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elnysa2017-12-15 11:27 pm
fiendennor) wrote in elnysa2017-12-15 11:27 pm
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text; un: beatrix [1]
Do you believe in magic?
If so, what do you know about it?
If so, what do you know about it?
text; un: lefty
[You can practically read the eye-roll.]
but if you're asking about where I came from?
magic's just shit that losers to do entertain snot-nosed brats at birthday parties--and anything that looks like magic?
probably science.
text
No, the other thing.]
I'm going to have to ask you to clarify.
By that, do you mean that "magic," as you know it, is little illusory tricks usually done with science (and does not, in your view, actually exist), or that "magic" exists, but in your world is only done for parlor tricks?
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Smoke and mirrors.
[There's a time to be wrong about everything and have your view on reality shattered but Dio's not gonna just flat out say that he was wrong.]
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And what you have seen does not change your mind in any way?
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That would make me stupid and an asshole and I ain't both of those things.
[He...totally is both of those things.]
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What makes you certain that those who know magic aren't just keeping it from those who do not?
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Human nature.
Nobody could resist showing off their magical powers for that long. It would get out.
People loooove their power plays.
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There might have been good reason to keep quiet.
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Sure. But it's not like any of that was anything other than total bullshit.
"""Witches""" was just an excuse to be able to go around forming lynch mobs to off someone's neighbor for some perceived wrong.
Considering humanity jumps at the chance to kill anyone and everything in any era for who knows what fucking prejudice...
Yeah, I don't buy magic has anything to do with it.
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Yes, the "witch hunts" were often pretexts for persecution on other ground.
Say you were a magic user at the time. Knowing that torture or worse awaited you...
...would you have gone public with it?
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I chose to ignore it.
[Why? Because he's a douchebag.]
Witchcraft in my world doesn't exist.
So who cares what I would've done?
But fine, if you want to play a game of philosophical twenty questions I'll bite.
Depends on what my aim is.
If hiding is just about staying alive, I'd rather die to send a message.
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You're making assumptions you have no evidence for. You can't prove the existence of a negative.
You would throw away your life to "send a message"? What message?
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[I'm really sorry for him, honestly.]
It's not throwing it away if you have a good reason.
Dead soldiers are a dime a dozen but their sacrifices are regarded as noble.
I'm the kind of person who embraces my nature for better or worse.
So, say hypothetically I'm some kind of secret wizard.
To me it would be living to my best potential to do what I can to help like-minded individuals spread the good word.
If I'm one of the few eggs that have to be broken to ensure a world where my kind aren't the ones being persecuted in the future, I'd fucking accept that.
[When he says "good word" he means chaos and destruction but to-ma-toes to-mah-toes.]
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[She types it with the absolutely most-dry tone possible in mind.]
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Yeah I'm a goddamn saint.
What, not giving you the sort of discussion you were hoping for?
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You're among the less helpful of respondents, though.
And surprisingly lacking in imagination.
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What the fuck?
Hey, I'm over here taking time out of my day to participate in this little back and forth you have going so show a bit of fucking respect.
[Is he maybe upset that he was called unimaginative? Maybe a little. Just a little.]
Sorry I can't tell you that I suspect magical secret societies floating around where I come from.
Trust me, if you could see it, you'd know what I'm talking about.
People are too busy trying to find food and survive.
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I'm sure you have your reasons, and I do not know what place you come from, but not "suspecting magical secret societies" and closing your mind to the possibility of things you don't know about are two different things.
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I'm not denying any of the magic I've seen here.
Hell, I'm sure now that there's a fuck ton of worlds floating around out there that have some wacky shit going on.
How would I know?
Trust me, I'm the least judgmental person you could possibly meet.
[Sounds fake.]
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At any rate, I think this conversation has ceased to be useful for either of us.