It was the stereotypical view that those with blonde hair were....not so smart to put it politely. Usually such stereotypes could be used for insults, but there were those who went against their stereotypes. Females were stereotypical once known as the weakest and only excelled at cleaning and being a home-maker, but since the wars they were literally able to put their best foot forward in aiding their men fighting on the fronts, such progress only continued to grow so that being a female no longer was prejudiced or at least not so much anymore. It was certainly interesting when Sasha came out with her previous statement about her being a blonde being the reason that Blake had come to her, clearly showing that she was alot more intelligent than the other blondes this place had.
It was important to hold your ground and keep your wits about you, for who better to watch your back than yourself, for there were those who believed that others would protect them and help them, but in the end they done the complete opposite. If Blake was Lucas for example, he wouldn't spend his time hugging it up with Ms Morgan but rather going out to find his brother. Sure he goes partying through the influence of Corryn and breaking rules that kept them confined which Blake supported since such rules were only rules of oppression and it was upto them if they wished to go out and get drunk, consequences were on their own back. Afterall every man and woman had a choice, just as Sasha could of refused his offer to sit with him and could of walked away but instead she remained.
As he asked her what she thought of this place, she answered simply, "There's a place to sleep and food to eat and I have no immediate complaints. I'll be sure to make them to the proper authorities when I inevitably think of them", suggesting that she was expecting complaints to come by her statement which made him smirk, before she continued to address his other question, "As for my thoughts on the system, they're doing what they can and blah blah blah legal jargon, but the way I see it, we're doing well just to survive", speaking no truer words, but the key word in that was 'survive'. Either way, she had certainly made a good impression on Blake and having Blake's approval was not often given or to some not even wanted, but whether people understood how he saw things openly or not, this was Blake's final year so he'd make sure to make it....wonderful...in his terms anyway.
At the moment, it was Blake that held the place at the moment as clearly the younger kids understood who was boss, but clearly it was not rocket science to see that despite the fact this orphanage was run by the system, the system clearly was not working with all these rejects coming in, though from their experiences they were getting it, hence why Aleta's arrival and her standoff with Aly showed she understood, even Jane understood but she preferred to just distance herself from the trouble and not try to get pass that. At the end of the day, everybody had their own opinion about themselves and others so it was upto them what they thought as it was their lives and everybody had a choice, just as Blake had the choice whether to play the good boy or the bad guy. Well...bad guys are always fun and not to mention they have quite an arsenal as well as glamorous assistants. He was kind of an anti-hero in that he meant well but comes across in a more oppressive manner, but of course his less oppressive side comes out to those who don't oppose him and did understand.
He had yet to find out about these new girls however, as he knew about everyone at the orphanage, hence why he had people under his thumb like Alice and Jake who both believed that if they just pretend to do what is asked they would be okay. However, Blake's word was one he was bounded by, so they could go fight dragons in fantasy land soon enough and he'd leave them too it, but for this elder ones, ah well. "The key however is surviving which is down to us and not these idiots prancing about while they earn the big bucks to make the world a better place yet only make the place better for themselves...", adding his comment on the system before sighing, "and now I sound like a philosopher...yuck", the corners of his mouth tugged afterwards as he thought about it, but of course real philosopher's would disagree with him totally with his theory and how he was the one who got it all wrong. Wrong!
Blake was certainly not incapable of being friendly or having a joke when the opportunity arose, but after smiling at his comment, he looked up towards Lucas and Christian with Alyson in the middle, who he noticed looked to them on a few occasions as they spoke, so Blake felt it was only right to fill Sasha in as Lucas was no doubt doing with his bum pal, "If you had something or someone taken away from you and there was a chance to get that someone or something back, you'd do it, right" clearly such was about Lucas but to Sasha it was probably just an example before he continued, "If you see the girl over there on the swing with the two lands, Alyson, she comes here to what is supposed to be a broken home full of broken kids with broken hearts and she arrives as a princess in her dress and waits to be pampered, so what do I do? give her a royal welcome and have the kids come greet her so she's not alone and has a royal escort into our very run-down palace, and now because of that, I'm the bad guy", though he felt nothing about it which he showed by a shrug afterwards.
