[UA] Clarification

[Jonathan P. Williams]

Mike wrote:

> It's the "first."  An Archetype isn't an Archetype until somebody Ascends
> to it.  The only Archetype which seems to be guaranteed to be in the IC is
> the First and Last Man (Il Comte de Saint Germaine).  There was nothing to
> say that there had to be a Masterless Man, or a Flying Woman, or a Mother,
> in the IC.

Ok, that makes sense and really falls in line with the idea of the "You get
what you give" that Twist posted. So, in effect "we" (as in Human beings)
sort of choose the eventual outcome of the IC because the concepts that we
choose to be important for our societies are those that will possibly come
to make up the IC and thus the Godhead.

> Note that that's not only what Archetypes make it into the IC, but the
> slant of the Archetype that the current IC-member puts on it.  So is it
> the evil Mother of the original Hansel and Gretel tales, or the good
> Mother  who makes cookies while wearing pearls?

Ok, that REALLY makes sense now. That statement needs to be written down
somewhere.

> I don't think that your argument necessarily follows.  I'd generally think
> that an Archetype is an Archetype is an Archetype.  It doesn't matter if
> Fred Schmoe, the current holder of the Psycho Evil Killer Bestial
> Mother-Raper IC slot, or Joe Schmoe, the Godwalker of the Psycho Evil
> Killer Bestial Mother-Raper Archetype, is the one who's eventually in the
> Godhead -- that Archetype is in it, and there's no getting rid of it now.

Ok, I'm with you. Once the Archetype is in the IC it's there and that just
has to be dealt with. The only way to "deal" with it would be for someone
else to become the Godwalker and boot the current IC member out, taking the
spot.

Another question then: Godwalkers have got to be getting some serious flak
from the Archetypes they represent then huh?

Jon Williams


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