Evil In The Absence Of Good (TT RP#1)
Apr 22, 2023 8:55:01 GMT -5
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Post by bloodiedfox on Apr 22, 2023 8:55:01 GMT -5
Six towers of glass stand tall against the night sky, steam and light rising through them. The view lingers for a moment before slowly turning to show Jack Gaines seated on a park bench looking at the sight, cup of coffee in hand, XHF Tag Team title belt resting on his shoulder.
The New England Holocaust Memorial. One tower for each million of Jewish victims; one tower for each year of the worst act of organised genocide in human history; one tower for each of the major sites of murder.
He pauses and takes a sip of coffee before continuing.
Relax, I’m not going to do something so fucking gauche as try to draw any comparison between a wrestling match and the Holocaust. It’s a striking visual that I think more people could do with seeing, especially with everything going on in the world right now, and it’s one I find helps me think. Right now, what it’s got running through my mind is that old line about how all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Which creates a serious conundrum for me, since this match definitely has an evil man in it, but I don’t think it has any good ones.
I’d say I’m sure you all know how the breaks down, but since some people are dumb or like to act like they are let me be explicit: Dylan Black is a murdering piece of shit. You and your EVE buddies started the Tokyo fire, Dylan. You killed those people. You can sit there with a stupid shitty grin on your stupid shitty face and say that you’re innocent, but when Dar can’t go five seconds without being a pyromaniac, or you’re throwing fireballs at The Academy and doing winky faces at the camera it rings fucking hollow. If you at least had the fucking balls to admit what you are I’d have some modicum of respect for you, but you don’t, so you haven’t, so I don’t.
More coffee, as he decides that that did actually make grammatical sense.
Now I’m sure you’ll dismiss this as sour grapes for losing to you in the Hardcore title final or make some eye roll inducing implication I’m fucking Brendan, because I guess a gay man and an asexual one can’t just be close friends without fucking in your sad little mind, and that’s fine. After all, you’re a complete scumbag so your opinion of me is irrelevant. Unfortunately you’re a very talented complete scumbag, which makes beating you difficult. Then there’s your partner, who I don’t really know what to make of. I came in late on this whole Zoran/Pepe turning over a new leaf thing. Maybe it’s faker than Dylan’s claims of innocence; maybe it isn’t. Honestly I prefer to skip the whole thorny issue and just kick your half-crippled arse without making a moral judgement.
So if that’s Evil and his sidekick, where’s the good to oppose him? Well it’s not coming from two alcoholics, that’s for sure. Randy, Quake, I get that you’re Brendan’s friends, or at least are supposed to be, but I’m under no obligation to play nice with you. I’m not so naïve as to dismiss you given your continued success or strong record against our other opponents, but when your solution to any form of adversity is ‘fuck it, let’s drink!’ its hard to think of you as anything other than an added obstruction than an active third party in this. You don’t want to be part of the solution? Fine, but stay out of the way if you don’t want to become another problem solved.
So does that mean your XHF Tag Team champions are the good here by default? Can anyone or anything be considered good if it is only by default? After all, I know I am certainly not good but simply restrained. And Brendan…
He trails off for a moment, then quietly mutters in disgust.
I’m going to fucking hurt you for all this, Fox, I swear…
He downs the last of the coffee.
Brendan is going through a lot right now. To define us as ‘good’ is perhaps too big a step. We are violent men, driven by anger and revenge. Perhaps that’s enough though? Perhaps a willingness not to simply stand by and let evil triumph is enough to be considered good? Or maybe I’m trying to cloak violent urges in righteous causes?
He stops again and stares at the six towers in silence for a moment.
I don’t know. I just know this belt is mine, that my friend is hurting, and that I want to be the first mortal to take off some of Dylan Black’s limbs.
He shrugs.
Maybe that’s enough.
The New England Holocaust Memorial. One tower for each million of Jewish victims; one tower for each year of the worst act of organised genocide in human history; one tower for each of the major sites of murder.
He pauses and takes a sip of coffee before continuing.
Relax, I’m not going to do something so fucking gauche as try to draw any comparison between a wrestling match and the Holocaust. It’s a striking visual that I think more people could do with seeing, especially with everything going on in the world right now, and it’s one I find helps me think. Right now, what it’s got running through my mind is that old line about how all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Which creates a serious conundrum for me, since this match definitely has an evil man in it, but I don’t think it has any good ones.
I’d say I’m sure you all know how the breaks down, but since some people are dumb or like to act like they are let me be explicit: Dylan Black is a murdering piece of shit. You and your EVE buddies started the Tokyo fire, Dylan. You killed those people. You can sit there with a stupid shitty grin on your stupid shitty face and say that you’re innocent, but when Dar can’t go five seconds without being a pyromaniac, or you’re throwing fireballs at The Academy and doing winky faces at the camera it rings fucking hollow. If you at least had the fucking balls to admit what you are I’d have some modicum of respect for you, but you don’t, so you haven’t, so I don’t.
More coffee, as he decides that that did actually make grammatical sense.
Now I’m sure you’ll dismiss this as sour grapes for losing to you in the Hardcore title final or make some eye roll inducing implication I’m fucking Brendan, because I guess a gay man and an asexual one can’t just be close friends without fucking in your sad little mind, and that’s fine. After all, you’re a complete scumbag so your opinion of me is irrelevant. Unfortunately you’re a very talented complete scumbag, which makes beating you difficult. Then there’s your partner, who I don’t really know what to make of. I came in late on this whole Zoran/Pepe turning over a new leaf thing. Maybe it’s faker than Dylan’s claims of innocence; maybe it isn’t. Honestly I prefer to skip the whole thorny issue and just kick your half-crippled arse without making a moral judgement.
So if that’s Evil and his sidekick, where’s the good to oppose him? Well it’s not coming from two alcoholics, that’s for sure. Randy, Quake, I get that you’re Brendan’s friends, or at least are supposed to be, but I’m under no obligation to play nice with you. I’m not so naïve as to dismiss you given your continued success or strong record against our other opponents, but when your solution to any form of adversity is ‘fuck it, let’s drink!’ its hard to think of you as anything other than an added obstruction than an active third party in this. You don’t want to be part of the solution? Fine, but stay out of the way if you don’t want to become another problem solved.
So does that mean your XHF Tag Team champions are the good here by default? Can anyone or anything be considered good if it is only by default? After all, I know I am certainly not good but simply restrained. And Brendan…
He trails off for a moment, then quietly mutters in disgust.
I’m going to fucking hurt you for all this, Fox, I swear…
He downs the last of the coffee.
Brendan is going through a lot right now. To define us as ‘good’ is perhaps too big a step. We are violent men, driven by anger and revenge. Perhaps that’s enough though? Perhaps a willingness not to simply stand by and let evil triumph is enough to be considered good? Or maybe I’m trying to cloak violent urges in righteous causes?
He stops again and stares at the six towers in silence for a moment.
I don’t know. I just know this belt is mine, that my friend is hurting, and that I want to be the first mortal to take off some of Dylan Black’s limbs.
He shrugs.
Maybe that’s enough.