Fascinating. I like your depiction of the FE's recklessness, its power but its lack of omnipotence.
I think a lot of people were pissed off at the characterization because we have it in mind that something called the First Evil ought to be somehow unknowable, maybe even infallible. I think they have the same problem as I would with, for example, imagining God as a big guy with a white beard that's Out There somewhere. I mean, if God can be contained like that, he's not really God, you know?
But I don't need an all-or-nothing approach. The FE is huge, malevolent, tricky...and not God. Not even the anti-God.
I like how you've pointed out that whether or not the FE's particular campaigns prevail, it can always find something to enjoy about the process, that it's all about the process. La la la.
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Date: 2003-08-18 09:54 am (UTC)I think a lot of people were pissed off at the characterization because we have it in mind that something called the First Evil ought to be somehow unknowable, maybe even infallible. I think they have the same problem as I would with, for example, imagining God as a big guy with a white beard that's Out There somewhere. I mean, if God can be contained like that, he's not really God, you know?
But I don't need an all-or-nothing approach. The FE is huge, malevolent, tricky...and not God. Not even the anti-God.
I like how you've pointed out that whether or not the FE's particular campaigns prevail, it can always find something to enjoy about the process, that it's all about the process. La la la.