Wicked

I finished Wicked and the AvP campaign. Wicked was very good. Although I felt the ending seemed a bit rushed, the writing was deep and vivid. Wicked is about how the Wicked Witch became known as such. Contrary to her name, she barely new magic. She actually studied life sciences. The witch's name was Elphaba. The story follows her birth, school years, and rise to infamy. The story also delves into how the Wizard of Oz wrested control of the entire kingdom and appointed himself as Emperor, ruling all of Oz with a greedy iron fist for over 40 years, finally leaving only because of fear of a coup de'tat. I won't spoil anything for you. Only that scarcely in the world is there any such thing as good and evil. Labels as such are placed as propaganda to incite hate and prevent humanization of characters.

Is a man who walks into an office and shoots the chairmen of a multinational organization evil? What if I told you that the chairman himself was responsible for entire villages in 3rd world countries burning to the ground in the name of profit and as a result hundreds of people died? Now who is evil?

When you are driving down the road and an extremely inconsiderate driver cuts you off and nearly causes you an accident do you spurn them? What if I told you that studies show that if aggressive driver were out of the picture that more accidents would occur and traffic would be more problematic and slower.

Is such a thing as evil then? Are people capable of evil? To this I would say that children are a perfect example. On one hand they burn ant hills with magnifying glasses, but on the other they grab/steal things from one another with merely the purpose that "I wanted it" and did not truly consider the consequences of their actions. This I would say is not truly evil but merely adolescent ignorance. I guess the key here is perspective.