His Divine Shadow
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Originally posted by Aleck:
[b] 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[/b]
Alex, you say that Prince and Satan don’t know why they do what it is that they do.
“How you have fallen from Heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to earth, You who have weakened the nations! “But you said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ Isaiah 14:12-14
He has free will and so do we. I want someone to love me because they choose to do so, not because I put a spell on them or some nonsense like it. Didn’t Prince tell Stan, in “Tunnels,” that he wanted Stan to love him? Stan can’t bring himself to do this. He’s just not so sure yet as to why it’s not a good idea.
Satan knows exactly what he is doing and shows plently of desire, charm etc. He desires that we worship and love him and not God.
(who knows how long “Fire and Water” were floating around out there. Could have beeen a few thousand years or just a few days.) As for Prince – Just because Kai asks him what his purpose is on “Fire and Water,” what makes you think that Prince would tell him or anyone else the truth? Xev had already caught Prince lying. He knew Xev well enough to know that she would, most likely than not, stop Stan. All that balance stuff was Prince’s way of trying to keep Xev off balance. It worked. He told her in the beginning that she held the “key,” and that is exactly what happened in the end. Satan is the father of lies. Prince and Satan are both manipulating, evasive, subtle, deceiving, cruel, and are both able to appear to be whoever or whatever they choose to be. True EVIL, more often than not, comes in the most appealing forms. It looks good, it feels good, it sounds good, it tastes good. Just a little look, a little touch, a little taste… etc. before you know it you’re hooked and in bondage to someone like Prince, who chose to appear as Kai and Xevand perhaps even Mantrid. Who is Princes’s opponent? Who did he destroy? The planets may have been destroyed, but it appears as if the souls that inhabited said planets haven’t really been harmed, as of yet. It seems to me that the only one who fully possesses Prince’s true opponet is Kai. Why? Because in spite of being dead, he knows that it is wrong to murder on any level. He has truly lived in both worlds. He knows the difference between right and wrong and he chooses right. That’s just the way that I currently see things. My “TunnelVision.” [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]