<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113409.msg4955251#msg4955251">Quote from: Athos on 21-07-2011, 02:34:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yeah sorry, you're absolutely right it's Hotfoot. For some reason I keep thinking hotshot instead. -shrugs- Weird how my mind works (or doesn't) at times.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The two sound alike and we use 'hotshot' more in modern times than 'hotfoot' which has kind of fallen out of the vocabulary.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113409.msg4955251#msg4955251">Quote from: Athos on 21-07-2011, 02:34:06</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It looks like you've done quite a bit of research which, sadly, is something I haven't been able to do beyond having a cursory glance at a few time lines. I think you've got a great handle on where I'm going with Mac and his work with Etienne. I don't want to say that Mac is evil for evil's sake, but I see him as being such an idealist that he's willing to turn himself into a monster as long as he believes that the cause he does it for is just. To that end he's more than ready to meet his enemies, and their families, friends or even innocent bystanders with brutal violence if it means furthering his goals.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'm an evil history maven. I actually wanted to teach it for a long time!<br/><br/>War is a situation which undermines easy definitions of morality. I don't think Etienne would see Mac as 'evil'. I certainly would not, personally. The question that faces every person sooner or later is 'how far will you go to do what you believe is right?'<br/><br/>Many characters and people find it fairly easy to say 'I would die.' It is far harder to say 'I would place my own self-love at risk by becoming something I hate and loathe.'<br/><br/>Not saying that is where Mac is going! Just sort of showing the ends of the spectrum.<br/><br/>To my way of thinking 'Evil' starts to enter the picture when one is doing things for the sake of doing them out of some personal enjoyment or desire. It's much harder to quantify when one is doing things for the sake of the bigger picture. You start looking at things like 'If I do something horrible to this one person, and that saves ten lives, then is doing the horrible thing 'evil' or 'good'?' And yet, that same kind of math is used by doctors trying to stem an epidemic...And terrorists attempting to change the world by 'accompanied self-immolation'.<br/><br/>It's slippery ground.<br/><br/>But it's what keeps philosophers in business!<br/><br/>I am definitely looking forward to getting IC with everyone, the way this group is shaping up.<br/><br/>And NTG...Good heavens your character looks fun.