Ask Tron Anything

[Tronethiel]

Greetings, my name is Tronethiel, you may or may not have seen me around that site! I'm not of any particular consequence, but I saw that people were doing these threads back in the day and thought it would be fun. I think my friend @DJ MagicHat is making one as well, so feel free to head over there and check his out too!


Hmmm. Where to start? I'm a philosophy major and I've only been roleplaying since I started college which was about 4ish years ago. I'm currently a social worker and desperately struggle to triage people's broken lives on a daily basis. I'd really like to be a librarian though, haha. Beyond that, feel free to ask me anything (within the bounds of RPN rules of course), I guess that's sort of the point.

 

[Dusky]

Why did you marry me, sweetie~?

 

[KayDuckula]

What's it like, being a social worker?


I'm torn between the social work program at uni for my bachelors, or finishing up my teaching degree.


Each have pro's and con's, but I'm curious to hear an actual social worker's perspective.

 

[Tronethiel]

Why did you marry me, sweetie~?

Well, hun, when I gaze into the ocean-green depths of your eyes, the waves envelop me, dragging me ever downward. Then, I realize that I've sunk so deep that the pressure is causing my ribcage to collapse and that my time is short. I look to the left and right, panicked and calling out, but no one hears, and water floods into my lungs. With each passing moment I sink deeper into the depths, the abyss drawing me into it's cold embrace. As my eyes dim, and I languish before the ocean floor, these last thoughts occur to me, This is the most I have ever seen in someone's eyes and then it is gone. Peacefully, I lay there in the depths, and I am one with the ocean. It invades my every crevice. Silence.





Anyway.

 

[Dusky]

Well, hun, when I gaze into the ocean-green depths of your eyes, the waves envelop me, dragging me ever downward. Then, I realize that I've sunk so deep that the pressure is causing my ribcage to collapse and that my time is short. I look to the left and right, panicked and calling out, but no one hears, and water floods into my lungs. With each passing moment I sink deeper into the depths, the abyss drawing me into it's cold embrace. As my eyes dim, and I languish before the ocean floor, these last thoughts occur to me, This is the most I have ever seen in someone's eyes and then it is gone. Peacefully, I lay there in the depths, and I am one with the ocean. It invades my every crevice. Silence.



Anyway.

[sWOONING INTENSIFIES]

 

[Tronethiel]

What's it like, being a social worker?
I'm torn between the social work program at uni for my bachelors, or finishing up my teaching degree.


Each have pro's and con's, but I'm curious to hear an actual social worker's perspective.

Well, I tell you what. It's hard. Very hard. And if you get up into the administrative part of it, you can make some decent money while having a cush job. BUT, you're probably going to start in the trenches and work directly with people. And let me tell you. Those people need help, and you'll be doing a good thing, but they won't always thank you for it, and it will be draining. If you believe in it and want to do a good thing, it's definitely fulfilling, but the burnout rate is very high and you'll be required to focus on negative situations constantly. It is worth it on those rare days when you get to see people flourish. I will say that


I don't know if that was the answer you were looking for, but it's the truth as I have seen it. You'll definitely want to get your master's and license if you do pursue it though. Hope that helped

 

[Tronethiel]

[sWOONING INTENSIFIES]

Forever yours.

 

[KayDuckula]

Well, I tell you what. It's hard. Very hard. And if you get up into the administrative part of it, you can make some decent money while having a cush job. BUT, you're probably going to start in the trenches and work directly with people. And let me tell you. Those people need help, and you'll be doing a good thing, but they won't always thank you for it, and it will be draining. If you believe in it and want to do a good thing, it's definitely fulfilling, but the burnout rate is very high and you'll be required to focus on negative situations constantly. It is worth it on those rare days when you get to see people flourish. I will say that
I don't know if that was the answer you were looking for, but it's the truth as I have seen it. You'll definitely want to get your master's and license if you do pursue it though. Hope that helped

I've researched the burn-out rate, and it's pretty high up there. I can understand, though. You're coming into an environment that's already chaotic and stressful, as it is. I have a friend who has her Master's in Psychology, and literally never wants to return back to working in that sort of environment, ever again. I feel bad for her, because she went to school for such a long time, and now she is a stay-at-home mom. Education is expensive, and I look at how she feels..and I'm like "Do I really want to do this?". Teaching is pretty exhausting too, especially if you live in Title 1 areas where almost all the schools surrounding you are low poverty.


Oh well! Every ounce of information I get is helpful, though. I appreciate you being honest! =] I know I'll figure it out, eventually. Haha.

 

[Tronethiel]

I've researched the burn-out rate, and it's pretty high up there. I can understand, though. You're coming into an environment that's already chaotic and stressful, as it is. I have a friend who has her Master's in Psychology, and literally never wants to return back to working in that sort of environment, ever again. I feel bad for her, because she went to school for such a long time, and now she is a stay-at-home mom. Education is expensive, and I look at how she feels..and I'm like "Do I really want to do this?". Teaching is pretty exhausting too, especially if you live in Title 1 areas where almost all the schools surrounding you are low poverty.
Oh well! Every ounce of information I get is helpful, though. I appreciate you being honest! =] I know I'll figure it out, eventually. Haha.

