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futurology2016-12-17 05:24 pm
selfimage) wrote in 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. ]
[ 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. ]
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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.]
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[ the question, even if it was stated in a way that churned the mind, went deeper than the rabbit hole appeared. and it's somewhere between that gap and the bottom where Loki says "don't look too far, you might become the rabbit." ]
Why the distaste for rebirth?
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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.]
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there's a certain cycle to things
he's heard that before—he heard it before with Ragnarok, cycling through constant deaths and rebirths at the mercy of a cyclical story at the behest of balance. each time they had walked into it, and each time Loki had been the catalyst for it. higher powers wanted that subservience; it was easier to strip beings of freedom by offering the salvation of survival.
for him, in this new role, in this new body, it was a lie created to diminish responsibility and control.
there were times that it was more evident, when the universe demanded oblation where there was Void. sometimes it was inevitable, but that didn't meant that it couldn't change. (not to a young god of chaos, of course.) ]
Do you question it? The patterns etched into the tapestry of reality?
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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?
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[ he says simply, easily. fate was what kept the rules of Ragnarok turning, the tapestry woven and fed to the Norns, weaving the fate of the gods in a consistent circle: birth, life, death, rebirth, over and over and over again. color him bitter for being stripped of agency for a few millennia before expectation somehow wrote his story into the heart and mind of the universe. ]
And I suppose that I'm one of those other way type of people. I don't like being told what to do.
[ a curious pause. ]
That would be the option that lends to the most freedom.
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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.]
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[ curiously. there's something there, but he can't put his finger on it. ]
Before ALASTAIR swept you up. How much of it have you seen?
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I'm afraid the "multiverse" is a bit out of the range of my abilities.
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They're produced by resonance, and only hold the weight that the universe gives them. I doubt we'll cross them, our missions are only focused on anything of substance.
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[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.
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No value is a tad bit extreme. [ calculating mortal value of these sorts of things on higher level never seemed to work out in the same way. ] They're more of a consequence. Expectations built into reality, just as it echoes through our own universes, influencing our own actions.
So, I take it you've never met another self of yours.
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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]no subject
[ there had been the mayflies, there had been the past, and then there had been King Loki. thinking of him still left a foul taste in his mouth. the Loki that would be his ass. ]
We'll talk about the tapestry thing again when you do.
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