PCA - A Bit of a clarification...
15 years ago
General
NaNo Novel: Here Falls The Thunder
So...this is in regards to Darius Aubtraum, the Darkrai ex-principal. I've had a few people who have talked about him, or used him in a story or what not, and I think that people have the completely wrong idea about him and the kind of person he is.
He's not EVIL. In a world like PCA, no one who was outright, explicitly EVIL would've ever gotten the job of principal. He was never intended to be EVIL or meant to be EVIL. He was the jerkass principal who ruled with a strict and iron fist. A traditional authoritarian. With regards to the students, that was "evil" enough for the setting. He was supposed to be unlikeable to the kids, not a wicked monster who got his rocks off making people suffer.
He has issues, yes. He's jaded, cynical, sarcastic, a smartass, all sorts of dislikeable social qualities. He and Felix disagreed about just about everything, from politics, to school policies, to women. He's mixed himself in shady, underworld (read: crime) affairs and worked with and for seedy individuals. He thinks about his own self-interests at times, and often does what he thinks is best even if it's not the most comfortable decision for those involved.
But he was not, was never supposed to be, or ever meant to be, explicitly evil in the classic "Good vs. Evil" stance. No matter what you hear from anyone else, or who else says anything, you have Word of God claiming once and for all who he was and what he was.
That is all.
He's not EVIL. In a world like PCA, no one who was outright, explicitly EVIL would've ever gotten the job of principal. He was never intended to be EVIL or meant to be EVIL. He was the jerkass principal who ruled with a strict and iron fist. A traditional authoritarian. With regards to the students, that was "evil" enough for the setting. He was supposed to be unlikeable to the kids, not a wicked monster who got his rocks off making people suffer.
He has issues, yes. He's jaded, cynical, sarcastic, a smartass, all sorts of dislikeable social qualities. He and Felix disagreed about just about everything, from politics, to school policies, to women. He's mixed himself in shady, underworld (read: crime) affairs and worked with and for seedy individuals. He thinks about his own self-interests at times, and often does what he thinks is best even if it's not the most comfortable decision for those involved.
But he was not, was never supposed to be, or ever meant to be, explicitly evil in the classic "Good vs. Evil" stance. No matter what you hear from anyone else, or who else says anything, you have Word of God claiming once and for all who he was and what he was.
That is all.
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Just my two cents.