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And I know some of y'all got the ick immediately because of toxic dudebro horseshit, I myself do not care for it.

I understand and it doesn't escape me when people mistakenly say Respect the Alpha. Now that is ick, it's what people typically think when you hear Alpha. It's the desperate cry of a loser who thinks he deserves everything in the world, while doing nothing of use, because his a man.

But remember what Chetney says to Imogen when he tells her what RTA means.

"There's an Alpha in all of us"

He doesn't reinforce it as law, or expands on it with some bullshit formula, it's simply just recognize the confidence that you already have inside yourself, Recognize the Alpha.

And Confidence is all Chetney exudes inside and out, he doesn't need to explain to you what an alpha is, because his showing it 24/7

This professional toy maker, old gnome, werewolf. Protects his team, takes the lead when everybody needs it, is fun to be around, who makes wonderful wooden toys for kids and art pieces for his friends, who respects and cares for struggling folks, and is a great listener and even more surprisingly gives really good advice.

Chetney is a source of strength, power, leadership, friendship, and kindness.

So the gods are bad (because they don't save every mortal who ever asked them from every form of harm), so we should kill them. But killing, which we considered for a very long time, and which the gods are bad for doing, is bad, so we should let them choose between the options of annihilation, exile, or mortaldom (it was cruel of the gods not to let mortals choose between the options of annihilation or the Divine Gate)(the Divine Gate wasn't good because some of the gods thought about taking it down when they were under threat of annhiliation)(they did not take it down until mortals asked them to take it down) and they cannot change until they become mortals so when they choose that over annihilation or exile, they have an opportunity to love or change. Only mortals are capable of feeling real love (the gods cannot). They hurt mortals because they do not choose exile because they care more about their family than they care about mortals. They fight their family to stop their family from killing the mortals. They are not capable of love (not real love, like mortals feel).

They wouldn't let us kill them without a fight so they are bad, and they wouldn't leave us to die so they are bad, and when they left us to die they were bad, and when they couldn't come to an agreement they were bad, unlike us, who couldn't come to an agreement because we are good and some of us wanted to kill them, which is good, because killing is bad. The mortals who worshiped them felt bad when they left, so it was bad for them to leave, but they killed mortals, so it was good for them to leave, but they were trying to save mortals, so it was bad for them to leave, but they didn't save everyone so it was good for them to leave, but they wouldn't leave with their family so it was bad for them to leave, but they won't kill their family so it was good for them to leave, but they won't leave the mortals but they won't save all the mortals so it was leave for them to stay, but they didn't ask the mortals before leaving so it was bad for them to good.

So they become mortals. It's humbling for them. They should be humbled. They should pray to us, the humble ones. They chose this form before to destroy us. They chose this form before to build the gate they didn't ask us about building. They chose this form before to prove the gate would still make it possible for us to reach them. In this form they can love. They loved this form. In this form they can change. They have an opportunity to change. It's a gift to them. We're going to find her as a baby, and kill her. Thank us for our gift. They can change. When their fundamental nature comes out and they start to do bad things we'll kill them. They can change. The gods are bad because they didn't save every mortal who asked. The gods are bad because they killed mortals. If we find the Strife Emperor and he's a normal guy we'll just kill him. They can change. The gods were bad because they killed mortals. When the gods are bad mortals we kill them. They have an opportunity to change. When the gods were bad before they were mortals we kill them. They finally have an opportunity to change.