Death and All His Friends or Goodnight Travel Well

[4getregret]

A/N: This is a short little oneshot I did a few months ago. The story is from Flippy's point of view after a night where his evil side got the better of him, and killed his friends...

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God damn him! Who does he think he is? He believes he can just take control of me and do what he wants whenever he feels like it, is that so? Well, I’ll give him another thing to think about! I’ve had enough of him!

He drives my friends away. Hell; he drives everyone away! And how? By killing them! This beast inside of me senses nothing but death and power; he believes that there are those who hunt, and those who are hunted. Little does he know that there are also those who don’t want to partake in it.

…Who am I kidding? I can’t do anything. He has complete power and supremacy over me. There is nothing I can do. Silence is my only surrender. I cannot stop him. I am too weak. I… I should just give up. Kill myself? That could work; he needs a host to survive, and without me, he would die. He’d die just like the rest of us. That could work.

Yes, yes it would! I’d go down, sure; but I’d take him down with me! His death would be a flame that would rekindle the hearts of the rest of the townsfolk! Maybe they then would have the strength to try to do something about this world that we live in.

This world… heh, this town, more like it. We cannot escape. We’re stuck here for the rest of our lives. We die every single day. It’s not fair! The pain we have to suffer… why do WE, among all living things, have to endure such a depressing and melancholy lifetime? …We don’t. They don’t. They shall overcome this thing that binds us here.

…Wait a minute. Am I a hypocrite? Here I am, talking to myself about them having the power to break from this curse… without using death as an outlet. Could I do the same? Could I break free from this demon without having to extinguish my own life? And how?…

…No. I can’t think like that. I will not commit the mortal crime of killing myself. I shall take this beast inside of me out one way or another, and it will NOT involve my own death. I will not follow Death… and all his friends. I will conquer death; it shall not conquer me.

…Hah, I’m so tired. Talking about escapes, and freedom from death. Is it true? Eh, who cares. It’s possibly merely a figment of my imagination. I should go to bed now… yes, sleep does sound good. And in my dreams, I shall ponder a way to free everyone in this God-forsaken land from this curse. But until then…

Goodnight, travel well.

[paul2]

Is there more?

[4getregret]

Nope, it's just a oneshot.

[LRA]

Well, Flippy's really not that emotional. No one really cares if they get killed by him, because in the next episode, they don't remember a thing. Not to mention he doesn't think about it early in the episodes.

But great excerpt. It's really great how you put this into such emotional conflict kinda thing.

[4getregret]

Thanks, LRA. I can see where you're coming from on the whole emotional Flippy thing. But think about it; would you be ticked off if you had an evil demon inside of you who killed your friends on a regular basis?

Also, everyone has their own view on the HTF universe. Mine is that they keep their memories of previous deaths.

[Bralef]

I agree with LRA. It's a great concept, but it's not really accurate, I guess I should say. First, Flippy has PTSD. Now, I don't have it, but it's not like a demonic spirit thing inside you that takes control of you at certain times. When he gets reminded of war, Flippy's mind literally reverts back to whatever particular moment he was reminded of. That's what PTSD is. He doesn't kill because another being takes control of him or anything, he kills because he sees everyone as a Tiger Soldier(or anything else he fought in his many wars).
And in your view of things, everyone remembers what happened to them before. If this is true, why would Flippy contemplate suicide? He knows he'd just come back the next day. Wouldn't really solve anything.

That's just how I see it.

[4getregret]

Another one of my "personal HTF viewings" is that if a character intentionally commits suicide, they're gone forever. I know, shitty idea. xP

Anyway, like I said, it's my view of the matter. Since you don't believe it's a "demon" thing, you could perhaps see it as him going insane, therefore taking the "Death and All His Friends" side of the title. That's one of the reasons I chose to give this story two titles; to give the readers their own choice and way to view the oneshot. No single opinion is correct; to each his own.

[LRA]

I see where you're coming from. Oh well, the excerpt was perfect and it was worth a 10, even if it wasn't accurate enough.

[Bralef]

Welll, for some things, it's subjective. I wasn't giving my VIEW on PTSD, I was stating what PTSD IS. It varies slightly between people, but it's never a demon that lives inside you and controls you. There isn't really any opinion to it. That's just what it is.

Sorry if I sound like a dick. I agree with LRA. It's a very good oneshot even if it isn't accurate.

[LRA]

Btw, I'm just saying but, if there actually was a demon inside Flippy, wouldn't the demon kill him?

Oh wait...Remains To Be Seen cartoon

[coolGai]

nice piece of work. i tried to do some stories myslef but i didn't like them.

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