Okay, I got the miscarriage from the "very young life" comment, which meant that you had me strung along for a while on whether or not Zaelem was going to live or die.
Oh god, can I kill Charion now? Pleeeease? I know there's a line somewhere, but I've got a sword!
Seriously. Even if he didn't intend for Zaelem to accept the mission, what kind of moron attempts to ruin a former friend's life just because his relationship failed - mostly because of his own actions. Oh, yeah, and because he's a massive ass... people like him shouldn't have power and influence, they only abuse it.
And then to turn around and blame Kismette... sorry, but that's just par for the course. At least Mejane pushed herself as hard as everyone else, demanded perfection from herself and genuinely beat herself up over her inability to dance - you can still feel sorry for her. Charion, however, seems to think that nothing is ever his fault and he's always the victim and the exception to the rules. At least half the blame for the baby falls on his shoulders, not
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*sigh* I was so torn whether I should let the cat out of the bag. I wanted it more as something unexpected, yet I was afraid someone would find it offensive. :X (I didn't think of warning you guys about Zaelem's predicament, though, since it wasn't like something gory would be described or shown. :P)
Hahaha, I won't be held responsible for anything that happens to your monitor screen! :P You see, Chairon has always had his way, so this made him really really bitter about it. He just had to blame everyone else for it and.. the way everything happened (K started off the breakup by mentioning E's baby, comparing C with Z, getting together with Z after the truck accident) kinda supported C's twisted way of thinking about this whole thing. And made him even more blinded by his anger, since he could put the blame on someone else, the way he saw it. But.... at least he is super duper guilty about it now? He is finally accepting the fact that he created a huge mess and regrets it
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It's honorableness to the point of stupidity, which is probably Zaelem's tragic flaw right there. There's a word, but I think it's french. :)
But in his place, Chairon would have tried to weasel out of it, because that's what he does, I doubt he can even conceive of a plan having consequences more dire than someone's personal disgrace. And the absolutely horrible thing is that now that he's finally figured out that he's a life wrecker and that his actions have consequences that aren't all about him and are definitely more dire than he thought... now he might be able to be a real and responsible human being, if he even can be redeemed after sending Zaelem to his death
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YES! To the point of stupidity! It's like he doesn't know where to draw the line. But then again, should he? Or could he? Will he be able to live with himself knowing he could have saved millions and chose not to
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Well, in this case, Z was set up with the impossible... if it were Chairon, since he probably wouldn't have been set up (and because I doubt Chairon would ever be picked for something with such cataclysmic, last-ditch chances of succeeding) and since the reasoning would be more along the lines of "I don't want to do this" than "there's no way for me to succeed," it becomes a bit of a different problem.
Yeah, but the way it played out, there was no chance of him succeeding, and the council got rushed through to agree to a pretty crappy plan. Then again, Zaelem wouldn't be Zaelem if he could make the detatched analysis of his chances that would lead him to the conclusion that running blindly into this situation wasn't going to work.
C isn't stupid. Self-deluding certainly, but not stupid. Oh, and his douchebag-ness comes from many factors. :D
No, the horrible thing is that this is the only time he's been able to realize that he's been a massive, evil, arrogant, entitled douchebag and actually feel some form of guilt about it. And
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Hahaha, poor Chairon. How about "I don't want to do it because it's impossible to succeed"? :P Ah, I'm just making everything complicated. But to say that he is unredeemable would be too harsh, ain't it? What if he truly knows his mistakes at last and tries to make up for it in different ways? Even if it cost a life, wouldn't the act of trying to redeem himself make him redeemable already
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Yeah, not wanting to do it because it's impossible (rather than merely kind of dangerous) would be a perfectly acceptable decision. I'm not saying Charion's unredeemable, but that even though he reached the moment where he should have started on the road to redemption, his chances are kind of low now that Zaelem's dead. Clearly he doesn't have enough of a connection with either of the girls for them to influence him towards becoming a better person.
You've gotta remember, I've been following your pixel people since you had about six chapters up - and over three (gasp - is it three years already?) years of talking to you helps me know where they're coming from. Plus, audiences tend to summarize better than the people who know what's coming up
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*gasp* OMG three years?? I only just realised I haven't been celebrating CS's birthdays!! *flails arms* Ah, you seem to be able to guess what's gonna happen pretty well anyway. ;)
I started giggling at "Chairon would have had a really hard time comprehending the idea of thousands of innocent lives at risk". It sounded like he was a 2-year-old, hahaha! It's true though; Jeremy once commented on how callous Chairon is. "The sanctity of human lives, Ronny!" XD Hmm, I think he truly enjoyed dating Kismette because she was bubbly and a joy to be with, but it's just that he also recognised the perks of just being with her (reputation, family standing, etc), which was a wrong move for him to list out during their breakup. I insist that he really did love her, more so than he did any other of the girls her previously dated. :P
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Well, you can love someone and still be able to list to yourselves the reasons why dating them is a good thing aside from being in love. (Explanation fail.) He still didn't have the perspective to work out that loving her meant that he had to take her feelings into account, but of course he doesn't believe that anyone could possibly have different values as him, part of the reason why he wouldn't understand why Kismette didn't want to have sex when he clearly did.
