I was a mortal. And I'm not a demon. There are entities in my world that are responsible for all supernatural activity. Some people think of them as gods. Really, they're just beings of extraordinary power that exist on a plane of reality outside our own. They feed on primal fears. The dark, fire, being hunted, dying. And they are those things. They perpetuate them. Some mortals with a particular affinity are selected to be their vessels. It's not like being controlled, though. Not entirely, anyway. I was Jonathan Sims. Now I'm Jonathan Sims, the Archivist. I'm fairly certain I'm still me. More or less.
They're not demons. That would imply we have anything like a hell. We don't. It's hard to say they even have the capacity to think like we do. I assume your demons are capable of conscious thought rather than just animal instinct?
So, they have bodies? The Fears aren't that concrete. Their manifestations or servants can be, but they're concepts. One of them is literally the fear of the dark. It's just a thing that is. Your Lilith's keen on destroying some of them and doesn't seem to get that it's like trying to destroy and idea. It just doesn't work that way.
It makes about as much sense as saying you're going to destroy the concept of the fear of the dark. (Which is a thing that can hate you in my world.) You could destroy the people that worship it. The cursed items associated with it. But it would always exist. Just like you could destroy every representation of a color you can find. But that doesn't stop it existing as a thing.
But no one is running around saying they're the vessel to one, and that the color requires things of them in order to feed. Everybody knows those are the actions of someone possessed by a demon.
If I didn't exist, if cursed objects and all the ways they touch our plane of existence didn't exist, the Fears would still be there. It doesn't need me, I'm just convenient. Believe what you want, but it's not a demon and I'm not possessed.
You said you need to do more research. Fine. Contact me when you've done it or if you need information. This isn't a productive conversation at the moment and I have other things to be doing.
Well of course they would. Demons can exist with or without their vessels. Everyone knows that too. But yes, this really is all rather dull. All that matters is what you are. I'll get back to you, Archivist. Good-bye.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
And I'm not a demon.
There are entities in my world that are responsible for all supernatural activity.
Some people think of them as gods.
Really, they're just beings of extraordinary power that exist on a plane of reality outside our own.
They feed on primal fears.
The dark, fire, being hunted, dying.
And they are those things.
They perpetuate them.
Some mortals with a particular affinity are selected to be their vessels.
It's not like being controlled, though.
Not entirely, anyway.
I was Jonathan Sims.
Now I'm Jonathan Sims, the Archivist.
I'm fairly certain I'm still me.
More or less.
no subject
Understood.
I don't need your life's story, Archivist.
no subject
That would imply we have anything like a hell.
We don't.
It's hard to say they even have the capacity to think like we do.
I assume your demons are capable of conscious thought rather than just animal instinct?
no subject
They don't even all reside in Hell. Many walk the earth, same as you or I.
no subject
The Fears aren't that concrete.
Their manifestations or servants can be, but they're concepts.
One of them is literally the fear of the dark.
It's just a thing that is.
Your Lilith's keen on destroying some of them and doesn't seem to get that it's like trying to destroy and idea.
It just doesn't work that way.
no subject
no subject
How would you go about destroying a color?
A color, let's say, that hates you.
no subject
no subject
It makes about as much sense as saying you're going to destroy the concept of the fear of the dark.
(Which is a thing that can hate you in my world.)
You could destroy the people that worship it.
The cursed items associated with it.
But it would always exist.
Just like you could destroy every representation of a color you can find.
But that doesn't stop it existing as a thing.
no subject
Everybody knows those are the actions of someone possessed by a demon.
no subject
If I didn't exist, if cursed objects and all the ways they touch our plane of existence didn't exist, the Fears would still be there.
It doesn't need me, I'm just convenient.
Believe what you want, but it's not a demon and I'm not possessed.
You said you need to do more research.
Fine.
Contact me when you've done it or if you need information.
This isn't a productive conversation at the moment and I have other things to be doing.
no subject
But yes, this really is all rather dull. All that matters is what you are.
I'll get back to you, Archivist. Good-bye.