As I said on Monday, some people can get confused on what a hero should do for fame or infamy. They think full on murder is noble while refusing to steal from the needy is a sign of weakness. Let’s look at a few examples to get an idea of how to go in either direction:
- Someone has accidentally bumped into you and caused you to spill your drink:
- Fame– Ask for an apology and move on even if you don’t get one.
- Infamy– Carve out their liver with the broken glass and mail it to their parents.
- A well-known thief, who has never hurt anyone, trips and gets his leg impaled on a fence stake while trying to get away.
- Fame– Get them down, bandage their wound, and restrain them for capture.
- Infamy– Get popcorn and a chair to watch them bleed to death while live-streaming it for YouTube hits.
- A gang kidnaps your loved ones.
- Fame– Rescue them and use the same amount of force, if not a little more, than what they are packing. Only knock out and bind those who surrender.
- Infamy– Kidnap the loved ones of the kidnappers, offer a trade, and then kill them with their families to avoid vengeance after the swap.
- An old lady tried to cross the road at a red light, but it turned green and now she’s holding up traffic.
- Fame– Swoop in to safely carry her to correct side of the road.
- Infamy– Fireball grandma!
- The new fiancée of your former flame is gloating that he had sex with your open-relationship girlfriend in order to get you to fight him.
- Fame– Ignore him, but look for an opportunity to give him some non-lethal humility.
- Infamy– Butcher him in cold-blood and leave his corpse in the open for your friends and family to see.
- The orphanage is on fire!
- Fame– Save everyone inside and put out the flames.
- Infamy– Save everyone inside, put out the flames, and kill whoever you think is responsible for the fire.
- Your significant other cheated on you.
- Fame– Suffer a broken heart and work towards finding the strength to move on without them.
- Infamy– Kill their lover, mind control them into still loving you, cheat on them multiple times, and frame them for the initial murder.
- After a long adventure, you come to the evil villain who has done horrible things for power and wealth. There is no forgiveness.
- Fame– Kill them in battle and return to a peaceful life.
- Infamy– Nothing because the hero just killed you and returned to a peaceful life . . . That or you killed the villain to take their place.
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These definitely fit the categories! Though I couldn’t help thinking of what Liam Neeson would do. 😊
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Make a very intimidating phone call?
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😀😀😀😀 …if you want to lose fame…then do the evil big time
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That’s definitely a way to go.
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These were great. I think it would be fun to do this with a group. Great stuff, Charles.
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Thanks. That would be interesting.
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Maybe a board game.
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Hi Charles
Interesting alternatives. We quite often opted for something in between Fame and Infamy.
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🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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An interesting take on fame and infamy. Of course, there’s always the ‘do nothing’ option. Where would that fall?
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Depends on the situation, I guess.
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These are great. Either option could make for a decent tale.
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Thanks. Be an interesting ‘Odd Couple’ tale.
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You made me laugh with these Charles. I wonder how many times people have thought of the infamy alternative.?
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From my own experience, a lot of people want to go the infamy route.
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I’ll have to remember that!
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Sometimes you just live your ordinary life and people will tell you you’re heroic — or notorious! Because those things are in the eye of the beholder.
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Guess it isn’t up to us to say if we’re famous or infamous.
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I discovered fame on whispers and waistlines—then slipped out the back before virtue noticed. 🏄♂️
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