It's true, though. He's been spoiled into a toddler's view of the world, thinking that he can communicate effectively with the words "no" and "mine!" Also, he does pitch a bit of a fit from time to time and he doesn't share well. ;)
I guess he did try to improve in terms of being a better partner; it's just that, to us (or according to the norm), they were just baby steps and still didn't fit into our criteria of loving somebody. So even though it still wasn't good enough, to him, he was already so much more sacrificial and etc, which made him angry, I guess. For once, he actually worked hard for something, yet got the opposite result. :\
HAHAHAHA!!! A toddler's view of the world! Oh, he definitely doesn't share well. ;P
Like one of my math teachers in high school always said: "You don't get points for trying unless I can tell that you really did do the work."
Chairon thinks he's getting better, but he's nowhere near solving that equation yet. Sure, he took a few steps. Overall, they didn't help, and he doesn't see that yet, I guess.
Oh god, can I kill Charion now? Pleeeease? I know there's a line somewhere, but I've got a sword!
Seriously. Even if he didn't intend for Zaelem to accept the mission, what kind of moron attempts to ruin a former friend's life just because his relationship failed - mostly because of his own actions. Oh, yeah, and because he's a massive ass... people like him shouldn't have power and influence, they only abuse it.
And then to turn around and blame Kismette... sorry, but that's just par for the course. At least Mejane pushed herself as hard as everyone else, demanded perfection from herself and genuinely beat herself up over her inability to dance - you can still feel sorry for her. Charion, however, seems to think that nothing is ever his fault and he's always the victim and the exception to the rules. At least half the blame for the baby falls on his shoulders, not ( ... )
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Hahaha, I won't be held responsible for anything that happens to your monitor screen! :P You see, Chairon has always had his way, so this made him really really bitter about it. He just had to blame everyone else for it and.. the way everything happened (K started off the breakup by mentioning E's baby, comparing C with Z, getting together with Z after the truck accident) kinda supported C's twisted way of thinking about this whole thing. And made him even more blinded by his anger, since he could put the blame on someone else, the way he saw it. But.... at least he is super duper guilty about it now? He is finally accepting the fact that he created a huge mess and regrets it ( ... )
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But in his place, Chairon would have tried to weasel out of it, because that's what he does, I doubt he can even conceive of a plan having consequences more dire than someone's personal disgrace. And the absolutely horrible thing is that now that he's finally figured out that he's a life wrecker and that his actions have consequences that aren't all about him and are definitely more dire than he thought... now he might be able to be a real and responsible human being, if he even can be redeemed after sending Zaelem to his death ( ... )
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Yeah, but the way it played out, there was no chance of him succeeding, and the council got rushed through to agree to a pretty crappy plan. Then again, Zaelem wouldn't be Zaelem if he could make the detatched analysis of his chances that would lead him to the conclusion that running blindly into this situation wasn't going to work.
C isn't stupid. Self-deluding certainly, but not stupid. Oh, and his douchebag-ness comes from many factors. :D
No, the horrible thing is that this is the only time he's been able to realize that he's been a massive, evil, arrogant, entitled douchebag and actually feel some form of guilt about it. And ( ... )
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You've gotta remember, I've been following your pixel people since you had about six chapters up - and over three (gasp - is it three years already?) years of talking to you helps me know where they're coming from. Plus, audiences tend to summarize better than the people who know what's coming up ( ... )
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I started giggling at "Chairon would have had a really hard time comprehending the idea of thousands of innocent lives at risk". It sounded like he was a 2-year-old, hahaha! It's true though; Jeremy once commented on how callous Chairon is. "The sanctity of human lives, Ronny!" XD Hmm, I think he truly enjoyed dating Kismette because she was bubbly and a joy to be with, but it's just that he also recognised the perks of just being with her (reputation, family standing, etc), which was a wrong move for him to list out during their breakup. I insist that he really did love her, more so than he did any other of the girls her previously dated. :P ( ... )
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It's true, though. He's been spoiled into a toddler's view of the world, thinking that he can communicate effectively with the words "no" and "mine!" Also, he does pitch a bit of a fit from time to time and he doesn't share well. ;)
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HAHAHAHA!!! A toddler's view of the world! Oh, he definitely doesn't share well. ;P
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"You don't get points for trying unless I can tell that you really did do the work."
Chairon thinks he's getting better, but he's nowhere near solving that equation yet. Sure, he took a few steps. Overall, they didn't help, and he doesn't see that yet, I guess.
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