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> Mantid Ladies should not be persecuted., not like other bugs
Hot Wheels
post Oct 14 2003, 04:54 PM
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OK in the modern world bugs and bug spirits are hunted down, they are monstrocities which twist and deform people's bodies, possessing and torturing their minds. Who wouldn't oppose these horrible things? THeir agents, the hsamans that steal and break people are the vilest form of humanity, selling out their own speciaies, binding them in slavery, but why should mantids be so treated? Mantids hunt down these bugs. Indeed conflicts between mantids and metahumanity only when metahumanity comes between mantids and insects.

Unlike insect spirits which take bodies and possess them without the permission of the owners, resulting in twisted nightmare forms as the human souls fight to resist being forced out, mantids only take women who are willing. Women who are dispairing of life here and wish to move on to the next level of existance and willingly give up their shells for spirits who will work to better protect humanity from the invaders. The fact that mantid spirits form "good merges" that is they are indistinguishable from humans, shows that they are welcomed into their body.

Insect spirit's nests are full of horror as they pursue their own private plans, turning neighborhoods into dead zones, but mantids fit flawlessly into society, acting as contributing members, often so well their origins are not recognized.

Since these merges between spirit and material beings is desired by both sides and entered into willingly, why are Mantids persecuted side by side with the nightmarish invaders? Shouldn't Mantids be recognized as just another awakened form of life.
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- Hot Wheels   Mantid Ladies should not be persecuted.   Oct 14 2003, 04:54 PM
- - TinkerGnome   Those advocating the merging with Mantid spirits ...   Oct 14 2003, 05:01 PM
- - Siege   Because nobody wants to get close enough to distin...   Oct 14 2003, 05:04 PM
- - Hot Wheels   But now it has been explained-shambling nightmare-...   Oct 14 2003, 05:19 PM
- - Siege   Ahem. A happy, smiling slave is no more convincin...   Oct 14 2003, 05:30 PM
- - Hot Wheels   The point is mantids are not slaves. The risk with...   Oct 14 2003, 05:57 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Either that, or they, like many cults, prey on tho...   Oct 14 2003, 06:10 PM
- - El_Machinae   Well, they need insect spirits in order to survive...   Oct 14 2003, 07:29 PM
- - Hot Wheels   Of course they were depressed. Healthy happy peopl...   Oct 14 2003, 07:45 PM
- - Dogsoup   Im under the impression that mantids are somewhat ...   Oct 14 2003, 07:54 PM
- - Grimtooth   Not to mention the fact that in order to multiply,...   Oct 14 2003, 08:15 PM
- - Hot Wheels   The key phrase there is unwilling males. By all re...   Oct 14 2003, 08:20 PM
- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   How do you know they only take the willing? It...   Oct 14 2003, 08:22 PM
- - BitBasher   >Hmmmmmm. Sounds good. -KnightFire {edit}...   Oct 14 2003, 08:28 PM
- - Playing Games   You know the myth female mantids eat their mates?...   Oct 14 2003, 08:34 PM
- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   What song is that?   Oct 14 2003, 08:34 PM
- - Hot Wheels   Research at MITT has show that in cases where the ...   Oct 14 2003, 08:57 PM
- - Siege   I'd like to see that research. Do these giant...   Oct 14 2003, 09:08 PM
- - Kagetenshi   My professors haven't mentioned any such study...   Oct 14 2003, 09:12 PM
- - El_Machinae   So, if they merged with a ghoul, wouldn't that...   Oct 14 2003, 09:18 PM
- - Hot Wheels   QUOTE (Siege @ Oct 14 2003, 05:08 PM) Could a...   Oct 14 2003, 10:04 PM
- - OurTeam   Perhaps my story will help you understand. By the...   Oct 14 2003, 11:17 PM
