[UA] Loser Newbie

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Nick Wedig <mrteapot at disinfo.net> wrote:
> >So, in short, you are not a Loser Newbie and if you
> >want to put yourself down again, you owe me a
> dollar.
> >Special exceptions will, of course, be made for
> >Homeric appeals to the muse.
> 
> Perhaps his attempts at puttin himself down were a
> method
> o envy-based magick?  Insult yourself, and get
> others to
> insult yourself, to build up magick power.  Built in
> paradox and the like.

Hmmm...  invideomancy.  Not a bad idea for a twistedly
humble GMC.  I suppose the paradox would be that the
"Green Mage" could never receive a sincere compliment?
 Or, worse, the adept could never allow themselves to
express true envy at something another person had.
(You can't even say "I wish I'd thought of that!")  No
covetousness what-so-ever, or your magic goes away.

> 
> Once I had a discussion with someone here I ended up
> arguing Envy was the best of the Seven Deadly Sins,
> because it was the most pure of sins, that is
> there's no
> real reard for envying someone, as there is for
> Sloth or
> Gluttony.
> 
> Mr. Teapot
> loser, but not a newbie

You owe me a dollar, too.  My favourite sin is Sloth,
but just because the medeival version of the sin was
intellectual Ennui, which is a lot scarier than plain
ol' laziness.

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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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