Thread: Power

Originally Posted by Arutad

In your dreams you know that it's merely a DC, a fruit of your own imagination, that makes controlling DCs very different from wielding any real power.

That's exactly why you'd want to do it in a dream, and not in the real world.
Even though you can look at it like that, your brain will still see dream characters as persons. Though they have labels on such as "fake", "unreal", "imagination" on them, you still see them as a person - Or atleast your brain does.

I mean even though you know they aren't really persons, you're still controlling something that is made to represent real people.

Originally Posted by Maeni

Even though you can look at it like that, your brain will still see dream characters as persons. Though they have labels on such as "fake", "unreal", "imagination" on them, you still see them as a person - Or atleast your brain does.

That's true. And this is strange. I've been thinking it over and can't find a reason why I don't want to control DCs but want to control real people if the brain sees them as real, which it does. It makes no sense.

I think power is only a way of obtaining freedom, or even respect. I believe humans naturally thrive for freedom and respect, so lusting for power is only an obvious consequence.

Notice, however, that since it is an indirect association, one can be taught to dislike power.