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[pillz]

when they say > never meet your heroes, what the hell do they actually mean?

i feel like there are 500 sitcoms or movie clips or whatever where there's like, somebody all knowingly shaking their head, and saying "this is what they mean" to some kid who just got his/her soul crushed by his/her hero, trail off dot dot dot. sometimes it's because the > hero was a dick, sure, but other times it's because > worshiper is legit annoying, maybe creepy, maybe just had too much paunch overflowing their jeans to make it as a starfucker, right? ??

are they just saying, don't tell the mother of dragons all the butt stuff fiction was pre-psych rehab? or after you write this semi-autobiographical best-seller about that one time heisenberg murdered you and everybody you knew, maybe don't call him up for coffee? be a lawyer, abandon all idols and ideals. or a famous singer. because you can't have heroes when you, your mic, and the narcissism taking up the whole pedestal.

come on. half of you get advertised as > heroes. what is up. not like $50/a pop for autographs is a deal you'd turn down, right?

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[driftsintobuffetline]

$50/a pop autographs is not for heroes - it's for celebrities. which we all kind of are, for better or worse

meet your heroes, then watch as they become human instead of heroes. woe about it, possibly lose interest, or else decide you like them better as people than as ideals.

mother of dragons????????????????????????????
this is the only truly important part of this post

i just contacted daenerys player realizing that title might not be IC, PLS BE FORGIVING IF RETCON;;

[pillz]

same deal, man. anybody going for your autograph, you're their hero, right?
i know i'm a day late with all this normal social behavior crap, [look, he said 'crap' instead of 'shit,' paragon of sainthood,] but i ain't wrong right?

how do you not know the mother of dragons.
> of the mother of dragons.

HEY HEY ALWAYS FORGIVING. No worries

[driftsintobuffetline]

D< i refuse to say you're right
but maybe
sometimes they're you're hero i guess


IDK MAYBE BECAUSE A LITTLE SHITHEAD DIDN'T INTRODUCE ME??
ZIPPO NEEDS TO MEET HER, THEM, WHOEVER
WHY HAVE YOU WITHHELD

[rekt]

ok what if i have no heroes
oops did i win the game

[pillz]

i think that means you should think abou a stage persona and practice your sweet falsetto, baby. i can't be the only one deserves to hear it.

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[knaval]

depends what they're famous for
lot of people in my race back home that're famous are so because of how many people theyve killed
antifamous? wahts the word for it

[pillz]

infamous. word you're looking for is infamous.
this is about gigantic space aliens who don't eat organic food again, ain't it?

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[typea]

Familiarity breeds contempt?
Anthony Holden is commonly associated with the whole never meet your heroes adage and the context was that once he met his hero he learned more about his hero than he ever wanted to know
What he learned complicated his admiration and he was never able to see his hero the same way again

[pillz]

sounds like reasons not to date.
who's anthony holden? that the kid from the book they make us read in high school.

[it isn't. catcher in the rye. kavinsky wasn't as bad a student as people thought, but he was not by any stretch, a good student.]

[slightlyoffchilt]

Who would your heroes be, Joseph?

[pillz]

doc doc is it fishing for compliments o' clock?

[picksthenames]

i believe in "dont meet your heroes," but mostly when your heroes are lying psychopaths who kill you when you find out their secrets.

[pillz]

okay that seems like solid advice.
what's up with your life, son?

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[specialise]

Easy. Don't meet the people you consider heroes because they're going to disappoint you. It's inevitable.

[pillz]

dark, woman.
would you say that to your fans?

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[am_i_a_monster]

They mean your heroes will disappoint you. Life can be like those clips or worse. The same people that save lives take them.

Be careful writing anything about your life or other people's lives.

I wouldn't trust someone who wanted money for my autograph. But I'm not a hero.

[pillz]

do you think me putting those clips out into the universe was putting somebody in danger? i mean i'd say you was being paranoid, but we know the world we live in.

you could be a hero, probably. we all got powers, sweetheart.

are you thinking about your old man again?

[hardboyled]

People have got it all wrong.

It means don't meet your heroes because you'll disappoint them.

Duh.

[pillz]

you know that was the other case scenario i was thinking about.
but why would that be? like cuz you get too excited, piss all over yourself or what.

[fettering]

what if your heroes are villains?

[pillz]

figure the same principles apply
lot of people talking about embarrassing yourself, crushed ideals
suppose your villains ain't bad enough for your taste
tragic day

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[reek]

Simple enough. Don't have heroes.

[ That is...not what it meant at all, Theon, but you do you. ]

[pillz]

are you
sure

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[viced]

Honestly? I've met my hero -- he didn't charge me for an autograph, either -- but really... I don't think there's anything bad in it.

Especially since, if they're a dick, then you should know it, so you can find someone better to look up to -- or hell, inspire you to outdo them in the long run.

Then again, I think platitudes like that are pretty fucking trite.

[pillz]

i think you're like the first person who answered this post who wasn't cynical as f about having heroes, man.

[new and remodeled kavinsky, he doesn't straight-up curse. it's very virtuous.]

he still your hero? this guy who scribbled his name out for you.