Yes, I'm not saying don't do it. I definitely think it takes a certain kind of person. I plan on transitioning out of it fairly soon, so there's that.

 

[Dusky]

What's your dream job?

 

[Tronethiel]

What's your dream job?

Hmmm. I pretty much bad with favorites of any sort. I don't know if I'll know what this is until I find it, but I rather imagine that it will involve books. I'd love to write a novel, but quite frankly, I don't know if I have that driving writer's spark as of present. A life of writing and selling fictions seems quite pleasant. I would love to be a librarian or some keeper of knowledge, a bookstore owner? I would also love to be a professor, definitely college, but I don't really know what subject I'd teach. I'm not the most decisive fellow, I know. Books, books.

 

[Tronethiel]

No more questions, really? RPN, I expected useless questions, hilarious questions, and far too serious questions, but not so few.

 

[Kazami42]

Greetings, my name is Tronethiel, you may or may not have seen me around that site! I'm not of any particular consequence, but I saw that people were doing these threads back in the day and thought it would be fun. I think my friend @DJ MagicHat is making one as well, so feel free to head over there and check his out too!
Hmmm. Where to start? I'm a philosophy major and I've only been roleplaying since I started college which was about 4ish years ago. I'm currently a social worker and desperately struggle to triage people's broken lives on a daily basis. I'd really like to be a librarian though, haha. Beyond that, feel free to ask me anything (within the bounds of RPN rules of course), I guess that's sort of the point.

What is your opinion On the lack of WWI, and alternative WWI [like cyberpunk - dieselpunk versions of it.] roleplays?

 

[KayDuckula]

Oooh. Book lover. I got questions for that.


• What was your gateway book?


The book that awakened your desire to read.


• Do you have a favorite book? If so, why?


• If you could have your very own library, what would be your first three additons?

 

[Ozmic]

• What's your favorite genre of film?


• What is your "go-to" relaxation activity at the end of a rough work day?


• Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

 

[Tronethiel]

Oh Man. I'm going to work through these as soon as possible. Wow, you guys brought the heat.

 

[PedalEve]

I habe heard

Greetings, my name is Tronethiel, you may or may not have seen me around that site! I'm not of any particular consequence, but I saw that people were doing these threads back in the day and thought it would be fun. I think my friend @DJ MagicHat is making one as well, so feel free to head over there and check his out too!
Hmmm. Where to start? I'm a philosophy major and I've only been roleplaying since I started college which was about 4ish years ago. I'm currently a social worker and desperately struggle to triage people's broken lives on a daily basis. I'd really like to be a librarian though, haha. Beyond that, feel free to ask me anything (within the bounds of RPN rules of course), I guess that's sort of the point.

What does a girl really want in a guy ?

 

[Tronethiel]

What is your opinion On the lack of WWI, and alternative WWI [like cyberpunk - dieselpunk versions of it.] roleplays?

I'm not a particular fan of any of the 'punk' sub-genres, so the answer is . It doesn't bother me too much, though, I do enjoy cyberpunk if it's done really well. It's iffy though.


If you're asking 'why do I think there is a lack?" I would say that WWI has temporarily fallen into a bit of historical limbo. We are now coming to the point where most of the remaining WWII vets are passing away and that fragment of cultural connection causes us to focus on that historical paradigm. It's not that WWI isn't important, but that history hasn't caught up to it yet. Recent events have the benefit of being recent, and earlier events have the distinction of being ripe with age. I don't know if that was way more than you were asking for, but there you are, haha.

 

[TeaMMatE11]

Do you study military history, and if you do, which period? (If World War II, do you study battles, warships, tanks, or planes?)

 

[Tronethiel]

[QUOTE="Mr. Grin]• What's your favorite genre of film?

[/QUOTE]
I hate 'favorite' question because I am incapable of picking one thing, so I'll just lists the ones I really like and sort of ignore the question.


-Horror (my preferred, but not exclusive, sub-genre being supernatural)


-Martial Arts/Kung Fu (whatever you want to call it) This is probably my go to mindless fun genre, not to say that there aren't thoughtful movies in it, but it tends towards ridiculous.


-Neo-noir (both in a very specific and very loose sense, whatever the hell that means) - You've got The Coen Brothers, Tarantino, and a smattering of other titles hither and thither. I like dark. I like absurd. Sometimes just one, but both is best.

[QUOTE="Mr. Grin]
• What is your "go-to" relaxation activity at the end of a rough work day?

[/QUOTE]
Reading pulpy fantasy novels, browsing RPN (sometimes) and taking showers. I kid you not, the sound of running water is THE most soothing sensory input to me. When I have my own house, there will be a fountain or something.

[QUOTE="Mr. Grin]• Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

[/QUOTE]
*begins to sweat, eyes flickering wildly* What makes you think I know? He...he....


I'll get around to answering more in a bit, but there are too many though provoking questions, haha.

 

[Girouette]

Te. Te. Te.


