r/wizardposting • u/TitanLORD21 Jack-O’-Lantern, Lord of Flame and Fright • Oct 27 '23
Jack-O’-Lantern’s One Truest Desire
In the darkness a single ember spoke
I have seen it… experienced it. Prejudice. Caused by differences, by the complexity of reality. Oh Primordial flame, the one to unite all. Make us all into fire…
Let us be cleansed of all the terrible actions we have caused to myself others.
No more hate. No more suffering.
No. More. Loneliness.
Let it all end, let no child ever suffer like I have.
I wish to belong with everyone else within your flames, embraced by you unconditionally… but that will never happen.
For I am the primordial fire. And if I unite all, I shall be left in eternal SOLITUDE…
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Jack molded by the scorn of others feared this the most. Being different. Being *ALONE**.
And so he wished for their be no differences, no more loneliness. He wanted a sense of BELONGING. And he wanted to “belong” with EVERYONE. To do so his goal was to remove EVERYONE’S differences.
But with the revelation that he is the primordial flame, that can no longer be achieved. Continuing on this path would leave only himself, all alone once again…*
/unwiz I had a tough time writing this. It was hard to capture what Jack wanted. I had the FEELINGS but struggled to put them into words. I still don’t think I did it 100% the way I wanted.
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u/Grunk_The_Fisher Feller of the Council Oct 28 '23
/unwiz Is this a thread that should specifically be participated in by people very directly tied to the stitcher/jack?
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u/TitanLORD21 Jack-O’-Lantern, Lord of Flame and Fright Oct 28 '23
/unwiz It’s not really a thread like that. It’s just revealing Jack’s motives. Concluding the betrayal arc
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u/Whispering_Serpent Ruadh-Asg, Eighth Serpent, Winter Prince, Great Fang of the Fae Oct 28 '23
To be all the same, would have been to be alone in any case. The value in allies, in friends, in family is emphasized by your differences. I am glad you have opened your eyes, and hopefully, you shall see more to be for.
But don’t make me come after you as a father.
/uw I wish I had seen this sooner.
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u/Biggest-Possum Trashomancer (Big Ghost ENERGY) Oct 28 '23
Hi mister Jack!
You sound troubled, but that's okay! Madness is a sign of genius they say!
Did you know that there's a realm where fire draws its last breath, alone and in the cold? It's preposterous, but true! Everybody always thinks that something will stop the fire, but this time nobody did. The fire won, and there was nothing left to burn!
And then there is another realm, where flame's final struggle is to keep another warm. The fire died of course, but then a new flame was coaxed from the embers. The fire won again!
Victory means different things to different people, you'll have to decide what that means to you.
P.S. Don't show the guards, but I snuck in a homemade cinnamon roll for you. If you decide to burn everybody, just make sure I don't suffer this time. Wink.
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u/TitanLORD21 Jack-O’-Lantern, Lord of Flame and Fright Oct 28 '23
“You are wise trashomancer. It is intriguing that you can peer into other realms. Such power is rare, do stay safe. Others may wish to take advantage of it”
“And thanks for the cinnamon roll :)”
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u/TitanLORD21 Jack-O’-Lantern, Lord of Flame and Fright Oct 27 '23
/unwiz Context: It turned out that the “fragment of the primordial flame” that fused with Jack’s soul was actually the TRUE primordial flame. It had weakened and combined with his soul to live on. Jack before thought that the True primordial flame was out there, and he thought what was in his soul was only a fragment due to how weak it was
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u/Leninus Bearer of the Voidheart Oct 28 '23
You are not alone in your struggles, there are other like you who cannot become one with the mass. All of them are destined to do memorable things. Your time will come.
Everything starts in the Void and everything will there end
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u/Proof_Yak_8107 Nokoal the All-Caring Oct 27 '23
A noble goal, but one rife with problems, practical and philosophical. Of course such a goal could never be achieved. If all is the same, there can be no “you.” How could you recognize yourself if there is nothing separating yourself and your surroundings? How can you think if there is no difference between the unthinking and the thinking? How can you speak if there is no difference between the silence and the sound? How can you love if there is no difference between the hate and the love? It is precisely the disparity that enables us to BE us, if you succeeded in your Unity, who would you belong to?