“There is a cost associated with protecting things aside from yourself,” Eric began, a hero’s expression of fame.
“Including love inside you that can be received and reciprocated causing you to protect the recipients of mutual love but with the consequence of dying or losing them.
On the one hand, protecting your property is not worth the pain your loved ones experience by your love and effort being extinguished – unless for heroism. A hero is not thinking of their reputation. A hero is devoted to the survival of his loved ones or the values that he carries always, even in an instant. A hero is not seeking fame but instead embodies virtue and is rewarded accordingly.“
Fame to Eric is different from celebrity and more akin to legacy – a meaningful remembrance.
“The value of fame depreciates when it is celebrated culturally but can be intellectually reinvigorating when it is passed down generationally as opposed to admired with immediate recognition from our peers. There is a spiritual disconnect with fame but with legacy there is a bond that forms between cultures and generations as legends flow from one great idea into a million better ideas instead of one idea shared in the same way a million times in more of a viral way or as a one hit wonder – the difference between a line in your favorite song and the axis of chord progressions in all of music. One is loved by you and a million others while the other has yet to be discovered but is going to inspire a million more songs.”
Is it more legendary to remember a rhyme or to discover a rhythm?”
All of Eric’s heroes can do both.
Francis Erich McElroy 