Revisiting a thought experiment on an old backup save...

[dovahkitty]

Okay...maybe the me from the save you lost was able to kill Lemkil, but, I-I can't, all right? I don't want to kill people. ...Not ones that won't attack me first.

Those poor girls, I want to help them, but I...

*His ears flick unconsciously.*

...I can't. I can't, this time.

((Does this mean you can't help out the Honorhall Orphanage, either?))

Fff- you...! Stop trying to guilt me into cold-blooded murder! Could you do it if you were the one carrying this bow?

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[septim]

[ Cold-blooded murder doesn't sit well with the last Septim emperor. ]

[cheese_for_everyone]

And this is why I love people!

Always free to choose what they do from situation to situation. Fate has no real hold on anything.

[dovahkitty]

*This guy looks kind of familiar, but Ma'sud can't place it.*

That look's not meant for me, is it? The me that was able to kill him doesn't exist anymore.

[dovahkitty]

I thought being free from fate was a...'hero' thing.

*Being born under the Serpent certainly can't hurt, either.*

[cheese_for_everyone]

No, everyone has freewill. Though the hero that crops up every now and then has the unique experience of having a lot of choices he needs to think out.

[septim]

No, it is meant for your player. It is a good thing you've renounced such evil ways. Cold-blooded murder taints the soul.

[dovahkitty]

...So what's 'fate' even for, then, if everyone can defy it?

[dovahkitty]

I wouldn't call killing someone like him "evil". But it's definitely not right. I just...I don't know what I can do. He won't let me bring up the subject with him, and he won't listen to his neighbors.

*It isn't his or his player's fault that Bethesda finally included children...only to have no means of protecting abused ones besides killing their abuser.*

[cheese_for_everyone]

To test, to be defied. Granted this is just the opinion of an insane god but I like to consider fate to be an opposing force to free-will. They can't coexist and everyone at least believes in one.

[dovahkitty]

*There's a thoughtful headtilt for a moment.* So fate is...the will of the gods, or something>

[cheese_for_everyone]

That is what I figure but the closest I got to meeting the gods was Martin.

Though Jyggalag supports the idea as well. Claims he knows everything that ever will happen.

[dovahkitty]

That would mean the people are always in conflict with the gods, though. That doesn't sound right, either...