Turning to her a few seconds later, "Thought I'd probably mention it, since you have probably gathered something is stirring up...", curious what she thought of it while abstaining to her how it didn't bother him, how he has a finger in each of the pies, but maybe she got that impression already. She was afterall a smart girl, so probably wouldn't turn to the side of the fools and dreamers....
It was important to hold your ground and keep your wits about you, for who better to watch your back than yourself, for there were those who believed that others would protect them and help them, but in the end they done the complete opposite. If Blake was Lucas for example, he wouldn't spend his time hugging it up with Ms Morgan but rather going out to find his brother. Sure he goes partying through the influence of Corryn and breaking rules that kept them confined which Blake supported since such rules were only rules of oppression and it was upto them if they wished to go out and get drunk, consequences were on their own back. Afterall every man and woman had a choice, just as Sasha could of refused his offer to sit with him and could of walked away but instead she remained.
As he asked her what she thought of this place, she answered simply, "There's a place to sleep and food to eat and I have no immediate complaints. I'll be sure to make them to the proper authorities when I inevitably think of them", suggesting that she was expecting complaints to come by her statement which made him smirk, before she continued to address his other question, "As for my thoughts on the system, they're doing what they can and blah blah blah legal jargon, but the way I see it, we're doing well just to survive", speaking no truer words, but the key word in that was 'survive'. Either way, she had certainly made a good impression on Blake and having Blake's approval was not often given or to some not even wanted, but whether people understood how he saw things openly or not, this was Blake's final year so he'd make sure to make it....wonderful...in his terms anyway.
At the moment, it was Blake that held the place at the moment as clearly the younger kids understood who was boss, but clearly it was not rocket science to see that despite the fact this orphanage was run by the system, the system clearly was not working with all these rejects coming in, though from their experiences they were getting it, hence why Aleta's arrival and her standoff with Aly showed she understood, even Jane understood but she preferred to just distance herself from the trouble and not try to get pass that. At the end of the day, everybody had their own opinion about themselves and others so it was upto them what they thought as it was their lives and everybody had a choice, just as Blake had the choice whether to play the good boy or the bad guy. Well...bad guys are always fun and not to mention they have quite an arsenal as well as glamorous assistants. He was kind of an anti-hero in that he meant well but comes across in a more oppressive manner, but of course his less oppressive side comes out to those who don't oppose him and did understand.
He had yet to find out about these new girls however, as he knew about everyone at the orphanage, hence why he had people under his thumb like Alice and Jake who both believed that if they just pretend to do what is asked they would be okay. However, Blake's word was one he was bounded by, so they could go fight dragons in fantasy land soon enough and he'd leave them too it, but for this elder ones, ah well. "The key however is surviving which is down to us and not these idiots prancing about while they earn the big bucks to make the world a better place yet only make the place better for themselves...", adding his comment on the system before sighing, "and now I sound like a philosopher...yuck", the corners of his mouth tugged afterwards as he thought about it, but of course real philosopher's would disagree with him totally with his theory and how he was the one who got it all wrong. Wrong!
Blake was certainly not incapable of being friendly or having a joke when the opportunity arose, but after smiling at his comment, he looked up towards Lucas and Christian with Alyson in the middle, who he noticed looked to them on a few occasions as they spoke, so Blake felt it was only right to fill Sasha in as Lucas was no doubt doing with his bum pal, "If you had something or someone taken away from you and there was a chance to get that someone or something back, you'd do it, right" clearly such was about Lucas but to Sasha it was probably just an example before he continued, "If you see the girl over there on the swing with the two lands, Alyson, she comes here to what is supposed to be a broken home full of broken kids with broken hearts and she arrives as a princess in her dress and waits to be pampered, so what do I do? give her a royal welcome and have the kids come greet her so she's not alone and has a royal escort into our very run-down palace, and now because of that, I'm the bad guy", though he felt nothing about it which he showed by a shrug afterwards.
Turning to her a few seconds later, "Thought I'd probably mention it, since you have probably gathered something is stirring up...", curious what she thought of it while abstaining to her how it didn't bother him, how he has a finger in each of the pies, but maybe she got that impression already. She was afterall a smart girl, so probably wouldn't turn to the side of the fools and dreamers....