At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉
I've done this one before, although in a slightly altered form...
What if the only person who could help you was your middle school bully?
I feel like this has a qualifying question. Is this person helping me TODAY or in Middle School?
ReplyDeleteOops, I meant today. But, I didn't specify, did I? And my rule is, if I didn't specify, you get to determine the answer to the question.
DeleteI would hope he/she would be willing to help me and I would hope I would be gracious to accept their help.
ReplyDeletebetty
What Robert asked. If it was back then, no way - she was mean.
ReplyDeleteThen, I guess you'd better not expect any help. Unless that person has drastically changed.
ReplyDeleteOne hopes they would have matured some.
DeleteWell, That would suck because I had more than one bully. I believe I would have to be without limbs with certain death looming to ask and, even then, they may just smile and not help. They would have an agenda and would like it too much so I would not want to ask
ReplyDeleteYes, that is the issue, isn't it?
DeleteNope. I have no reason to trust them and I'm not going to.
ReplyDeleteAt this time of my life, I don't have a bully. Middle school consisted of 12 students and we had grown up together.
ReplyDeleteI guess I was lucky then and am now.
Yes, you were lucky. I didn't have a middle school bully either, but that's primarily because I was a loner.
DeleteIts funny how one remembers the bullies, Sallo as everyone used to call him was a real piece of work. I recall in fact. The school authorities letting me go home early on several occasions because no-one f---s with Sallo, his words! I laugh now but even still haven't forgot his victims, just glad he saw me as his friend... not that I deserved the honor of such esteemed company. When he followed me home one day, eventually he met my very serious father who was an executive at a Bank. They had words and Pop put the run on him, course I paid for that later in school.
ReplyDeleteI would work it out myself. There would have to be an alternate solution!
ReplyDeleteNever ever. I would try my best to solve my problem myself. No way.
ReplyDeleteThat seems to be the consensus.
DeleteYuck. Is my problem worth it?
ReplyDeleteAs I didn't specify...
DeleteSure, why not.
ReplyDeleteThere still part of human race, I would and hopeful the event would lighten there soul up a bit.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Well, I was never bullied and I never bullied anyone so.....I would just have to say that I would hope that we had both grown up and gotten over the crap that caused bulling. Not that I could completely forget but if they were helping me I would be thankful.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you weren't bullied. It's such a prevalent issue. Sad that that's still so.
DeleteWhich one? lol Be well, my dear.
ReplyDeleteThat's not a good question... But as I didn't specify, you get to pick.
DeleteI was lucky as I didn't have anyone bullying me in school, nor later.
ReplyDeleteComing to your question: well, probably, it would depend on what sort of help I needed. I would try my best to avoid taking the help of someone I don't like.
So nice that you didn't have a bully. If only that was everyone's experience. It totally should be.
DeleteOh hell no. I'd never go to him for anything.
ReplyDeleteThese bullies seem to have been evil back in the day.
DeleteI'd have no one to help me then since I didn't have a bully.
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