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?

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Comments

Citrine - Annabeth

[divinewisdom]

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?

I felt that it was really effective...we were able to win a battle, and it was definitely some sort of submission. But I think commanding the words that have power should come with a kind of responsibility, especially in a battle setting.

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

Words like that...they've got a lot of power. I think we need to know how we use them and how they hurt others before we actually utilize them for what they're worth. Even something as simple as spiders or mirrors can really hurt someone without knowing that they have a negative reaction for someone.

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

Are you expecting me to find benefit in harming other people? There's not really a benefit to making people feel bad in order to win. Stuff like that...it's what bullies do on the playground. Growing up is supposed to be about using words in a way that gets your point across without hurting the other person emotionally or physically.

So yeah, I guess we traumatized two people who we didn't know. But I didn't find pleasure in it. And I wouldn't do it again. (Relevant Battle Thread vs. Guileless)


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

I don't really think it's done anything but affirm what I already felt about him. And I know that I'll do anything to keep him next to me now. I wasn't...entirely sure before. But I protected what I thought was important. (Relevant-ish Thread)

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

I don't think the bond really changed anything for us. We were always connected -- maybe not like this, but we've always been destined by fate to be together in some way. So I don't really feel different. We're always strong together. This just proved it.

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?

Never. I'd never want another partner than Percy.


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

Well Ritsuka finally told us that the ears and tail me and Percy had mean you haven't had sex yet -- he said it was a way to distinguish between adults and kids. But I'm not a kid any more, and I don't think that having sex will really make me any more adult. I guess it's just a difference in worlds and experiences.

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

It felt like some people were…judging us. I was kind of worried that people were going to think we were weird -- I mean, we're seventeen, you know? A lot of people our age have already had sex, probably a lot of times. There are people out there who would think it was weird that we hadn't done it yet, especially since we've been together for a long time, in a relationship. But Percy reminded me that it's not that sort of thing that really counts. So I tried to stop thinking about it like that, and instead thought that we still have a lot to learn before we're ready for anything like that. (Relevant Thread)

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?

I don't think that would be a good idea. If they wanted to tell everyone, they'd just post it on the bulletin board or something. Let's keep personal beliefs to themselves.

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