Katara (
markofthebrave) wrote2011-09-10 10:26 pm
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All replies will be written unless stated otherwise. The camera is obscured by a wrapped around piece of brown cloth.]
Do you think that there's such a thing as a power that is wrong, not because of how it's used, but just because of what it does?
[After staying holed up in her room with the door shut - quite an unusual break of habit for her - Katara decides to head into town. She wants to check out that night club that she'd heard about - she heard there would be music!
From there it's the usual errands, like the grocery store and the Item Shop. Dinner tonight will be Something Spicy, but she hasn't figured out what yet. Maybe it'll help get Sokka out of his funk.]
All replies will be written unless stated otherwise. The camera is obscured by a wrapped around piece of brown cloth.]
Do you think that there's such a thing as a power that is wrong, not because of how it's used, but just because of what it does?
[After staying holed up in her room with the door shut - quite an unusual break of habit for her - Katara decides to head into town. She wants to check out that night club that she'd heard about - she heard there would be music!
From there it's the usual errands, like the grocery store and the Item Shop. Dinner tonight will be Something Spicy, but she hasn't figured out what yet. Maybe it'll help get Sokka out of his funk.]
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I think that would be easy to say for a lot of types of power, but I'm not sure that holds true for every kind.
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There is where I come from, for instance, a power that can be used to heal and is normally a very good thing, but that also recently caused a victim to go violently insane during one application. Or, more generally, there is a kind of power that can be used to burn down buildings or to light and heat them, depending on where you use it and how much of it you apply. You could say the same about more figurative types of power--political authority, perhaps. I have met tyrannical leaders who give into the possibilities of abuse and very kind, altruistic people of the exact same rank who use their clout in very different ways. So it really does depend.
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With anything that would undermine someone's judgment or identity, though, you would have to be very sure you have a greater understanding than them. It would not be good to lead them into other, unforeseen issues.
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I don't think understanding something better justifies taking their choice away. To violate who someone is... that's wrong.
[And she thinks about the many times the Malnosso have done just that and her lips form into a line.]
But there are powers like this in combat as well - in a fight, is there a line that shouldn't be crossed?
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It depends on what type of fight, I think. If it is simply sparring, there are certain rules of conduct that are necessary to keep anyone from getting terribly hurt. If you in war and fighting for your life, then you are certainly allowed to try and save yourself with whatever resources you have. Torture and the like is often unnecessary, but when you are up against people that are trying to kill you, then there are many actions that are justifiable that ordinarily might be unacceptable.
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But then what would stop that person from just doing it again? Would you take over again? And again? And again? Where is the line?]
So what you think it comes down to is the circumstances. Even if something is considered wrong, if it seems to be the best solution to a problem then it's all right, is that what you mean?
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That's really the challenge of the whole matter.
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She pauses for a long time. It still goes against her internal barometer of right and wrong. It still feels like a violation. The way it had been used on her, and on her friends... she couldn't imagine anything more horrible, before Luceti.]
I see. I'll think about what you've said. Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer. I appreciate it.
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[He signs the post like a letter out of habit, scrawling '-Yeager' in sharply pointed, only partially legible scrawl.]