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[ichoosefight]

[ Steph has set up this PSA perfectly framed so that everyone can see the exasperated expression on her face. Not angry, thankfully that whole ordeal is over, but deeply unimpressed by her fellow interdimensional travellers. ]

I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone of Murphy's Law.

You may not call it that. You may not know it exists. But I promise you, it holds true for every culture, in every time period, in every universe:

Anything that can go wrong, will.

Does it seem like a bad idea? It is. Is there a chance it'll blow up in your face? It will, and probably everyone else's face too. Is it going to make strangers mad at you? Don't do it.

[ She looks the camera dead in the eye, glaring as though she can stop people from being stupid by sheer force of will. She will damn well try regardless.

There's a pause while she hopes that sinks in. ]

Also, this may be an unpopular opinion, but I'm sharing it anyway:

Necromancy is never the answer.


That's all. I'm out.

Comments

[Text; UN: DemonsandSugar]

[cultivatingsin]

Denied. [Necromancy is his thing, okay. Even if he won't play around with it much because of his ah...leash.]

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[ichoosefight]

your denial is immediately suspicious

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[cultivatingsin]

How am I supposed to ignore one of the gifts Avalon gave me?

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[ichoosefight]

by not starting the zombie apocalypse? it's really not that hard. been there, done that, 0 stars.

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[cultivatingsin]

I would have to raise a lot of people to do that! I get bored pretty easily.

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[ichoosefight]

see? easy.

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[cultivatingsin]

But that doesn't mean it's never the answer.

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[ichoosefight]

give me one scenario where necromancy is the only answer

text; un: manslayer

[hitokiri]

u stupid or just like yellin bout shit u dunno nothin about

[ he's taking this topic more personally than usual for Reasons. ]

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[ichoosefight]

I like yelling when innocent people get hurt for reasons that could easily have been avoided

but right now I'm speaking at a perfectly reasonable volume.

[hitokiri]

uh huh thank u miss obvious it was bad u proud of ur self now

[ichoosefight]

not sure what pride has to do with anything

I was on the front line, I'm not interested in how bad it was. I'm interested in getting people to brace themselves for the future.

and I'm very interested in pointing out that in recent history necromancy has proven to be Bad News, and should probably be discouraged moving forward.

text; un: selcouth

[sulit]

Incorrect. Necromancy is a sometimes Art. Depends on the situation.

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[ichoosefight]

[ She did say it was just her opinion. But. ]

unless it's a gross art I don't really follow

[sulit]

Not art; Art! With a capital A. A magic discipline.

It has its uses, just like any other kind of magic. You think throwing fireballs around isn't just as destructive? No one gets their feathers ruffled over that.

[ichoosefight]

fireballs don't have a tendency to turn around on you and try to take over the world, go on targetted murder sprees, or rip holes in the fabric of space-time.

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[cultivatingsin]

So you're up against a monster, right? You have no allies and your strength is flagging.

But you are surrounded by bodies.

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[ichoosefight]

1. gross
2. hide and regroup
3. been there, done that, no magic, still kicking

[sulit]

Well, you've clearly never cast a fireball before. 🔥

No, they just have the potential to level villages or start wildfires. Decimate an entire region's livelihood. Hold cities ransom. At range! Magic is magic. ✨✨✨ Regardless of what it does, someone will find a way to make it catastrophic.

You can't say that necromancy does all these bad things while also ignoring that *other* magic can do bad things. Or that necromancy can also do good things. That's just how it is.

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[cultivatingsin]

What if there's nowhere to hide?

Every situation is different.

[ichoosefight]

sure I can, people have way more backwards worldviews than that

I didn't actually say any of those things tho

I'm just saying, people start fooling around with dead bodies and it almost always means trouble.

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[ichoosefight]

I mean

there are dead bodies

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[owarifool]

u okay?

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[reloves]

I know you're just venting. [ Probably.

Minako wants to acknowledge that. Upfront. Because she gets it. She gets Steph's entire energy here, really, even though Minako is sounding.. a bit more strangely tired than she otherwise does. ]

But I think that if the people who did this really cared about other people's opinions, they wouldn't have done so in the first place. I don't think anything is going to convince them.

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[ichoosefight]

I'm fine. gotta love that healing magic

you?