>>55616979I believe in manifestation. I believe, that if I truly desire something enough, and if I really put my all into it, I think anything is possible. I have to believe that, I have to believe that I have agency in this world. Even if its not true. It's not a matter of wants, or what is possible, it's a matter of wills, and what possibilities it opens up.
>>55616985Whether this be sadism, or merely the rush of power it gives you over others to think you're a monster I sincerely pray you find fulfillment in more wholesome things in the times to come.
>>55616986>please learn the difference between fiction and realityTruth is stranger than fiction. Theres no fate but what we make, no destiny we cannot chart the course of ourselves.
>what you and your bros did were retarded safety-wise since you could have just easily did your swordfights without sharpening them, but you were just kids who didn't know any betterIt was more thrilling to sharpen them. To swing sharpened sticks, and massive logs at each other like we saw in our cartoons and anime growing up. Such is the gradual escalation of all things. And its consequences were as previously described.
>there is nothing wrong with learning how to do what you gotta do on the business end if you need to defend yourself, your loved ones, and/or your property. you can do it without being a monsterI go to the gym, I do train. And I hate that I have to do this, that our world is so corrupt and vile that I can't merely train for my own health, but must keep in mind that someday I may be forced into an unwinnable situation where I must choose violence.
Conflict, even in pokemon never seems to cease, even in Horizons, always new antagonist, same as it ever was. Always fighting, endless slogs of endless battles never ever ceasing.
They say to Liko and Roy, "Oh you must get stronger, you must train hard!"
Already coaxing them into being little battle warriors.
