two ➢ voice

[restoringhonor]

[Filtered from Sveta & Howie]

Before I came here, the Avatar - my friend - was faced with the problem of wanting a nonviolent solution to a violent conflict. He was raised to believe that all life was sacred, and wanted to find another way to stop it, even though ending the threat permanently would restore peace and end a war that had.

I thought he was being naive. That violence was the only way to stop what was happening. But he found a solution that didn't end in murder while still eliminating the threat.

Obviously I don't know Howie or Sveta as well as I know my friend. But maybe that can work here, too.

... Does anyone need any assistance with what's going on?

[Private to Iroh]

Are you alright?

Comments

voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

How many people suffered while he was looking for that solution?

voice

[restoringhonor]

He acted before people of the Earth Kingdom could be slaughtered. He didn't let his uncertainty stop him from confronting the threat.

voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

There's no confronting going on here. No action being taken. Just a fool asking us to wait and do nothing.

voice

[restoringhonor]

And the Barge hasn't crashed yet.

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

You'd rather wait til it has?

voice

[restoringhonor]

No.

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

And tell me, if all life is sacred, why is hers more sacred than ours even after what she's done?

voice

[restoringhonor]

It's not. But violence just breeds more violence. Unless it's our only option, I can't support killing her.

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

Violence can end violence.

And she wouldn't even stay dead.

voice

[restoringhonor]

Let Howie try his way.

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

If she were an Inmate she'd have already been hunted down and dragged away, if not killed outright, by half the wardens here.

voice

[restoringhonor]

No, she wouldn't.

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

So much trust in your fellow Wardens and you've only just arrived.

voice

[restoringhonor]

One warden losing control doesn't mean they're all unstable.

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

And another beating his inmate? And another someone else's inmate? And another, a fellow Warden?

How many examples do you need? There are so many. You don't even have to look too far back.

voice

[restoringhonor]

What's your name?

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

Vanessa.

Why does it matter? I'm just another inmate.

voice

[restoringhonor]

People deserve second chances.

voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

Not all people.

voice

[restoringhonor]

Someone thought you did.

voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

This is no second chance, and I need no redeeming.

voice

[restoringhonor]

Sometimes it takes a while to realize you're not doing the right thing.

voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

I was doing the right thing.

voice

[restoringhonor]

Are you sure?

Re: voice

[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

Yes.