twelve [written/action] | Saturday at a less silly time

[imatreenow]

[It isn't easy, having your eyes pried open and forced to look at a truth you never wanted to see. A few days have passed since Martel looked straight at him and explained that what he had done was wrong, and each minute since then as crawled by slowly, weighed down with tension. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong... The word echoes off the walls of

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[written] - i need an edit button

[sketchingideals]

Well... sometimes people get bullied where I'm from, but for a lot of different reasons. I like to think most of the bullies grow out of it...

I guess the biggest example of specific discrimination I've personally seen is against people who can use elemental-based powers. Even though there's not a lot of it, it always upsets me. I really don't understand what's so different about any of us. I think there's a lot more important things people should be worried about than differences between us that aren't even that big!

[written] /pets

[imatreenow]

People have never been adept in looking past differences and seeing the larger picture. They see only what their fear allows them to see, what they can exploit to boost themselves higher.

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[sketchingideals]

I don't understand why they do that, though. People wouldn't want to be judged before they can show what kind of person they are, right? Why do that to someone else?

I think differences make the world brighter. If everyone was the same, then a lot of the fun in life would be gone. I think it's great that everyone has their own story to tell, and you can learn so much from someone who is different than you!

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[imatreenow]

Because people are selfish, thinking only of what will benefit them the most, regardless of how inconvenient it is for anyone else.

[He glares down at that second part. He really can't handle all this idealistic nonsense. How can people be so blind?] You consider diversity to be great, even if it is the catalyst of so many problems? Would it not be a better world if everyone were the same and prejudices did not exist at all?

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[imatreenow]

[There's something familiar about this person; Mithos is sure they've spoken before. ...Yes...yes, he remembers your naivety.]

How do you know the Gorons won't betray you when it serves them best?

[written]

[imatreenow]

[...no wonder he had responded with voice. What is this chickenscratch? An annoyed sigh over on his side, not that it will be heard over the journal.]

It is out of debt, then. The moment you owe them rather than the other way around, I would not be surprised if the arrangement changed entirely. [If these 'Gorons' are anything like humans, and he has his suspicions...though it is tricky to discern which role each race places across these different worlds. Cut and paste, cut and paste; one situation is always analogous to another.]

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[lunarities]

Hmm.. It really depends on what you think that people who are 'different from yourself' are, but I don't think there's any reason to treat those people differently as well!

[ A pause as she seems to think about it. ] Everyone should deserve equal chances at least, right?

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[imatreenow]

There is a vast gap between what "should" be and what actually is. People find reasons to treat others differently, based on nothing more than fear and suspicions.

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[lunarities]

Why would you be scared of them? [ She seems genuinely curious at that. ] Even if they're a little different from us, would that make people scared..?

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[imatreenow]

People have always feared what is different. They feel threatened by differences in physical appearance or abilities that others possess, and respond by lashing out. By persecuting other groups, they make themselves feel safe.

written - LJ IS BEING A BUTT AND I THINK I MAY HAVE TRIPLE-POSTED this is the actual thing sob

[antlioncyclone]

[...This deserves a nice, long, thought-out response.]In my own world, there are humans and Pokemon. Humans use their intelligence to create things, and that is how they survive. Pokemon naturally have powers which they use to fight other creatures, and that is how they survive. Humans and Pokemon apart may live out their lives entirely, but that is not how my world is. Pokemon trust humans to guide them in growing stronger and fulfilling their potential, and humans trust Pokemon to help them do what they cannot on their own

written | filtered - haha no worries :)

[imatreenow]

[He certainly remembers you. Poring over this with great interest, looking for what he expects to see, eyeing some parts with sharp dubiousness. Especially that filtered part - for ease he locks the entire response against others.]

On what basis do you trust these human allies? They could easily turn on you as other humans have done before. Perhaps your power is the only reason they keep you around at all. You even admitted yourself, humans will always flock to power and try to harness it to their own advantage. It would seem foolish to place trust in the very same beings.

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[antlioncyclone]

[Mewtwo quickly debates with himself how specific to be before replying.]

I hold one in highest respect. I owe my life as it is to his actions several times over, and know that he has done many courageous things for the sake of Pokemon. I went to him of my own will and selected him to be my trainer in the greatest battle of my life, and my trust in him was rewarded with honorable victory as I knew it would be.

There are other humans, who are his friends and companions, who are loyal to his wishes and have fought just as hard for the same purposes.

[a pause, then an addition.]

The humans who seek to prove their worth and earn power fairly match, if not outnumber, those who try to seize it by force.

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[imatreenow]

[He pauses before penning his response this time. The words on the page don't match up with what he knows about the world, and he doesn't like it.]

You seem very certain of this, that more humans are kind and just rather than selfish. [or that any at all are good. Then -- cautiously, out of a morbid curiosity -- he writes:] Tell me more about this human companion. [because he needs more ammo; there has to be something, knowing humans as he does]

[Voice]

[derek_bliss]

Discrimination will always exist as long as there's fear; that's just how it is. Some people can rise above it and not fall into the trap, others cannot. And, it can be argued, in some cases, it could be justified, depending on the actions of the group or individual being discriminated against. Certainly, if they're a danger to the group that fears them, then it's within their best survival instincts to encourage distrust and an urge to keep away

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[imatreenow]

Rules exist in order to make sense of the world. If there are glaring exceptions, what purpose does the rule serve? If distrust serves to protect against those who are a danger, would it not be foolish to assume that exceptions exist and risk storing trust in an individual?

[...hmm] If variations of one particular species exist here, do you think it possible that variations of others could exist as well? [troubling; he wants things to be simplified, clarified, not complicated.]

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[derek_bliss]

Rules exist, but they also change with time. Otherwise they, and the society they belong to, fall to entropy and death. And part of natural law is that there are exceptions, because that's how the change begins.

Yeah, I do think there are variations of most things. It's up to people to decide if they want to find those variations and trust them, but again, refusal to do so is how people stay stuck in fear and entropy. There's always a risk you'd be wrong, but there's a bigger risk to never finding out.

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[imatreenow]

So change can only exist if exceptions exist. By that logic, if change never occurs that would imply that there are no exceptions in a given population.

Some things are not worth risking at all. I once trusted in humans despite being persecuted by the vast majority of them; I believed there were those who could see beyond differences, and those who didn't could learn to change. I was wrong. Humans cannot be trusted, and nothing has changed since then. I don't need to risk foolishly placing my trust in others, when I know how it will end.