The Mandible was one of those guys who just saw the world as a rotten place and wanted to do away with it.
There's your potential for sympathy for him then, no? Most everyone would think his idea of a solution is utterly unacceptable (for obvious reasons), but "the world is a rotten place; we should get rid of it"... I wouldn't be surprised to hear people feel similarly from time to time. It's just they wouldn't act on it the way the Mandible does even given the means.
Ironically I can sympathize with his aversion, but that doesn't make it okay for him to be a dick about it.
Yeah, definitely. It's just that, given what his powers do to him, it sounds like something that he'd need in the beginning and... He's not likely to accept it for a lot of reasons. I'm sure he could do without that, but it'd be exponentially harder and take at least twice as long.
Well, if he stays away from people, it won't do much.
You said part of the reason it's so bad now is because it's reacting to his own bigotry, though. And that's not going to go away, so even if he went off and became a hermit some of the issue would remain purely because his own feelings are causing part of the problem. I suspect he'll adjust as he gets used to the pain too, but it'll remain a constant drain on him.
I don't think the current situation is stable, though.
Definitely unstable. And he's currently definitely in a situation that needs careful handling for everyone's safety. Poor Hector.
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Re: Well...
Date: 2014-11-10 09:31 pm (UTC)There's your potential for sympathy for him then, no? Most everyone would think his idea of a solution is utterly unacceptable (for obvious reasons), but "the world is a rotten place; we should get rid of it"... I wouldn't be surprised to hear people feel similarly from time to time. It's just they wouldn't act on it the way the Mandible does even given the means.
Ironically I can sympathize with his aversion, but that doesn't make it okay for him to be a dick about it.
Yeah, definitely. It's just that, given what his powers do to him, it sounds like something that he'd need in the beginning and... He's not likely to accept it for a lot of reasons. I'm sure he could do without that, but it'd be exponentially harder and take at least twice as long.
Well, if he stays away from people, it won't do much.
You said part of the reason it's so bad now is because it's reacting to his own bigotry, though. And that's not going to go away, so even if he went off and became a hermit some of the issue would remain purely because his own feelings are causing part of the problem. I suspect he'll adjust as he gets used to the pain too, but it'll remain a constant drain on him.
I don't think the current situation is stable, though.
Definitely unstable. And he's currently definitely in a situation that needs careful handling for everyone's safety. Poor Hector.