Re: Taciturnheathen_wolfMarch 20 2009, 21:04:15 UTC
Chaos magic is the art of using whatever works. 'Nothing is true, everything is permissible' is a central motto for the path. It is not so much a destructive or dark path as it is one of enlightenment.
Morally destructive...I like to challenge what people hold to be true, and that includes their morals. Which honestly are little more than jurisdictions over ones behavior. I say that I have no morals, or values.
I used to play both Werewolf the Apocalypse and Vampire;the Masquerade. I still have some of the books, actually, but no one is interested in table top gaming anymore. And yes, the backstories were amazing, as well as the blending of the mythologies. Can you imagine the research they had to go into for all of that? Doctorial thesis level, seriously. I've always been fascinated with the occult, paranormal side of the world. Lycans fall right into that, you know? And the psychology is great. My tat was mostly an accident, lol..a friend in high school drew him for an anime she was working on, but then never used the character. So she gave me the final sketch. Its just too bad I havent been able to get him redone...he was first tat.
Actually, if you like drawing lycans and such, I am writing a book that features one...would you perhaps be interested in doing a sketch for me? *grin* Ive tried my hand, but drawing is simply not my forte.
Re: TaciturnvitaminceceMarch 20 2009, 21:21:23 UTC
I agree about morals being rules for behavior, and I'm not a fan of where most people get the rules (society, religion, ignorance...) but I think that most people have them even if they're not verbalized, and even if they've come by their rules through personal experiences and choices from moment to moment--even the decision to decide how to act in a case-by-case way is a behavioral rule/moral.
I loved the Vampire: The Masquerade books too. All of the books and illustrations that company produced were amazingly well done and well thought out... there was no detail or concept left unanalyzed or unaddressed. Usually with vampire or werewolf books there is some stupid flaw in the logic of how they're made or how they behave. I have almost all of the half-animal (non wolf) books too. LOVE the cats and the sharks... and I love the way they came up with the names based on mythical deities or figures or scientific names for animals.
I would love to do a sketch for you :) I might be a bit slow about getting it done since spring break is about to end for me and law school is crazy intense.
Re: Taciturnheathen_wolfMarch 20 2009, 22:12:59 UTC
Argh, this week has indeed gone by too fast. I have to work on my thesis and a midterm...grr. Stupid time flux.
You have a good point that even a case-by-case person makes judgments of how to react, which could be called a moral structure. I like code of honor, but thats a personal thing. You live and die by a code, you know? Morals can be warped around, as you said, by religion, society, etc. If what you believe comes from within, not without, the correctness of the belief is more true. In my humble opinion, lol.
I never did get into the Basset, or the other creatures although Ive seen overviews of them. I more focused on the Garou (specifically the Get of Fenris and Wendigo), but then I am partial to wolves.
Re: TaciturnvitaminceceMarch 21 2009, 17:50:10 UTC
I'm studying basic stuff since it's my first year. Most law schools have the exact same first year requirements and you can't really even choose what time of day to have them on your schedule. They put us in "sections" that we stay with every day all year.
It's very high school and weird for me b/c I went to a HUGE university (Ohio State) for undergrad and barely ever saw the same people.
Morally destructive...I like to challenge what people hold to be true, and that includes their morals. Which honestly are little more than jurisdictions over ones behavior. I say that I have no morals, or values.
I used to play both Werewolf the Apocalypse and Vampire;the Masquerade. I still have some of the books, actually, but no one is interested in table top gaming anymore. And yes, the backstories were amazing, as well as the blending of the mythologies. Can you imagine the research they had to go into for all of that? Doctorial thesis level, seriously. I've always been fascinated with the occult, paranormal side of the world. Lycans fall right into that, you know? And the psychology is great. My tat was mostly an accident, lol..a friend in high school drew him for an anime she was working on, but then never used the character. So she gave me the final sketch. Its just too bad I havent been able to get him redone...he was first tat.
Actually, if you like drawing lycans and such, I am writing a book that features one...would you perhaps be interested in doing a sketch for me? *grin* Ive tried my hand, but drawing is simply not my forte.
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I loved the Vampire: The Masquerade books too. All of the books and illustrations that company produced were amazingly well done and well thought out... there was no detail or concept left unanalyzed or unaddressed. Usually with vampire or werewolf books there is some stupid flaw in the logic of how they're made or how they behave. I have almost all of the half-animal (non wolf) books too. LOVE the cats and the sharks... and I love the way they came up with the names based on mythical deities or figures or scientific names for animals.
I would love to do a sketch for you :) I might be a bit slow about getting it done since spring break is about to end for me and law school is crazy intense.
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You have a good point that even a case-by-case person makes judgments of how to react, which could be called a moral structure. I like code of honor, but thats a personal thing. You live and die by a code, you know? Morals can be warped around, as you said, by religion, society, etc. If what you believe comes from within, not without, the correctness of the belief is more true. In my humble opinion, lol.
I never did get into the Basset, or the other creatures although Ive seen overviews of them. I more focused on the Garou (specifically the Get of Fenris and Wendigo), but then I am partial to wolves.
What sort of law are you studying?
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It's very high school and weird for me b/c I went to a HUGE university (Ohio State) for undergrad and barely ever saw the same people.
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