The J-Ching

X : 

Alright, admittedly, I occasionally find myself alone in The Dark thinking 

‘What is Buffy Wearing...?’

B : 

That would be 

One of The Things You Never Tell Me. 

But Thank You.

I needed it.

[ Version Rendered entirely from memory. ]

The Destiny Spear

“Pirate” means “Man of Fire” —

That’s why they run away To Sea.

He said, "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)

"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)

"But my life, my lover, my lady is The Sea"

That’s actually Wrong — Destiny has absolutely nothing to do with conscious desire...

Indeed, if you want to Do something, the chances and likelihood that it is What You Are Meant to Do is practically zero.

Donnie Darko’s Father is Jehovah — a Father God of pure desires and passions, outside of Time and History.

This becomes yet another instance of 

Fate vs. Destiny

Thor doesn’t WANT to Battle Thanos (Twice), but He chooses to —

And Thor is Right.

Thanos Doesn’t WANT to Wipe Out Half of All Life in The Universe (not really),  He just sees that task as necessary, essential and unavoidable — and since he is the only one with the requisite Strength and Will to Act, nobody else can do it, it therefore becomes 

The Thing He Was Always Destined to Do.

And Thanos is right — 

Seers, Fortune Tellers, Mystics, Time Travellers, and indeed 

The Fates

THE GODDESS HEKATE HERSELF

in the person’s of 

The Norns

CANNOT See Past Thanos’ finger-click —

So it HAS to occur.

It’s a Fixed Point in Time.

DESTINY

But Then Again — 

Thanos is The MAD Titan....

Or is he....?

I rather suspect He is just merely very misunderstood.....

Like Thor, Donnie Darko is a mag

Heretic —

A Son of God Who Chooses

Against his own personal interests, wellfare and petty mortal desires.

And Dies Laughing, Kim

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

For the first time in my existence,

(beats chest)

I am Truly NOT ALONE!!!

(Peter, Son of Ego looks crestfallen)

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

What is it, Son?

Peter, Son of Ego :

My Friends...

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

Ah — Well, y’see, 

That’s... The Mortal in you, Peter.

Quill, Son of Ego :

(weakly)

Yes...

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

We are... Beyond such things

Peter, Son of Ego :

(More firmly)

Yes...

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

Now, -

Quill, Son of Ego :

But My Mother -

You said you loved My Mother.

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

And that I did -

My River-Lilly, 

Who Knew All The Words to Every Song 

That Came Over The Radio

I returned to Earth to see her 3 Times -

And I knew that if I returned a fourth, well...

I'd never leave.

The Expansion - The Reason for My Very Existence 

would be over,

so I did What I Had to Do.

But -

It Broke My Heart to Put That Tumour in Her Head.

Peter, Son of Ego :

.....wha-

STAR LORD :

-hat..?!

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

Now, I know that sounds bad....

( -HURRICANE QUILL- )

Ego, The Living Narcissist :

(mouth reforming and regenerating)

....ho THE HELL Do You Think You ARE?!?

STAR LORD :

! YOU KILLED MY MOTHER !

(Not a Question - Telling, Not-Asking.)

How Not to Be Used : V — A Murderous Villain, and So Still Thou Art!

GLOUCESTER

Have done thy charm, thou hateful wither'd hag!

QUEEN MARGARET

And leave out thee? Stay, dog! For thou shalt hear me.

If heaven have any grievous plague in store

Exceeding those that I can wish upon thee,

O, let them keep it till thy sins be ripe,

And then hurl down their indignation

On thee, the troubler of the poor world's peace!

The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!

Thy friends suspect for traitors while thou livest,

And take deep traitors for thy dearest friends!

No sleep close up that deadly eye of thine,

Unless it be whilst some tormenting dream

Affrights thee with a hell of ugly devils!

Thou elvish-mark'd, abortive, rooting hog!

Thou that wast seal'd in thy nativity

The slave of nature and the son of hell!

Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb!

Thou loathed issue of thy father's loins!

Thou rag of honour! thou detested--

GLOUCESTER

Margaret.

QUEEN MARGARET

Richard!

GLOUCESTER

Ha!

QUEEN MARGARET

I call thee not.

GLOUCESTER

I cry thee mercy then, for I had thought

That thou hadst call'd me all these bitter names.

QUEEN MARGARET

Why, so I did; but look'd for no reply.

O, let me make the period to my curse!

GLOUCESTER

'Tis done by me, and ends in 'Margaret.'

QUEEN ELIZABETH

Thus have you breathed your curse against yourself.

How Not to Be Used : IV — Don’t Date Fixer-Uppers

Ev’ryone Effects Everyone Else

You can only ever affect Someone Else in one of only TWO WAYS :

Either You make Them Better

or

You Make Them Worse

How Not to Be Used : III — For, Not-Knowing Will Surely Get You Killed

Thanos Did 

Exactly 

What He Said 

He Was Gonna Do

How Not to Be Used : II — I’ll Go! I’m Small Enough to Sneak Inside!