- - Siege   No, I'm willing to let the Mantid walk into a ...   Oct 14 2003, 11:18 PM
- - Kanada Ten   No dialogue with Mantis, she deceives. Trust not...   Oct 14 2003, 11:50 PM
- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   The main issue I have is the whole destruction of ...   Oct 15 2003, 12:02 AM
- - OurTeam   Good questions, great mikey. Wonderful things for...   Oct 15 2003, 12:05 AM
- - The Jopp   QUOTE (last_of_the_great_mikeys) Here's anothe...   Oct 15 2003, 06:40 AM
- - mfb   i think the deciding factor on whether mantids, as...   Oct 15 2003, 07:02 AM
- - The Jopp   Say, is a good merge visible in a persons astral s...   Oct 15 2003, 07:25 AM
- - mfb   i think a good merge gets something akin to Maskin...   Oct 15 2003, 07:31 AM
- - Mephisto   QUOTE (last_of_the_great_mikeys) Here's anothe...   Oct 15 2003, 08:06 AM
- - mfb   in ooc terms, that question was answered in the or...   Oct 15 2003, 08:55 AM
- - The Jopp   Personally I would rule that the child would be a ...   Oct 15 2003, 08:55 AM
- - mfb   thing is, jopp, it's obvious that a low-succes...   Oct 15 2003, 09:04 AM
- - Deacon   QUOTE (Hot Wheels) Since these merges between spir...   Oct 15 2003, 10:13 AM
- - Bitten by the bug   My daughters are fine, thank you very much. Well ...   Oct 15 2003, 12:05 PM
- - The Jopp   ROFLOL!   Oct 15 2003, 12:24 PM
- - Snow_Fox   Since it has been well documented that Mantid fema...   Oct 15 2003, 06:58 PM
- - Bitten by the bug   Sweetie, every female of a certain age know that a...   Oct 15 2003, 07:33 PM
- - Siege   Urk. Your name takes on a whole new level of scar...   Oct 15 2003, 07:49 PM
- - Shadow   Wow this explains something that happened to my te...   Oct 15 2003, 09:32 PM
- - Playing Games   Now, the ego, and fear tramps come running in.Don...   Oct 16 2003, 12:01 AM
- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   Well, I've never fought any kind of bug spirit...   Oct 16 2003, 02:53 AM
- - Siege   Sorry Mikey -- I've seen footage of what happe...   Oct 16 2003, 03:11 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   The subtitle of this thread is wrong. Your guides...   Oct 16 2003, 03:21 AM
- - Kagetenshi   I have fought a bug. I am mundane, or so the tests...   Oct 16 2003, 03:44 AM
- - Finbar   It's very simple really. Mantis spirits are Pa...   Oct 16 2003, 10:41 AM
- - Snow_Fox   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm) The subtitle of this t...   Oct 16 2003, 01:23 PM
- - Snow_Fox   QUOTE (Bitten by the bug @ Oct 15 2003, 02:33...   Oct 16 2003, 01:30 PM
- - Dogsoup   QUOTE (Snow_Fox)...I might have avoided a lot of g...   Oct 16 2003, 01:54 PM
- - Snow_Fox   uh, chummer, it's been an open secret since at...   Oct 16 2003, 02:19 PM
- - Bitten by the bug   QUOTE (Snow_Fox)QUOTE (Bitten by the bug @ Oc...   Oct 16 2003, 06:48 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (Bitten by the bug)I was chosen by her and I...   Oct 16 2003, 07:26 PM
- - Shadow   You know Fox that is just a short journey to, ...   Oct 16 2003, 07:27 PM
- - Bitten by the bug   I have yet to see it or experience it.   Oct 16 2003, 08:07 PM
- - IcyCool   QUOTE (Bitten by the bug) I have yet to see it or ...   Oct 16 2003, 08:11 PM
- - Siege   Why am I tempted to make the "bad girls suck,...   Oct 16 2003, 08:13 PM
- - Snow_Fox   Just because a male lets himself be led around by ...   Oct 16 2003, 09:01 PM
- - Playing Games   QUOTE (Snow_Fox) QUOTE (Bitten by the bug @ O...   Oct 16 2003, 09:07 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (Snow_Fox)I'm not discounting mantis as ...   Oct 16 2003, 09:27 PM
- - ialdabaoth   The difference is that a major nation hasn't d...   Oct 16 2003, 09:39 PM
- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   I dunno much about Loa, but they seem like totems ...   Oct 17 2003, 01:49 AM
