on being unhappy

[fearbringer]

I'm not meant to be a human. Don't think you get off the hook just because the plot wasn't opt-in-- you chose the game.

I shouldn't be doing things like working for the police, or making friends with coworkers, or babysitting little girls. I have one job, and that's being the spirit of fear. It's fundamentally wrong to include beings like me-- and Raava, for that matter-- in things like this. Whatever being is in charge here must be like us in some way, and they should understand that spirits aren't like mortals. Dragging us onto other worlds is disrespectful enough, but messing with us like this...

We have purpose in the world far beyond anything an individual human could have. Attempting to remove that purpose, even temporarily, goes too far.

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[goldspeck]

You don't have to be afraid of changing. Change is healthy, okay? That's what my mom says.

[fearbringer]

[Ugh, you!!!!]

That's all well and good for a human child, but you and I aren't comparable.

[goldspeck]

[ Hi, bruh. c: ]

Why not? You get just as grumpy as normal people do.

[fearbringer]

You don't know me, boy.

[goldspeck]

Yes, I do. You're the Boogeyman, the Shadowman, the grey guy who appears on that old Scottish hill all the time. I know tons about you because you're in a bunch of books with different names and I actually read.

[fearbringer]

Do you know Abraham Lincoln? I'm sure you've read about him, too.

[goldspeck]

Well, yeah, everybody knows who that is. Why?

[ Wait ... ]

[goldspeck]

Are you really Abraham Lincoln? Was he a fake? Cool!

[fearbringer]

My point is that you can know about someone without knowing them.

[goldspeck]

Oh. So can I get to know you?

[fearbringer]

You're a bit too annoying for me to like that idea.

Not to mention, you've already chosen a side-- which was a stupid thing to do. Mortals do not belong in conflicts between spirits and other beings like us.

[goldspeck]

I made some friends. If you hadn't been such a jerk, I'd have been yours too. I mean, I get that you were angry and stuff but you went waaay too far, Mister Black.

[fearbringer]

No, they went too far. They think the world doesn't need me, and they're wrong!

[goldspeck]

Maybe you should all sit down together and watch Star Wars.

[fearbringer]

This is why I don't talk to children about these things.

[goldspeck]

No, hear me out! You've got like, the Jedi, and the Jedi are the defenders of light or something, and then the Sith are the evil guys but they actually all started out as good. It's about light and dark and this eternal balance. Like the yin and yang thing! Can't you coexist?

Look, seriously? It's hard to explain and a good bunch of movies, so just give it a try.

[fearbringer]

I know what Star Wars is.

[There are scenes that some people think are scary, so he's seen a good bit of it.]

We coexisted for a long time, but then they formed their little club.

[goldspeck]

It's not a great feeling when people do that, huh?

[fearbringer]

Stop trying to compare this to whatever schoolyard tiff you're probably thinking of.

I didn't fit into their idea of a perfect world, so they banded together to eliminate me.

[That's how he interpreted the formation of the Guardians, anyway. He jumped to that conclusion before they even started fighting each other.]

[goldspeck]

I have plenty of friends, I'm just saying. I don't think it's okay to feel excluded but you sort of did try to take over the world with bad dreams because of it. That was dumb. I know you were sad though, so ...

Did you ever tell anybody you were that upset?

[fearbringer]

I wasn't sad. I was angry-- and don't think I'm not anymore.

[goldspeck]

You can't be angry without being sad, that's stupid.

[fearbringer]

You most certainly can.

[goldspeck]

No, you can't.

[fearbringer]

Stop arguing with me.