Do you know what being in denial is?
Elvishmusician: Not wishing to admit the truth despite increasing evidence.
Fíriel: I know of denial, yes, although I’m sure many ‘corrupted’ Weavers are personally familiar with it.
Why do you keep on deceiving yourself? Are you practising your ability to deceive?
Elvishmusician: LOL – I am not deceiving myself, I am merely letting the truth show and I find it quite remarkable how corrupted people cannot bare to see someone honestly resisting corruption, but must console themselves with the belief that that person is not resisting corruption but merely pretending to.
Fíriel: Well, to deceive oneself means there is an absolute truth which one refuses to accept, doesn’t it? I don’t think that’s the case in the Realm of Vairë.
(And I’ll have you all know that I can actually be a very good deceiver when I choose to, but that doesn’t mean that’s a ‘corrupt’ act – what would be the use of surprises otherwise?)
How does it feel to be one of the few…. errr… uncorrupted weavers remaining?
Elvishmusician: It’s quite a lot of fun, as well as a challenge to be able to ever come up with answers to questions such as these that you see. At times one might say its a bit ‘scary’ especially when your leader threatens to delete you from the realm for your lack of corruption (all in fun, of course) and the evil minions around you seem overwhelming and are ever planning for your demise. LOL – however there are other uncorrupted weavers – just not that many.
Fíriel: It feels nice. Being ‘evil’ feels like a fashion, a fad to me. Besides, I’m sure many of the Weavers are lurking purely because they’re afraid of being ‘corrupted’.
Do you think so many escape from Vairë because of their fear of evil and of being corrupted?
Elvishmusician: I think some people have a tendency to want to escape from the corruption of Vairë, but you cannot fight against it if you only run away, then again ‘he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day’. I think most of the changing between realms is because people decide they want to meet other members around the site and try something new (I really wouldn’t know why people change realms because I’ve only ever been a member of this realm *love* ).
Why do you think it is so important to stay good?
Elvishmusician: This question surprises me greatly, the answer is, of course, to annoy my realm head –only joking. As we all know, and the story of The Lord of the Rings proves it – Good does have more power than Evil (this ‘interrogation’ is also an example, have you ever seen ‘good’ members of the realm ‘interrogating’ the corrupted members?)
Fíriel: Why do others choose to be ‘evil’? Each to their own, I say. (Especially when my fellow Weavers are merely dabbling in ‘evil’.)
Do you see it as a failure that your sister has fallen to evil?
Elvishmusician: No, because I’m not certain that she has completely fallen, but rather deep down is still good. And even if she does ‘fall to evil’ I don’t believe that to be my failure, but rather her misfortune *pet*
Do you think it is ethically correct to work with evil beings?
Elvishmusician: LOL – no offence, but I don’t consider any of you truly evil, but rather those trying to appear evil for fun and profit. I’ll answer this with a question – how can evil ever turn to good if it sees it not?
Fíriel: EM said it best – they’re ‘evil for fun & profit’.
How do you think evil is different from good?
Elvishmusician: Evil defined – Morally bad or wrong; wicked. Good defined – Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad. LOL, they seem pretty different.
Fíriel: To be honest, I’m more of a ‘shades-of-grey’ person, and philosophy isn’t my thing. However, I think we’re all capable of acts of kindness and goodness, even the ‘corrupted’ Weavers. What we are doesn’t matter so much as what we do, and I haven’t seen my fellow Weavers do anything that strikes fear in my heart.
How do you manage to stay good in a realm where all are evil?
Elvishmusician: I must admit it proves a challenge at times (be it ever so slight) but not all are evil and while good remains there is hope.
Do you think it is morally right and defendable to take up a handmaiden position in an evil realm? Do you think it lessens your chances of staying uncorrupted?
Elvishmusician: Taking up a handmaiden position shows members of the realm that they too can show their ‘goodness’, as I don’t believe that corruption is nearly as evident as you’d like to believe. Some may be pretending they are corrupted, to avoid becoming truly corrupted.
Fíriel: My term’s just ended, but I think it’s justifiable – a Handmaiden leads by example, and I think EM will do an excellent job of showing others ‘the light’.
Ever heard of the expression ‘Power Corrupts’?
Elvishmusician: I have, but I’m yet to hear one that says ‘Power always corrupts’ or ‘All those with power are corrupt.’
What do you hope to gain (or have already gained) from leading a bunch of corrupted minions?
Elvishmusician: They are not all corrupted, there are a couple that are not – I wish to unite incorruptibility together.
Fíriel: That those who tread dark paths are also fearful – even our ‘Fearless Leader’ is constantly on her guard for challenges to her authority, so I suppose she’s afraid of being tainted by goodness, of being ‘corrupted’. Also, that the majority of Weavers are a fairly apathetic lot.
You hoped to start a rebellion against the evildom of Vairë, do you still have hope of it happening?
Elvishmusician: I still have hope, however, it is against the wishes of my realm head (who claims to be extremely corrupted and corruptive), so unless she changes her mind it probably won’t happen *sob* but that might change, for I think that one day she will realise that she too is only pretending to be corrupted and deep down is not as ‘evil’ as she would like us all to think.
