[text] @goddess of death

[queenofkur]

[ Following this exchange, the goddess posts this on the network: ]

Greetings everyone (edit: except Silco).

I come to ask for your shared wisdom following a disagreement I have had with one of our peers, Bakugō Katsuki. I am of the opinion that his unusual vocabulary, his aggressive predisposition and his unstable temper are a detriment to his social life. I have personally experienced difficulties communicating properly with him, seeing how all conversations quickly devolve into a purposeless rain of insulting words before any progress can be made.

When I said as much, he suggested the problem comes from myself. He accuses me of taking his words too literally and of behaving in too much of a maternal manner towards him. I admit it is a possibility we simply don't see eye to eye - however, I doubt his temper, poor choice of words and aggressiveness are limited to our interactions.

This is why I am asking for your wisdom and opinion, especially those familiar with Bakugo to - hopefully - help him see reason.

Thank you kindly!

-- Ereshkigal, Goddess of Death and Queen of Kûr

Comments

[fursuit]

yeah all the time. that's kind of the gig

look I might instigate an argument or two [ or twenty... ] but I ain't a liar

did you take it that seriously?

[queenofkur]

that you said it to antagonize me, yes
i think i had forgotten for a moment who you are
what you are
it's my own fault though

[fursuit]

you really are like chalchiuhtlicue sometimes. not that it means anything to you but it's been on my mind since I made the connection

you actually want a serious answer on your question about the kid?

[queenofkur]

i hope comparing me to chalchiuhtlicue isn't an insult

[ She has no idea who that is, hopefully she's a hard-working goddess who really does her best and not a lazy goddess like Ishtar. ]

i know
i'm the problem

[fursuit]

not really

[ like maybe kind of because his thought is that they're both crybabies, but also in that complicated, tezcatlipoca way, he doesn't mean that as an insult... ]

but yeah, kind of. but would say that the approach is clumsy more than you're the problem. ain't your fault though, since it's not like you were chatting with people all the time

lemme ask it this way. so he's an asshole. why do you want to change that?

not a trick question either genuinely asking why that interests you

[queenofkur]

he's regularly angered me with the way he speaks and behaves
and i fear someday he may anger someone who will have zero patience
or damage relationships he could have had with people

it kind of reminds me of the way gilgamesh behaves...
but while i disapprove, gilgamesh can afford to be like that
he's unlikely to ever meet anyone who could challenge him
and honestly i dont really care if he ever offends the wrong person

[ No offense to Gilgamesh, but he's a lost cause and way too noisy for her. ]

but bakugo is just a child
he's definitely going to get into trouble someday
trouble he may not survive

and i guess a more selfish reason
is i'd feel good about myself if i succeeded in doing that

[fursuit]

[ Ah... This really is like Chalchiuhtlicue. At least Ereshkigal can be spared the (overly) harsh lesson that she'd received from him. She just gets, uh. Regular hash. ]

I mean you’re not wrong. he might anger someone, get hurt, get himself killed. etc. but that's a lesson they have to learn themselves. they don't take it seriously when it comes from on high.

[ "they" being humanity in general, of course ]

you've given your advice and warning, so that's all there is to be done. kid or no. they die all the same if they don't figure it out.

[queenofkur]

maybe you're right.
but...
doesn't it sadden you too?

your methods may differ,
as do your expectations.
but you are still a god.

you still wish to see humans progress
not stagnate and reach a dead end.
and i see no progress in dying without learning

[ After all, if her understanding of it is correct, he only works with Daybit because he considers the future that awaits humanity to be worse than extinction. And while she disagrees with his lack of optimism - she also believes there are many outcomes for humanity where death is the preferable outcome. ]

[fursuit]

sure. or close enough. "sadden" isn't really the right word for it, but it's disappointing.

one part of it is that we give humans their lives, so they get to live them how they want. for better or worse. they have our wisdom to guide them if they want but even back in the day when they feared us more, there was still a solid contingent that didn't give a fuck about our opinions. solidly their world now anyways

other part's a difference in the journey, probably. a soul under our purview doesn't get eternal rest or eternal damnation. taking my path as an example, they have a chance to chill, but then they journey to rebirth. they die and they learn. not mutually exclusive, even if they don't remember it exactly

[queenofkur]

my souls also have a chance at rebirth, but...
do you know how yours met their end, Tezcatlipoca?

I do.
Every souls under my care.
And so many of their deaths could have been so easily prevented,
If only someone had told them the right words
While they still lived.

I suppose now that I live on this side of the world,
I can't help it but try.

[fursuit]

sure. hell, most of the people that wander my way are in that kind of category.

those that died glorious deaths, those that died tragic deaths (drowning was a big one), they go elsewhere. mictlan is the afterlife of the average. the ones that did their best to live but in the end still lose that last battle. every conflict has a winner and a loser, and I look after the latter.

but I get the impulse to be honest with you. you're just more of an optimist than I am.

though not having the non-interference policy probably helps too.

[queenofkur]

I used to have a non-interference policy too.
But I had to break it to stop Tiamat.
And yes, this avatar did die then.
You don't have to worry about there having been no consequences.

[ They made a whole event to explain her coming back, okay. She bets when this form of his shall inevitably get killed by Ritsuka, he won't even have an event to explain his comeback!! Even though he totally violated his non-interference clause too.

Life is unfair. ]

I'm not blindly optimistic.
But I think you're just too negative.
It's like you have no faith in humans sometimes.

[fursuit]

[ Tempting as it is to argue over that first part, he lets it go, if only because the larger conversation is in the second. But, still, there's definitely a heavy sigh at that "don't worry, I died." Not what he'd take out of it, but sure. ]

won't disagree that I'm negative. hell that's a trait of any god associated with death I figure

but the bond we have with humanity is different yeah. wouldn't go so far as to say I don't have faith in them but their hardships are their trials. even beyond the whole getting in trouble bit doesn't feel right for me to put a thumb on the scale. takes away the value of what comes from those trials

I give my advice and criticisms. but it's up to them to interpret it and decide whether to follow it. it's that kind of deal

or to put it another way you've got a parental kind of view and mine is more an asshole older brother

[queenofkur]

[ A parental kind of view... An "asshole" older brother?

... ... ... ... ... ]

i
i suppose i cannot argue with those
colorful metaphors

[ Between that and the whole Bakugou situation, she needs a lot of sleep right now. ]

[fursuit]

hey they're the metaphors that people tend to understand. you want colorful then I'll get into my epithets

[ he's joking, mostly. he's not actually intending to get into them, at least. ]

all that said though. my point is to not take it personally if the kid doesn't want your help. some people are just like that. plenty of them actually since silco's my personal favorite version of it.

course if you're worried about him stumbling doesn't mean you can't be in his corner. he might even appreciate it one day. maybe.

[queenofkur]

please don't

[ She's had enough colorful for a decade, she thinks. ]

right
thank you

we often have disagreements,
but your advice is rarely wrong

[ Much as she hates to admit it. How unfortunate she's mentally exhausted right now, she's going to regret having said that later. ]

[fursuit]

[ tempting as it is to say "I know" or "wow you're actually agreeing with me", he restrains himself ]

and I mean it when I give it

but I'll leave you to it

going to go out on a limb here and guess you need the rest