#good or evil

[writing-to-survive]

#183

"Are you crazy!?"

"Yes. I told you that when we first met."

[sarahthecoat]

i just finished watching ep3 for the second time, and i am wondering, where does aziraphale's idea, that poor people have more opportunities to choose good or evil than rich people have, come from? i remember he and crowley have that conversation in the book (i forget if it's also in s1). but does it come from the bible? az collects them, and presumably reads them even if he regards them as human retellings or whatever. or does it come from someone in heaven? doesn't seem like the rest of them have the faintest idea how humans really live, though. aziraphale seems to believe it so wholeheartedly here, but step back one inch and it's utter bollocks! crowley sees what bs it is, and makes aziraphale give elspeth the money, hoping she'll follow through on buying a farm and "being good". (i just hope she's not robbed, swindled or murdered first) i would just think if aziraphale is paying much attention to humans, surely he can see that rich people have, if anything, more opportunities, and more scope, to choose good or evil, or both! anyway, i just had one of those moments where suddenly what i had been simply accepting something because it came out of aziraphale's mouth, fell apart entirely when i actually looked at it.

[dylanisdazed]

Even though it was midnight, young Dylan's room exploded with glowing light as he discovered his new magical powers...and he couldn't wait to learn more. But would he use his powers for good or evil..?

[just-trying-to-figure-it-out]

I think that a big part of growing up is realizing that the world isn't manichean

[placedegreve1482]

An I good or evil Wizard. Moral conflict. Headache!

[vampirebiter]

i really dont understand why so many people like to like. simplify guts and griffith down to Good and Evil. part of what makes them such interesting characters is that there is nuance to them so stripping that away makes it so much more boring of a story and makes them much less engaging characters

[dreamoit]

When you’re bored in class:

Anyways, who’s good? Who’s bad? Or is there even a good and bad in the first place…

[pamperthemplump2reborn]

I feel evil

hiding my BG3 obsession from my friends until I'm far enough in to start coop runs without getting "I just did this fight 5 times on solo, with my mate, with my brother, with my other mates, with my alt" fatigue.

[cactuskat]

He really would

[sanguinifex]

You gotta read and watch some old books and films that aren’t 100% modern politically correct. I’m not saying you should agree with everything in them but you need to learn where genres came from to understand what those genres are doing today and where media deconstructing old tropes is coming from.

Also, more often than you might think, they’re not actually promoting bigotry so much as “didn’t consider all the implications of something” or just used words that were polite then but considered offensive now.

Kill the censor in your head.

[writing-to-survive]

#223

"It's not like you're a monster or something."

"You really mean that?"

[dirtytransmasc]

the men and boys are innocent too.

we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.

I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.

I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.

I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.

I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.

the men are innocent too. the men and boys are being hurt and killed too. the men and boys are grieving too. the men and boys are scared too. the men and boys are fighting to save their people too. the men and boys deserve to be fought for too.

[matseko]

Good or bad omen ?Either way might make it my profile picture.

[problemnyatic]

"I think this Category of human being is disposable" okay that not only sucks and is fascist but also makes getting you to deem someone to be disposable a simple matter of convincing you they're in The Category regardless of the truth. Also The Category is often misapplied to a vulnerable minority because it makes people like you agree they're disposable.

"Anyone who disagrees with me about The Category of people being disposable is a Category apologist or probably also in The Category themselves" Oh so you're just totally unconcerned with truth or justice or ethics or human rights and just are feeding your bloodlust for the sake of revenge fantasies. got it 👍

[shepscapades]

Evil Anvil has permanently changed my brain chemistry about the ending of limited life