His Divine Shadow
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
[b]You can really feel for him in [i]Mantrid[/i]. The humans destroyed his home, his people, and everything he heald dear.[/b]
No, he was merely the last survivor of the Insect Wars. It isn’t made clear whether the insects were the agressors or the humans. To assume that he is a victim here is assuming too much. However, as the insect essence (and seeing as how insects operate as a collective, we can safely assume that this viewpoint is not merely the isolated one of HDS) is markedly anti-human, we can deduce that the insects were the villains of the piece, and the agressors. As Mantrid stated, being part insect made him want to kill all humans. *Not* being the next Divine Shadow. Also, evil cannot be merely reduced to knowing that what you’re doing is wrong. Great evil has taken place by people convinced that what they’re doing is *right*. But, then, your concept of evil and mine are *never* going to jibe.
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[b]Besides, he didn’t directly kill humans (for the most part), he exploited the gullibility and their hatred that was already there to make humans kill humans. It could be reasoned that if they’re stupid enough to follow him, they deserve to die.
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This is like saying that because Hitler never directly killed anyone, and was acting on what his judgement determined was “right,” that he was not an evil person. This lessens the severity of the atrocities that went on in the name of HDS, which shouldn’t be understated.
quote[quote][b]Prince, on the other hand, is pure evil. There’s no humanity, no justice. He tries to break the rules of the Universe to better suit himself. He sends good people to Fire out of spite, and sends bad people to Water out of friendship. And he knows what he’s doing is wrong. That’s a truly evil person.[/b][/quote]
No, Prince cannot help who he is. He is carrying out the job that he was created for. To say that he lacks humanity (which would make him what…insectile?) means that he lacks a sense of right and wrong, which contradicts your implication that he has a choice in the matter.
He didn’t send anyone anywhere in Season 3, to Fire or to Water. They condemned themselves to their fate. Stan sent himself to Fire because he truly believed himself to be unworthy of a better afterlife. Fifi sent himself to Water because he never believed that he belonged there. One could argue that the “girls” of Girltown were on Fire because the guilt that had been instilled in them in the before-life allowed them to believe that this was where they belonged. As Prince pretty much said, it’s not a perfect system, and mistakes are made.…But then, it wasn’t *Prince* that devised the system, and it’s not he that sentences anyone to their fate. He just does his job, and he’s good with pain. He advocates doing the “wrong” thing, because it’s the perfect thing to do, in his book.
–Aleck