selfimage: — ᴍᴄᴋᴇʟᴠɪᴇ — (Where have all the good times gone?)
nerd baby ([personal profile] selfimage) wrote in [community profile] futurology2016-12-17 05:24 pm

VIDEO. UN: LOKI.

Hello there.

[ Loki's standing on the porch of the ashen saloon, black bones against a dusky horizon. ]

Another day saved, another mission over ... [ he says it in an "all in a day's work" sort of tone. a finger twists and he gestures outward. ]

As the story continues! [ the drawl comes from his lips slowly, as if for dramatic effect. ]

We've met our arch-foes, saved a part of the fractured multiverse from apparent destruction and preserved the integrity of the timeline—erm, hopefully on the last two, anyway. In light of current events, and while we all cool down, I thought we'd play with a little fun hypothetical to stimulate conversation. Call it something that's been on my mind. So, riddle me this, Audentes ...

If saving a world meant destroying it—you know, kind of like a hard reset—what would you do? Would you do it, let it die and get coffee instead, or would you fight with tooth and axe for its survival, despite all odds? All methods in between, of course, feel free to be creative.

[ sometimes, some things remind him all too much of Ragnarok. ]
predomination: yep. heard it myself. (⚛ it said your mother deserved it)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-18 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[he scoffs. typical. just when he thinks he might be able to give ALASTAIR the benefit of the doubt and assume that maybe they don't operate on the same level as he does, he gets proof like this.]

I'll say it wouldn't be my first instinct. Destruction for the sake of anything's rebirth or salvation leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but if there were no other viable options and more people would suffer otherwise, then I'd be willing to make that call.

[even if he had to make it alone, so no one else had to bear the weight of it.]

Edited 2016-12-18 00:33 (UTC)
predomination: weird that that didn't happen... (⚛ that should've ripped his arm off)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-18 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
It's not distaste, exactly. There's a certain cycle to things- a balance that needs to be maintained. Rebirth in itself isn't a bad thing, but when something is destroyed, everything is thrown off balance. Equilibrium can be reestablished, of course, but you have to be certain that what it will be is better than what it was before.

Otherwise you've just destroyed a world and made a bigger mess in the process.

[and that, also, can get infinitely more complicated. Aizen's speech was proof of that- he can still remember him, slowly being consumed by the Cross Seal, screaming about how weak Urahara was to bow to the Soul King, because of it being the keystone, because it held together all the worlds. even if Aizen's intentions had been pure, he would have thrown every world into chaos for his demented vision.]
predomination: if i wasn't already dead, i would have died of stupidity long before (⚛ y'all make me so tired)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[why do you allow yourself to be subjugated to that thing? Aizen had demanded, and Urahara gave his response with as much conviction as someone who had been beaten near to death, and found a century's worth of work unfolding before his eyes, just as bittersweet as he imagined.

that's a loser's answer, Aizen had screamed, before declaring his disdain that the brilliant and powerful Urahara Kisuke was so weak as to believe in something like the Soul King.

And here he is again, wondering if he's about to be called a fool again, and not caring either way, save for being uncomfortably reminded of Aizen further. ]


I don't believe in Fate. That's all I can say about that, I suppose.

[balance is about keeping worlds from falling apart. What people do in life and death is their own choice.]

What about you, Loki-san? Would you choose to save the world or destroy it, assuming you had the option to do one or the other?
predomination: they all just bloom together beautifully (⚛ FYI flowers don't compete)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-22 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Our tapestries must be very different, then. [said equally simply. it's an easy mistake, but he's seen the Royal Realm. he knows the Soul King doesn't pick the souls he balances between the Living World and Soul Society to follow some singleminded objective.

and perhaps that makes him fortunate- to have such clarity on Fate holding no sway on the lives of his world. if Loki believes in it, then he's intelligent enough that he must have proof of its existence.

but... enough of Fate.]


I agree. Any problem is worth being approached differently than how it's expected to be. You learn more that way. [and you save more that way, sometimes- other times you make it worse. he still can't find it in his heart to believe it's terrible advice, all things considered.]
predomination: unless i feel trapped (⚛ i don't bite.)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-25 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[the outer edges of the multiverse? absolutely not. the realms of the dead and, briefly, a realm beyond that? yes. he's not entirely sure that's the answer Loki wants to hear, and he doesn't particularly want to admit his own limitations, but there's no way around it.]

I'm afraid the "multiverse" is a bit out of the range of my abilities.
predomination: and jose cuervo made me ride the floor buffer. (⚛ IT WAS CAPTAIN MORGAN)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-25 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
An existence with no value... [there's a thought.] So for every world that we save here and elsewhere, there are countless others that crumble to dust without ever seeing true potential. That's a very sad way of looking at it.

[however, it's no different from human souls, is it not? all those souls festering away in what they were promised was a peaceful afterlife, never really knowing if they'll ever meet up with their loved ones again, left to die and be reborn again, while only a small handful have the spiritual wherewithal to become shinigami. they're important to the balance, the cycle of souls, but that's all they are- resonance, echoes of human life produced over and over again. and there's really no helping that.] I can't deny it makes sense.
predomination: they all just bloom together beautifully (⚛ FYI flowers don't compete)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-26 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[he considers that and makes a soft noise of agreement, but the last question catches him off-guard.]

No, but I take it you have.

[he's not sure he wants to meet another version of himself. that wouldn't end well for anyone.

meanwhile, in filler land]
predomination: or i could stay here and think about science (⚛ i mean we could do that)

[personal profile] predomination 2016-12-26 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[a chuckle.] Fair enough, Loki-san.