theatrical_muse: Topic 19 - Habits

[big_damn_hero]

Habits? I got a lotta habits...fiddle with my gun when I get a mite vexed, part my hair on the right when I oughta part it on the left, the list just goes on forever. I figure we all got quirks like that...little bits and bobs scattered through a body that make us just folks.

But if you want tell of a habit I couldn’t break? Well...you ask anybody, say Zoe in particular? She might see fit to tell that I got a real teensy problem with makin’ a bit of a stir come Unification Day.

Now me? I say it’s a bunch of go su...I mean sure, I like to hit a bar for a nice, quiet drink...and sure, I usually sometimes hit an Alliance-friendly establishment. Ain’t my fault...right?

Though now that I come to think on it a bit harder...most of the troubles I find myself havin’ are tied up with the Alliance, and me bein’ vexed by the go tsao de sons of bitches that are up there in charge. Think they can run a man’s life...pick at a little girl’s brain...play with people at the basic level of human nature...

I ain’t no high-minded type, and I ain’t no politician...but I *am* just folks, and I know that when you start thinkin’ folks ain’t good enough as is? That’s when bad things happen...people gettin’ hurt.

That’s the difference between them and us...old Browncoats like Zoe and me. *They* wanna make people change as they see fit.

Us? All we ever wanted was to get bettered on our own. After all...it’s the power of choosin’ makes us people in the first place, right? And if we ain’t even got that power...then what’s left?

Muse: Malcolm Reynolds
Fandom: Firefly
Words: 302

Comments

[companionserra.livejournal.com]

You scratch your nose a lot, too.

And you rub the back of your neck when you start to get sullen over something.

[bigdamn-hero.livejournal.com]

*scowl* I do not! That's a dirty rotten lie.

And just for the record? I've *seen* you countin' yer sneezes.

[companionserra.livejournal.com]

*Narrows eyes* I don't know what you're talking about, Malcolm.

[bigdamn-hero.livejournal.com]

Well then how come you only ever call me by my Christian name when yer lyin' 'bout somethin', hmm? You types ain't the only ones can read folks, y'know. *smirk*