Postby saztronic » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:31 pm
The answer depends entirely on your charrie.
IRL you may, at any time, be called upon to care for someone unable to care for themselves, possibly indefinitely. No one wakes up in the morning and hopes that it will happen to them, but if hopes and dreams were shots and beer we'd all be naked and baying at the moon in the middle of the street at dawn on a rainy Tuesday in October.
Or however that saying goes.
Some people shirk the responsibility of caring for the incapacitated by ignoring them, foisting the job off on others (a relative or paid caregiver), or smothering them in their sleep. Others take up the task cheerfully and would never complain nor even think to mention it. Still others sacrifice their own lives to shoulder the burden, but take every opportunity to remind others of their selflessness and sigh and moan and kvetch and what have you.
All of which are opportunities for good RP, and potentially for learning from good RP -- that is to say, exploring different ways of handling the situation and getting a taste (however ephemeral) of what each way might hold in the way of emotions/rewards/penalties/consequences/necessitities should you ever have to face such a situation yourself.
So: is your charrie full of grace? well-meaning but short on patience? hold special feelings for/harbor burning grudges against the slumberer? self- or other-centered? enjoy taking advantage of those unable to defend themselves? mother teresa in cotton pants and a coconut bra? someone who believes in demons that steal souls?
Therein lies the only answer to your question, no?
I kill threads. It's what I do.
Poor widdle turtle... So if you're supposed to feed someone then you should hire someone else to take care of it if you're planning to get busy... because it always takes longer than intended.
