[UA] Clarification

[Epoch]

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Jonathan P. Williams wrote:

> 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.

Yah.  Tynes and Stolze have called it karma, but on the universal scale.

<ker-snippy-poo> 
> 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.

Yup, and that's not going to deal with it /all/ that much, because in
order to Ascend as that Archetype, they have to be awfully similar to it.

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

You'd think so, but we don't seem to see it much.  Having an IC member
pissed with you has /serious/ repercussions, and I wouldn't think that
many Godwalkers would live for more than a few days, if they really were
that kind of target.

My suggestions:

1.  Maybe the IC member has a sort of "blind spot" where its Avatars are
concerned.  It can't see what they're doing, or act against them directly,
because they're too much like it.

2.  Or maybe the process of Ascension changes you so much that you don't
feel protective of your position.

3.  Or maybe the process of Ascension so-integrates you with your
Archetype that you can't conceive of how anyone could possibly represent
it better than you, and so you never perceive an Avatar as a threat until
it's too late.

4.  Or maybe the process of Ascension subordinates your will to the
"desire" of the Archetype to be more "perfectly" represented.  So you
might welcome anyone who can kick you out, because it will
better-integrate the Archetype to the human race if a stronger candidate
can be found.

Mike

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