Welcome to Paradigm Shift, a superpower-based role playing board.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact members of the staff.
We strongly advise that you go through the general board information before doing anything else.
We hope you enjoy your stay!
News
Welcome to the Paradigm Reboot!
10.06.2015
Thanks
10.06.2015
The board will officially be starting on Monday October 12! Make sure your bios are in so you can take part of the opening ceremony!
10.08.2015
Info
Staff
Spotlight
ROLEPLAYER
Of The Month
CHARACTER
Of The Month
THREAD
Of The Month
COUPLE
Of The Month
She just blinked for a moment as she thought about that. She wasn't quite sure she understood what the girl meant and really didn't think she could take another blow to her intelligence in one conversation.
"Maybe," Evie said with a shrug. She seemed to be thinking about that. "But I don't think Jack or Doctor Makaila would mind too much. They're both pretty open."
She furrowed her brows in thought as she tried to remember.
"I think... I've read the name? But no. I don't know who that is." She looked up at the TV, then motioned towards it with one hand. "Do you mind if I watch with you?" It would let her get to know this strange, strange girl better.
Enya was prepared to explain, but the following question made her beam.
"Of COURSE you can!" she nods before turning to the TV and unpausing the video.
The video looked pretty old considering the quality. The documentary would talk about various serial killers and the psychology behind it. However, as Enya pointed out, it took a special focus on Ted Bundy, whom had been the most recent example of psychopathic behaviour during the time of the film.
Ted had murdered many women, often returning to where he left the corpses to lay with the cadavers. He had a fondness for women who looked like his girlfriend: young and attractive white girls, with long hair parted in the middle.
The video would also discuss the ways he would trick the women, often using his good looks and asking them to help him with his car before hitting them with a blunt object.
« Last Edit: Jan 8, 2016 0:27:00 GMT -6 by Eithne Reagan »
Evie looked... repulsed by the video most of the time, but dutifully, she sat there and watched it with Enya. A few times, it managed to get a squeak out of the tiny girl, who just stared, wide-eyed, at the horror.
"Oh my gosh," she said, at one point. "He's so... He looks so calm! How does he manage?"
"There's a quote that they didn't get to yet," she starts, speaking to Evelyn of course, but keeping her gaze on the tv screen.
"'I'm the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you'll ever meet.' He says."
She lets that sink in before she shrugs.
"It's easy for a sociopath. They don't feel guilt or shame. They can easily manipulate people, often with charm. But it's all very self-serving. They love themselves and they're impulsive."
"Because clearly they can't even do something as simple as control themselves. They'll try to convince people how great they are, not held back by guilt as they do whatever they want. Play God. But they don't even realize they're not in control!"
She starts to laugh.
"The impulse is the master. They're a slave to acting upon it, killing people and playing games just to prove themselves to no one. Yet everyone. Unable to behave themselves just because a monster in their head tells them they're untouchable. It's pathetic, isn't it?"
"Sociopaths have impulse control, though, don't they? I thought it was psychopaths that... don't? I mean, admittedly, I don't really know much about sociopaths."
And Ted Bundy definitely seemed to have a god complex. That was something she couldn't deny.
"I suppose it's hard to tell them apart." Enya says, shrugging.
"They share a lot of similarities and different sources will tell you different things. I think the biggest separation between the two is that Sociopaths are capable of emotions and attachments, even though it's harder; while psychopaths only learn to mimic them. Some say Sociopathy is the result of nurture while psychopathy is the result of nature."
She tilts her head.
"So I think in this case you're probably right." she giggles. "I think psychopath probably suits him better."
She isn't sure how to respond to that information. She just sort of stares at Enya for a moment, trying to piece everything together and follow her... rather strange thought process.
"I... guess that makes sense?" she said, still trying her best to befriend this weird redhead before her. "You must really like psychology, hmm?"