You're a philosophy major? That's actually one I was thinking of (Either Psychology or philosophy, both with P's and somewhat useful for going into law? Not that I'm close yet, but planning is good!) So I have a question for you. What does being a Philosophy major like...Really entail? Like. What do you learn and such? And what's your favorite part about it?

 

[Kazami42]

I'm not a particular fan of any of the 'punk' sub-genres, so the answer is . It doesn't bother me too much, though, I do enjoy cyberpunk if it's done really well. It's iffy though.
If you're asking 'why do I think there is a lack?" I would say that WWI has temporarily fallen into a bit of historical limbo. We are now coming to the point where most of the remaining WWII vets are passing away and that fragment of cultural connection causes us to focus on that historical paradigm. It's not that WWI isn't important, but that history hasn't caught up to it yet. Recent events have the benefit of being recent, and earlier events have the distinction of being ripe with age. I don't know if that was way more than you were asking for, but there you are, haha.

Damn.

 

[Tronethiel]

• What was your gateway book?

Oh dear. A couple of things come to mind, but I actually thing it was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. As I recall, my mother started reading it to me around the age of 5 or 6. I think she read the first three to me and then I just sort of took over the process. There were other books in my youth that got me reading. The Hardy Boys and The Hobbit both come to mind, but I think the Sorcerer's Stone was the one that got me.

• Do you have a favorite book? If so, why?

@KayDuckula You are committed to tormenting me......I hate picking A favorite. HATE. After thinking about it, I don't even think I can answer this directly. There are just too many that I love and if I listed those it would become madness. I will answer the next question though. That will have to suffice. If you want to ask another more broad question, maybe I'll be able to accommodate you.

• If you could have your very own library, what would be your first three additons?

This is easier to answer because it's not so much a matter of favorites, merely impact, I think. I'm tempted to put only fantasy here, but I'm going to attempt diversity. Go!


1) Jonothan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke - This fantasy gem is a sizable, and amazingly crafted, tome, which is why I think I'd put it on my shelf first. It just feels like it belongs in a library. This book is set in 19th century England. It's an alternate history in which true magicians used to exist but died out, so now only theoretical magicians exist. BUT THEN, a real magician appears. It is exquisite, lush, and so well done that it feels like you are reading a real account of English history.


2)On the Plurality of Worlds by David Lewis - This is a philosophical treatise on how multi-world theory can be used to give meaning to statements about possibility. I think it's absurd, but I love it for that and it is a brilliant work in philosophy if not for Lewis's near-belligerent commitment to his view. *more philosophy babble* Regardless, a book this unnecessary and fun totally belongs in a library!


3)Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus - This is probably the first classic that really impacted me. It is philosophical/existential horror, which was one of my first robust encounters with philosophy and I've always had a penchant for horror.

Do you study military history, and if you do, which period? (If World War II, do you study battles, warships, tanks, or planes?)

I apologize, I do not study military history at all. If I did though, I suspect WWII would be high on the list I'd start with. The French Revolution and maybe the fall of the Russian czardom. I don't even know if the last two are important to military history in anyway, but they intrigue me!

I habe heard
What does a girl really want in a guy ?

Well ,sir, there are three and a half billion women in the world, and I imagine each of them would like something a bit different.


Some tips though? I guess I'd go with this (but these aren't even gender specific, just good human-ing)


- Actions speak louder than words. If you truly feel a way about someone, show them. Definitely, tell them, but back that shit up.


- Honesty, I know we lie to each other sometimes, and sometimes people do want to be lied to, but you have to be willing to be honest when it counts. Any partner worth a damn, even if it takes time, will ultimately appreciate heartfelt honesty (not the spiteful and destructive kind). If they don't, you should probably get out of there anyway.


- Giving a damn. If you care about someone, you'll ask about them, ask after them, try to understand them, even if they are 99% foreign to you (It all goes back to actions).


- Be yourself, but not a dumbass. (didn't see that one coming) and by be yourself, I don't mean be a complete ass, someone will love you for it. What I mean is that you shouldn't mask your essential self and try to be something you are not, HOWEVER, part of being oneself is acknowledging that you have faults and desiring growth. Not growth into something random and different but into the person you can see yourself being that's not just a fantasy. Be confident in yourself but willing to admit your faults.


I'm not even sure if that was about girls or life in general. But, action + a willingness to acknowledge your faults and move on will distinguish you and someone will appreciate it enough to come after you, I think. I hope that didn't get wayyyy too intense. Whoops.

 

[TeaMMatE11]

I apologize, I do not study military history at all. If I did though, I suspect WWII would be high on the list I'd start with. The French Revolution and maybe the Russian czardom. I don't even know if the last two are important to military history in anyway, but they intrigue me!

Actually, studying Napoleon's actions during his war is intriguing, because he was the smartest general...until he tried invading Russia in the winter.

 

[KayDuckula]

@Tronethiel


It's like the worst question to ask book-lovers, isn't it? Haha. I, personally, couldn't answer the question either. It's like asking a parent to pick their favorite child. You just can't do it. You love them all equally.