Well, I don't think there's too many people around here who are going to underestimate your strength - or your ability to survive through difficult odds.
No, that has been proven clearly enough. Yet there still appear to be some who underestimate the extent to which I will retaliate when they try anything against me.
[There was a lot less of them these days but occasionally some little lemming gravely underestimated the amount to which Maul would retaliate if provoked, which as everyone who had been in Trench already knew would be to a legendary degree.]
Uh... yeah, well, you don't have to worry about me making that mistake. I'm a little surprised that your reputation doesn't. You know. Proceed you a lot more there, given the whole...
There will always be idiots with big mouths and more impulse issues than common sense in their brains. Perhaps they should add me to one of those informational guides people put together for newcomers. Just one sentence: 'Beware Darth Maul.'
I've never been nice in my whole life. The few moments I have, I got walked on all over by others, manipulated, and hurt. And pain hurts even for someone like me. Fear is a much better alternative.
[Willow's tone turns gentle. She doesn't want it to sound like she's trying to come off too harsh.]
It might have something to do with your approach. Most people here are pretty good - or at least try to be. It's just... hard sometimes when someone comes at you with threats and stuff, you know?
[Willow considers that. Given his upbringing, and his behaviour, it's not a huge stretch that social interaction is difficult. He is the same person who was confused about why it was socially unacceptable to break into houses last year to leave gifts. Even if some of the houses he was breaking into had residents whom he had previously threatened to kill.]
Well... What about being polite? Or, you know, courteous? I'm not saying you have to be all sunshine and puppies with everyone, but maybe keeping the whole 'fear me' thing down to a minimum would help?
I've tried being polite in the past but people still seem to get aggravated with me.
[Mainly because Maul was blunt to a fault and had a hard time understanding that he needed to have a little something called tact to get through conversations to keep from inadvertently insulting someone.]
Well... I guess what's considered polite can vary a little too from person to person. I mean. We've had talks before where we were okay, even after everything that's happened, right? So I mean, that shows you can get along with people. Just sometimes you have kind of a hard time with it.
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Date: 2023-01-09 11:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-09 12:28 pm (UTC)[Maul said gruffly. He saw people feeling sorry for him as being like pity and he hated pity.]
What happened to me was horrific. But I survived. I always survive.
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Date: 2023-01-25 01:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-26 07:33 pm (UTC)[There was a lot less of them these days but occasionally some little lemming gravely underestimated the amount to which Maul would retaliate if provoked, which as everyone who had been in Trench already knew would be to a legendary degree.]
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Date: 2023-01-27 05:18 am (UTC)[Willow gestures vaguely in the air.]
Well. The whole everything, I guess.
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Date: 2023-01-30 06:47 am (UTC)There will always be idiots with big mouths and more impulse issues than common sense in their brains. Perhaps they should add me to one of those informational guides people put together for newcomers. Just one sentence: 'Beware Darth Maul.'
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Date: 2023-01-30 09:07 pm (UTC)[It's said lightly, half-joking. It doesn't seem like such a great idea to stroke Maul's ego by letting his reputation precede him that much.]
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Date: 2023-01-31 12:15 am (UTC)[Yes he did, one just had to look at the smirk on his face.]
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Date: 2023-02-01 01:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-01 11:03 pm (UTC)[Maul really had worked hard to get to the level of skill and power he possessed. If he was arrogant, he felt it was justly deserved.]
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Date: 2023-02-07 05:47 am (UTC)[It is, of course, not lost on her how incredibly dangerous and powerful Maul is. Not after everything she's experienced with him.]
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Date: 2023-02-10 06:27 am (UTC)[Maul was as deadly as a sand panther and just as likely to lash out at people when he felt murderous intent towards them.]
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Date: 2023-02-11 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-13 10:31 am (UTC)[Maul said without a single bit of hesitation.]
If I can't have respect from people, I'll take fear instead.
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Date: 2023-02-27 01:32 pm (UTC)It might have something to do with your approach. Most people here are pretty good - or at least try to be. It's just... hard sometimes when someone comes at you with threats and stuff, you know?
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Date: 2023-02-28 08:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-28 03:38 pm (UTC)Well... What about being polite? Or, you know, courteous? I'm not saying you have to be all sunshine and puppies with everyone, but maybe keeping the whole 'fear me' thing down to a minimum would help?
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Date: 2023-03-01 09:40 am (UTC)[Mainly because Maul was blunt to a fault and had a hard time understanding that he needed to have a little something called tact to get through conversations to keep from inadvertently insulting someone.]
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Date: 2023-03-16 10:37 am (UTC)[He said in a haughty tone.]
They don't like me and I don't like them either.
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Date: 2023-03-18 03:40 am (UTC)Don't you ever get sick of being at odds with, like, three quarters of the city ninety percent of the time?
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