The Dying Detective: A World At Her Feet

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Dying Detective
Title: A World At Her Feet
Author: hisietari
Rating: G
A/N: Good and Evil cannot be separated. How do you rule the world if nobody loves you? In the end, a villain is just the hero of their own story.


Exotic epidemics feel far away for us Londoners. Most wouldn’t care about indigenous people, weakened from exploit on plantations, and I won’t deny that I was amongst the ignorant.
Yet Mercy prevails where she is least expected. Not just did her Angels pocket what riches panicking colonists had left behind, a good share was used to established the tribes’ freedom.

Comments

[debriswoman]

Another inventive link established.:-)

And this is quite a thought-provoking one. The whole situation changes with a shift of point of view.

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

I've based this thought on concepts of organised crime, mostly mafia and yakuza. Both are known to, in their origins at least, also be of social benefit to their communities. Of course this helped their dark sides, but it was a clever way of actually doing good to people where official systems failed. For example, the yakuza donated immense sums of money when the fatal tsunami hit last year, but they asked to stay anonymous because they knew people wouldn't want to accept donations from criminals. This is so full of points at which judgement is made, good and evil, charity and crime - it's a fascinating and cruel and puzzling aspect of our world.

_{Wow, I'm wearing my babble shirt today. XD;;}

[debriswoman]

Thank you; I did find the ideas behind this to be quite intriguing:-)

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Well, Mercy's also a bit of a feminist-turned-criminal. She (thinks that she) liberates women, in her own ways, so if someone recognises suppression, it's her.

[debriswoman]

A fair comment:-)

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

This is a fascinating angle to go with. That everyone is a hero in their own mind, "helping" in their own way that they see fit, even if society does not. Very interesting indeed!

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

At least it explains why people act the ways they do in a more logical way than "they were born evil". I think we're convincingly over that.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Intriguing history here...I'm not sure I want to ask how you know all these details :-P

On the other hand, accepting donations from criminals...who's to define what a criminal is? Politicians come to mind... :-D

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Easy - I'm a Japanese major. *lol*

Exactly.

[ennui-enigma.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was sidetracked. Beautiful writing. Creative as always. Nice to see there is a merciful side to Mercy :-)

[hisietari.livejournal.com]

Nomen est omen, somehow. At some point. In a weird angle, with one eye blinking, anyway. ;P