fireinclined-moved:

im gonna @liifeinclined bc i feel like miles is gonna wanna hear this 

okay so??? i’ve been thinking about this for like the last three hours and for all my stressing how the life inclination contains the full spectrum of its power, it’s really…not balanced. and what i mean by “the full spectrum of it’s power” is that with the fire and ice inclinations- they used to be one inclination, simply thermal manipulation. but over time it split up in two, and now you can really see how they’re really just halves of a whole. the fire inclination cannot cool down a room that they’ve heated up- likewise, the ice inclination cannot “undo” any frost that’s built up. 

but the life inclination covers the ability to heal life and the ability to harm it- it contains both extremes. 

ANYWAY.  it’s really strange that you can heal someone gradually, or heal someone wrong, or only heal someone partially- but you can’t do that with killing someone. just- boom, they’re dead, no grey area, right?

well. 

not quite. its possible to weaken someone- kill them gradually, drain away their life force bit by bit. however this is the most difficult thing to master for a life inclined capellan. if you can weaken someone, slow down the killing so it’s not immediate, you’re basically considered a master of your inclination. 

but…it’s not a good thing. the life inclination, because it covers two extremes, comes from two extremes as well. it can come from either kindness or malice. it is literally possible to kill someone with kindness, usually because it’s an act of mercy. 

however, this technique can only be utilized by using malice- since there is no mercy or kindness in making someone suffer. 

so, life inclined capellans CAN defend themselves but

• its the hardest technique to master
  
• it comes from a bad place
  
• if you can do it people generally look down on you because why would you want to make someone suffer??