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[drops_acid]

Date: July 19th
From: Anonymous


How would you define the word monster?


[A few recent conversations have gotten her thinking about certain things and she's genuinely curious about the answers she might get. Cardia is well aware that there are a few people who do know her secret and could probably guess that this is from her. But she's not brave enough to ask something like this without anonymity to hide behind.]

Comments

text; Anonymous

[latentforlife]

Something beyond human, ruthless and terrible.

Re: text; Anonymous

[drops_acid]

What do you mean by 'beyond human?'

text; Anonymous

[latentforlife]

Like something else. Something beyond the limits of normal people.

Re: text; Anonymous

[drops_acid]

You mean something that can do things humans can't?
Are all things like that monstrous?

text; Anonymous

[latentforlife]

If they're cruel and use that power over others, yeah. I guess people can be monstrous too if you give them an advantage over normal people. Like special powers or weapons.

Re: text; Anonymous

[drops_acid]

So it's less about what you can do and more about what you do with it?
What if the nature of their advantage is inherently dangerous to others?
Regardless of how it's used?

text; Anonymous

[latentforlife]

If you don't have to hurt people, you don't use it. If you can't avoid using it and don't feel bad about hurting people then you're probably a monster.

Re: text; Anonymous

[drops_acid]

And if you do feel bad, but can't avoid hurting people, what then?

text; Anonymous

[latentforlife]

I guess that only makes you a monster if you don't keep trying to avoid it. Like isolating yourself from the problem or getting help. Letting it happen is pretty bad.

Re: text; Anonymous

[drops_acid]

I think isolation is the simplest solution.
If a monster stays away from people, then it can't hurt anyone.

text; Anonymous

[latentforlife]

If they do that on their own, that's more a hero thing right? Taking the danger and sacrificing yourself to keep it away from others.

Re: text; Anonymous

[drops_acid]

Hero?
I don't think I've heard of a monster being a hero.