# 238

[againstgod]

For each moment of soft tenderness, there is at least one of harsh cruelty or the opposite. There must be balance for each being to truly live.
Good and evil. Laughter and cry. Love and hatred.

Without contrasts, without opposites halves of a whole, there would be nothing.

Comments

[revengeisalie]

... yeah, yeah. I know.

[againstgod]

Troubled?

[revengeisalie]

... uh.

Well, there's ample reason to, right?

[againstgod]

There is always a reason.
What are yours?

[miss_waldorf]

But don't they cancel out each other? And why can't we just have what's good?

[againstgod]

They don't cease to exist. They are complements.
You cannot live without death. You cannot truly laugh without tears. You cannot love without hating.

They are two sides of the same coin.

[miss_waldorf]

It makes no sense. You don't have to tally up your tears to laugh, you don't have to hate people to love others. I've met immortals, does that mean they're not alive?

[againstgod]

Without tears, can you express properly the joy that is laughter? Could others? One thing is incomplete without the other. It holds a value that transcends a single being.

[againstgod]

You praise me, Marluxia.