The Lone Power's a force of entropy, death and destruction, not a force of chaos. Whereas I find that dead mortals really aren't much fun. I'm either out solely to entertain myself -- and death, destruction and despair just aren't all that entertaining -- or I'm actually trying to get mortals to improve themselves in some small ways, or I'm studying them. While I can't say I'd cry if I were forced to destroy someone or something to make my point, my goal is *change* -- and while you do generally have to break a few eggs to make an omelette, in the end you get an omelette. The Lone Power seems more interested in broken eggs for their own sake than in omelettes.
I'll admit that as entities which cause death and destruction go, the Lone Power's got some style and panache as to how it goes about it, but as far as similarities go, we're both tricksters aaaaaand that's about it.
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Re: power
Date: 2009-05-31 02:46 am (UTC)The Lone Power's a force of entropy, death and destruction, not a force of chaos. Whereas I find that dead mortals really aren't much fun. I'm either out solely to entertain myself -- and death, destruction and despair just aren't all that entertaining -- or I'm actually trying to get mortals to improve themselves in some small ways, or I'm studying them. While I can't say I'd cry if I were forced to destroy someone or something to make my point, my goal is *change* -- and while you do generally have to break a few eggs to make an omelette, in the end you get an omelette. The Lone Power seems more interested in broken eggs for their own sake than in omelettes.
I'll admit that as entities which cause death and destruction go, the Lone Power's got some style and panache as to how it goes about it, but as far as similarities go, we're both tricksters aaaaaand that's about it.