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maskormenace2014-07-13 05:15 pm
heralding) wrote in maskormenace2014-07-13 05:15 pm
Entry tags:
- † balthazar | the magician,
- † crematia | n/a,
- † erwin smith | n/a,
- † flash thompson | agent venom,
- † gabriel | trickster,
- † kara styrdottir | n/a,
- † lightning | the savior,
- † loki laufeyson | n/a,
- † lucifer | n/a,
- † miranda lawson | prodigal,
- † pitch black | the nightmare king,
- † shiki ryougi | n/a,
- † touma kamijou | n/a
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[After speaking to Loki and a number of other individuals, Lightning resolves to make this commentary. Her experience with gods is lengthy, and what she's learning here in this world is that many are quick to dismiss them. While there were myths back home that people frequently ignored, it had never been the same. Myths included stories of the l'Cie, told to scare people when they would go to bed lest they might be turned into soldiers against their own world's gods. But that was different. Having lived alongside the fal'Cie all her life, she had accepted their involvement.
That this world dismisses gods, that the people from multiple worlds, can dismiss gods, strikes her as odd. To say the least.
There is much she can say on the matter. She only hopes that she covers all that matters.]
It has come to my attention that there are a number of people here who dismiss the presence of gods. Given the circumstances that we currently find ourselves in, I've chosen to share my experiences with you. I understand that many of you come from worlds where gods are uncommon or not present at all. Even in this world, gods are dismissed as myths ... or are a feature of religion, thought to be separate and distant. It's hard to believe in something you can't see. I don't blame you.
But my home world was one where gods worked alongside humans. Prior to my present, there was a war between worlds, between Gran Pulse and Cocoon. The gods pit these two powers against one another, hoping that they would destroy existence in order to bring forth a certain being for their own goals. Gran Pulse was wiped out as a result of this war, each and every person who lived there vanishing into thin air as a result of the apparent decimation. Cocoon, my home, prospered alongside the gods, the fal'Cie. They provided goods, electricity, and everything else we needed. For so long, we lived under their whims and according to what they wanted, not realizing that we were all up to eventually be thrown away when they grew tired or disgusted with us. We were their puppets, and we had to learn how to do things differently. That was a journey that we all went on from the beginning to the end, until we finally defeated god after god so that people's memories and experiences would be remembered.
That is not to say that you should all share the same experiences, but there is good reason to believe that we are experiencing that here. There is proof left and right. I worry about what this god ... these gods—[the emphasis itself is said rather forcefully]—have in store for us in the long term. But dismissing them, pretending that it's not a concern ... that's the last thing we should be doing. Treating it like "superstition," treating it like there's a more immediate concern at hand ... is unwise. They are one and the same.
I do not know if this government is unwittingly playing to gods' whims. I can't say that for myself, but I've been asked many times what I'm prepared to do. If they are, we can help them unchain themselves. What I know is that gods shouldn't play with our lives, and we should be prepared to act to stop that
[There's a pause here, where she sighs and glances away in the video.
There's a huff of breath before she presses on:]
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Everything I know about these present gods I have learned from others, but I am more free to share my own experiences.
That this world dismisses gods, that the people from multiple worlds, can dismiss gods, strikes her as odd. To say the least.
There is much she can say on the matter. She only hopes that she covers all that matters.]
It has come to my attention that there are a number of people here who dismiss the presence of gods. Given the circumstances that we currently find ourselves in, I've chosen to share my experiences with you. I understand that many of you come from worlds where gods are uncommon or not present at all. Even in this world, gods are dismissed as myths ... or are a feature of religion, thought to be separate and distant. It's hard to believe in something you can't see. I don't blame you.
But my home world was one where gods worked alongside humans. Prior to my present, there was a war between worlds, between Gran Pulse and Cocoon. The gods pit these two powers against one another, hoping that they would destroy existence in order to bring forth a certain being for their own goals. Gran Pulse was wiped out as a result of this war, each and every person who lived there vanishing into thin air as a result of the apparent decimation. Cocoon, my home, prospered alongside the gods, the fal'Cie. They provided goods, electricity, and everything else we needed. For so long, we lived under their whims and according to what they wanted, not realizing that we were all up to eventually be thrown away when they grew tired or disgusted with us. We were their puppets, and we had to learn how to do things differently. That was a journey that we all went on from the beginning to the end, until we finally defeated god after god so that people's memories and experiences would be remembered.
That is not to say that you should all share the same experiences, but there is good reason to believe that we are experiencing that here. There is proof left and right. I worry about what this god ... these gods—[the emphasis itself is said rather forcefully]—have in store for us in the long term. But dismissing them, pretending that it's not a concern ... that's the last thing we should be doing. Treating it like "superstition," treating it like there's a more immediate concern at hand ... is unwise. They are one and the same.
I do not know if this government is unwittingly playing to gods' whims. I can't say that for myself, but I've been asked many times what I'm prepared to do. If they are, we can help them unchain themselves. What I know is that gods shouldn't play with our lives, and we should be prepared to act to stop that
[There's a pause here, where she sighs and glances away in the video.
There's a huff of breath before she presses on:]
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Everything I know about these present gods I have learned from others, but I am more free to share my own experiences.
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i guess i'm hung up on wanting to fight AGAINST god, isn't that what you're saying we should do?
maybe god in my world is kinder than the gods in yours
which i guess means the jury would be out on any god(s) in this world
fuck my brain hurts
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But there's a specific set of gods in question here.
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i was thinking about gods in my world and thought about how we have a bunch of different names but we all pretty much mean the same god, unless you're hindu i guess
when you say specific set of gods, i was wondering if it was something like that
or do you mean, there are many gods
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Because I'm not. Where I grew up, gods lived alongside the humans. You could enter certain areas and see them.
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[He will never get used to having to qualify what planet he's from.]
that is some trippy shit right there. were you able to ask them about the mysteries of the universe?
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that seems
unfair
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no offense
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it's not trippy so much as dumb and boring if you ask me
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