On Being A Puppet-Master...

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Perhaps people really do believe some things to be real after all. Nobody plays the game of roles for fun anymore, or to learn something to make themselves a better person. No, I just see too many people wanting to trap themselves into a prison of some sorts in hopes of fulfilling voids that they can't fill in real life.

Apparently, that would mean that I would be the monster, the ultimate evil, and eternal nightmare then. I am a puppet-master, and I create characters and icons to help me explore worlds without sacrificing my sanity over it. Whether it's some magical world of elves and dragons, or perhaps a scientific world of super-powered humans, I let the countless men and women of my imagination do the dirty work. They never question me, simply because they know that they're nothing without me, but at the same, what is there to question? Am I really a monster?

Well perhaps if I never told people who I really was, then yes, I would be a monster. After all, I am not some magician of the dark void, nor a commander in chief of some idealist diplomatic space empire. I am only a musician and an artist, a sleaze if you will, who uses his imagination as a fuel source for the worlds beyond. So to get to the point, I can't lie, but the truth shall set you free.

But to be frank, I think that there are many who are not like me. Most people I seem to come across want to be hybrids, witches, wizards, dragons, monsters, super-heroes, space marines, kings, diplomats, and mystics as opposed to being the true-to-themselves human like I am. Maybe it has something to do with the fact of my self-awareness, or maybe just simply the idea that reality is better?

Maybe, because I am a puppet-master sort of creator type, it's just that I know how the fantasy works and thus just take it for granite. Or perhaps there's a more sinister ordeal, in which I can control people without even realizing it. After all, when people are actually believing you to be a woman with talent, they listen to you, and thus, your popularity can spread... At the cost of the truth of who you really are, that is.

But perhaps that's the thing; the truth. It's my strongest weapon in my book, for it can change many stereotypes and assumptions people make. And let's face it, that's what I'm fighting against everyday... All these false assumptions and myths people create to explain things, things that keep me from doing what I want to do, and that's honest to goodness entertainment. Yeah, entertainment that doesn't rot your brain out.

So perhaps maybe this whole puppet-master thing isn't so evil after all... It might actually help people snap back into reality and not rely on elaborate avatars and personas of themselves to be themselves!