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That too...that was just sick!


I can't help but feel that was in relations to me...I'll let you in on a little secret. You lust for power...riiight? Well, you are still a man, therefore your body lusts for love! You don't have to feel it in your heart and emotions, but your body still lusts for it. And you're right, a skeleton doesn't need to lust after anything...but right now KB isn't a skeleton or a wraith...he's flesh and blood, meaning no matter how twisted and disgusting he makes himself, he is still going to lust for love. Whether it be sex like most men, or power. Every man has a lust for something and the lust manifests itself into love. The ones who really don't care...well once you MAKE them start to care it's over...they build themselves a powerful defence but lack the strength to free themselves once it's broken. If I were to break open your heart, right now, and find a tiny trace of love, and I opened it, and expanded it. You would be screwed! Not only have you numbed yourself to the emotion for so long, but once it has been reintroduced back into your life/unlife, then you do not know what to do and simply let instincts guide you. The instinct for love? Simple...protect and always be with...

Alright Hes I saw that you were asking if you can defeat Tyr. I'm certain that in a combat of the mind you can. To be honest he's overconfident. He is egotistical, and he is driven by nothing but his own desires. I wont list all his many glaring defects as a character, but facing him in combat wouldnt be best. Lure him, slay him, discard him. Thats how I'd do it. Vampires are creatures of lust. He is no different. He lacks some emotional response, but makes up for it with others. Think what being immortal would do to ya. Just dont underestimate him.

Yeah yeah Tyr your just puffing up your chest now. As one of the most experienced RP'ers to "grace" this board. Lol I will give my 2 cents into it all. Hes stick out of matters that should be left to he whom already has a racial reason to kill the vampire get my drift? Maybe not... but I'd say there is a person out there that can defeat another person, you just have to find them. So no one is immortal. Learn your opponent, learn yourself, defeat yourself, then defeat your opponent.

That is all the wisdom you are getting for free.

Ohh yeah I'm not sure if you'd consider Tyr a villian or not, but I would. So I'd say you cant really powerplay with him as much as say you could with me, or focht. Since we are good guys. We just have to RP better lol.

Wow looks like I missed an interesting conversation. I just want to throw in a few words for why emotions may 1. be lacking in an individual, 2. aren't an asset to everyone, 3. Can be impossible for some to feel.

Okay, first off Kogashi had some interesting points but I really think you're missing one big piece of the puzzle just like Heswina. Both of you say that if someone feels one emotion that it can be felt in other ways. In the case of Heswina addressing Soul's lust for power, even if his body is that of a man it doesn't mean that he considers pleasure equal to power. And the 'Love' you say a man's body lusts for is not the emotion, it's millions of years of genetic programing that tells it to reproduce. It's the act of sex which some call loving that a man's body lusts for and a woman's for that matter.

As for Kogashi's perspective of if you can hate you can love, etc. This is not true. I do agree that each emotion has a polar opposite but just because they are often associated by people doesn't mean that they are naturally linked. You are too used to dealing with the tangental and philosophical nuances of human society. If you were to observe animals you could easily see that there are many that feel nothing for others but can learn to hate. Love is a biproduct of certain chemical processes in the human body to give us a better chance at survival. It's also a romantic notion that doesn't exist for all.

Next I'd like to point out a common error. Pain isn't an emotion. It's an extension of the sense of touch. Fear isn't needed to survive in the same manner pain is. All babies have two natural fears, falling and drowning. Some people develop or lose fears as they go. Fear is in no way an important part of life and there are quite a few people in the real world without fear. However fear, pain, anger, love, the majority of emotions can cause a release of chemicals into the body (usually adrenaline) that can increase it's physical capabilities.

Finally I want to point out that it is easy for people and several other beings to be emotionally scarred in such a way that they lose the ability to feel certain emotions. In these cases if the person does not wish to feel that emotion again then no amount of help or good intentions will reengender them to it. Others never felt it to begin with. There are also many ways that people cope with trauma and if the trauma begins at an early enough age nothing can correct the problem short of brain washing and even then it's not gaurenteed.

Ok that should do it for now.

Who really cares? Seriously... Heswina, you need to cool it on how strong you THINK you are. Not everyone is effected by your damned mind control, if they were that would be called god moding. Soul, Tyrsais, Kog...who friggen cares whether or not you can feel emotions?!? It doesn't matter who or what your are you will always feel emotions. It is not possible to simply destroy these things, you can numb them and lock them away, but you can NEVER get rid of the completely. I really don't get Heswina's whole love/lust ideas...I personally think she's trying to pull it outa her a** so she doesn't get her head lobbed off by Xol or Irvine, but that's just me.

*shrugs*
And Hidjie's repsonce?
"I don't care."

*Yawn*

Yep Focht that was a compliment. I think your one of the few normal characters within this grand scheme that has accepted your place as a being of lesser power, and dealt remarkably with it. I'd applaude you, but I'll save that for later.

Ohh and Shadow once again your arguement impresses me. At this rate we may have a presentable view on emotions from just about everyone by the end of the week.

Not a problem Shadow its always good to see another point of view, and maybe that was my point of view, but it all depends on how you look at it. Maybe I'm just blowing hot air now...