#hwdp

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Such a broad question many would think. What possibly could I mean by monster?

Do I speak of a twisted appearance, an individual so ghastly that infants would scream upon sight of them?

Or perhaps do I speak of their thought process and decisions , how their actions would disgust and horrify others?

Let us dwell on the latter, oh reader mind.

We all have our own goals, our own objectives. We seek to accomplish something, to reach the end where we succeed in what we’ve been working towards.

This varies greatly from individuals, however the actual goal is not what matters in this conversation. It’s what one is willing to do in order to accomplish said goal.

Sacrifice is a common occurrence in reaching your objective, but to many it becomes questionable when you begin sacrificing others in order to further your goals.

To throw one under the bus so that you may take their place, to mislead or misinform them so that they won’t get in your way, to stab them in the back so that their existence won’t jeopardize your goals - they’re all spurred from the desire to succeed at all costs.

But are these sacrifices necessary? Perhaps to the one who is working towards their goal, but others will think very differently. But what does it matter? Conflicting opinions will forever exist, yet which party is truly the wrong one?

Does it depend on the scenario? Perhaps...

Let us dwell on what’s familiar, oh watcher.

The HWDP.

Do you consider them to be monsters, oh reader mine?

Many of you would say yes, I feel. To you they are a heartless organization ran by heartless people, dragging others into their dark and corrupting grip so that they may enact terrible things upon innocents - both Human and Pokemon alike.

They abduct Pokemon from their homes and experiment on them against their will.

They carefully watch over their own employees, permanently silencing those they deem a liability.

They develop weapons both biological and mechanical - whether it be Pokemon hybrids or cybernetic weapons - all geared to combat other Pokemon.

They’ve done all of these terrible things and much more, but for what end? To prepare for a war? To en-mass an arsenal so that they may combat Pokemon efficiently?

Yes. They are monsters through and through, heartless beings who needs to brought to justice to face their crimes.

That is what many would say.

Yet are they truly monstrous? Are they truly monstrous for sacrificing so many others to achieve their goal?

The ones who run this organization fear Pokemon, yet why do they fear them so?

Do they fear Pokemon because they are naturally more powerful? Do they fear them for what Pokemon have done to them in the past? Do they fear them for what Pokemon might possibly do to them in the future?

Did they once fight in a war against Pokemon? Watching their own people being slaughtered by a foe that’s naturally superior?

Or perhaps are they envious? How they were not created equal, where Pokemon possess abilities to warp their world around them, yet mankind have nothing?

Mankind may have sprawling metropolises, but what’s stopping Pokemon from doing the same? They possess more than enough ingenuity to invent their own devices and cities, yet why do they copy from mankind?

Is it because they have no need to do it themselves? That their powers never made it that it was required to invent things such as medicine in order to survive?

When mankind had striven to survive by inventing things that are more convenient for them, did Pokemon see this convenience and decide to copy it for themselves? Thus making it so no matter how much mankind tried to keep up, Pokemon always ended up being one step ahead of them?

Perhaps, but this is merely one assumption.

In the end, the HWDP is attempting to create things that will give them a permanent edge over Pokemon. Something that isn’t a nuclear bomb - where it would destroy them along with their foe.

They are preparing for a war, a war that they intend to win with as few human casualties as possible.

Yet are the Pokemon truly a threat? Is there an unseen tension that’s building, where Progria and Evolutia will end up declaring war on one another?

Or is this simply paranoia?

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The HWDP have sacrificed so many. They have inflicted so much pain and death to get where they are, yet are they still considered monsters?

Maybe...just perhaps...

...this...is actually a noble cause? That by sacrificing several thousand lives, they intend to save millions more?

Or is this a monstrous cause? That by sacrificing several thousand lives, they intend to kill millions more?

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Such a heavy question, oh reader mine.

In the end, you see them how you deem fit. They're your thoughts alone, after all. Your opinions. Your views.

Yet keep this concept in your mind, oh watcher.

If you were to go to the extreme to do something you deem necessary, would you consider yourself to be a monster?

Perhaps not, but maybe other people would?