I had a really great discussion with Madeleine as I was making my video this evening. [WARNING: If you have NOT seen my follwthebutterflies video this week and wish to see it before I have a tiny spoiler, go now!!]
When I was making my video and comparing why I thought Belle was better than Mulan, she had some very opposing views with me and it made me wonder what side other people would take. I said that Belle was much more brave than Mulan because she had no idea what was in store for her while Mulan knew what the consequences could, and probably would, be. Mulan knew exactly what she was walking in to while Belle was risking everything for her father without even knowing what could happen to her.
You see, Madeleine thought that by knowing exactly what was in store for her, it was actually more scary than not knowing. Because Madeleine would start freaking out about it all and over-analyzing things. Whereas I would be more scared of not knowing because having a choice between two terrible things, one known and one unknown, are scary. But I'd probably choose what's known.
I have a few examples:
-First off, if I had the choice between facing a creature in the sea [like an anglerfish from Finding Nemo] or facing whatever is out in space, I'd choose the anglerfish. That way I could decide how to defend myself and get away safely. And I guess Madeleine might choose the unknown because she knows so much about the anglerfish, and there are so many choices of how to go about things, that it scares her even more to try to face it.
-Another example that she and I discussed. Maybe Madeleine would be more scared of facing Voldemort and the Death Eaters because she knows how terrible they are, while I would be more scared of the moment that they started casting spells on Hogwarts' protective bubble, because I'm not sure if it would work or not.
What do you guys think? Are you scared of the known or the unknown? Why? This is something that I've been thinking about for a while and I'd like to hear some opinions.
Current song - Breathe Again - Sara Bareilles
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I'm with Kelly on this. I am much more afraid of what I can't see coming than what I know what I have to do.
ReplyDeleteLike with my job. Walking into it, I wasn't scared of the therapy that I would have to do. I've done therapy. Went to school and learned it. Yup. Sure did.
But while I knew that I would have paperwork and other duties, I had no idea what that would entail. How to fill things out. How to make sure you do everything correctly and legally. I had no idea and that scared me.
So there's my two cents. But to conclude, I like Belle better and Mulan isn't a princess anyways so Madeleine's thoughts are invalid. Haha.
Just kidding. I love Mulan. And Madeleine's awesome... and valid at being awesome.
The end.
We weren't talking princesses, MALCOLM, just characters =P
ReplyDeleteBut yeah. I don't even need to expound because that's about right. For me, the scariest part would be finding the courage to go and do the hard thing that I know everything about. Standing and waiting for the Death Eaters to attack the protective charms wouldn't scare me because they were only temporary anyway. It was only a matter of time before they broke through them.