Prompt #137

[yohjideranged]

The Turks showed their kindness last week for 10 points and the trophy.

This week's prompt is #137 - Heavenly Virtues: Humility

The antithesis of pride, humility is the quality of being modest, reverential, politely submissive, and/or self-abasing, and never being arrogant, contemptuous, or rude. Humility, in various interpretations, is widely seen as a virtue in many religious and philosophical traditions, being connected with notions of transcendent unity with the universe or the divine, and of egolessness. In his book “The Heart of Virtue,” Donald DeMarco offers this interpretation: “The humble person makes a realistic assessment of who he is and puts that unillusioned judgment into practice. He does not judge himself to be smaller or larger than he really is. In so doing he avoids despair as well as pride. Consequently, the humble person enjoys the freedom to be who he is.”

Can a self-aware robotic cat show humility? Does Genesis even acknowledge the word? Is there such a thing as a humble Turk, and if so, who might it be? Does Rufus know the difference between a sincerely humble aide and a sycophant – and would he care? Did the failure of the space program teach Cid a lesson in humility, or did it just piss him off?

Whoever, however – show us humility in 100 words.

The Road of Self-Discovery (Humility)

[larathia]

Title: The Road of Self-Discovery
Characters/Pairings: Cloud
Team: Turks
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Series: post-game, pre-Advent Children
Author's Notes: Honestly, I think Cloud being emo is like the Planet running a fever; symptom of Bad Things.

Cloud enjoyed the long hours between stops, running messages town to town. It meant, among other things, not having to hang around and answer questions about himself, or Sephiroth, or Meteor. Or the crater where they'd all converged.

Most people didn't understand. He hadn't, in the end, fought Sephiroth to save the world, or be a hero, or any of that. He'd just wanted his own mind back, in his own body, and the chance to find out ...who he was, really, when not trying to live up to outside standards.

Reeve seemed to be the only one that understood.