Poll: The Force- Light Side or Dark Side?
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Actually, there is no "Light Side". There is a Dark Side, and there's the Force. The Dark Side is an anomily, a fault in the Force; basically, it shouldn't exist. What we define as the Light Side is actually the Force as it is supposed to be.
Also, I'd still go for Light Side, because the Dark Side always gets screwed over.
It's (dark) also just a shortcut to power; one that never ends well, as the light persists with true power gained from enlightenment.
Also, I'd still go for Light Side, because the Dark Side always gets screwed over.
It's (dark) also just a shortcut to power; one that never ends well, as the light persists with true power gained from enlightenment.
Dark side. I like the freedom to do whatever I want. I wouldn't be some all corrupted guy though. I'd do what I WANT.
According to the lore of the Expanded Universe, theres not much difference between the two other than the moral used to define them. By the end of the New Jedi Order story arc, all Jedi were using abilities previously attributed to the dark side of the force. This includes Luke using force lightning on one occasion.
OT: Why choose? The powers are there, develop and use them as i need them.
OT: Why choose? The powers are there, develop and use them as i need them.
Neither, both the Jedi and Sith teachings are incredibly flawed.
One side sacrifices their willingness and ability to act in the world in favor of personal peace. The other has all the personal power they could desire, but have little to no control over it or themselves, and are ultimately self destructive.
If given only those two options however, I choose Jedi. Not only is a lack of self control abhorrent to me, there are plenty of tricks I can think of to use the manipulation of the force for that would make shooting lightning seem like an amateur's parlor trick.
A halfway decent understanding of the laws of both physics and biology combined with the ability to make the former one's fickle little ***** can work wonders.
One side sacrifices their willingness and ability to act in the world in favor of personal peace. The other has all the personal power they could desire, but have little to no control over it or themselves, and are ultimately self destructive.
If given only those two options however, I choose Jedi. Not only is a lack of self control abhorrent to me, there are plenty of tricks I can think of to use the manipulation of the force for that would make shooting lightning seem like an amateur's parlor trick.
A halfway decent understanding of the laws of both physics and biology combined with the ability to make the former one's fickle little ***** can work wonders.
Yeah, there's the question of whether you'd rather be proficient with the Light Side or the Dark Side, the question of whether you agree with the general sentiments behind those sides, and the question of whether you'd be part of the Jedi Order or be one of the Sith. Personally, I'm not a big fan of following orders, and both the Jedi and the Sith seem VERY keen that you must do EXACTLY what they say and accept their justifications - I wouldn't do that. That said, I'd go with light side overall - the Sith have the advantage of being more efficient at killing and torturing people - I don't see a need for that, and if I did, I wouldn't mind having to get more creative.
Light side ≠ Jedi Order. The Jedi just believed that their interpretation of the Force was better than everyone else's (and they call the Sith arrogant). Their restrictions on new ideas, love, etc were a result of some big war with the Sith (don't remember which).
That said, don't use the Force while under the influence of passion, and you won't fall to Chaos, er, I mean the dark side.
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That said, don't use the Force while under the influence of passion, and you won't fall to Chaos, er, I mean the dark side.
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The dark side wouldn't change you immediately, but if you give in to it just a bit, it would eventually corrupt you into something your past self would be horrified at.J Tyran said:
I'd use both, and let my own morals decide my actions.
They actually do have people in Star Wars that do this, such as the Grey Jedi.
Jedi and Sith are both extremist idiots, and both have made HUGE mistakes.
Jedi: Kotor's Mandalorian War: Caused chaos that continued for hundreds of years, all because the Jedi Council decided it would try to stay away from the fighting. If they had actually supported the Republic, it's a good guess they would've been able to keep Revan from turning dark, or at least stopped him before he found the Star Forge.
Sith: Um, just about everything they've done, ever.
If I had to choose one or the other, probably Dark, but I'd try to change the Sith ways so that stabbing your comrades in the back was considered a bad move.
They actually do have people in Star Wars that do this, such as the Grey Jedi.
Jedi and Sith are both extremist idiots, and both have made HUGE mistakes.
Jedi: Kotor's Mandalorian War: Caused chaos that continued for hundreds of years, all because the Jedi Council decided it would try to stay away from the fighting. If they had actually supported the Republic, it's a good guess they would've been able to keep Revan from turning dark, or at least stopped him before he found the Star Forge.
Sith: Um, just about everything they've done, ever.
If I had to choose one or the other, probably Dark, but I'd try to change the Sith ways so that stabbing your comrades in the back was considered a bad move.
I'd be a Jedi Knight. Why? Because you stop being -you- when you turn to the Dark Side, you become a monster wearing an old meatsuit. The Dark Side is corrupting, it drives you mad as a hatter. Make no mistake, Light and Dark are not Passion versus Serenity, it's very much Good and Evil. The Dark Side is Evil with a capital E. Is it fueled with strong emotion - anger, fear, hatred? Yes. But it is not those emotions. The Dark Side will twist you and warp you until you're barely a Human being. The Dark Side consumes.
Now, the Light Side...pretty much requires you to maintain control over your darker emotions. That's about it. It asks very little of you. Sure, the Jedi Order of old tried to maintain that control by suppressing all emotion, but that's not the only or best way to do it.
Also, Gray Jedi are bullshit. You can't be a social darksider, you're either drunk on it or you're not wielding it.
Now, the Light Side...pretty much requires you to maintain control over your darker emotions. That's about it. It asks very little of you. Sure, the Jedi Order of old tried to maintain that control by suppressing all emotion, but that's not the only or best way to do it.
Also, Gray Jedi are bullshit. You can't be a social darksider, you're either drunk on it or you're not wielding it.
You must know lots of terrible people.(kidding)interspark said:
In all honesty, I'm no good at being bad. Mass Effect, InFamous, Fable, Skyrim, I don't think I've ever been evil in a game with choices (with the exception of joining the Theives and Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim, but I kind of had to for the good stealth based stuff).
I still probably wouldn't fit in well with the Jedi, I see things to much in shades of gray for their taste. But I'd be trying to do the right thing, even when using lightning.
ALSO: I always get annoyed when the ability is called "Sith" Lightning. It's FORCE Lightning, and Jedi can use it too! Example: Plo Koon uses a technique called "Electric Judgment," which honestly sounds like a spell name or Pokemon move.
See, I'd go light side, because no matter how good your intentions are, dark siders always seem to wind up kicking puppies and stealing ice cream. And they keep escalating until finally someone else has to kill them before they enact a plan to wipe out all happiness in the galaxy, Whereupon terminal evil develops into terminal stupidity. Not feelin' it.
Light side, please. No Jedi, though, kthx. Still light side even if I do.
Light side, please. No Jedi, though, kthx. Still light side even if I do.
