Of course the relationship dynamics are different, but as far as I'm concerned, the "different kinds of love" are just attachments with varying levels of intensity.
I don't know about that. Intense platonic love is still a different thing from intense romantic love, nevermind that the entire dynamic's different with someone who can return it versus something that can't quite do that in the same way.
See, you're proving my point for me right now. You can say you don't do the whole love thing either, but when it comes down to it, you still have a sentimental — one could say almost human! — view of the idea and feel the need to defend it.
I have a much easier time focusing on important matters! It's really amazing how much time humans — and others, it seems — devote to their relationships, whether it be acting on them or thinking about them... or about their lacks thereof.
[ shrugs! ]
Don't get me wrong, though; I wouldn't have it any other way. It's part of what makes them interesting. They're so messy.
Oh, holding up a barrier around a gate to the demonic world, helping the government deal with a panicking population that can suddenly see demons, and overseeing the education and training of many of the exorcists who fight them.
[-at first he honestly just looks a little shocked mephisto is actually answering.]
That explains the academy in your information, then-- and I'd guess time and space control would lend themselves pretty well to barriers, wouldn't they, or is that an entirely different sort of magic?
[both ears are perked because he's a fucking nerd]
That's refreshing, some of my colleagues have been known to complain that it's not long enough.
[ (that is NOT what she said ;) )
there's a snort of laughter at that question, though. ]
Demons differ vastly from one another, so it's hard to compare them as a whole to anything else... but I can safely say that no, there aren't any like these.
Oh, I suspect there's a good reason for that. While it may be the case that there are other worlds that work much differently than mine, I think much of this isn't at all what they say it is.
I'm not in much of a position to say whether Hell is or isn't real, it's not an afterlife we've ever referred to.
[but- hm. his ears twitch.]
A few of us have commented before, though, on how it doesn't seem quite like what it's supposed to be. Not fully lacking in the torment aspect, they did assign us to the same room, but less so than I'd have thought.
Well, to be fair, as far as my own world goes, the typical image of fire and brimstone and little red devils with hot pokers is a lot of cartoonish embellishment made up by humans who'd never seen anything of the sort for themselves. Gehenna is the world of demons, not something created strictly for the sake of humans — torturing them or otherwise.
Mortals have nothing to do with where demons come from in Azeroth, either. They come from the Nether, and return to it if they're destroyed in the mortal realm.
...demons are also used as servants, by certain types of magic-users who summon them from the Nether, but-- it's generally looked down upon. Corruptive magic and all.
Depends on what I want it to do. It's versatile enough-- offensive, mostly, but also designed to target and break an opponent's mental defenses. So, by the same token, a shadow priest has to have a high resistance to it themselves to avoid being affected by the power they draw on, if they pull too much from the Void.
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[one ear flicks, watching him with a little curiosity.]
Do you mean it in a more literal way-- do you just not engage in it or do you actually not feel it?
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[he understands instant ramen but what's an anime. do not answer that question]
Really, though, not at all-?
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I have a much easier time focusing on important matters! It's really amazing how much time humans — and others, it seems — devote to their relationships, whether it be acting on them or thinking about them... or about their lacks thereof.
[ shrugs! ]
Don't get me wrong, though; I wouldn't have it any other way. It's part of what makes them interesting. They're so messy.
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[a very accurate one... that's partly why he prefers to avoid them, thank you.]
If not any kind of love, though, then do you ever feel any-- connection to others, I suppose is a way to phrase it?
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What kind of important matters do you have to focus on?
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[ you know. normal things. ]
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That explains the academy in your information, then-- and I'd guess time and space control would lend themselves pretty well to barriers, wouldn't they, or is that an entirely different sort of magic?
[both ears are perked because he's a fucking nerd]
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No, that's it. I stopped time inside of it to slow the gate's expansion for a few months.
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[ughhh he refuses to say he's impressed
but he's impressed.]
Are the demons there anything like our six here? They're nothing like what we'd call demons at home.
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[ (that is NOT what she said ;) )
there's a snort of laughter at that question, though. ]
Demons differ vastly from one another, so it's hard to compare them as a whole to anything else... but I can safely say that no, there aren't any like these.
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[he's not a dragon though because dragons have definitely been in love with people before, that is not a dragon thing...]
I have to wonder if any of us do know of demons like them. I don't think anyone I've talked to has.
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[but- hm. his ears twitch.]
A few of us have commented before, though, on how it doesn't seem quite like what it's supposed to be. Not fully lacking in the torment aspect, they did assign us to the same room, but less so than I'd have thought.
i thought i posted this two hours ago!!!
Well, to be fair, as far as my own world goes, the typical image of fire and brimstone and little red devils with hot pokers is a lot of cartoonish embellishment made up by humans who'd never seen anything of the sort for themselves. Gehenna is the world of demons, not something created strictly for the sake of humans — torturing them or otherwise.
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...demons are also used as servants, by certain types of magic-users who summon them from the Nether, but-- it's generally looked down upon. Corruptive magic and all.
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