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[dance_ix_dance]

Um....

This may seem like it's coming out of the blue...ah, well,I'll just ask!

The guys in charge of the cities haven't ever had the tendency to be ruthless, bloody dictators have they?

I mean, that would be crazy! But you know....

[Totally normal question, here. Blame Icy.]

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[aurabble]

Not from what I've seen, but that doesn't mean ruthless, bloody dictators can't run or be nominated.

After all, we have murderers running now.

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[dance_ix_dance]

Whhhaaaa! No way! They let the criminals run?

Who? I won't vote for them!

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[aurabble]

They don't care. Roman Torchwick is safe in Nova City, but he still murdered someone when he was here before. [Among other crimes.] Reiner Braun murdered one of our employees, Armin Arlert, a few months ago. They can still run, but the best way to make sure they don't win is to tell everyone what they did.

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[dance_ix_dance]

But no one would elect them then, right?

I mean, it would cause death and all.

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[azaleafae]

I don't believe so. I've known three Guardians since I've been here, and none of them have been dictators at all.

I think I know what prompted you to ask this question. There was a time when someone tried to overthrow Attleton's Guardian. We took care of him, and he hasn't been heard from since. We'll do the same to anyone else who tries to overthrow a Guardian. You have my word on that.

However, I haven't encountered the situation when a fairly elected Guardian has turned out to be a ruthless dictator. I would imagine they would lose their position of they did.

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[dance_ix_dance]

[If you could see the relief here. And the bit of 'told you so.']

Well that's good. Definitely good, I mean, I figured that even I would have noticed if the cities were ruled by psychotic people. But I wanted to be sure.

That's what I said!

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[azaleafae]

Yes...and I will do what I can to protect Fayren, even if I don't become the elected Guardian.

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[offwithhishat]

Don't know, but now you're making me paranoid. Haha.

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[dance_ix_dance]

Funny you say that, cause it was someone else who made me paranoid, haha...

But that's probably all it is. Me being paranoid.

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[offwithhishat]

That anonymous person, right?

Or you're on the right track and we're all potentially screwed.

Haha.

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[maybeitsmaybelline]

Well, David Haller is on record supporting torture.

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[dance_ix_dance]

REally?! Seriously, how come people let them get away with that stuff. Seems like they should go to prison for that.

Geez. The list is growing. Reiner, that Torchwick guy and now David Haller.

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[cleanlevis]

You're talking to that Torchwick guy.

I wouldn't trust his word.

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[unhappy]

Sometimes, but it isn't like the job is overlord of the area. Someone who's a murderer might be great at the job since they know how to take out problems, whereas most people who claim they're "good people" are worse in a lot of ways.

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[dance_ix_dance]

Until they decide you're the problem! That's so scary!

How are they going to be worse? Do you mean like, how some people can't fight and stuff?

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[unhappy]

The people who claim to be good people are really good at justifying and rationalizing their actions. It's not murder if the other guy hit first, if it's to help someone then the ends justify the means, if they happen to get the wrong person in pursuit of justice they think it's fine because they apologized no matter what affect they had on that person's life. They'll ignore people who are suffering if it doesn't benefit them, then act like it matters that they didn't know when the truth is that their eyes and ears were closed. If it's not a problem they know how to fix with a sword, most of them don't know how to fix it so they sweep it under the rug as someone else's problem. Except that no one ever claims responsibility. If there's a risk that more people might get hurt even if it's the right thing to do, it's okay to not save someone because the needs of the many are greater than the needs of the few.

There are a load of things that "good people" do and never think about the people affected by it.

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[stairsbro]

dude
one time dracula was a guardian and made eating humans at night legal
and this other time one of those guardians raised a creepy doll army
our politics are bullshit here
evil overlords might be a safer option ???
at least wed know theyre evil to start with

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[dance_ix_dance]

You know it's scary when what you're saying makes a kind of sense?

Someone made it legal to eat people? Doll army?

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[stairsbro]

ya its always scary when i make sense
like holy shit what the fuck is this cold logic spewing out of your mouth right now
it blows minds
im totally serious about those
that never stopped being a thing that happened
legalized late-night monster attacks
and doll armies

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[sizedoesntmatter]

As far as I am aware they haven't. You've got some...oddities like the creepy dolls in Fayren, but they said they are a good thing.

They just... are creepy to look at.

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[dance_ix_dance]

Yeah, someone was talking about the dolls a minute ago. I mean, I guess on the bright side a doll army keeps you from using real people in an army. Hmm...maybe that guy is not so bad.

Definitely creepy!

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[sizedoesntmatter]

The person who did that is a woman... I think. I don't actually know anything about the Guardian of Fayren because I never really seen them except during the election and every few months.

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[xuwu]

I think that it would be fun.

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[dance_ix_dance]

You think it would be fun to have the city overrun by dictators? Why not just play a video game in that case?

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[xuwu]

I prefer watchin real life unfold in chaos, rather than a mere simulation.