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"The Sidhe´s Ignorance" by Kathleen Morgaine Haubrich

SciFi/Fantasy text 18 out of 22 by Kathleen Morgaine Haubrich. ←Previous - Next→

Please read this before, this story is very confusing if not. It is a dialogue between a human and a Sidhe. I understand that in this case, the creature Sidhe may not be appropriate, because it represents an extraterrestrial, or an alien. I put it there because although I want to include the element of mystery about this creature, I want it to be a fantasy creature, of another race, superior perhaps, but not so far as the more classic portrayal of an alien. The Italic print is the words of the human that was captured by the Sidhe, and the bold print is the words of the Sidhe. The Sidhe captured the human because the individual human has understood in part the flaws of the human mind, and the goal of the Sidhe is to discover this flaw to understand further their own mind perhaps? Well, the Sidhe goes on about his superior race and how humans are insolent and ignorant. The twist in the end is that the human is about to prevail in knowledge superior to the Sidhe’s, and that is where it ends, thus the title, “The Sidhe’s Ignorance”. (5-19-03)

←- The Pale Garland | The Siren's Calling -→

The Sidhe’s Ignorance

Why have you brought me here? What right have you to bind my hands?

* The right of the mind, doubting human. The mind is ever truthful, even if you cannot detect its majesty. The mind is the very doorway to infinity. But you, your kind will never open that door. You all will condemn yourselves to waste your gift to be rid of its enthralling mystery. Vile! Impunity and treachery!

You wish to claim my mind?

* Claim your mind? Steal your very defiance with my own will? You humor me, human. If only it were so simple. Why would you be in my very presence? If it were that easy, the door would have opened ages ago. It is you! Your kind! You block the wonder of the mind for all else!

How can you blame us for hindering your way to the concepts of the mind, if we ourselves know not of its existence? How can you blame one for ignorance?

* Ignorance? Yes, ignorance indeed. You see more then most, that is why you stand before me this day. Rapture and recklessness! Carelessness and neglect! These, such mortal conduct destroy your race with their corruption. That is your ignorance.

We, the Sidhe have long stood in your shadows, ever mindful of your gift, and your deplorable inability to use it. Only now it seems, we may have found the very key to the infamous door. The door that lies deep within the hidden depths of your mind. The door that you have thought not to discover. The gift of this door, which you fail to use.

The human mind you see, holds many notable flaws, many holes in reason, many unsolved answers. This, I believe is the reason for your ignorance. For us to attempt to repair these gaps in your wretched minds is hopeless. There is seemingly always a hidden path left undiscovered. So vast, and yet so minute. That is the paradox of the human mind.

A paradox, yes. But a brilliant one. For it is this paradox that keeps our minds keen, that keeps us searching for the answer. The answer that you believe our ignorance will keep us from ever finding.

* And this you know, able human. I appraise you, but think now of your race, of your way of life. The Sidhe’s you see, we’ve no need for rules. We can govern ourselves with able dexterity. But your race, you quarrel among yourselves over petty land or material, and fail to realize what is truly important. But no, that you can never know. That, you will never know.

Democracy? Anarchy? Humans have a despicable internal need in their subconscious, whether they confront it or not, for rules and stipulation, for security, for stability. It’s unavoidable, the disease of the psyche. Pitiful. Instinctual. And your mind, your contemptible minds, wayward of substance, weary of fractional consistency. Self-determination? Why, the word sticks in your throat. Your minds lead you to believe you possess false strength to ease your apprehensive souls.

There are few however, a select few, in a group or genre so insignificant in comparison to your piteous race. They, like you, are beginning to see. To understand. To believe. You’ve sensed us, our existence, our power. You’ve seen it all along. That’s why you’ve been chosen. You represent the humans in their march. Their march for the aimless pursuit of momentary pleasure in their irrelevant lives. They strive and sweat to become the very thing they despise. You have a gift, you humans. A gift of this pure ignorance, sure and sheer.

You, however, are different. You see beyond. You surpass the massive boundaries of your own mind, so vast in stature, too immeasurable to exceed. But you’ve seen, if only for a second. You have gazed beyond the portal into the unknown. So aid me now! What, human, have you seen?

I do believe it’s you, clever Sidhe, whose ignorance shall reign. For this is what I’ve seen…

←- The Pale Garland | The Siren's Calling -→

Date	Name	Comment
18 Jul 2003	Frances Monro	Loading... I love the voices used in this dialogue. Very expressive. I wonder about the location that this encounter takes place in. Good work! Kathleen Morgaine Haubrich replies: "Thank you, I wonder about the location it takes place too ::laughs::, I've every intention to adding and revising it, and when I do, thats the first thing I'll address. "
11 Aug 2003	Heather 'Istara' Sluys	Loading... Haha, take it, Sidhe! Isn't it interesting when, as humans, we encounter someone who thinks they know everything, and is in fact painfully ignorant? Wonderful concept, nicely done. Four stars. Two thumbs up.
23 Dec 2003	Charles Mills Trowbridge	Loading... Good, but I think it could use a little work. The first note is that perhaps if you made it a short story, rather than pure dialog, it would really give it a sense of plot. If I were you, i would take the entire description in front of your story and try to change it into a real opening for the story. Dialog can be good on it's own, but in the end stright dialog makes for a bathtub story. That is to say, if you have two characters talking, then talk is the only thing they will do. Movement is so much of how people talk, it could really enhance the peice. My other note, is that to call an alien a Sidhe is very aproprate. There are a number of woodprints of "fairy circles" and in many cases they feature flying disks in the air about the circle. In the new world, we find many native american myths about haunted places and dancing lights corosponding directly to areas where there are large concentrations of UFO sighings. Even the physical description of some fae creatures and a grey are very similar. Short, big eyes, thin features. In the modern day we draw faries so they look like supermodels, however, going back and looking at woodprints, drawings of demons from monastic codex's, and other historical artwork, there are many artistic elements that link fae to et's.
19 Mar 2004	Steve Doyle	Loading... Hey, this was very cool. I enjoyed it much; a good read. Great concept too.
19 Jan 2005	Fatma NaharaVensar Alici	Loading... This is a very interesting story. It slowly builds in one direction going toward its own inevitable conclusion. Its brilliant and yet not overly complex. I do love the first person dialogue story, it forces only the words to represent the people at hand. Its hard to pull off, I'll tried my hands at a few I'm not certain how sucessful I've been, but I do try all the more. Anyway, wonderful tale.
22 May 2006	Andy T Millington	Loading... Reading this kind of made me think a bit about things like ignorance and intelligence. I don't know, it's not the easiest thing to concider at all... because, if you think about it, so much of what we percieve is in our heads, and things like intelligence, ignorance, paradox, ect... all have to do with what we can imagin, and then what our minds can believe is real. Eh... maybe a second reading after school is an order.