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Flipside Discussion / Re: Chapter 54: Discussion
« Last post by bulmabriefs144 on February 22, 2020, 08:36:47 pm »Hmmm... I see your point. Her answer was... not what I was expecting... but it is consistent with her behavior, but I think also... Maytag is an experience junky.
Consistent with her stated views that her body she thinks of as a tool for experience... she truly treats her body like an amusement park taxi... every new experience is something she cherishes! As long as 'the taxi', her body is not damaged permanently to prevent her from gaining more experiences she is ever curious. So even things most might think of as undesirable to experience, entering the Dark cell, surviving a gang rape, being seared alive in a volcanic eruption, or slow drifting to sleep due to hypothermia in a snow storm she swallows whole... as long as she can survive it to experience more things.
A philosophy of 'What destroys, traumatizes, drives to heights of mind numbing ecstasy or utterly exhausts the body does not really touch the spirit other than to collect the memory of the experience'!
But Maytag, needs to be mindful that philosophy is a potential path to madness. There are some experiences that WILL and DO touch one's core spirit and can affect even risk one's sanity!
I think that's the proviso we need to keep in mind, and probably bottom line as to why she's not hooked on drugs.
Likewise, she's probably not keen on dumping herself into a volcano either, but grabbing some lava and tossing it one her hand (after she knew about that arm regeneration thing), would probably be just peachy. May would probably be okay with a winter walk before sunrise, so long as she had somewhere to go afterwards.