Thus Spake Zaraborgstrom/AbyssalsNotOutsideFate
rebeccaborgstrom - 10/31/2003 22:31:11
Hm.
It's worth note, when the Abyssals' near-death state comes up, that corpses, Lethe, and reincarnation are all part of fate. Fate doesn't end with death; it just doesn't really cover the Underworld.
It's also worth note that First Circle Demons fail to meet the technical definition of "creature outside of fate". There's a reason for this, and it's not that the loom tracks their lives.
Being a creature outside of fate means that when you walk through the world, you're shoving fate out of the way. It means the loom has no power over you because the loom is a smaller and meaner thing than the Yozis and the Malfeans. It's not just "you have no fate"; it's "you *can't* have a fate". It's "this whole fate concept? Doesn't apply to you."
Think of Creation as the Internet.
The Yozis and Malfeans are hackers.
AI gods who wanted *all* the Bejeweled locked them off the net, and revoked their terminals' privilege.
The Third Circle Demons are the Yozis' plans. The Second Circle Demons are their hands. The Deathlords, similarly, are the Malfeans' hands and eyes.
Lesser servants are *code*.
The AI gods can't stop the humans from releasing programs into the Internet. And the Five-Maidens Prediction Package can't do anything to predict the next order the humans are going to type to those programs. But just because the Endless Desert writes a worm doesn't make that worm 'outside of the net.'
It's sort of like that. No, the analogy doesn't hold up perfectly if you start pushing at the war. :)
If you want the Abyssals to be outside of fate, that's okay. But I don't think it's necessary. And it might actually interfere with the idea of their having a tainted destiny to serve Oblivion.
Rebecca
