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[selfgodded]

[Oh look it's the guy who threw that New Years' Party. What insanity are they bringing this time...?]

Things are exciting here. More and more exciting. There is even a tournament! I have never participated in one before - it is a friendly contest thing, yes? I cannot wait to see how everyone performs. The aim is to win, so everyone will be fighting to the best of their ability, to beyond their very limits, otherwise the win is tainted, yes?

Yes.

You will all try very hard.

[Er, did their voice get a bit weird then? A bit deeper? Hm, oh, no, their voice is back to normal]

I hope so in any case. It will make this dull otherwise.

There is a question to be asked.

Hatred and Love is viewed in equal measure. Humans normally say love is worth more. In recent months, I have seen media that espouses that love will always succeed over hatred. Hatred is inferior. It sustains only the self, but it is like poison also. Pure intentions become twisted, revenge distorts the mind and morals, and eventually hatred destroys the individual...

I must admit, this confuses me. I have observed no such things in humanity before. Ah, the corruption, yes, but hatred has sustained and protected humans as much as it has poisoned them. It is usually love that brings about self-destruction, as they hold another's life higher than their own.

So, I have always viewed hatred and love being of equal measure. They are different, yet powerful in their own right. It is like that saying, what, pears and lemons? Apples and peaches? Whatever.

So my question is thus: what do you think is more powerful or more important? Hatred or Love?

Comments

[misery_hates_company]

They're both pointlessly foolish. One has you throw your life away for someone you care about, the other has you throwing it away for someone you despise. I'd rather not deal with either.

Incidentally, that was an... interesting vocal shift you took there. You wouldn't happen to be trying to INFLUENCE people, would you?

[selfgodded]

Influence? Why would I influence others when I require their opinion? That does not make sense.

[Anant's voice sounded thoroughly controlled right now]

It seems you are of the majority... many say that do not want to deal with either. Is it common for people to deny their emotions in such a way? I do not understand why they would willingly separate themselves from them...

[misery_hates_company]

Because there are far too many important things in one's day without dealing with swooning like a lovesick loon over somebody, or simultaneously destroying things simply because you despise them. People do such idiotic things in the name of both emotions that I'd rather not have anything to do with the lot of it.

[selfgodded]

I see. So compartmentalisation? I can see how humans cannot spend the entirety of their days mulling over the reasons for their actions, or the motivations of their dreams...

[misery_hates_company]

And yet some people do, or become obsessed with such things. It's really rather pathetic. And dangerous, at times.

[selfgodded]

Pathetic? Probably.

Ah, confusing. Some humans do not acknowledge the emotions, some humans shun it, some revel in it, some become obsessed, and they are so contrary!

I do this, I do that, but I do this instead but I admit it to no one and myself.

[Anant rubs a hand through their hair in open agitation]

[misery_hates_company]

*She watches him. Tch. She shouldn't care this much, but.*

...Listen. You'll do yourself no favors worrying about it too much. People are as they are. I do as I please. Others do as they please. One of the central aspects of human nature is our capacity to live for ourselves, even if our desires seem contradictory. Is that clear?

[selfgodded]

It is clear.

[Anant seems to calm]

I understand that much but, I still wish to understand each individual. To know of their motivations and reasons and thoughts and emotions. It is probably too... impossible.

But it is a human-like dream! That is...what I wish for. Isn't it. Yes. I wish to grasp onto the elusiveness of the contrary nature of humanity. To have impossible dreams, and achieve them through miracles born of human stupidity and perseverance, to have complex, impulsive actions born from emotion.

[misery_hates_company]

*She sighs.*

DO try to avoid straining your brain too much. Humans are humans in the end. People spend their entire lives trying to figure THEMSELVES out, let along figuring out anybody else. Perhaps you should try on a slightly smaller scale, hmm?

[selfgodded]

A...slightly smaller scale? Do you mean only trying to understand individual cultures of humans? That small?

[misery_hates_company]

Think smaller. Like individuals. Every human, a single jigsaw puzzle. I assure you that you'll NEVER get bored working on it like that.

[selfgodded]

Understand only a few individual humans...

[It seemed like an easier task- oh wait!]

I see! Instead of trying to understand every individual human all at once, I shall learn small groups of them and carry on in a steady, progressive pace!

[misery_hates_company]

...I suppose that's as good a start as any. Do take care not to burn yourself out, anyway! Ho ho.

[selfgodded]

Not to worry, I am immune to burning out.

[Anant is practically a living energy generator after all!]