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[handofsilver]

What you have seen in the mirrors is no different from experiencing a nightmare while you slumber. The images need not be reality, though if that must be so, I encourage you to face them bravely. They are the worst, are they not? All else is, therefore, better, by comparison, at least.

(He, for one, refuses to give his enemy (one of the Enemies of his world) power over him. It helps that he is surrounded by his kin and they are daily reminders of why - and how - he can overcome.)

You are not alone in your suffering.

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[handofsilver]

(He actually understands the feeling; the self-hate in particular. He does not believe he is speaking to a monster.)

You seemed focused on making your point. I may have assumed too much.

If that is what makes a monster, I once qualified. (Monsters are generally the creations of Morgoth or Sauron on Arda. He does not even think his serially murdering family qualifies!)

[hot_mes]

[how kind, Celebrimbor. At least they have that whole working-for-the-wrong-guy thing in common, though Law went into it full knowing who and what Doflamingo was. Heavenly Demons wearing masks to fool the world are common across realities.]

Said monsters, at least, can sometimes be treated rather than killed off. Maybe in that sense you're right after all, about softer emotions.

[handofsilver]

(Well they have to spread their evil intentions somehow! If Annatar hadn't succeeded in charming Celebrimbor so utterly, Sauron would have found another way; another method.)

There is hope for them. (Reuniting with his family - his father - has done wonders for him.) Warm homes can make all the difference.

[hot_mes]

[ouch, again. At least the memory that springs to mind at those words is a welcome counter to the reflections harassing him]

I'll concede you that point without argument.

[handofsilver]

I think perhaps, as you say, there are "assholes" amongst us because of a shortage of aforementioned warm homes.

[hot_mes]

that might explain some, but I'd stop short of believing every asshole is that way because he/she isn't getting enough hugs.