read and wrote many years ago
Dig it out of the diary and save it
fz's theology is a mixture of polytheism and dualism, and the most profound part is the dualism part
in the presence of Angola Mantou
But in fact, I don't think any Heroic Spirit can best represent the extremes of good and evil, but Kiritsugu and Kirei.
Taking pleasure in the happiness of others and taking the most happiness is the deepest essence of "goodness"; while taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others and taking the pleasure of the most misfortunes is the purest essence of "evil"
Kiritsugu's innocent and sad wish of perfection, from a purely theoretical point of view, was impossible to achieve because there was an existence like Kirei in the world—I hope that everyone can be happy—but there are some people among them who are very concerned about them. It is their misfortune that "everyone is happy"; so it is logically impossible to "everyone be happy" as long as it is acknowledged that there is such a being, as long as it is not excluded from "everyone." .
Of course the reality should be that neither pure good nor evil exists, but this reasoning still holds true for reality.
These two are completely opposites in every way, aren't they?
Kiritsugu is too "human", in the words of the original book, "I have lived in the world"; Kirei is the most deviated from him.
Kiritsugu was able to feel the emotions, happiness and pain that an "ordinary person" should have most strongly; these were things Kirei longed for but had never experienced before.
Because of this, Kiritsugu regards the happiness of the greatest number of people as sublime, has a clear purpose and ideal, and even sacrifices his own happiness again and again for this purpose; while Kirei can never find the real sublime, and finds the true sublime. Nothing that can be called an "ideal" that will allow him to devote all his enthusiasm, find satisfaction, fun and peace of mind in his pursuit
On the surface, as a killer Kiritsugu is regarded as a wicked man by the world, while Kirei, who is evil in nature, is regarded as a good man by the world as a priest, and even believes in the role of the guardian
Even the two men lead tragically opposite endings
The relationship between these two is interesting
At first, Kirei thought that Kiritsugu was his own kind, and pursued it desperately with the goal of finding a spiritual companion or even a mentor. Even though he was guided (seduced) by Jin Shining, he gradually realized his own nature and gradually broke free from repression. The shackles of the moral sense of nature, nor did he completely give up the hope he poured out on Kiritsugu.
Until I learned from Irisviel that Kiritsugu and him are not only not the same kind of soul, but even the distance between Kiritsugu and him is farther than the distance between Tokiomi and him——
Kiritsugu has everything he wants, he clearly has friendship, love, he deeply has these ordinary happiness, but he is stupid and naive for "the happiness of the most people", and then "the happiness of all" The goal—yes, the goal is also what Kirei wants—while giving up all of this, pushing himself into the abyss
Yes, he should have everything that Kirei lacks, but he is suffering because he cannot truly have both, and he has reached the extreme in the opposite direction of Kirei.
Kirei's thought process towards Kiritsugu can best be summed up as "powder to black".
At first, the self and wishful thinking was projected onto the idol and fell into a frenzy. After realizing that the idol is not like that at all, the disillusionment and the disappointment of being "deceived" were carried away, and then turned into hostility.
And Kiritsugu has seen through his incomplete personality from the very beginning, and he has been avoiding it out of an instinctive sense of danger.
I don't know if he has subconsciously realized that his ideals cannot be realized precisely because of existences like Kirei.
What's more interesting about the relationship between the two is that
Although Kirei is supposed to be someone who feeds on the suffering of others, the deeper the pain, the greater the pleasure, and Kiritsugu just happens to be able to bring him the greatest pleasure in this aspect.
But no matter when Kirei and Kiritsugu were fighting, or after Kiritsugu lost everything and fell into despair, what he saw in Kirei was obviously not joy, but the anger, loss and even embarrassment of the fan turning black. occupies the largest proportion
Until the fsn period, he lived almost completely as his true self. There was no longer Kirei, who was confused when he was young. When he recalled Kiritsugu's tone, his tone was still so complicated—in fact, in the original book, he had never calmly enjoyed the pain of Kiritsugu. fun of
This complexity is the manifestation of his rare human touch, which I think is Kirei's cuteness w
But because I always wanted the plot to go in the direction of at least being able to shoot, I inevitably simplified the relationship between the two to just the side where Kirei tortured Kiritsugu and made him miserable. But I still feel that it is a pity, there should be more cute points.
In fact, they are not typical examples of the common so-called "love and kill" relationship. Falling in love and killing each other are usually rivals that respect each other, but they have to become rivals of fate just because of different positions or ideas, but the two of them hardly ever regard each other as rivals.
Kiritsugu only went to the extreme in the pure and good direction of wishing everyone to be happy. He went too far, and even went beyond the duties of human beings and stepped into the realm of God, so he seemed too arrogant in the eyes of others—after all You can't often prove to yourself that you're better than the "destiny" of countless other people who weigh in on your own, can't you -- but his goals are beyond reproach
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