ASH-MDA wrote:ASIDE FROM THE COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT THE DARK ARTS & THE BLACK ARTS ARE ONE IN THE SAME (WHICH, THEY AREN'T), THE OTHER MISCONCEPTION IS THAT TO BE DARK MEANS YOU HAVE TO WALK A DANGEROUS PATH. THAT'S NOT TRUE.

GRANTED, THOSE OF US ON THE DARK SIDE DO TEND TO HAVE A MORE MACABRE OR RISKY SENSE OF HUMOR, & WE KEEP COMPANY WITH PEOPLE SOMETIMES THAT OTHERS WOULD CROSS THE STREET TO AVOID, BUT TO BE ON THE DARK SIDE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ALL LYING IN WAIT TO DO SOMETHING NASTY TO SOMEONE ELSE. WE'RE NOT ALL LURKING AROUND IN THE SHADOWS WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO POUNCE ON AN UNSUSPECTING VICTIM.

YOU CAN BE BAD ASS WITHOUT BEING MALICIOUS. BEING ON THE DARK SIDE DOESN'T MEAN PUFFING OUT YOUR CHEST, TALKING A BIG GAME TO EVERYONE TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE THE MEANEST & TOUGHEST PERSON AROUND, CUTTING OTHERS DOWN, & THEN TAKING SHOTS AT PEOPLE TO PROVE YOUR POINT. THAT MAKES YOU A JERK, NOT A BAD ASS.

I'M NO ANGEL, AND I WENT A ROAD FAR EARLIER IN MY LIFE THAT NONE OF YOU NEEDS TO GO DOWN TO BE ON THE DARK ARTS SIDE. WHICH MEANS CLEARLY DRAWING THE LINE BETWEEN REAL DARK ARTS & EVERYTHING ELSE.

GRANTED, IT'S EASY TO PICK OUT THE YOUNG MALES WITH A LOT OF TESTOSTERONE & A LOT TO PROVE, SO THEY TALK LIKE THEY ARE THE BIGGEST, BADDEST, & TOUGHEST AROUND, USE LOTS OF INTIMIDATING TALK, TRY TO SCARE OTHERS AROUND THEM, & WHATEVER, WHEN IT'S ALL TALK & NO WALK. BUT, THEY AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO FALL PREY TO IT.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHITE ARTS & DARK ARTS ISN'T ANGELS & DEMONS, IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO OPERATE WITHIN THE DA WHO ARE JUST AS HELPFUL, ENCOURAGING & FRIENDLY AS PEOPLE IN THE WA.

WHAT'S SAD, IS, PEOPLE FAIL TO REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES. THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S GOTTA BE ALL SPOOKY, SCARY, SECRETIVE, & CREEPY TO BE DA. OR, IT'S GOT TO BE TALK OF KICKING ASS & TAKING NAMES, TALKING ABOUT GETTING REVENGE OVER THE MOST STUPID CRAP I'VE EVER HEARD OF, & THAT'S NOT IT EITHER.

I WOULD HELP ANYONE IN NEED WITH ALL OF MY POWER & I KNOW QUITE A FEW DA PEOPLE WHO WOULD DO THE SAME. WE AREN'T THE BAD GUYS, THOUGH THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING THEIR BEST TO GIVE US THAT REPUTATION.

IT'S THE SAME FOR DA SPIRITS, THEY CAN CHOOSE RIGHT OR WRONG, MOST OF THE TIME THEY CHOOSE RIGHT, JUST LIKE MYSELF & MOST OF YOU READING THIS.

BE SURE TO DRAWN THE LINE FOR YOURSELF IF YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE DARK ARTS.