This post is going to be a bit too critical for some people and perhaps too less for others, fair warning before you proceed any further, it might come off as a hypocritical and cynical post countering most of initial posts, again its just an opinion I would like to express, much as I'd like it to be a voice note, I can't pay for sound cloud pro yet ( lel, donations from anonymous benefactors are always welcome). Feel free to stop and close the window at anytime. Cheers.
I Believe we have been brought up with an unrealistic idea, an idea of absolution, the distinction between good and evil, purity and corruption. Fairy tales, bedtime stories, folk lore, and all else that would be told, read out to, read or watched by Children, they all preach of an absolute good and evil;
The light and the dark are lain out plain and simple, if there's a witch in the tale, evil, the fairy is always good, with a notable few exceptions of course. The sad reality of it is every little kid becomes the poor "Damsel in distress" or a "Prince Charming" ,the "Knight in a shining Armour" ,the "Princess in a Castle" so on and so forth, changing the labels to fit their certain situations.
They believe the world revolves around themselves, center of the universe, unfortunately their tale is just one among many, another sob story in a civilization full of these, "Special little snowflakes" consider themselves too unique while all they do is heard along with the rest of the crowd, neither footprint nor their shadows noticed. Okay enough bashing up them individuals with a hero complex ( including me lel, writ as thought I were a sentient being with all access to unending knowledge. Ignorant little snowflake )
NOW to the Real World. Let the games begin, there is no such thing as pure evil or good, rather no such thing as good; there is but only the lesser among two evils, just like all these games me and my generation have been blessed with, Brutal, harsh but realism served right.
( Game Title references For the future audience, hopefully this document stays till both it and these titles become what we call "Retro"- The witcher trilogy ( 2009- 2015), Life is strange (2016), Until Dawn (2016), One last chance by kongregate games, indie 32 bit title which will make you cry in just a few seconds, DusesEx series, Dragon age inquisition, Fallout 3, etc)
These are probably the tales we should've been fed after we start picking up on profanity. There is no true hero, even the most saintly and pure beings (or so they say/ are portrayed as/ profess to be) have skeletons in their closets, even the most cut throat killing machine, has a code they live by, which is a reflection of the faint yet significant light and warmth they perhaps felt.
There's the Ying and the yang, but which aspect outweighs the other? That's just potluck.
As a Child of say 2-3 years of age, I had this big fat book that literally read " bedtime stories "
They'd read to me every night, every tale I was mostly familar with but I would make them read them to me anyway, the story that caught my attention the most was "The three little pigs" the first time they ever read it to me, I sat quiet and just nodded along, almost too quiet, had my parents real worried, then in the very end I had an almost worried and disheartened expression on my face, My parents just ask why that was so and I shrilly reply " But what about the wolf?"with watery eyes almost, "The wolf never got to eat, he was just so hungry, Maybe if the pigs shared some food with him, they could be friends and he would protect them." and that my lads is how they changed the ending for me, with the pigs and the wolf all getting what they want in the end.
I Believe we have been brought up with an unrealistic idea, an idea of absolution, the distinction between good and evil, purity and corruption. Fairy tales, bedtime stories, folk lore, and all else that would be told, read out to, read or watched by Children, they all preach of an absolute good and evil;
The light and the dark are lain out plain and simple, if there's a witch in the tale, evil, the fairy is always good, with a notable few exceptions of course. The sad reality of it is every little kid becomes the poor "Damsel in distress" or a "Prince Charming" ,the "Knight in a shining Armour" ,the "Princess in a Castle" so on and so forth, changing the labels to fit their certain situations.
They believe the world revolves around themselves, center of the universe, unfortunately their tale is just one among many, another sob story in a civilization full of these, "Special little snowflakes" consider themselves too unique while all they do is heard along with the rest of the crowd, neither footprint nor their shadows noticed. Okay enough bashing up them individuals with a hero complex ( including me lel, writ as thought I were a sentient being with all access to unending knowledge. Ignorant little snowflake )
NOW to the Real World. Let the games begin, there is no such thing as pure evil or good, rather no such thing as good; there is but only the lesser among two evils, just like all these games me and my generation have been blessed with, Brutal, harsh but realism served right.
( Game Title references For the future audience, hopefully this document stays till both it and these titles become what we call "Retro"- The witcher trilogy ( 2009- 2015), Life is strange (2016), Until Dawn (2016), One last chance by kongregate games, indie 32 bit title which will make you cry in just a few seconds, DusesEx series, Dragon age inquisition, Fallout 3, etc)
These are probably the tales we should've been fed after we start picking up on profanity. There is no true hero, even the most saintly and pure beings (or so they say/ are portrayed as/ profess to be) have skeletons in their closets, even the most cut throat killing machine, has a code they live by, which is a reflection of the faint yet significant light and warmth they perhaps felt.
There's the Ying and the yang, but which aspect outweighs the other? That's just potluck.
As a Child of say 2-3 years of age, I had this big fat book that literally read " bedtime stories "
 |
| The cover of the exact same book from then, surprisingly mums managed to save this one :') |
They still poke at me with this and remind me that I'm the kid who was more worried about the bad guy in a fairytale. Hence the obesssion with wolves I guess, and now I share my bed with a huge fluffy husky.
(so much for ending a negative post on a positive note!? sigh!)
No comments:
Post a Comment