Hello my Name is: Intro
By Chyna Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own the gargs.
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Hello. My name is unimportant. There is no need for you to know it. What is important, is what I have to say. They say the best way to beat fear is knowledge; of how to be the fear, the why, and of what you are afraid of. Ignorance plus fear equals hate after all. And one of the things in this world that we do not understand is the gargoyles.
The gargoyles are not human. This is technically true. But they have human qualities. They have strengths and weaknesses, the full range of human emotions, intelligence, sentience, culture, and a moral code. They may not act or look like we do, but the same can be said for many of the different cultures and subcultures of humans. But that is not why you are here.
You are here to see the softer side of the gargoyles. And the best way I could think of showing you this, is to simply have them tell their story - for good or for bad, whatever they choose to say. The way I did this was simple. I took a sturdy stool and a video camera. I set the camera up so that it faced the stool. I then took the gargoyles one by one, placed them on the stool, turned the camera on, and told them to just start talking about themselves starting with 'Hello my name is…'. And these are their stories. Like Spider Robinson wrote in his stories about Callahan's Place, "shared pain is lessened and shared joy is increased." I hope that those who read these tales think twice about gargoyles and figure out that they are not the alien enemy. Thank you for your time.
By Chyna Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own the gargs.
Hello. My name is unimportant. There is no need for you to know it. What is important, is what I have to say. They say the best way to beat fear is knowledge; of how to be the fear, the why, and of what you are afraid of. Ignorance plus fear equals hate after all. And one of the things in this world that we do not understand is the gargoyles.
The gargoyles are not human. This is technically true. But they have human qualities. They have strengths and weaknesses, the full range of human emotions, intelligence, sentience, culture, and a moral code. They may not act or look like we do, but the same can be said for many of the different cultures and subcultures of humans. But that is not why you are here.
You are here to see the softer side of the gargoyles. And the best way I could think of showing you this, is to simply have them tell their story - for good or for bad, whatever they choose to say. The way I did this was simple. I took a sturdy stool and a video camera. I set the camera up so that it faced the stool. I then took the gargoyles one by one, placed them on the stool, turned the camera on, and told them to just start talking about themselves starting with 'Hello my name is…'. And these are their stories. Like Spider Robinson wrote in his stories about Callahan's Place, "shared pain is lessened and shared joy is increased." I hope that those who read these tales think twice about gargoyles and figure out that they are not the alien enemy. Thank you for your time.
