Ignoring, for now, the fact that I am tremendously bored as of now.

Just came back from watching the Dark Knight. Its a brilliant show, ignoring, for now, the fact that I was also watching from the Golden Seat.

(removes spoilers.)

Basically the show was brilliant. Clever punchlines, hardcore action and twisted irony. But the main thing I would like to talk about is a particular character.

Yes, that's right, the Joker.

In my opinion, the Joker is one of the best characters ever made. Definitely losing to Captain Jack Sparrow but I digress. His portrayal in the movie really. Hard to admit it myself but. Really allowed me to associate with him.

You see, its just this mentality of. Chaos. In that sense, me and him are of the same breed. We both probably derive pleasure from sparking off intense life-and-death internal conflicts and watching how humans react. Maybe its sadism, but I tend to think of it more as an "exploration" of the deep recesses, and the darkness of the human soul. The same way scientists derive their satisfaction from their own unpredictable-yet-predictable experiments.

Its pretty much like keeping an ant nest, then observing how they react to droplets of concentrated detergent. Or starving them, then dropping a single grain of rice into their midst to watch them plunge into complete chaos.

As the demons do. What will you do? Will you kill another human for the preservation of your own life? Is it selfish? What will you do then? Do you not fear death? Which choice will you make? Tick. Tick. Tick. To snatch normal, unsuspecting people and place them in situations that either kill their body or kill their soul for the rest of their lives. To watch how they are tortured; the panic, the fear.

As the Joker does. To create spectacles of almost cruel irony that pits one's morals against one's instinct. To create situations that punish the brightest heroes, and release the darkest monsters. To create, punch through the reality that its a dog-eat-dog world, and that kindness begets nothing more than cruelty. To make sheer tragedies that spawn guilt, regret, madness among the still living, and hopefully driving them to brilliant insanity. Its not about the death or devastation. Its about the message. Quote Alfred:

"Some men just want to watch the world burn."

I largely agree.

For me, I would not see myself as a to-be-protagonist in times to come. I prefer to see myself as an. Anarchist. An antagonist at most. I'd like to spice things up in this world, and hopefully leave my mark as a scar on this planet.

Just for the fun of it.

Azazyl

Stench of humanity,
The rot of those fair.
Despair!
Of lost sanity and
Dreams never there.