While this is certainly a valuable lesson, I believe another crucial variable at play that is rarely mentioned by commentators of the prison experiment or even in psychology textbooks is the person. Yes, power corrupts. But power does not
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1 x SGA [gen] (an re-read, written early in canon. for me the best stories can always been read again.), 1 x The Hobbit [Bilbo/Thorin] (love a Bilbo who is not a "fainting maiden". why do so many writers try to make him weepy?)
For as long as Frodo could remember, his beloved Uncle Bilbo was known around the Shire for his shocking habit of disappearing for long periods of time. Bilbo never told anybody where he was going or when he expected to be back, and didn't seem to care what other people thought of such disrespectable
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