A Key to Recognizing My Schwarz or, Cui Bono?

[tastes_of_honey]

As soon as I found out that anime and manga existed about us, of course I had to track it down and take a look, for my own use and because there are otaku in the Nexus who'd be making assumptions off me and mine from it. Considering its our frickin' lives, it's amazing how much the "writers" and "artists" got right, especially considering it had been created by Japanese people taking Weiß's side.

There is something I'd like to clear up about episode 25, "Mission 25: Ende des Weiss-- To the Knights." (And, yes, the Japanese abuse of German does kill me over and over again, thank you.) Okay, 2/3 of the Eszett elders have just been killed by Japanese florists wielding nearly medieval weaponry. It's demoralizing for them, to say the least. I weep bitter tears in my soul for them... then I snicker. Anyway, the surviving old fart comes running to good old Schwarz to save his wrinkled ass and lo! starts to get the idea that maybe this team of folks he and his had abused and trained might have hoodwinked him all along because we'd already swapped girls.

Some people would have just killed the old bastard and seen that as vengeance enough for years of exploitation, but Schwarz is not so easily satisfied. No. We took this elderly control freak who wanted to be immortal and rule the world with an iron fist under the flag of his Great Evil from Beyond and let him know that not only was he being betrayed and killed by his own underlings but that these underlings were a crazed bunch of anarchists.

Yes! Violence for its own sake, just because we're evil! Anarchy! We want total chaos all over the world! Why not, because with our power we can survive under any conditions, no matter how horrible!

(Yes, we are such misanthropists we even hate ourselves. Please.)

That anime series had crap art, so you can't really appreciate the look on the Elder's face. I'm sorry for you. It was priceless. If you ever needed an illustration of "Holy shit! They're mad! Mad, I tell you!" he could have been it. Then Farf skewered him, and the look on his face really turned priceless.

Then we had to gloat and monologue and "Muwahahhaha!" for Weiß too because the stars were aligned and the situation demanded it, and it was all so dramatic! Okay, Brad didn't foresee the armed redhead wearing the socks with the pumps. Who the hell would?

Right, back to the anarchy and total chaos. Brad and I don't even believe those are sustainable. Someone will always seize power and make rules. Always. Someone will always step up and force the terms. Anyone here see that first season episode of that American TV show Lost with the subplot about the bottles of water? Yeah, like that. I'm not saying it'll be fair and pretty leadership and law, but it'll exist. I don't care whether you think they're official or not. I mean, who decides what's official leadership? The citizen sheep? The local military? The local religion's leaders? The warlords? The neighboring powers? The UN? The US?

Bits of chaos? You see it daily. Total chaos? It won't happen.

As for pushing the world into senseless violence... who says the world needs a push? As the faux-cowboy faux-Texan in the White House will tell you, terrorists and evil are everywhere, and nowhere is really safe. You can be a goat herder in the middle of nowhere but still get access to explosives or a Kalashnikov. If Schwarz ever decided that we were getting too soft, that dependable electricity and running water were luxuries we don't need, and that our lives were too boring and we'd rather dodge bullets, bombs, and UEDs daily, there are several places in the world we could quickly relocate to.

We'll keep doing what we're doing and living how we're living. Brad Crawford always has a plan, whether he cares to let you in on it or not. It's his world, and he's just letting you live in it until he decides it's time for you to stop.

I can't speak for your Schwarz, but that's mine.

Comments

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"I might get bored with it if it lasted too long, but a few breaks now and then could be nice."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind being spoiled so long that I get a chance to get bored with it. I've been bored from worse things.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"That's a good point. Let me know if you manage to arrange it?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

You'll be the first I'll tell! You have to see what it looks like so you can try to attain it for yourself.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"And maybe you'll even share a little?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, maybe. ::smiles:: But only with you.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"Why would I want you to share with anyone else?" Smirk.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Good. I want you to keep your best interests in mind.

::I worry about you with Yohji, you know.::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"It's not like I know how to think about other people's best interests. No practice."

::Why?::

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Because he's currently angst-ridden and self-destructive, and you have a direct mindlink to that.::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

::I can turn the volume down on it. And taking away the link would break him faster.:: Yohji is his toy, dammit.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::I get you. I just also know how easy it can be to get swamped in another person's mindset without realizing that's what's happening. Be careful, okay? I don't want you dragged under.::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

::You'll yell at me if I get sloppy, right?::

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Damned right I will. You've survived too much of your own shit to get nailed by somebody else's.::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

::Sometimes I think it would be easier if I just killed him myself. I don't think it would be as much fun though.::

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::...don't tease me like that!::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

Nagi sniggers and snuggles his Shuru-chan. Thing is, he was also telling the truth, but Schwarz rarely takes the easy way for things.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::snuggle snuggle::

::Playing with my emotions like that....::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"Are there better things for me to play with?" Grope!

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::smile:: There are parts of me that are far happier to be played with.

::grope grope::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

Happy Nagi time! Grope, nuzzle, grope!

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::grope nuzzle nip grope nuzzle nuzzle::

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

Nagi shivers at the nip. Snuggle, nuzzle, kiss. "Wanna go somewhere?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Sure. You have any suggestions? Mine's still beFarfed.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

Nagi pouts. "You still haven't gotten Crawford to throw him out?"

Think, think, nuzzle, grope. "I know of a nice beach with some decorative cabana-bunnies?" Beach house, huge bed, friendly pretty people for an orgy....