written as a FB status update, but it's 5x too long to post

[webgoblin]

The web goblin knows that there is something inside of him, greater than him, that can speak for him and say the things that he can't say. Like stuttering Moses, suddenly aflame in inspiration, finding God's words flowing past his lips addressing Pharaoh and his magicians. What's inside of the goblin speaks only in righteous anger

Comments

[ladycelia]

So, what are you going to do with the thing inside you?

[webgoblin]

I'd rather like to find a way to manifest it at will, only without endangering my treasured relationships.

It's kind of like Ghost Rider's "Penance Stare", come to think of it...

[ladycelia]

My experience with such things is that it's more likely that you will need to train yourself to NOT use it when it's inappropriate. That doesn't mean you need to discourage it, it just means that tact and discretion will help you keep your treasured relationships. It's a balancing act, and it's not an easy one.

[salanth]

What was it?

[trishalynn]

I, too, am curious as to what you said in the class.

[webgoblin]

I don't remember the actual words, of course.

The professor had asked why the doctor was upset with the little girl. The other students were each vying to find new ways to say that he felt the urgent need to determine if the girl was sick in order to know whether she was contagious. Some had the further insight to suggest that the doctor was angry with the girl because she might be infecting him and he wanted to know.

I pointed out that the doctor was routinely exposing himself to this sickness and so wouldn't be angry at the possibility. Furthermore, the girl, in her refusal to open her mouth and allow him to determine whether or not she was sick, her refusal to find out a truth that was no less true while she remained ignorant, represented untamed, feral nature in a way that was an affront to him, as a representative of ordered civilization.

Something like that.

[whitasnow]

The thing inside of you is your pure creative energy and it manifests beautifully in your writing. Nice job!

[ext_375209]

I'm thinking I could do with one of those!