001; video - un: t.challa

[kumkani]

[T'Challa does not put on the Panther Habit for his first post to the network, preferring to keep the two identities separate for as long as possible. For the duration of his stay, if he can manage it, though it's not he who would tell the others. He cannot vouch for the people from his own world that are here. Not all of them, at least.

He angles his device to capture his face and very little of his surroundings.]

In my culture, death is not the end. It's more of a stepping off point. You reach out with both hands and Bast and Sekhmet, they lead you into the green veld where... you can run forever.

[He'd been told upon his arrival, after many questions, that he was here because he'd felt displaced. While that had not necessarily been true, the thought that this place was something other than what it seemed had crossed his mind. The afterlife possibly, though he did not recall dying - his beliefs dashed that notion rather quickly.]

So this cannot be life after death. Do you accept the answers you have been given or do you challenge them? What was the outcome of such action?

[The feed ends there. It's enough of a start to generate conversation.]

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[dothelokimotion]

I am not. I am of Asgard, the God of Mischief.

[ He eyes this man, noting the stance. ]

And yet, what is right differs from person to person. Good intentions do not always pave the best path.

[kumkani]

Then you know of Thor?

No, they do not. But good intentions with the worst outcome are better than bad intentions that end well.

[dothelokimotion]

Thor is my brother.

[ Adopted, but whatever. ]

Is there any indication of the latter?

[kumkani]

Ah, your brother.

In what way?

[dothelokimotion]

Bad intentions that end well, I find, is far preferable. Especially with a better outcome. And it leaves room for growth, does it not?

While a good person making the same mistake over and over but is convinced of the purity of his actions could lead to devastation.

[kumkani]

But if a person's intentions are, bad, then the better outcome was an accident. They have learnt nothing and are likely to try again, with an even lesser likelihood that the outcome would be favorable.

A good person, who at least tries, can use their mistakes and turn them into something better.

[dothelokimotion]

Personally, I never liked the "good" and "bad" labels. Far too constricting for my tastes.

[kumkani]

Then what terms would you use?

[dothelokimotion]

The ability to act should count more, should it not?

[ Loki will never be good, after all. His motivations are selfish and perhaps, a mite childish. But he has no qualms about that or helping if it's mutually beneficial. ]

[kumkani]

Should it?
I am not so convinced of this.
Are you?

[dothelokimotion]

I would always take the ability to act over the ability to react to events.

[ It's not a difficult decision to make. ]

[kumkani]

Reaction should come before action.
Mistakes are made when you do not think your moves through.

[dothelokimotion]

Reaction tends to leave room for passiveness. I would not begrudge the ability to think, but mortals rarely have that kind of time on their hands.

Or so I hear.