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The Musings of an Unwise Dragon - Power
12 years ago
Originally written February 20, 2013
Aha! I have finally decided to post some more of my musings. Partially because there is a cat sitting on me as I write and I don't want to disturb her. I be here to present the ever-used idea that all protagonists who have been granted some amazing power want with all their being to be normal or be less powerful.
This was going to be a rant against this, but I'll write from both sides. Before I begin to write on this subject, I need to give my own views on the subject. I desperately wish to be different in any way. Not the usual tiny differences. I want to be so completely unlike anyone else that everyone can't help but gawk at my difference. That's how I usually feel. I suppose, given power, I would be very giddy indeed.
Some people with power would very much like to get rid of it. It is the lust of the unknown that drives them so, driving them on toward the new experiences. They wish to be explorers of the norm; letting someone else carry the burden of the world. Sometimes this is justified. If their power is so amazingly destructive or... ah... inconvenient...(Kahlan Amnell) that they must live a life ostracized for fear of destroying everything they love. These people are completely justified in wanting to be normal. But we need people with this because, as humans, we can't help but fuck everything up.
That is part of the reason people who want to be normal are strange to me. Being one who is so attracted to difference, I would hate to be normal. Heck, I don't even like being human. I usually try to bash people who want to be normal but can't be whenever I write at any opportunity I can. Just like I bash fate and biology, but those can be for totally different musings.
Now for the characters I can relate to the most. The characters who are different and relish it. There can be nothing greater for them than being more powerful than everyone else. They flourish in a leadership role and live for power. The thought of being normal is abhorrent to them; a disease of the body that renders them weak and unable. Interestingly enough, these characters tend to be villains. There is this cool thing that has been hammered into the minds of everyone that involves equality. It's a very good thing, and these characters tend to not enjoy being equal. This is seen as evil sometimes.
Actually, Darius is a good example of this. A cool thing you might not know is that Darius (my lovely little black dragon) is an anti-villain. He has power and knows it, and is not afraid to use it. While he is defending a defenseless pale creature, he is doing it because he views it as his pet. We stop our pets from being killed because we want a companion. Not because they will offer us anything, but because we would feel a little worse without them. Power is the greatest feeling for him. Eh... I haven't really developed this in him yet... so... spoiler! You can probably see the beginnings of his love for power every time he fights.
So, those are my musings. I hope you enjoyed reading them. There is probably no order to them.
Science!
-Quill the Unwise Dragon
Aha! I have finally decided to post some more of my musings. Partially because there is a cat sitting on me as I write and I don't want to disturb her. I be here to present the ever-used idea that all protagonists who have been granted some amazing power want with all their being to be normal or be less powerful.
This was going to be a rant against this, but I'll write from both sides. Before I begin to write on this subject, I need to give my own views on the subject. I desperately wish to be different in any way. Not the usual tiny differences. I want to be so completely unlike anyone else that everyone can't help but gawk at my difference. That's how I usually feel. I suppose, given power, I would be very giddy indeed.
Some people with power would very much like to get rid of it. It is the lust of the unknown that drives them so, driving them on toward the new experiences. They wish to be explorers of the norm; letting someone else carry the burden of the world. Sometimes this is justified. If their power is so amazingly destructive or... ah... inconvenient...(Kahlan Amnell) that they must live a life ostracized for fear of destroying everything they love. These people are completely justified in wanting to be normal. But we need people with this because, as humans, we can't help but fuck everything up.
That is part of the reason people who want to be normal are strange to me. Being one who is so attracted to difference, I would hate to be normal. Heck, I don't even like being human. I usually try to bash people who want to be normal but can't be whenever I write at any opportunity I can. Just like I bash fate and biology, but those can be for totally different musings.
Now for the characters I can relate to the most. The characters who are different and relish it. There can be nothing greater for them than being more powerful than everyone else. They flourish in a leadership role and live for power. The thought of being normal is abhorrent to them; a disease of the body that renders them weak and unable. Interestingly enough, these characters tend to be villains. There is this cool thing that has been hammered into the minds of everyone that involves equality. It's a very good thing, and these characters tend to not enjoy being equal. This is seen as evil sometimes.
Actually, Darius is a good example of this. A cool thing you might not know is that Darius (my lovely little black dragon) is an anti-villain. He has power and knows it, and is not afraid to use it. While he is defending a defenseless pale creature, he is doing it because he views it as his pet. We stop our pets from being killed because we want a companion. Not because they will offer us anything, but because we would feel a little worse without them. Power is the greatest feeling for him. Eh... I haven't really developed this in him yet... so... spoiler! You can probably see the beginnings of his love for power every time he fights.
So, those are my musings. I hope you enjoyed reading them. There is probably no order to them.
Science!
-Quill the Unwise Dragon
