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They say 'the apple never falls far from the tree.' That one's got something to do with family and where you come from influencing you.

But what if the tree's on a hill? Maybe it will fall nearby, but it doesn't have to stay there. If it's something like that, the apple could roll as far as it wanted to. You can't really help what family you're born into and how, but it's up to you whether or not it makes a difference. An apple can only fall off a tree once, but it can travel anywhere after that.

What do you think? Does the kind of family someone's born into really determine anything about them?

[Otacon sighed as he sent the message--there was no way Liquid could ignore something like that. Fine with him, that was the whole point. Just like it had been the first time around, someone had to stop him from doing stupid things around here. Otacon couldn't control him--really, who could control Liquid Snake--but he could keep an eye on the soldier and make sure he didn't start more trouble than was necessary.]

[He stood outside the Goldenrod hotel, Pokegear in hand, and simply waited, the Chatot perched on his shoulder whistling softly and ruffling her feathers.]

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You lack subtlety, as ever.

[Liquid was on the road to Goldenrod, and would shortly be entering it. He wasn't about to tell Otacon that, though, in case the other man tried to detain him in some fashion. He needed to get to Vermillion to see to the lieutenant as soon as possible.]

The problem with your little comparative metaphor, Emmerich, is that even if the apple travels a thousand miles away from its tree, it will still always be an apple. Its seeds will grow into a tree, exactly the same as the one it came from.

I think it might have some say. But deep down, you are your own person.

An example. My husband was an orphan. He's never known his parents. Yet he's a wonderful person.

[He's been once told he has no right to speak on the topic of families because he's an orphan, but seriously, to hell with this.]

there's probably some influence yeah. pretty sure it doesn't decide everything though.

Our family have some influence over us, but not completely.

[His parents' work gave him his initial interest in technology, before he choose programming of his own will.]

[There's a bitter, sharp laugh without any humor in it.]

I think "they" would be very, very surprised at how much members of a family can differ from one another...

[Bitterness is practically dripping from Illidan's voice. If it were any more obvious that he has issues with that particular topic, he'd be shouting it from the rooftops.]

Very much so. But that question could be expanded a little; "Does the situation of a person's upbringing determine anything about them?"

A person can decide what to take from the lessons of their childhood, of course, but the influence of their roots upon them can't be dismissed. It's just never so simple an influence as a child taking after their parent.

I think it determines some things.
Physical attributes mostly.
Other than that i would think that its our experiences that truly shape a person into who they are.
I dont think id be the same person i am today if my grandma hadnt raised me or if i never met my best friends.

_{[Yes, an excuse to practice texting!]}

I dont think family alone decides who youll becomm. of course family can determin some things like, s tatus and privilege but if you dont want the life you maybe are born into I think anyoen can change it, you just need the determination. i was bornn in a poor family but left them for adventures and riches (:

I think it depends on the culture you were raised in, as well as your own person. Though, I do wonder sometimes what my family would have been like had we been born into different, less heavy lives and had two parents like everyone else.

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[text] do excuse the typos, Migeul isn't the best at spelling

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