Armin Arlert (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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entranceway2014-08-08 12:19 pm
strategisch) wrote in entranceway2014-08-08 12:19 pm
004; video (demon)
[Before he even speaks, there is something distinctly, perceptibly different about Armin. For one, he is lounging. Armin does not lounge. He barely even relaxes. Secondly, his eyes just aren't... right. They lack their normal clarity and alertness. They are hazy, and subtly scrutinizing, as if he's sizing you up.]
Good and Evil. Hmm.
[He presses his fingertips together.]
I think such broad terms are too... confining. It depends on the situation, doesn't it? You can harm a person to save yourself, or someone you love. Or your kind actions, or good intentions, can lead down an unwitting path of destruction. No, drawing a line line in the sand between what is and is not sin-- that isn't very fair, is it?
Stipulations. There needs to be stipulations. The Commandments should be open to amendment. Humans aren't as simple as they were... How long has it been now? 4000 years ago? It's not all first borns and blood sacrifice anymore. We need to modernize. Preferably democratically.
Not every good action is good for you. Not every bad action is bad for others. Think about that.
[This, of course, is a logic trap. Any action you would take would then end up being a sin. But that's exactly what he wants. Spreading little discontents is so much more effective than traditional tempting.]
Good and Evil. Hmm.
[He presses his fingertips together.]
I think such broad terms are too... confining. It depends on the situation, doesn't it? You can harm a person to save yourself, or someone you love. Or your kind actions, or good intentions, can lead down an unwitting path of destruction. No, drawing a line line in the sand between what is and is not sin-- that isn't very fair, is it?
Stipulations. There needs to be stipulations. The Commandments should be open to amendment. Humans aren't as simple as they were... How long has it been now? 4000 years ago? It's not all first borns and blood sacrifice anymore. We need to modernize. Preferably democratically.
Not every good action is good for you. Not every bad action is bad for others. Think about that.
[This, of course, is a logic trap. Any action you would take would then end up being a sin. But that's exactly what he wants. Spreading little discontents is so much more effective than traditional tempting.]
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[Free will was a two edged blade, sometimes.]
Sometimes it's good to stick with what works. Maybe the reason you want to shake things up so much for this new generation is because your old methods aren't working.
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Oh, I admit that they don't. But neither do yours. I wouldn't go around setting anyone's hedges on fire today; they take such pride in keeping them perfectly square, and I think they'd be very angry about it.
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