You people sure do like to support the "Black Mage has a shred of human decency" idea.

Maybe its a require ment for all Black Mages to learn because their magic is so destructive that there weak body's may be flung into the atmosphere at some point or another.

On I side note, I loved how Thief had already predicted how he would die and by whom.

I ment it was what passed as mercy for him. He by no means has any shred of humanity. In fact having Thief with him is more for BM than for Thief. Whats the fun of killing people if you can't see them die. He chose Thief because he was the least stupid/most respected (if you can call it that) of the group.

There's no fun in destroying a volcano if there aren't any witnesses to watch in horror at the utter devastation and their subsequent splatty deaths.

I would grant that this might possibly be the case.

That is to say, possible in a reality in which I were not infused with such limitless superiosity that only fools and madmen could possibly imagine that my words are not the ultimate beacon of goodness and truth.

However, as this is in fact the case in this reality, it is thus that yours was in fact not better, and, in fact, was actually, on the whole, less good.

But take heart -- as I do in fact agree with you on this point, which should, having allowed you to somehow associate yourself with the limitless font of goodness that is me, help to validate your existence in some small way.

You know, it does just get harder and harder to believe, doesn't it?

This is the first sane thing I have read all day.

To quote myself Which is very similar to E.K.dahGeek's statment, and was completely ignored. I assume you must not have read that or it would have been the first sane thing you read all day.

(Note sarcasim was used in the above post. Offense intended. Thats sarcasim too people.)

I hereby dub this thread the "I'm going to be bitchy and whiney thread," for numerous reasons.

Oh, come now -- the "Why I like [insert gender]" thread already took that award, gave its acceptance speech, drove off in its limo and threw up at the afterparty.

You know that old saying, "Killing two birds with one stone"? Brian changed it to killing several birds with one Hadoken.

Oh, and...

Hey, Splatty deaths! Good one! A new form of death to be distributed! *Writes "Splatty death" next to Stabbity death and Hadokeny death*