- - Shadow   QUOTE Bottom line - there is no "right...   Oct 17 2003, 01:59 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (last_of_the_great_mikeys)So, though they se...   Oct 17 2003, 02:01 AM
- - Kanada Ten   QUOTE last_of_the_great_mikeys Mantids, however, d...   Oct 17 2003, 02:01 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Hippocrates? Where did he come from? ~J   Oct 17 2003, 03:51 AM
- - ialdabaoth   QUOTE I am not sure what world you live in but it ...   Oct 17 2003, 03:51 AM
- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   Okay, here's the word from a chummer of mine w...   Oct 17 2003, 04:13 AM
- - Kanada Ten   Your friend trustz an enemy of ours? One who is je...   Oct 17 2003, 04:37 AM
- - Shadow   Says the spirit that inhabits the body of a man. W...   Oct 17 2003, 04:46 AM
- - Lindt   >>Oddly, I have worked with Mantids, and on ...   Oct 17 2003, 05:04 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (last_of_the_great_mikeys)So, forgive me if ...   Oct 17 2003, 05:05 AM
- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm) QUOTE (last_of_the_gre...   Oct 17 2003, 05:52 AM
- - Shadow   QUOTE Shadow, your statement shows that the only ...   Oct 17 2003, 07:03 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (Shadow)I have seen them kill without mercy ...   Oct 17 2003, 07:18 AM
- - Playing Games   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm) QUOTE (Snow_Fox)I...   Oct 17 2003, 07:22 AM
- - Barracuda_Kali   They're still giant nasty bug monsters with th...   Oct 17 2003, 07:56 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   You speak as a passenger, but what if both you and...   Oct 17 2003, 08:10 AM
- - Bitten by the bug   QUOTE (Kanada Ten)QUOTE last_of_the_great_mikeys M...   Oct 17 2003, 08:19 AM
- - Fortune   Ooh ooh Feeling fine mama, Mantid ladies and a bot...   Oct 17 2003, 08:19 AM
- - Hot Wheels   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Hippocrates? Where did he come ...   Oct 17 2003, 12:09 PM
- - Hot Wheels   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm @ Oct 17 2003, 03:...   Oct 17 2003, 12:26 PM
- - Hot Wheels   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) I have fought a bug. I am munda...   Oct 17 2003, 12:41 PM
- - Traks   "We must destroy abnormalities that pollute o...   Oct 17 2003, 01:51 PM
- - Hot Wheels   Break the mills too while you're at it. Let...   Oct 17 2003, 02:10 PM
- - phelious fogg   >>>Ive got a first hand story of Mantids ...   Oct 17 2003, 03:03 PM
- - Traks   "Apparently, while Mantis bugs do eat other b...   Oct 17 2003, 03:16 PM
- - Hot Wheels   What did you do to aggrivate her into an attack?   Oct 17 2003, 03:24 PM
- - Shadow   HW, I actually was talking about bug spirits not t...   Oct 17 2003, 04:04 PM
- - Hot Wheels   Me? All I'm doing is advocating ideas. Certain...   Oct 17 2003, 04:10 PM
- - Siege   I don't think you give us enough credit -- whi...   Oct 17 2003, 04:15 PM
- - Bitten by the bug   Fine, you do that. So will I. I'll keep honin...   Oct 17 2003, 04:55 PM
- - Playing Games   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm @ Oct 17 2003, 03:...   Oct 17 2003, 05:31 PM
- - Hot Wheels   There is a difference between loa posession a foll...   Oct 17 2003, 06:04 PM
- - Shadow   Uhm in away I guess. But it's not his wife any...   Oct 17 2003, 06:08 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (Hot Wheels)With a mantid, the soul or spiri...   Oct 17 2003, 06:33 PM
- - Siege   QUOTE (Shadow) Uhm in away I guess. But it's n...   Oct 17 2003, 06:45 PM
- - Hot Wheels   We don't know what he did to provoke her, as f...   Oct 17 2003, 06:50 PM
- - ialdabaoth   I personally still find it amusing that we're ...   Oct 17 2003, 06:52 PM
- - Hot Wheels   It would seem unneccessary, if that is what we...   Oct 17 2003, 08:09 PM
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