An observation on the nature of evil, pt. 1
I have a few observations that I'd like to share, but I don't think I have the energy to share them all right now. I'll start off with this one, and we'll see where it goes.
In my nightmares, evil is never represented as Voorhez-ian character or a Meyers-ish monstrosity. Evil simply never acts that way. Instead, my nightmares are always filled with evil characters who owe much of their behavior to Peppy LePew. I'm not sure what that means. But regardless, the evil denizens of my dreams are never lurking in wait, they're never using chainsaws to bust through the walls. They just bound along happilly and unstoppable. Are they innocent? Do they know the horrors that they hope to inflict, that they will, in fact, inflict if they get their hands on me? This I cannot say for sure, but one thing is for certain: never do my nightmare villains ever let on that they think of themselves as evil.
There's something about Peppy LePew. He wants to have sex with a cat, and the cat could probably drive Peppy away if she could only talk. She could explain that they are not of the same speicies. But she can't talk. So Peppy just bounds along as if she were a female skunk. The hillarity is that, if Peppy only knew, he too would see his act as ludicrous, but what if that simply weren't the case? What if one of the things that Peppy gets off on is the fact that the situation is ridiculous and awkward, and the cat is unfortunately powerless to make an explanation that would prevent her being a skunk's plaything? What if that's what he enjoys?
And that's what the villains in my dreams are like. They consider sticking a knife in me a game that I too will enjoy, but I don't speak their language. I can't express myself in any way that they will not take as sarcasm. When I plead for mercy, they think I'm joking. If they only knew that I didn't think it fun to have a knife stuck in me, they probably wouldn't do it, but there's no way to tell them. So, the question must be asked, are they evil, or have they simply mis-read the situation?
In my nightmares, evil is never represented as Voorhez-ian character or a Meyers-ish monstrosity. Evil simply never acts that way. Instead, my nightmares are always filled with evil characters who owe much of their behavior to Peppy LePew. I'm not sure what that means. But regardless, the evil denizens of my dreams are never lurking in wait, they're never using chainsaws to bust through the walls. They just bound along happilly and unstoppable. Are they innocent? Do they know the horrors that they hope to inflict, that they will, in fact, inflict if they get their hands on me? This I cannot say for sure, but one thing is for certain: never do my nightmare villains ever let on that they think of themselves as evil.
There's something about Peppy LePew. He wants to have sex with a cat, and the cat could probably drive Peppy away if she could only talk. She could explain that they are not of the same speicies. But she can't talk. So Peppy just bounds along as if she were a female skunk. The hillarity is that, if Peppy only knew, he too would see his act as ludicrous, but what if that simply weren't the case? What if one of the things that Peppy gets off on is the fact that the situation is ridiculous and awkward, and the cat is unfortunately powerless to make an explanation that would prevent her being a skunk's plaything? What if that's what he enjoys?
And that's what the villains in my dreams are like. They consider sticking a knife in me a game that I too will enjoy, but I don't speak their language. I can't express myself in any way that they will not take as sarcasm. When I plead for mercy, they think I'm joking. If they only knew that I didn't think it fun to have a knife stuck in me, they probably wouldn't do it, but there's no way to tell them. So, the question must be asked, are they evil, or have they simply mis-read the situation?
posted by Monstro D. Whale at
6:48 PM
1 Comments:
You know, there is one Peppy LePuegue episdoe where he falls into a bucket of black paint, and the black cat... (Not white striped by some misfortune) is actully chasing him like he is some poor peice of meat.
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