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I really dont understand you people, you write like intellectuals but about total crap, who gives a shit about some blokes imaginary friend?
That's more or less right...you really don't understand what's happening in this conversation and much of it does seem to be going way over your head. To spell things out, we are talking about how the processes by which children formulate "imaginary freinds" and attribute a kind of life and personality to stuffed animals, is very close in essence to the idea within contemporary magic of creating servitor spirits. Therefore a magician who wants to work within this area could do well to look at how children interact with their imaginary freinds, as a model for the process of "giving life" to artificially created spirits of a servitor-like nature.
I think that's quite an interesting idea, as it presents a more natural and organic method of "servitor" creation, than the version where you just upgrade a sigil and launch it using excitatory trance, or whatever. The personality, and perhaps even the function, emerges out of your play and dialogue with the spirit. Nothing is forced or self-conscious, you just let it take shape and work with what comes through.
Its not a servitor. Its a delusion. Do you even Know what Servitor means? Definition: someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else. Does your imaginary friend preform duties for you. I bet it doesnt, well maybe it helps you think someone actually likes you, but that doesnt count
I think, in a sense, it does perform a duty and I think the poster above nailed it in one with this: "Something about being able to talk to yourself through an object that's designed to remove adult/intellectual filters.... I got a lot of honest answers to hard questions that I'm not sure I would have ordinarily been capable of providing." That seems like an important function to me, and Mordant's imaginary freind may well come to fulfill some similar purpose. Perhaps even a purpose that s/he isnt consciously aware of yet, but is compelled to give shape to something so it can perform a role. Why do children make imaginary freinds? What function do they serve? Are they entirely frivolous and recreational, or do they serve some purpose in the child's inner life, perhaps helping them get through some difficult or confusing period or giving them a form of emotional support when they can't get it from any other source?
These could well be considered "duties" to my mind. They're not the same kind of duties as, say, a servitor that finds rare and antiquarian books, or a servitor that brings lots of sex, but they still 'serve' a purpose. This conversation has been more geared towards speculation about the birthing process of such intelligences, rather than their possible functionality. But who knows, maybe Mordant's imaginary freind, when its personality starts to emerge, could manifest other interesting talents. Perhaps, as well as providing support, it could be really good at finding lost property, or it could be a general luck or money drawing spirit, or perhaps it could be great at chasing off internet trolls.... |
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