Was drunk as a lord..but less so now...no change required.
The most recent edition to the list is the Joshua Graham
Tribal Remnant of a group of Mormons in a post apocalyptic setting(values became more rigid/bended over time). Originally looking to spread the word of god to other tribes of the area, he and another character got trapped with a certain tribe when they were attacked by another. To survive, the other character taught the tribe military expertise instead of religion, this tactic was successful and to maintain peace they continued to wage war uniting the tribes. Graham was simply a missionary/translator in the beginning, but in his own words
"they needed me to translate, translating became giving orders, giving orders became leading in battle, leading in battle became killing, punishing and terrorizing. A small series of mistakes before a great fall"
By the time this coalition had been formed, its original intents were warped backwards(consequence of constant warfare). Somewhere along these lines he fucked up and got covered in oil, set on fire and thrown to the bottom of the grand canyon to be made an example out of. He survived somehow, returned to his people and they forgave him for killing innocents.
"they welcomed me like I never left, as if I never did anything to shame them."
The character accepted, but never forgave himself and pledged his life back to his original purpose. Serving god, this time with unrivaled ambition. Lot of righteous killings, bible quotes before executions and just badass shit done in the name of god. The drive is the part I admire the most.
The rest of this quote finishes with "practiced hands make for short work, the lord knows there's much to be done"^
You just have this incredibly driven individual who is extremely irrational and rigid but he can afford to be arrogant. It's his blind devotion in God's redemption that gives him such conviction and strength in the first place. His delusion directly correlates and scales with his strength.
Doing a bit of recollection while going through some of my old stuff, I always like to mark periods of time to look back and typically do so by storing a object/writing I was currently using. I noticed a pattern of adopting idols and I'm not entirely sure if it's typical/normal behavior or points to some other problematic issue. But certain individuals are chosen at troubling times in my life, I imagine I started to structure myself around that character.
There's no real common theme between them, they've been actual figures in history as well as fictional(even ratio between them as well), on complete opposite ends of beliefs/morality, asides perseverance no overlapping traits exist.The admiration consists of short to moderate periods of infatuation. I have a folder that's just full of pics of napoleon, caesar, genghis khan, lao tzu, bruce lee, andrew ryan, subject delta, raziel(legacy of kain series) and others. Any conclusion is welcomed.
With that out of the way, who have you/do you idolize and why?
Maria Salomea Skłodowska, known as Marie Curie. She was dedicated to her cause, intelligent as fuck and headstrong, she was really successful. She won the nobel prize more than once and is the only person, female and male, to win in it in multiple sciences, aside from that she was the first woman to win a Nobel prize.
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator. At age 13 she entered an all-boys technical institute to prepare for a career in engineering. But changed her mind to become a doctor instead. She applied to the University of Rome’s medical program, but was rejected. Maria took additional courses to better prepare her for entrance to the medical school and persevered. With great effort she gained admittance, opening the door a bit wider for future women in the field. When she graduated from medical school in 1896, she was among Italy’s first female physicians.
Because they were dedicated and successful.
Oh, and people ruling from behnd the scenes are cool as fuck too.