#they're close to being sentient/sapient but somehow not quite there. if they have a will it operates only within the very set bounds
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I think I decided against the idea of making any adaptation of the shadow crystal any more like a definable entity. So much of the appeal (for me personally) comes from the fact that it has no individuality, no personality, it's not an "entity", it's just a thing that exists and apparently just the fact that it exists is enough to enable weirdness.
#i'm a lot more invested in Object that perpetuates weirdness than Being that perpetuates weirdness i guess#once you take the weird thing and give it a definable identity it's not quite the same#i've compared it to the ring in lotr for how i personally see it#both are objects that are technically not their own being yet exert certain effects by virtue of the very nature of what they are#with the ring it's because it's got a part of sauron in it without actually being him and has qualities inherent to its existence#with the shadow crystal it's the accumulated negative energy that fails to become its own existence yet forms something other#i like to compare them because they both latch onto exploitable parts of actual fully individual things and cause this weird obsession#they're also inherently dangerous/malicious and treacherous#they're close to being sentient/sapient but somehow not quite there. if they have a will it operates only within the very set bounds#of what composes them#i like this grey space#i don't know if i just sound pretentious because it's hard to explain or if i even quite know what i'm talking about#but hopefully you get the idea#who opened the box (ooc)
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