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[honeytoes]

[ Today Gary is in something of a reflective mood today. He'll just be sat in the library surrounded by books on mythological creatures. He might have used them to slaughter hundreds of teenagers over the years but there has always been something fascinating about them. Befriending Mal and talking with Dumbledoor have got him thinking though.]

Hello class.

One of the many things I've noticed during my five months at Casa di Wonderfuck is the many variations on "Monsters" or what supposedly makes a monster.

Ok for those who don't know what the fuck I'm on about...In some worlds vampires are creatures of the night that live in big fuck off castles and like to drain the blood of Innocent virgins that run around showing way more cleavage then they probably should. Yet in others they're upstanding members of society who have civil service jobs and are a benefit to the community.

I'll give another example...mermen. In some worlds mermen are savage beasts who live only to drag sailors to a bloody violent death and yet in other worlds they have their own societies and language.

I guess what I'm saying is my stay here is helping me to redefine my term monster.

How do you guys define monsters? And can you give any specific examples of them from your homeworlds?

Comments

[honeytoes]

Pfft who wants to be normal?

Sure a guy's seven feet tall, green with six heads? As long as he's socially responsible and polite who cares right?

[beastisbeauty]

I think most people would prefer it. [Bruce certainly would.]

Yeah, but the question is how do you teach someone like that manners? What if they aren't exactly evil, but they don't know these things?

[honeytoes]

Classical conditioning?

You know like Pavlov and those dogs of his.

[beastisbeauty]

That requires either a deterrent, punishment of some sort, or a reward, giving something that is wanted. That's...not always straight forward.

[honeytoes]

So you think they'd want something fucked up as a reward?

I'm just thinking if you subject them to an environment where they can learn the basic principles of humanity then maybe they'd become human over time. And sometimes life is just a series of punishments for fuck ups and rewards for doing what we're supposed to.

[beastisbeauty]

Maybe, but you'd have to be able to punish or reward, in order to teach those principles. What if you can't punish and there's nothing the creature wants for a reward...that you know of.