Poll: The Force- Light Side or Dark Side?

[PrinceOfShapeir]

I'd be a Jedi Knight. Why? Because you stop being -you- when you turn to the Dark Side, you become a monster wearing an old meatsuit. The Dark Side is corrupting, it drives you mad as a hatter. Make no mistake, Light and Dark are not Passion versus Serenity, it's very much Good and Evil. The Dark Side is Evil with a capital E. Is it fueled with strong emotion - anger, fear, hatred? Yes. But it is not those emotions. The Dark Side will twist you and warp you until you're barely a Human being. The Dark Side consumes.

Now, the Light Side...pretty much requires you to maintain control over your darker emotions. That's about it. It asks very little of you. Sure, the Jedi Order of old tried to maintain that control by suppressing all emotion, but that's not the only or best way to do it.

Also, Gray Jedi are bullshit. You can't be a social darksider, you're either drunk on it or you're not wielding it.

 

[Dygen Entreri]

if you had mastery of the force, would you follow the light side or dark? i have asked dozens of people this and not a single person has opted for the light side, and why would they? they forbid you from learning any cool skills or even doing anything cool with your boring skills! Answer the poll and explain your reasoning

You must know lots of terrible people.(kidding)

In all honesty, I'm no good at being bad. Mass Effect, InFamous, Fable, Skyrim, I don't think I've ever been evil in a game with choices (with the exception of joining the Theives and Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim, but I kind of had to for the good stealth based stuff).

I still probably wouldn't fit in well with the Jedi, I see things to much in shades of gray for their taste. But I'd be trying to do the right thing, even when using lightning.

ALSO: I always get annoyed when the ability is called "Sith" Lightning. It's FORCE Lightning, and Jedi can use it too! Example: Plo Koon uses a technique called "Electric Judgment," which honestly sounds like a spell name or Pokemon move.

 

[Tahaneira]

See, I'd go light side, because no matter how good your intentions are, dark siders always seem to wind up kicking puppies and stealing ice cream. And they keep escalating until finally someone else has to kill them before they enact a plan to wipe out all happiness in the galaxy, Whereupon terminal evil develops into terminal stupidity. Not feelin' it.

Light side, please. No Jedi, though, kthx. Still light side even if I do.

 

[Gizmo]

There is just far more possibilities and potential for the Dark side for me to not want to be apart of it.

 

[Dygen Entreri]

Dark side, theres mindless violence and sex.

Hopefully not together though :S

If there is, it probably would be together.

Sadly, most Sith seem to be strangely asexual for people who run on passion. Seriously, can you name a Sith Lord with a loving significant other? Sith like passion, but they seem to think that being passionate about love just makes you weak.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

Dark side, theres mindless violence and sex.

Hopefully not together though :S

If there is, it probably would be together.

Sadly, most Sith seem to be strangely asexual for people who run on passion. Seriously, can you name a Sith Lord with a loving significant other? Sith like passion, but they seem to think that being passionate about love just makes you weak.

Because the Sith aren't really about passion, they're about power and control.

 

[Dygen Entreri]

Dark side powers are a crutch for their poor Lightsaber prowess.
Light Side all the way.

I think Maul, Dooku, and Sidious would disagree with you there. Remember that Dooku was able to reliably beat both Obi-Wan and Anakin multiple times until Anakin finally gave into his anger.

 

[Jedoro]

Following the Light Side =/= Following the Jedi Code

There are many means for killing people, but few for healing, so I'll stick with a good shotgun blaster and Force Heal.

 

[Dygen Entreri]

Dark side, theres mindless violence and sex.

Hopefully not together though :S

If there is, it probably would be together.

Sadly, most Sith seem to be strangely asexual for people who run on passion. Seriously, can you name a Sith Lord with a loving significant other? Sith like passion, but they seem to think that being passionate about love just makes you weak.

Because the Sith aren't really about passion, they're about power and control.

I agree, although some Sith seem to have a frightening lack of control over their power.... The Sith were corrupted from their original intention in my opinion. I love the life lessons in the Sith Code, it's just that every Sith is just way too negative. Use some positive passion people! Just cause you are Sith doesn't make you evil!

 

[Random Fella]

Light side man
Light side has all the female jedi
Also would rather have a blue lightsaber
only bad thing is no lightning hands... Oh well.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

While I don't strictly believe in the Dark Side philosophy, the Light Side is just nonsense. Having to forego love and any relationships? Having to ignore vastly helpful uses of the force? Emotion of all sorts being evil? Rubbish!

The DS philosphy is very self centered, while the LS is about what one can do for others. Why can not a DS master be a nice person? That's what I would be. The full power of the force, able to use whatever powers and learning all aspects of the force in a balanced way, not dissimilar to Jacen Solo, or perhaps indirectly, Starkiller. In D&D terms, I'm chaotic good. I do the morally right thing (like the Jedi) but ignore the pointless laws and rules that serve no purpose.

Also, Force Lightning is handy if you get a flat car battery, go to a rave or to play a joke on people which you can later pass off as having worn nylon socks on a woolen carpet.

 

[wooty]

Dark side, theres mindless violence and sex.

Hopefully not together though :S

If there is, it probably would be together.

Sadly, most Sith seem to be strangely asexual for people who run on passion. Seriously, can you name a Sith Lord with a loving significant other? Sith like passion, but they seem to think that being passionate about love just makes you weak.

While I get what your saying, I did only say sex and not love. Instead of hump and dump it would be hump and......force choke?

 

[BelmontWolf]

everyone in the world technically is on the dark side of the force.
I laugh alot when people say they are a jedi and are married with children.

 

[AhumbleKnight]

There is no option for a ballance. I want to use both, it's ok if I don't master either, as long as I can develop a balance.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

everyone in the world technically is on the dark side of the force.
I laugh alot when people say they are a jedi and are married with children.

Because you fail to understand the nature of the Light and Dark. I'll give you a hint - love and marriage are not part of the Dark Side.

 

[Zen Toombs]

*Uses force lightning to power a pump so it transports clean water to a village of poor people dying from dehydration*

+100 Darkside points

wha?

'Cuz you have to be really angrily saving people from dehydration to use force lightning?

OT: I would prefer Light Side. If it's only the powers, I have no need to efficiently torture and murder (seeing as I have no desire to torture or murder most people). If it includes the ideology, well the Light Side seems easier to move away from than the "Eats your SOUL" of the Dark Side, and still with the Light Side being more useful.