The Sith and the Dark Side

Before I reveal the Sith and the Dark Side to you, let me explain about some other thing that is different, yet relevant.


Actually, the "other thing" that I am referring to is the whole point of this post. In fact, I have absolutely nothing to "reveal" to you about the Sith and/or the Dark Side, as I have not ever trained, let alone aspired, to be a follower of the Dark Path.

The reason why I titled this post accordingly and wrote the first sentence as such is because I was testing you and trying to attract you to this post. Allow me to explain that the real issue I was trying to investigate and figure out came to me due to something strange and and mysterious I've been noticing.

Why are people so interested and fascinated with the Dark Side, and the Sith?

Think about some of the recent happenings here at the Temple. A few trouble makers claiming to be members of the Sith/dark way disruptively post in our forums, a lot through role play and conspiracy theories, and their forum post gets thousands of views and hundreds of comments. Furthermore, these types of people have disruptively posted at least twice this year, if my memory is correct, and people tend to click on their forum often - I'm one of those that viewed their post, I'll admit!

So why are we so eager to click on any forum post with the words, "Sith", or "Dark Side" on them?

After all, you have already clicked on this forum post, so it's fair to conclude that you were somehow drawn to it by the notion that this post was about the Sith or the Dark Side.

I'll bet that this forum post will get thousands of views eventually - due to the current pattern I've seen regarding Sith/Dark Side-related posts and popularity of those posts.

I really encourage you to think about why are you, and people in general, seem so interested in things involving the Sith and the Dark Side.


Is this even a matter of the human nature to be curious about malice, or at least being the "bad-guy"? Are "bad-guys" cool to you?

I'd like any of your thoughts. And please don't give away the secret and tell people this post isn't really about the Sith/Dark Side - I want to see how many people actually view this post after a while.

You're right, these topics are popular...

It's something that people who've been around a while often remark on.

What you tend to notice when you observe enough dark side threads is that they're often started by a fairly new member who says something like "We're Jedi and we have to defeat the evil Sith" without really seeming to realise that we're not roleplayers and we're not at war with Sith.

The thread will then consist of people trying to explain that we're not at war with Sith and the OP refusing to accept that fact...

I am most definitely generalising, but that's because it really does happen quite often

I think, as well, people are curious...for instance, Williamkaede started his 'Ask A Sith' thread recently...and I've never seen anything else like that here during my time on the site. Because we are not Sith, I think many of us are a bit cloudy on what makes someone a Sith, and what Sith get up to, etc etc

Now perhaps, as you say, that could indicate that we are curious about malice and about being the bad guy, but I think that we're just curious about the unknown...and there's nothing wrong with that. It seems to be just human nature...

TOTSO.

I miss it, kind of. haha.

For me, I tend to look at these firstly to see if it's another person who's basically just doing rp and has no real understanding of Sithism or if it's a Sith Realist.

If it's a pretender then I just ignore it. If it's a Sith Realist then I'm interested in what they have to say. I've enjoyed conversing with pretty much all the realists I've come across and I enjoy discussing Sithism in general, especially with those who are actually a part of it.

As obvious as it sounds, its not always so black and white as many make it out to be. Although it is ultimately a choice, many individuaals who take the Dark path do so at a very early age, probably because it was "force-fed" to them by the people they were surrounded by, whether that be family or bullies at school. To many, it is a matter of survival. Many begin down this path not fully aware of the consequences of their actions when starting. This is why it is my personal belief that children should be taught how to manage their anger early on in schools.

Plus bad boys get the girls.

human nature.

Connor Lidell wrote: TOTSO.

I miss it, kind of. haha.

TOTSO is going to be back up. With a new template, new programme, new concept. No SA involvement, and no attacks.

YAY! Can't wait.

Zenchi wrote: As obvious as it sounds, its not always so black and white as many make it out to be. Although it is ultimately a choice, many individuaals who take the Dark path do so at a very early age, probably because it was "force-fed" to them by the people they were surrounded by, whether that be family or bullies at school. To many, it is a matter of survival. Many begin down this path not fully aware of the consequences of their actions when starting. This is why it is my personal belief that children should be taught how to manage their anger early on in schools.

I agree Zenchi.

But for some, it is a certain style of living. It doesn't make one completely inalienable to concepts of love and such. It's more there is a lack of constraints, of self-realization. I dunno, at least for me, it's the breaking of chains, and of empowerment.

I think in the end, it all cycles through. All paths lead to the same end if you are truly seeking "enlightenment" and such. SA to me is a joke a bunch of cultist people who say they want you think for yourselves but in the end, not really. It's not even a true left hand path to me. They cycle back into each other. So you need both, in my personal view...which probably makes me a bit...shadowy. I guess, lulz.

The simplest way of putting it is...light aspect / right hand path is more gentle while dark aspect is more harsh. It's different ways of learning and realization.

I think people are mostly it comes from curiosity though. Most of us are exposed only to the right hand path and only choose an extreme version of being left hand path as a pure survivalist form. We all need a way to survive, to cope.

...did you know I just typed that all drunk out of my mind?