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cladinthedark

20th Crystal: [Voice]

Jul 01, 2009 21:51

There is a saying I have heard... "Before you judge a person, first walk a mile in their shoes." It is meant as a message of tolerance and acceptance for those one might dislike, or disagree with, by placing oneself in the position of the object of one's ire ( Read more... )

poll, not hating zemus less, then you're a mile away and, you have their shoes

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thinkinghere July 2 2009, 03:33:17 UTC

I suppose the best way to put it is that I am even more bitter about his actions, for one.

cladinthedark July 2 2009, 03:35:10 UTC

Perhaps there is less to the old saying than I have been lead to believe...

Though, do you perhaps feel more justified in your bitterness?

thinkinghere July 2 2009, 03:44:36 UTC

I had assumed it more to apply to people who hadn't razed cities or destroyed their own kingdom.

More or less. I'd say it's complicated, but it's only because I refuse to let go of the good memories of him.

cladinthedark July 2 2009, 03:49:38 UTC

Most likely. But... their own kingdom? That seems rather counterproductive.

That sounds like a painful choice.

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lunarborn July 2 2009, 03:41:25 UTC

I was brought to understand that, as much as I loathe aspects of my past, it could have been worse. I suppose that counts for something.

cladinthedark July 2 2009, 03:48:08 UTC

One could say that, yes. You could have turned out... [He cuts off, but the last two words of the sentence are fairly obvious.]

demyxity July 2 2009, 03:46:47 UTC

Well, I still don't like 'em, but at least now I know how much of a pain it is to be them.

cladinthedark July 2 2009, 03:50:06 UTC

And does that make you dislike them less, even a slight bit?

demyxity July 2 2009, 04:17:39 UTC

One of them still killed me. So I don't think so. Nice try, though?

cladinthedark July 2 2009, 04:21:29 UTC

[A low laugh.] Clearly it will take more than seeing things from the other perspective to lower such animosity.

[voice] filial_guardian July 2 2009, 05:26:50 UTC

I think the level of ... tolerance depends on a lot of factors. People hate for different reasons, and that experiment didn't take any of those reasons into consideration.

After seeing how some other people were affected, I think things could have been worse.

[voice] cladinthedark July 2 2009, 05:34:34 UTC

Fair enough. And especially true of those of us who were only affected superficially.

Worse for Luceti in general or yourself in particular?

[voice] filial_guardian July 2 2009, 06:02:07 UTC

People were affected beyond that? [Yeah, he didn't even notice...]

Myself in particular. When people are turning into huge monsters ... turning into an Orerines isn't too bad.

[voice] cladinthedark July 3 2009, 18:21:13 UTC

Quite. Some took on the personalities of those they were turned into, as well. And some were not affected physically, but instead took on personality traits they particularly loathed.

eidolon_soul July 2 2009, 06:25:35 UTC

I think you can guess my feelings on that which I became.

cladinthedark July 3 2009, 18:22:02 UTC

Somehow I doubt you could loathe Cagnazzo more than you already did before the experiment. But perhaps it brought the thoughts a bit further forward in your mind, hmm?

eidolon_soul July 4 2009, 02:52:19 UTC

I admit, it was much easier to not dwell on him before all this happened. I just need some time, but that situation will right itself and he'll return to being a distant memory.

...unless your followers continue to arrive and he's next.

cladinthedark July 4 2009, 22:01:37 UTC

Don't tempt the Malnosso, Rydia. If anything, hope the young bard prince or the monk arrive... Or Fu-So-Ya.

[There's a bit of wistfulness on the last name.]

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