Loveless Survey

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Please put your Name and Team Name in the subject line! (ie: Tiger's Eye - Phoenix)

For each topic you may list 2-3 threads that you feel exemplify your answers. You don't need to complete each section, but please don't submit incomplete sections. Surveys are due at 6pm PST on July 1st

Words

1. How well do you feel that you were able to use your words to exert your power over others? How effective were you in bringing those who opposed you to submission?
   
2. What change do you feel in your understanding of the power that words might hold now?
   
3. What harm did your words do to those you faced? What benefit did you find within them?

Bonds

1. How do you feel that this game has strengthened your understanding of your partner? How has it been weakened?
   
2. What strength do you feel you gained from the bond you shared within this game?
   
3. Do you feel that there is another who would have been more suited to partner with you? What reasons do you have for thinking such a thing?

Change

1. What changes did you observe in the physique of your companions? What do you feel was the criteria for such change?
   
2. How do you feel the treatment of those altered differed from those who were not?
   
3. If the private affairs of your fellow heroes and knights remained visible in such a way, do you feel it would be a welcome change? What makes you feel this way?

Any additional thoughts/comments:

Comments

Peridot - Thistle

[fragmentedimago]

Words

1. How well do you feel that you were able to use your words to exert your power over others? How effective were you in bringing those who opposed you to submission?

Obviously, I'm the best at doing so. You aren't going to find anyone better regardless of who you pull from. We won our three fights, though the second hardly counts under the circumstances. But as you said, it's an advantage I have, and one I can't help taking advantage of. Very few of the people here are really conscious of how much their words can be used to rip the hearts out of people's metaphorical chests should they choose to do so. A fist-fight is less dangerous. Your choices of words like power and submission were good ones. Spell battles are about exposure, after all.


2. What change do you feel in your understanding of the power that words might hold now?

Why do I need to have felt a change? This is the life I live. Words create my reality already. No, no change. If anything, I expect it to change the understanding of others.


3. What harm did your words do to those you faced? What benefit did you find within them?

Watch your referents; you're asking what benefit I find in those I faced.

It did precisely the harm I intended, and I received precisely the benefit I hoped for. It's unkind to focus too much on the meaning of where harm is done, and uncouth to gloat too much on where benefit is received. Once the battle is over, it's best to let that go unless I intend to battle again.

(1: http://aather.dreamwidth.org/822943.html?thread=689068447#cmt689068447
2: http://aather.dreamwidth.org/824968.html?thread=691369608#cmt691369608
3: http://aather.dreamwidth.org/824083.html?thread=690011667#cmt690011667 )


Bonds

1. How do you feel that this game has strengthened your understanding of your partner? How has it been weakened?

I believe Ritsuka has faith in what we could be as well as what we are, which I had not seen before. Mm, but that's it. I know Ritsuka. He knows me. What we haven't understood yet isn't something that can be understood so easily as through spell battles with untrained participants. But we cannot be weakened. We will not be weakened. That's a spell as well.


2. What strength do you feel you gained from the bond you shared within this game?

The strength we gained wasn't due to the game, but the game let us access it. On the other hand, what weakness will we gain when it is taken away again? Perhaps there will be no net gain at all.


3. Do you feel that there is another who would have been more suited to partner with you? What reasons do you have for thinking such a thing?

Don't speak such nonsense.

(1: http://aather.dreamwidth.org/820854.html?thread=688121462#cmt688121462
2: http://aather.dreamwidth.org/821328.html?thread=688203600#cmt688203600 )


Change

What changes did you observe in the physique of your companions? What do you feel was the criteria for such change?

Obviously, the got cute ears and tails because they haven't had sex. I wonder if anyone lost them in the time of this game? That'd be cute and fun. Would you let them keep the ears as trophies after?


How do you feel the treatment of those altered differed from those who were not?

It didn't matter here, per se, because you hadn't seen fit to inform them. If you'd wanted an accurate societal comparison you'd have had to do so. I think there was a lot of "It's cute" and "it's hideous" and "why don't I get any" and other general confusion. Ah, those informed were quickly embarrassed, though. You can't just fold two worlds together like pages from two different books and expect them to react the same way. There's no coherency to it.


If the private affairs of your fellow heroes and knights remained visible in such a way, do you feel it would be a welcome change? What makes you feel this way?

It'd be a lot more comfortable, certainly. They're the ones who keep all affairs hidden and treat sexuality as invisible. Sexuality is always visible, unless you take steps specifically to disguise it. Or so I'm accustomed to.

(1: http://aather.dreamwidth.org/820854.html?thread=687606902#cmt687606902
2: http://aather.dreamwidth.org/821328.html this entire post)