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9 months ago ::
Sep 13, 2012 - 8:34PM
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Hey. Pun. Anyway. The Uncharted Realms article that just came out www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.a... implies the Firemind has some interesting ideas reguarding, essentially, portals from one place to another. Sunhome and the Orzhov main chapel are specifically mentioned. Places that it would be right handy to be able to walk your guys into if you were, say, planning to destroy those guilds. As everyone knows, only villians plan, so between the special attention the Izzet have been getting and the way this information was presented (you could feel the special care that was taken to show where these portals led) I am going to say Mr. Mizzt is going to be at least an aggresser moving the story forward in RtR. Thoughts? Also, looking up how to shorten a link because that's hideous.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 13, 2012 - 8:56PM
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I don't think the Izzet are going to be the villains of this story. They are certainly going to be the catalyst, but you're putting a lot of importance on what was essentially an accident... and at the end of the day, it wasn't a successful experiment. So yeah, I think you're jumping too far to conclusions out of reach. Mostly, the point of that particular story tie was to pay special heed to Krenko, Mob Boss  's little story arc.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 12:53AM
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For the moment, the Firemind's plans are obviously mysterious, though you could make an argument for him being evil for burning people alive at a whim.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 12:56AM
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For the moment, the Firemind's plans are obviously mysterious, though you could make an argument for him being evil for burning people alive at a whim.
dragon
human morality does not apply.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 12:58AM
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That's not an excuse. Especially when most targets are members of his own guild.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 1:05AM
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That's not an excuse. Especially when most targets are members of his own guild.
Not an excuse to you, but that doesn't really matter from his perspective does it?
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 1:07AM
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That's not an excuse. Especially when most targets are members of his own guild.
I'm nearly certain that Niv probably cares less about harming his own guild members than anyone else. And he probably cares very little about that.
"The fuel on which science runs is ignorance. Science is like a hungry furnace that must be fed logs from the forests of ignorance that surround us. In the process, the clearing we call knowledge expands, but the more it expands, the longer its perimeter and the more ignorance comes into view." -Matt Ridley, Genome
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 1:12AM
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That's not an excuse. Especially when most targets are members of his own guild.
Not an excuse to you, but that doesn't really matter from his perspective does it?
Yes. It also doesn't matter from Bolas' perspective, yet he is considered a villain.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 1:39AM
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That's not an excuse. Especially when most targets are members of his own guild.
Not an excuse to you, but that doesn't really matter from his perspective does it?
Yes. It also doesn't matter from Bolas' perspective, yet he is considered a villain.
Yes, he is considered a villain.
By humans.
We know he practically worships power as the only thing that matters. To an ancient Elder Dragon, maybe it IS the only thing that matters. The reason he is such a 'villain' in the first place is because he is, in fact, above human morality.
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9 months ago ::
Sep 14, 2012 - 4:15AM
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I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand more times if I have to: Being above or more than human does not excuse you from morality. All sentient/sapient beings are obligated, and being higher up on that scale only tightens moral law's grip. You're required to lead by example. Great power great responsibility all that wonderful crap.
Being smarter or more powerful than everyone else doesn't mean you get a free ticket to be a bully. It doesn't matter if you don't see or comprehend the system because you think its too far beneath you; ignorance isn't an excuse.
WHO AM I?
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HARDER THAN DIAMONDS
STRONGER THAN STEEL
AND BURSTING WITH VIGOR.
THAT'S THE WAY THE BEAST ENGINE PLAYS. PROUD BEARER OF THE MOST INCORRECT THING JIVANMUKTA'S READ ON THESE FORUMS YET AWARD.SO BRING IT ON. ALL OF YOU. I have taken the top of the mountain and I will accept all challenges. Attack me, all at once if you must! I will never falter! THE ONLY GLORY IS IN DEATH.AND DON'T FORGET TO COWER BEFORE THE METALLIC MIGHT OF JUSTICE.
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