It starts at night
It is fight or flight
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The downward array of light disappears
the shadows appear and find their way into the hearts.
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The split personality comes about
On the day the push is on
but at night the pull-in is deeper.
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Do you think that the shadows belong to you?
They betray you because they belong to me.
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Do you think darkness is your friend?
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I was born in the darkness, moulded by it, protected by it.
I no longer fear the darkness.
I have become it.
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Written during a tough time when darkness used to scare me, the people I knew changed when darkness approached. Almost different personalities would form once it was dark and there was no sunlight. It was almost like in the day, they were different, and at night, they would be different, too. I figured if i could cloak my self in the darkness too then as well as the light I could become the same in both the light and dark.
The character bane as the arch enemy of batman made me see that once you could see your self in the darkness it self it no longer had a grip on you. ( your own darkness / Negative traits )
- "Oh, you think darkness is your ally? But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man. By then, it was nothing to me but blinding! The shadows betray you because they belong to me!"
- ―Bane to Batman[src]
Ras al ghuls training of batman to transform from the bruce wayne to his ideal brought about an intense change in my psych. ( To own your own darkness )
- "You've traveled the world to understand the criminal mind and conquer your fears... but a criminal is not complicated. And what you really fear is inside yourself. You fear your own power. You fear your own anger, the drive to do great or terrible things. Now, you must travel inwards. You are ready. Breathe. Breathe... breathe in your fears. Face them. To conquer fear, you must become fear. You must bask in the fear of other men. And men fear most what they cannot see. You have to become a terrible thought... a wraith. You have to become an idea! Feel terror cloud your senses. Feel its power to distort... to control... and know that this power can be yours. Embrace your worst fear. Become one with the darkness. Focus. Concentrate. Master your senses."
- ―Ra's al Ghul to Bruce Wayne[src]
Afzal : I am the League of shadows
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