I Know What The Bee Knows.

How Not to Be Used : I — Do You Really Enjoy Being an Easy Slut...?

Doesn’t look all that frictionless to me...

Don’t Be Like Judi Densch

Don’t Be Like Judi Densch — a Remoaner who never talks to her Mother.

A Device with which to Look at a C***

Q : What essential tool is required to perform an act of speculation? 

A : A Mirror.

What are The Most Valuable Things That Everyone Should Know?

What are the most valuable things that everyone should know?

1. Tell the truth.
2. Do not do things that you hate. 
3. Act so that you can tell the truth about how you act. 
4. Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient.
5. If you have to choose, be the one who does things, instead of the one who is seen to do things.
6. Pay attention.
7. Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you need to know. Listen to them hard enough so that they will share it with you.
8. Plan and work diligently to maintain the romance in your relationships. 
9. Be careful who you share good news with.
10. Be careful who you share bad news with.
11. Make at least one thing better every single place you go.
12. Imagine who you could be, and then aim single-mindedly at that. 
13. Do not allow yourself to become arrogant or resentful. 
14. Try to make one room in your house as beautiful as possible.
15. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
16. Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens.
17. If old memories still make you cry, write them down carefully and completely.
18. Maintain your connections with people. 
19. Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or artistic achievement. 
20. Treat yourself as if you were someone that you are responsible for helping.
21. Ask someone to do you a small favour, so that he or she can ask you to do one in the future.
22. Make friends with people who want the best for you.
23. Do not try to rescue someone who does not want to be rescued, and be very careful about rescuing someone who does. 
24. Nothing well done is insignificant.
25. Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.
26. Dress like the person you want to be.
27. Be precise in your speech.
28. Stand up straight with your shoulders back.
29. Don't avoid something frightening if it stands in your way – and don't do unnecessarily dangerous things.
30. Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.
31. Do not transform your wife into a maid.
32. Do not hide unwanted things in the fog.
33. Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated.
34. Read something written by someone great.
35. Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
36. Do not bother children when they are skateboarding. 
37. Don't let bullies get away with it.
38. Write a letter to the government if you see something that needs fixing – and propose a solution.
39. Remember that what you do not yet know is more important than what you already know.
40. Be grateful in spite of your suffering.

I am Captain Benjamin Sisko

Commence station log, 
Deep Space Nine, 
Commander Benjamin Sisko, 
Stardate 46388.2. 

At the request of the Bajoran Provisional Government, 

Starfleet has agreed to establish 

a Federation presence in this system

following the withdrawal of

Cardassian occupational forces. 

Bajor Monastery

OPAKA: 

Your arrival has been greatly anticipated. 

(She caresses his left ear.) 

OPAKA: 

Have you ever explored your pagh, Commander? 

SISKO: 
Pagh? 

OPAKA: 

A Bajoran draws courage from his spiritual life. 

Our life-force, our pagh, 

is replenished by The Prophets. 

(She squeezes the lobe.) 

OPAKA: 

Breathe. 

SISKO: 

Kai Opaka, if we could discuss -

OPAKA: 
Breathe! 
Ironic. One who does not 

wish to be among us - 
is to be The Emissary. 
Please, come with me. 

(She touches a control and the pool reveals itself to be a hologram hiding a staircase downwards)

[Secret cavern]

OPAKA: 

You are correct that Bajor is in grave jeopardy, 

but it is the threat to our spiritual life that far outweighs any other. 

SISKO: 

Perhaps, but I'm powerless until...

OPAKA: 

Commander. 

I cannot give you what you deny yourself. 

SISKO: 

I'm sorry? 

OPAKA: 

Look for solutions from within, Commander. 

Nine Orbs, like this one, 

have appeared in the skies 

over the past ten thousand years. 

The Cardassians took the others. 

You must find The Celestial Temple 

before they do. 

SISKO: 

The Celestial Temple? 

OPAKA: 

Tradition says the orbs were sent 

by The Prophets to teach us.

 

What we have learned has 

shaped our Theology.

 

The Cardassians will do anything 

to decipher their powers. 

If They discover the Celestial Temple, 

They could destroy it. 

SISKO: 

What makes you think I can find your “Temple”? 

(Opaka hands him the Orb box.) 

OPAKA: 

This will help you. 

SISKO: 

Kai Opaka -

OPAKA: 
I can't unite my people till I know 

The Prophets have been warned. 

You will find The Temple. 
Not for Bajor,
Not for The Federation,
But for your own pagh. 

It is, quite simply, Commander, 

The Journey You Have Always Been Destined to Take.