His Divine Shadow
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
[b]But there is a bit of sympathy in His Shadow. There is a human element to him that makes him a more believable and more powerful figure. He’s a mortal who tried to be God, but fell short. He’s a victim who became a victimizer so slowly he never realized it. His Shadow in itself was never that evil, until the essence passed into the body of an uncleansed human. It was humanity that began and ended his crusade.
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Disagree, disagree, disagree. Couldn’t disagree more. HDS is *anti*-human. HDS is an essence that passes from host to host, building up his resources until he/it can destroy all of humanity. His rule was based in duplicity from the start, and it was only the human elements left over from the last uncleansed host that allowed him to slip up and be defeated. HDS is not a tragic figure in the least. What evidence is there to show that HDS changed his position from victim to victimizer? 2000 years before IWHS’ time-frame, he was just as duplicitous and vehement in his destruction as he is when the action at hand takes place, in his wanton destruction of Brunnis-2 and assassination of Kai. His actions after killing Kai are despicable and are based only in vengeance and an arrogant belief in his own superiority over the humanoid residents of this planet.
Prince, on the other hand, is just a guy with a job. It is his duty to act in the manner he does, and perform the actions he does (keeping in line with the original concept of Satan, as a figure that does JHVH’s dirty work). He doesn’t know why he does what he does, where he came from, or who he really is. He is just doing what he is supposed to do, to keep things in balance. His innate desire to destroy Water is hard-wired within him, and fuels his existence. It isn’t until the unexpected arrival of the LEXX that he finds that he is *able* to destroy Water, which throws the balance of power out of whack. If Water had been destroyed by Stan early on, he would have *had* to destroy Fire, to keep the balance right, and would have been freed, but in victory rather than defeat. Either way, he ends up being freed, but the latter way allows him the satisfaction of knowing that he destroyed his opponent.
At any rate, Prince may be a bad m.f., but he ain’t despicably evil in that he retains more “humanity,” showing charm, desires, emotions, etc. HDS is completely inhuman, and is cold and calculating in his reign of destruction, and is closer to what is considered “evil” than Prince, an angel doing his job, could ever be.
But, then, Satan and I have an understanding. [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
–Aleck