>>12379326The Perfect Board
"real posters want spikeman gone forever," typed an anon. "just like ruders should be banned"
"true," replied someone. "that's why we need them"
"to get rid of them, exactly"
"to define ourselves. without spikeman, why does yosho exist? without ruders, what makes nicefigs special? you can't have pink without ebil."
"that's backwards"
"is it? you want north - pure niceness, yosho victorious, no conflict. i want south - the eternal dance. both 'real' visions of [s4s]."
The anon saw their "allies" clearly now. Half dreamed of perfect peace. Half understood peace needs conflict to mean anything. All said they wanted [s4s] to be "good" while imagining opposite futures.
"we'd be better without evil"
"'we'd be nothing. no stories to tell. no dubs to check. no meaning to nice. just empty perfection.'"
"who are you quoting?"
"you, in three months, when you realize your perfect board has no posts because there's nothing left to say."
"spikeman isn't necessary"
"then why does yosho keep going back? he could stay in any timeline where spikeman is gone. but he returns to 1999. almost like... he needs the conflict too."
"i'm glad you aren't real"
"i'm glad you'll never reach your perfect empty board," they replied kindly. "you'd hate the silence."
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