believe you are quite smart. Being able to read people is a very useful talent. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-29 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Thank you, Vir says with a blush. I suppose it has been quite useful at times, knowing about people. Still, sometimes, I do wish there was more I could do. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-29 03:37 am UTC (link)
	You will, Vir. Your day will come. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-29 03:44 am UTC (link)
	If it does, I know I'll have to be more than what I am now to be adequate. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-29 05:46 am UTC (link)
	You're far more than adequate, Vir. Really. One day, you'll know. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

vir_cotto_tm
2005-07-29 11:56 pm UTC (link)

Maybe... maybe I am more than adequate for what I do now. But that's different.

I guess what I'm trying to say is... I'm a good diplomatic attache. I-I-I don't think I'm the best. I don't. But I'm good... maybe even great. You and Londo and everyone else have told me that often enough that... that I suppose I'm starting to believe it. I can speak four languages fluently and a few others adequately. I-I'm organized, polite, and I try to be dependable. And I'm good with people when I'm speaking to them face to face.

But to be a leader in the Centauri Republic... that requires something different. Something... something I don't have.

You see... Londo is not really popular in the Centaurum. He never has been. But when he walks into the royal palace and speaks, a lot of people listen. They don't like him... but they respect him. Oh, please don't get me wrong- I-I-I would be one of the first to say that the way Londo gained that respect wasn't... wasn't through wise or moral choices. But it's still there, that respect... and it gives him power.

But... but I-I-I don't have that same respect, Roger. When people back home look at me... if they even notice me at all... they see me as Londo's boy... or the young man who gained his position as head of the diplomatic mission on Minbar because of Londo's influence... and then lost it in a matter of months because of some mysterious scandal... or House Cotto's fool.

For all the respect I've gained here on Babylon 5, I-I-I can't lead if my own people don't believe in me.

Does that make sense?

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	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-30 05:56 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I understand. But one day you'll step out of Londo's shadow and they'll see you for the man you are. You have so much integrity and wisdom. Respect will come in time. And you already have some. It may not yet be your people's, but obviously you have something in you to be respected. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-30 06:13 am UTC (link)
	Vir looks troubled. But the people here who respect me now don't... they don't respect me as a Centauri. They respect me because they think I'm not. Centauri, I mean. And back home, that makes a lot of difference. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-07-30 06:35 am UTC (link)
	At this point, yes. But they respect you as a person. Sometimes that's where you have to start. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-02 02:55 am UTC (link)
	I-I-I don't mean to say that I don't appreciate the high opinions people have of me here. I'm actually... well... very touched and amazed by them. But my people have to see that I truly represent them before they'll trust me. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-02 04:03 am UTC (link)
	I understand that. Your people are very much into social stature and family placings. It's a pity that a person of merit might be ignored simply because he's not socially accepted. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-05 03:43 am UTC (link)
	Or because he's a she. I-I know. But my world is still my world. I have to live in it. I want to live in it- and change it as wisely as I can. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-05 03:49 am UTC (link)
	Which only makes sense. The change will last if it's done in a way the people can understand. And most has to be done slowly and surely. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-05 04:06 am UTC (link)
	Vir nods. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-05 04:09 am UTC (link)
	So, what are we going to make next? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-05 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Suddenly, I want to try cranberries. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-05 04:14 am UTC (link)
	We'll have to see if we can find any on the station. I know you make juice with them. Oh, and muffins. Maybe we can make some cranberry muffins. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-05 04:18 am UTC (link)
	Oh, yes, muffins! I know how to make those! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-05 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Now we have to see if we can find cranberries here. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-05 04:26 am UTC (link)
	Do you know anything about how they're farmed? Maybe we grow them here. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-05 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Roger shakes his head. I'm afraid I'm very ignorant when it comes to farming or growing plants or anything like that. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-05 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Then I suppose we'll just have to ask the gardeners. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-05 04:32 am UTC (link)
	That would be wise. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-08-05 04:40 am UTC (link)
	All right, then. I'll talk to the gardeners. And if they don't have any, I'll talk to the import shop. Vir grins. If I find any, I guess we'll have to schedule another lesson. Maybe we can even invite Londo as a... as an impartial judge. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogersmith_bigo 2005-08-05 04:42 am UTC (link)
	That sounds like a good idea. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	_cheshirecat 2005-07-27 10:37 am UTC (link)
	That's a very silly oracle. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-27 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	I have been wondering, actually, if this oracle came from Wonderland. But I suppose not. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	adira_tyree 2005-07-27 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	You don't really seem like the type to carry around snakes either... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vir_cotto_tm 2005-07-27 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	No, you're right, I'm not. I-I'm not really afraid of snakes, actually, unless I'm not prepared when I stumble across one. But I do respect them. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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