mayfairmonster: (Listening neutrally; Casual interest)
Dorian Gray (The Confessions of Dorian Gray) ([personal profile] mayfairmonster) wrote in [personal profile] the_rebel_son 2019-12-30 12:40 am (UTC)

[He can play ball with that line of thought. The differences between Lucifer (and then in a slightly more removed sense, the angels themselves) seems striking enough that he's not sure the comparison carries over well enough to be truly useful, but he's not fully convinced either way as of yet.]

So, theoretically speaking, the change you're talking about is a mental one? [...and a philosophical one, maybe?] Something comparable to the Untermensch who seizes his potential and becomes the Übermensch?

[The thought of having no limitations is an appealing one. It's something Dorian has embraced (within human terms) ever since becoming immortal and then escaping scrape after successive scrape remarkably unscathed. But to reach the level of limitlessness that brings one in line with something divine?

No, even he has never considered that possibility.
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So. [His lips tug up on one side.] What do you suggest I do? Hit the library? Start looking up possible threats and ways to ensure my continued life? People and beings who might take issue with me continuing to live on?


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