Legalists- Details of The Apocalypse

Alright, so returning to the realm of the Legalists, what if The Bard were in charge of narrating the Apocalypse, filling in the details of the framework that is already written? At each step the purpose would be to interpret the events in a creative way that was acceptable from all perspectives, and kind. An issue is that the details would need to be technically accurate as well. Not only that, but as The Bard would likely be addressing each step one at a time, so someone would need to mind the big picture and make sure that solving the current step did not lead to an irreconcilable step later along the path, hedging the details in too narrowly and what not. I imagine a whole council being set up of those who were experts in these various areas, each giving a yay or nay to the ideas presented. 

If a yes or no were the only feedback allowed though, this feels like it would be a tedious process indeed. I am imagining a second layer that includes someone from each kingdom, not the Legalist themselves but like a second in command, possibly a family member, would be responsible for providing information that perhaps the Legalist themselves are disallowed from providing. In this way a kind of collaboration could be accomplished, so that if a suggestion were denied by an involved party, this second individual could explain why, and could possibly even be able to offer feedback about what approach to take from there (it could be that additional layers form from here, depending on how much or how little can be provided from each perspective). If a suggestion were accepted, but there was more information that could be helpful, to avoid a future pitfall, this other party could cross the lines in order to provide that information, and make clear the upcoming concerns of their realm that were not encapsulated by a simple agreement. If one layer acted as enemy, another could act as friend, and another might act as family, all from camps that were originally comprised of foreign parties, involved in process that would impact all.

In this way The Bard would suggest something, get a response from each other party, get feedback from their representatives, adjust the plan until all were in agreement, then make any final adjustments that might further improve things without cancelling said agreement, and then that step would be put into action. If mercy and grace are fundamental to the law, and words are the essence of what is, and agreement can shape reality, and time is one agreement in place, it seems that all the components are in place to slow things down and ensure that step by step the Apocalypse is turned into more like a Catastrophe, and perhaps along many lines more like a Kerfuffle. This is not to minimize God's wrath, not by any means, but if one considers that God presents as loving, but also just, God's wrath may be bound by certain agreements that require things to occur, as we might define a force of nature requiring action no less so than water flowing. In love, God would likely be on board with merciful solutions that satisfy these agreements when presented with that choice. In this sense The Bard would be responsible for shaping reality, in good faith and with good heart, in such a way that God's wrath can be absorbed into reality's structure, resulting in a structure deeply changed (ideally for the better!) but intact. The events themselves would still certainly be momentous regardless. 

Knowing The Bard, he would still have a trick up his sleeve though, considering what else always seems to happen around this time. He would likely have embedded a way such that these steps could largely occur without his own direct input, a clockwork mechanism already in place that autocorrects itself to the path that is most cinematic and nonsensical and epic and merciful and memorable and technically sound all at once, without the need for his own constant direct involvement, or that of his soulmate. This seems like it would require the input of an Architect in advance, likely throughout, but I imagine such a thing could be arranged...

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Step by Step On The Open Ocean

(W)rest Control

Verdict