The Doctor is in...

...my group of Tricksters!  I love it!

I was reading an article about Tricksters in society and I am ecstatic to see that along with characters like Bart Simpson (I don't really consider him one of the gang.  He is more of a prankster.), they included Jack Sparrow (my apologies, CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow), Q, The Doctor, and Han Solo!

Given the fact that Tricksters are often treated with caution (or aversion), it is awesome to see that some of the characters that people absolutely love and emulate are all Trickster archetypes!  They throw convention to the wind and show us that we are all bad and good, capable of rising to great heights, then slipping on that banana peel and falling on our faces.  The rebels that do what they want, stick it to the Man and think outside the box, that is the character that people love!  But you mention Trickster to them and you can hear the collective slamming of sphincters.  No!  Not them!  We don't like THEM!

What is the fear in letting yourself enjoy the company of the slightly nuts?  Standing on ceremony and being told what to do and how to do it gets old.  We all long for a freedom that we can't always have.  We turn to others who can do that.  We want to be those people and be able to put others in their place and live a live of freedom on our terms.  But we accept it in our pop culture, but why can't we accept it in our Divine?

Coyote?  No!  Pan?  No!!!  Loki, Kokopelli, Anasazi, Hermes?  No, No, No!  We don't want to work with their kind!

Captain Jack Sparrow?  Oh, he is great!  The Doctor?  I can't wait to run off in the TARDIS!  They can't be the same as that other lot.

Can they???