Q&A - Hades (WYR)

Hey all!

If you've been following the pattern of Q&A responses, you know this is a bit out of order, but I've reconfigured the order so that no one 'doubles up' in a month (i.e. we get someone different as the focus for the questionnaire and each of the bonus contents), so some things have shuffled around. Long story short, it's Hades's turn on the questionnaire this month, and we had Charon for the first bonus content and will have Hekate for the next. 

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this one. :)

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1. Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or 20 minutes early?

Early, I think. I prefer not to keep others waiting on me, when possible, even if being early has its own inconveniences. Fortunately my power means I do not actually have either of these problems, and can usually manage to be on time.

2. Would you rather be able to take back anything you say or hear any conversation that is about you?

Take back anything I say. I admit, while some part of me will always be curious to know what others think of me, paying too much attention to that kind of thing can… send one to dark places. It is best not to give the secret thoughts of other people more weight than one must, I suspect. Also, I am a poor communicator at times, and insurance against that would be most welcome.

3. Would you rather be the funniest person in a room or the smartest one?

I suppose… that is hard to say. It would be nice to have a sense of humor that is appreciated by others, but I would rather know as many things as possible that might help them. So in that sense, I suppose I would rather be the ‘smartest,’ though it isn’t really about that.

4. Would you rather be able to read minds or predict the future?

Ah… perhaps predict the future. As much as I would sometimes want to be able to simply know how another is feeling… that is why I should not have such power. I would be tempted to use it, you see, and I think that would be a violation.

5. Would you rather be criticized or be ignored?

On that one, I cannot decide. I generally prefer that people not pay me more mind than necessary, but being ignored entirely would make it quite difficult to succeed at my job. At least with criticism, I would know what problems I needed to address, even if the solutions were not always as the critic supposed.

6. Would you rather have the ability to see 10 minutes into the future or 150 years into the future?

Oh, ten minutes, certainly. There are many useful questions in the day to day that could be answered by such a power, and I confess I prefer to let the further future surprise me, insofar as it can.

7. Would you rather be forced to sing along or dance along to every song that you hear?

Well, I do enjoy dancing, but I think singing would be somewhat less inconvenient, so that one.

8. Would you rather spend three years in prison, or three years at war?

I would rather spend ten years in prison than one year at war. But I acknowledge that my sense of what time is worth is probably far different from that of most people, so this is by no means an answer I assert as objectively better. Though… for anyone with any sense of war, perhaps the three-three case at least is clear.

9. Would you rather ask for help with a difficult task or figure out how to do it yourself?

I prefer to figure things out myself if I can, but I have no aversion to asking for help, and often do.

10. Would you rather cheat at a game and win or lose respectably-well?

I suppose it sort of depends on who I am playing with. Hermes, for example, often cheats, and because everyone knows this, such becomes part of playing any game with him. So to out-cheat him would be very satisfying. But with most people, I would rather lose respectably, of course.