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I guess there's no way to ask this that doesn't sound like a philosophy major trying to do their thesis at the last second so...

There's a lot of hero types here. You rush in to help when something happens and don't even think about it. I'd say that makes you good people.

Do you (or all of us here, I guess) think it's possible, if someone really tries, to start being a good person? Even if you've done horrible things? Like really, really bad things. Does the reason you did them matter?

Or maybe we're just meant to be bad and trying to pretend otherwise.

[ ...wow this sounds so much more melodramatic than he intended. ]

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change is always possible for a person if they genuinely put in the effort. the key word here is GENUINE. that's my opinion, anyway.

We are free from the circumstances of our home worlds here. If you want to be a good person, then do the things that you think a good person should do.

I've learned that you can change, but you can't expect people to accept the new you right away. Or ever. Do it because you want to be a better person with no expectations of redemption or recognition for it.

How do you recognize the difference in genuinely trying but having setbacks and pretending?

I don't think anyone's meant to be bad.
It might be harder for some people than others, but...
I have to believe change is possible.
It's the only way my life makes sense.

On one hand it makes sense. On the other, "Does returning home undo all of that effort and if it does, what does that mean?" might be a little too existential as a follow-up.

if it's about yourself, that's something that you should know already. like if you're questioning that you're pretending you're... probably not, tbh

I guess that last part is easy when all the people who you'd want to accept it are...gone.

How bad were the things you did?

Having seen what beings of absolute good and evil are like?

I'm not sure mortals are inherently either. Do what your conscience guides you to, but just know that it's going to be cold comfort to those you've hurt.

The only real way you can go is forward.

I believe anyone can change. But they have to want to.

[Oh. This was a topic he had thought about on occasion, but never really finding himself changing his views. He had no right being forgiven, nor asking for it. He also didn't believe he could ever be a good person, despite what Rey wanted for him.]

There is no sense in lying to yourself or denying the truth of what you are. You can struggle all you like against it, but there is no changing it. That is what I believe.]

I've been struggling with this same thing. I've hurt a lot of people, many of them innocents, and worry if the regret I feel means anything at all.

But, I've been getting support here, even from some of the people I hurt. They think I can change, so I think it's worth trying.

[He'll just ignore that idea of a hero or a good person-- regardless of what he tried to do, he still doesn't feel like either of those.

Besides, he's got lots more melodrama.]

I have been questioning this myself, after hearing about how so many have suffered at the hands of someone who now strives to do good. Yet it's not as simple as a good person or an evildoer receiving the results of their karma.

If it means that there is more good done in the world, and it isn't to gain favors, then that's more important than whatever happened in the past. That is what I've been trying to believe, at least.

It might sound a bit cliche, but it really is up to the individual. if that person wants to change, and really does try, then I think it is possible for them to change. People might not realize they're changing, and they may never trust or believe the person is trying to be better. But if they keep at it for the sake of being good, then I think they can start being good.

I don't believe you're a bad person.

That you're able to acknowledge what you've done wrong makes you good. There aren't many people who have the strength enough to do that, you know.

Of course it's possible to start being a good person. Everyone has to start SOMEWHERE, right?

I think the reason why you did things matters, but not as much as the reason you want to do better now. The important thing is knowing what you did was wrong, and wanting to stop being that way.

We're definitely not meant to be bad. That you had reasons for doing what you did proves that, doesn't it?

It's also true what other people have said: that you can't expect people to forgive you for the bad things you've done. But if you're only trying to be a good person to earn forgiveness, I don't think that makes you a good person anyway. You should do it because you believe in what you're doing, yourself. And if people see you doing good things because you truly believe in what you're doing, they'll forgive you too.

Sorry, this came out really long.

"Heroes" are only better at getting away with their own misdeeds. Putting blind faith into them doesn't make anyone better.

Everything you've done, you'll still have done. Nothing changes that. But your choices have meaning. Choosing to be different won't erase anything. And not choosing... that's a choice, too.

Just being a 'Hero' doesn't make you a great person or anything.

Well, it all probably depends on what you did. I know there's some people I could never trust or forgive, but I guess if somebody was really trying hard to fix their mistakes I could let that slide.

The people who are really unforgivable are the ones who'd never even think to try in the first place.

sure some people can be better
some people also just remain the shitbags they are in reality
it's circumstantial

You might as well continue being bad. There are way too many 'heroes' in the world as it is.

I believe people can change, yes. I also believe circumstance plays a large role in how people got to where they are.

Everyone is capable of change for the better, even the worse kind of person.

[Talking about himself, here.]

You acknowledge what you did was wrong. What matters is if your effort to change is genuine.

You don't have to be a good person just to makeup for what you've done. Just don't make things worse.

Most of what makes bad people bad in the first place is because life was unfair to them in the first place. We didn't deserve what happened to us, and we got mixed up in something we didn't want to. We don't need to deserve to be happy any more than we deserved to be miserable to begin with. You don't have to be a good person. You can be yourself, and just try not to hurt anybody and make more people suffer that same misery you didn't deserve in the first place. Chances are they don't deserve it either, and that's what makes you a bad person.

At least that's how I'm seeing it. Otherwise it's just a lifetime of tormenting yourself for making the wrong choices when there wasn't a right one to begin with.

Edited 2019-10-06 18:38 (UTC)

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