text; un: xxii

[orphne]

Hi everyone!

Jerry gave me some homework. Can you help me with it, please? ( •̯́ ^ •̯̀)

He wants me to ask if there's such a thing as going “too far” to protect someone you love. What extent would you go to protect others? Would you physically harm them if it meant saving them from harm?

Oh, you can respond with video or call or text or whatever, that's fine! If you want to talk to each other too, that'll probably help, also.

Thank you! ₊˚⊹♡

Comments

[video | un: kurama]

[sinningtree]

I am uncertain what constitutes "too far" after the events of last month. Many of us acted outside of our own control, or did things we normally would not, in the name of protecting others.

[orphne]

[Kotone hums, her video background that of her sitting with the sheep at the farm. She likes to sit with the sheep when she has to think about difficult stuff. Sheep are simple and fluffy and sometimes try to steal her wallet out of her pocket -- very relatable to what she wishes to be, sometimes!]

If that person gets hurt 'cause of what you did, I guess that would be too far, right?

[sinningtree]

[Kurama's expression visibly perks when he sees that she's at the farm. He hasn’t been back since his disappearance into the woods. There even now, as he gets caught up on the network.]

I believe there is no right or wrong answer, but my opinion may be ... biased. Too far is a rather personal metric, is it not?

[He takes a moment, speaking cautiously. Does he feel bad for injuring Hiei? Yes. Is he going to address that openly on someone else's public post? Absolutely not.]

Demons heal a great deal faster than humans, a minor injury in one's effort to prevent more serious damage or avoid certain danger is... not unheard of.

[orphne]

[Her head tilts at that cautious tone -- while she has a lot of experience with demons, they're mostly of the Shadow or Persona variety, which is probably a little different. Hiei is the only demon she knows about! But she doesn't know enough to connect the dots, only to guess from Kurama's tone that he has hurt a demon in order to protect them.]

Wouldn't that person be angry that you hurt them, though...? What if you were wrong and hurting them didn't help at all?

[sinningtree]

Sometimes, we must content ourselves with knowing that we did the best we could with what we had at the time.

[For a moment, he's not thinking about the incident in Aldrip at all.]

If we are speaking more specifically of this world- and recent events. No, I highly doubt any of that angered him. If anything, he was more annoyed that I was concerned for his well-being to begin with. That will likely ring true of most from my own world, as well. We simply don't operate as humans do.

[orphne]

I guess humans and demons aren't that different, then.

[She'd be annoyed if anyone were so concerned for her well-being that they tried to get her to stay behind. That's ultimately what she'd tried to do to Scott, isn't it? Make him stay behind because it would have been safer for him.]

I guess... it's just hard to know where the limits are between protecting somebody and stopping them from acting on their own. You know?

[sinningtree]

In many ways they are not.

[A pause, as he considers.]

Truthfully, it may be more accurate to say that those with abilities operate differently from those without them. On my world it is rare for humans to have any sort of power, but here... almost everyone seems to have some sort of ability.

By which I mean to say, everyone's ability to defend themselves or help in a fight is unique to their specific circumstances. In the case where you know someone might not survive a situation it is easier to make certain decisions for them. In the name of protecting them, of course. With most of the Chosen... it seems more prudent to work together as a team.

You would have to truly know the individual and their limits to be informed enough to know when protecting them is in their best interests and not just your own fear for their well being.

[Being selfishly over protective is a thing, after all.]