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tl/dr most..
I'm so lazy.
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Virtue needs more RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!
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Not more. Just 'better' rage.
I was venting on this subject not long ago. And like a clumsy novice witchling summoning a demon by accident, I'd written up a request for the local villains days before Haetron's return.
If you are new, Haet is one of the old gods in these stomping grounds (don't let it get to your head, Haet :P). Agree, fear, or curse him. He is the fire-bringer. Some days, his inflammatory responses sets these fields ablaze. Other days, he's axing away to provide thought-provoking, but not necessarily destructive, kindling.
At any rate, fed up with forums, a rant was typed out but set aside when the boards locked up. The thoughts were saved as a copy to document with the intent to list following breakfast. I took a nap instead. So all was forgotten until a brief time had passed and a thread, entitled "You're all fired.", made our shores. I think I nearly fell over because his first line was the last line of my discarded message.
Lesson learned. Be careful what you wish for...
A copy was sent to Haet privately because it just amused me that he'd returned though I'll post it now since it's on topic anyway.
Entitled: "This town deserves a better class of criminal."
Disclaimer: Opinon, sarcasm, and hypocrisy enclosed.
Comrades, we're drowning in half-hearted villainy.
Every month, someone throws a solitary star at each unrated thread.
Brilliant effort there, basement-ninja. Every week, some new yet unoriginal diatribe rails on about the author's superiority to other playstyles ( badgers versus powergamers versus PvP'rs versus ad nauseum) or roleplay methods (the legitimacy of WOD Vampyres versus Twilight Vampires versus soft pr0n VampSires)
Oh, the gravity. It's crushing me. Every day, the lighthearted threads get longer and everything else washes out further behind the tide.
Sometimes I listlessly hit the alternate skin button to pretend there's a bit of variety. Every other thread, the most anyone can muster as a counterpoint these days is a singular "phail" or "cry mohr".
Eww... you got them sooo gewd, tiger. <sighs>
My favorite villains don't need to hide. And certainly not behind an anonymous rating system. By the way, I've already one-starred this several times over to rob you of the satisfaction.
Amateurs.
My favorite villains don't need to insult the hero to break him down. They transform his faith with valid doses of alternate perspective.
My favorite villains don't sit around and wait for the next big score. They've already written their memoirs and charged you fifty dollars for the privilege of reading it.
You all have become tender little morsels of writhing wormwood. Soft. Soft. Sofly crying about your exposure to "bad pugs" ... or worse! "Rookery threads"! Is that the best you have? Spitting vile against harmless self-contained "fluff". Find a worthwhile target. There's nothing wrong with the daily existance of Rookery. There's something wrong with the distinct lack of everything else in terms of volume.
Now I'm not talking about being better at being mean. Not talking about being better at being inciteful. Not talking about being a better troll. No. I am talking about the air in these forums reeks of incompetent angst. This town deserves a better class of criminal.
Until then, you're all fired. <grin>
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Speaking as the villain who reformed to go hero, though not strictly hero (Y'see, it works as follows... you have Good, Evil, Neutral and Flea. Flea is wherever the [censored] he feels like being at that particular time. This means Flea causes headaches for authorites. Because, Flea's an [censored]) I say this.
Meh.
The real villain is apathy. So you can be on your red side, they can be on their blue side and some of you fence-sitters can be on your grey and purple side.
Me? I'll be on
my side.
