{"id":3612,"date":"2020-10-31T19:34:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T00:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sighinide.com\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2020-10-31T19:34:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T00:34:33","slug":"thoughts-on-being-a-necromancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sighinide.com\/?p=3612","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Being a Necromancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fuckit.  Let&#8217;s get real dark, shall we?  I mean, it&#8217;s the perfect day for it, whatever those pussies I call normies might think.<\/p>\n<p>Alright.  So.  I&#8217;ve been skirting around this issue for years, and I think now might be a good time I guess to delve into it.  Yeah&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>So.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a necromancer.  A death wizard.  I can use the power of death and dying, and of manipulated souls held in bondage, to strengthen myself. I can breech the barriers between this world and the afterlife to such a degree that I can strongly influence things on the  other side.  They know me there, quite well.  I can curse people, and objects, in truly incredible ways.  I can hypnotize people with my eyes.  Summon demons and other spirits, when I want.  Create such demons <em>myself<\/em>, when I want to.  And of course, communicate with the souls of the living, and the dead, to such a degree that I can carry out long-term relationships with them, should I choose.  And in spite of this, I lust for immortality- to conquer death completely; to be it&#8217;s master, eternally.  And to do this I often employ &#8220;black magic&#8221;, like sex and violence rituals, to acquire the energy needed to hold myself in an unnaturally young state.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, I&#8217;m the quintessential evil wizard. When you watch an old Hammer horror flick, usually, the bad guy is a necromancer.  So was Sauron from <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>, and Voldemort from <em>Harry Potter<\/em>.  And the Horned King, from the <em>The Chronicles of Prydain<\/em>.  And The Lich King, from <em>Warcraft<\/em>.  Also- Dracula could be considered one, I suppose.  As well as the Night King from <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>.  And also, for completeness, Bela Lugosi&#8217;s character in <em>White Zombie<\/em>.  And I suppose, Dr. Frankenstein, and maybe Rotwang.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; yeah, I&#8217;m &#8220;evil&#8221;, lol.  Probably very, very much so.  Like, I probably scare some people, lol. Like maybe a lot, which might kinda sorta be the reason why people are freaking out, now.  Like, a lot, lol.  I mean&#8230; how would you react if Lord Voldemort put up shop in the Chicago suburbs?  LOL.<\/p>\n<p>That isn&#8217;t to say that I can&#8217;t do &#8220;good&#8221; magic as well.  I mean, I do.  Quite often in fact.  Actually, more often than most &#8220;good&#8221; wizards, who are&#8230; all so very, very weak, lol.  But still&#8230; yeah.  I&#8217;m kinda super evil, here.<\/p>\n<p>Necromancers have certain traits.  &#8220;Evil eyes&#8221; that can steal the souls of their victims, for example. And often, a profound ability to&#8230; love?  Apparently.  A lot of them get into necromancy to talk to their dead ex-girlfriends.  At least in fiction.  And apparently in real life, too.  And uh, arrogance.  Which mayyyybe I have too.  Just a little.  Juuuuuust a tad.  A smidgen.  Maybe.  LOL.<\/p>\n<p>But seriously, I&#8217;m like, super evil.  I have no qualms about stealing Cady&#8217;s soul and chaining her to me, here (I mean, she doesn&#8217;t mind, either, but that&#8217;s kinda not the point, here).  Seriously. And it&#8217;s not like I asked her Mom for permission, or something.  I don&#8217;t even know who her mom IS, lol.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I don&#8217;t care.  Whatever.  <\/p>\n<p>That isn&#8217;t to say I&#8217;m not human.  I am, of course.  No matter how much death energy I absorb, I remain who I am, that working class suburbanite.  And I suppose many might say that I&#8217;m <em>more <\/em>human than most &#8220;normal&#8221; people, even.  Crazily enough.  Like my unnatural youthfulness makes me more of a pure person than most regular, non-evil people.<\/p>\n<p>And, oddly enough&#8230; people&#8230; LIKE this?  I think.  Ok, here&#8217;s the unexpected part.  It&#8217;s like&#8230; people reeeeally want to be entranced by an evil wizard, I guess. Maybe for the experience?  I don&#8217;t know.  This part, I was not expecting.  I was worried about the pitchforks and torches for awhile there, to be honest.  I mean, seriously.  Literally, like I would lay awake at night kinda worried, lol.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently, nobody much cares.  It&#8217;s kinda baffling.  In fact, much of the public seems intent on cheering me on, at least somewhat.  Maybe the &#8220;novelty&#8221; factor is strong here, IDK.  But&#8230; um&#8230; yeah.  <\/p>\n<p>You know- seriously, guys.  Like a LOT of the things we see here are kinda sorta maybe because of me.  I mean, you know.  I won&#8217;t get into it in this post, though.  Too much I guess.<\/p>\n<p>But yeah, it&#8217;s kinda shocking, how the public has grown to love me over the years.  It&#8217;s like, everyone finds something to like in what I do, like maybe the presence of an almighty evil wizard was what people really needed all along- and that maybe explains the immense popularity of necromancers over the generations.  People really seem to take to them to for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s their mastery over death that encourages people. Like- this dude <em>conquered death<\/em>.  Holy balls!  That means that I can do, IDK, this thing I&#8217;ve always wanted to do!<\/p>\n<p>Yeah&#8230; maybe that&#8217;s it.  In slaying death, peoples&#8217; worst fear, I have freed them to be themselves.  Like, maybe necromancers are&#8230; kinda&#8230; the good guys?  Maybe?  I don&#8217;t know.  It&#8217;s so&#8230; weird.  Growing up I always thought they were evil, you know?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe I&#8217;ve just hypnotized so many people that they can&#8217;t escape my mind control, lol.  IDK.<\/p>\n<p>Or some combination of all this.<\/p>\n<p>Uh, well, I need to end this, here.  It&#8217;s been fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuckit. Let&#8217;s get real dark, shall we? I mean, it&#8217;s the perfect day for it, whatever those pussies I call normies might think. Alright. So. I&#8217;ve been skirting around this issue for years, and I think now might be a good time I guess to delve into it. Yeah&#8230; So. I&#8217;m a necromancer. 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