[Poll] Does mother know best?

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So!

You were reborn in a fantasy universe and you live with your mom on a boat. You have lived on this boat for your entire life (~16 years), and occasionally this traveling boat stops in various harbors of enormous cities with all kinds of pretty lights.

However, you mom has one rule: You can't go outside.

Her explanation is extremely simple: "If you go outside, you will die, so don't go outside."

You're very frustrated by this rule because obviously there are plenty of other humans walking around outside in the harbor. Occasionally, you chat with people who visit your boat (mostly people delivering stocks and supplies), and overall they seem very friendly and nice. There appears to be nothing dangerous or suspicious outside on the land. From time to time, various dock workers have flirted with you and asked you out on dates, but you've declined saying that you're not allowed to leave the boat.

You've asked your mom why you can't leave the boat multiple times, but she refuses to explain the reason why (she says you're not ready to know yet). She just tells you not to do it, that it's bad for you, that you would die, and not to question her because she knows what's best. ​

1. Would you ever leave the boat?

2. At what age would you decide to leave the boat if your mom never explained herself?

3. If you left the boat for 5 minutes and nothing bad happened, would you leave the boat for a longer period next time?

4. When you were growing up, did you listen to you parents?

 

So reminiscent of The Waterboy...

 

I'm big on explanations and honesty. So I would simply tell mother she has two choices. Give me the reasoning behind why I will die if I leave the boat, or watch me leave. I'm guessing there is something preventing her from giving me that information, but I will still give her a chance to find a workaround.

 

She would eventually tell you that there's a curse, and she believes that it's better for you if you don't know about the details of the curse.

 

My own mom sometimes made unreasonable demands of me without explaining why or giving an equally unreasonable explanation. (One example I can remember: I wasn’t allowed to use cruise control while driving.) If I could get away with disobeying (and if it made sense to disobey), I did so when and where I could, even though I’d get in serious trouble if caught. Mom had trouble grasping the idea that I was taught critical thinking in school, and I wasn’t going to be obedient easily without reasonable explanations.

I don’t know what age I’d leave the boat, but it would be no later than my teens. I’m actually a fairly law abiding citizen, so if you give me a reason to obey the rule, I’ll probably do it. (Example: someone once asked me if I would ever turn left on a red light when it’s the middle of the night and no one’s around. My answer: Unless the light seems broken, no. The other person seemed disdainful of my answer, but whatever. You never know if someone’s going to suddenly come around a corner or other blind spot. Better to obey the law and be sure you won’t cause an accident. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

 

well i'd still try to leave the boat anyway, not letting my mother of someone else hold me back. if something happens then it happens~

it is kinda my principle though, not letting someone else or something to hold me back when i want to do something

 

Is the fantasy mother pretty?

 

Hmmm it depends. Is there internet inside the boat?

 

It's a fantasy universe, so there's no Internet. However, there are various kinds of magical entertainment thingies.

 

I would probably be ready to die at 50+ so I would just say f*** it and leave the boat. Whatever the consequences are.

 

1. Would you ever leave the boat?
yes, at some point in time
2. At what age would you decide to leave the boat if your mom never explained herself?
it depends, really.
if I've interacted with handsome guys at the dock, maybe 17-ish
if I remained the shy and introverted shut-in I was, I'd be satisfied with all the entertainment a boat can give me,since I wouldnt have touched the outside world
3. If you left the boat for 5 minutes and nothing bad happened, would you leave the boat for a longer period next time
I would not leave the boat for 5 minutes, it would not bring me anywhere if I was wandering.
4. When you were growing up, did you listen to you parents?
we argue a lot and I dont listen to them occasionally

I want to know why would mum dock. can she get out of the boat?

 

Writing up a complicated curse just for fun~ (note: only the mother is aware of the curse).

Spoiler

A. If you are aware of this curse, it will be passed on to all of your direct descendants (children).

B. Whenever you are off the boat, your lifespan rapidly decreases at a rate determined by the alignment of the stars. Although it's difficult to say how quickly it declines, a rough estimate would be 1 year lifespan lost for every 5 minutes off the boat.

C. You can break the curse for your unaware descendants (as long as they haven't learned of the curse) by sacrificing 7 innocent people to the Sea God in the middle of the Blahblahblah Ocean.​

Therefore... the mother is actively and secretly trying to collect victims to sacrifice to the Sea God so that she can break the curse for her child (who is unaware of the curse), who can't be made aware of the curse because otherwise the curse is permanent and will be passed on their own descendants.

 

She normally doesn't get out of the boat either.

She docks because the two of you still need to eat, and she trades for supplies with traders who visit the boat.

 

ah, then if she stays in the boat I'll also remain on the boat

 

At some point you just won't be able to stay on the boat anymore. As a little kid it might still be your whole world, but as you grow older your gonna start realising that it's not normal to not be able to leave a boat. I think at that point in time you're still gonna listen to your mom and accept it. This kind of believe in parents wears of in your teens. It's then that you start to waver but still stay because the threat of dying is keeping you from doing something reckless. Then, depending on how decisive you are, you're gonna leave sooner or later, but I think you're still going to leave before 20.

 

My eighteenth spring was approaching fast and I hadn't landed a single foot on solid ground in my entire life. Mother always said the same.

"If you go outside, you will die, so don't go outside."

And it was getting on my nerves. Plenty of girls around my age were already starting to have kids and here I was, destined to rot away on a boat.

John, a handsome youth with a charming smile, had repeatedly asked me out every time we docked but Mother always shooed him off.

I knew from John's tales that there was next to no peril on firm land other than the occasional flood. So, why not leave the boat? Mother wasn't going to be back till nightfall. Tying my hair in a messy bun, I put on the floral shoes John had gifted me last summer and prepared myself for the first adventure of my life.

I was going to get some Dahlias and be the one to ask John out this time.



3. If you left the boat for 5 minutes and nothing bad happened, would you leave the boat for a longer period next time?

Of course, our FL has a ML to capture.

4. When you were growing up, did you listen to you parents?

Asian parents have quite persuasive sticks to make you agree.

 

This is great! I love it!

 

I would leave at a very young age because...reckless+youth
You also never included memories of past life, so this poll does not make much sense