When there is free will, there will always be surrender to influence if someone's fortitude isn't strong. It is difficult to become who you could be when you are stuck being who you are.
Is it disingenuous to judge their merit on who else they could be rather than who they are showing you?
Choosing to change for the better is still free will. It can just be... harder, when you're backed into a corner. I've seen powerful girls succumb to feeling like it's "too late" when it wasn't. And even they could be pulled back with patience.
So I don't think so, exactly. Sometimes people decide to change, but it takes more time yet for that to manifest. But the choice inside them still matters, doesn't it? The desire?
[ yeah... it's easy to be naive when your canon is about the perfect role model delivering miracles to invincible teenagers. sometimes... you are from The Good Timeline. ]
Even small accomplishments. Even accomplishments that are later undone.
I can imagine that most people feel that way when they pass away. [ did he pass away? was he killed or brought here by the arcane? both? she is so unclear, but is just defaulting to 'close enough.' ] It rarely comes with ample warning.
But you're still here. You're still young. Your journey continues.
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When there is free will, there will always be surrender to influence if someone's fortitude isn't strong. It is difficult to become who you could be when you are stuck being who you are.
Is it disingenuous to judge their merit on who else they could be rather than who they are showing you?
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So I don't think so, exactly. Sometimes people decide to change, but it takes more time yet for that to manifest. But the choice inside them still matters, doesn't it? The desire?
Habits are broken in baby steps.
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On occasion, the time to wait for this to happen isn't there.
[This is why he has an F in patience.......]
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You're right. I wish that we could give people longer than eight weeks before they face judgment.
Even this new system is a baby step, in its own way.
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[Good luck, God, and also the people here.]
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I'm sure you have some amazing stories of triumph.
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I am not sure.
[There are. But there are also some not great things.]
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miracles to invincible teenagers. sometimes... you are from The Good Timeline. ]
Even small accomplishments. Even accomplishments that are later undone.
I believe those still count.
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There may be some. [He concedes.] It feels as if I should have done more.
I feel... unfinished.
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I can imagine that most people feel that way when they pass away. [ did he pass away? was he killed or brought here by the arcane? both? she is so unclear, but is just defaulting to 'close enough.' ] It rarely comes with ample warning.
But you're still here. You're still young. Your journey continues.