un: phoenixevolution

[manufactured]

Sometimes the world burns and it's something to be remedied; it's something to be fixed, to be patched up and smoothed over, and you go back to forgetting that it was ever burning to begin with.

And sometimes the world burns, and that's just the state of things. If it's not your new normal, it becomes your generalized normal rather quickly. It's not the end of things, it's just places you no longer go and precautions you become accustomed to taking. Adapt. Overcome. Evolve.

Things are settling again, for now. We'll see if it stays that way or if the scales continue to tip. But while I don't take pleasure in all that's been happening lately, I can't say I haven't missed being part of a world setting itself on fire, either.

Comments

[sivard]

You sound pretty excited about this.

text | j.valentine

[torsion]

You were the one spreading lighter fluid.

text; un: marmorapaladin

[undeserted]

You can always fight fire
No one has any excuse to sit and watch things burn.
Or maybe your metaphor just sucks

TEXT | UN: idorumagigirl

[lonenowa]

𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘰.

text | un: blekksprut

[fuckinghysterical]

i don't think rebuilding after an inferno is as romantic as you're making it seem. you're right in that it makes a new kind of normal and that people must evolve to survive. but does that really make them better? maybe some have the luxury of forgetting the things that happened during the fire, but many don't.

but maybe i'm not understanding your situation? i'm sorry, if so. why do you miss being a part of a more unfortunate world?

text; un: sparkler

[liberaltus]

Makes all of that training in winter magic worth the effort. Mages are naturally evolved, I suppose.

text; un: xiaoxingchen

[mingyues]

Why would you miss the world being partially on fire?
Why
Is that not evil?

text | un: anonymous

[force_a_change]

[Because part of what he says perks her interest but... How others are reacting, best to stay anonymous.]

It seems to just be human nature for things to be ablaze, perhaps to help them adapt and evolve? Or forget, as you say.

text; un: magicowl

[getting_better]

That last line could get you in trouble.

text | username: absterge

[downswing]

You will singe your fingers.