The Darker Side of Things
This post’s topic has always been in Evil Woobie’s tagline, the dark side. It is not just an attempt to seem edgy and all that, but more of a reflection of this blogger’s acknowledgment of “the less talked about side” of a certain niche.
In Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, the character of Delight morphed into Delirium for some undisclosed reason, and up to now speculations abound as to what caused the switch. That delirium is delight’s dark side tells us how too much of something can lead to a warped, though more intriguing, version of the same thing.
In a conversation with diwa, an authority in cosplaying in the Philippines, I discussed the dark side concept to him and he said “I wonder, what’s my niche’s dark side?”. I answered without hesitation, “porn”. Another friend, who owns a sports blog, asked me what I thought about him reviewing gambling sites on his blog. I told him that it’s pretty logical because gambling is the dark side of sports.
The dark side of the internet marketing niche is scams, that of online dating is pimping, that of the video/music niche is piracy and — hmm, how about the parenting and spiritual niches? Do these have a dark side too? They do… self righteousness.
Just as hate is not the dark side of love, but rather, obsession… people do not venture forth to the darker side of things in a conscious and immediate manner. Think of it as a pristine white piece of paper taking on the many subtle shades of grey before turning completely black.
It all starts with a single notion, like “hey, it’s more fun this way…” or “there must be an easier way to earn from my blogging…”, or even “maybe I should get paid for slamming people on my blog, eh?…”
So, what’s your niche’s dark side? Do you know?
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I don’t think self righteousness is my dark side. Maybe unfettered promotion of my voting button? And now, my shop? Self-promotion, that’s it. Vote for me and buy my stuff.
witchypoo’s last blog post..Getting Lemons, Selling Lemonade
@witchypoo
Wow, I’d better check that shop out ASAP, sister!
The dark side of a niche is not entirely something bad… more like the other version, which may be bad to some and tolerable to some.
My dark side is picking targets and destroying them, Usually they are too dumb to notice. It’s the only way to balance out helping all those people who really do need it.
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@turnip
So it’s really about the balance between good and evil turnip eh?
I would guess the dark side of the personal blog would be narcissism. It’s something I struggle against.
Of course, I’m too good looking and smart for it to ever actually be a problem…
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All men are evil. Especially the elites they are goddamned suckers. I will name a few L_____.
@Cromely
nice input!
@Lucy
L?
Manang Ruby sana may Evil Piolo din.
Didn’t Delight turned to Delirium because she got her heart broken. I think she was supposed to be married but it didn’t push through. And at that time, Destruction was away and uhm, Death was err, I’m not sure. But both of them are the ones who are very protective of her so it seemed to be a really trying time for Delight. Anyway, the darker side of my blog would be cynicism. I think. I used to be so negative, an effect of being through a very complicated puberty. But once I have confronted my issues, came to terms with who I am; I’m not much of a cynic as I was before.
@isel
hello there! I dont think a broken heart was what made delight change… but she gets miffed when they remind her of delight doesnt she? Thanks for sharing your blog’s dark side… i’ll be sure to drop by and find out for myself.