Iron Maiden

Yay! Time for my random observation of the times that we live in. Tonight's subject, folks, is one helluva character. Read on:

So, here's a little something I learned this week. You know how all of us are forever trying to create this very cool, suave image for ourselves?

We are the shit. We don't care about nothing! We follow our own rules. We are indifferent to everything. We are mysterious. We are a world in ourselves. We are feared.

We

know

no

fear

(shifting to singular now; makes life easier) People will say nasty things behind your back even though they would never dare to in person. They will make all sorts of assumptions about you but of course they will not be able to muster the guts to question you about any of them. They will keep guessing as to who you are or more like, what is the phenomenon that is you. Most of the time, they will guess wrong.

Yeah yeah... sounds pretty darn hot but here's the catch. Once you get to this oh-so-revered position in life, you're stuck. You cannot waver, not for an instant. Once you've made people gape in awe at the sheer strength of your will, you can never again allow yourself even a moment of weakness. They won't let you. How dare you deny them the pleasure of unravelling your seemingly unchinked armour in their minds?

At the end of the day, that is how they are used to seeing you. That is how you've forced them to see you and they will never accept you in any other form ever again. You've turned yourself into a mythical unicorn my friend.

Like so much in life, it is a gift and it is a curse.
Because of course, you are now a fearsome creature. How then, can you ever show any signs of being human? You can never break, you can never have any moments of confusion. You are always that unicorn. Perhaps pedestal would be going too far, but you have definitely been placed in high heels. Show a little of your human wobbliness and the world turns into that scene from Alice in Wonderland: the pack of soldier cards rise in uproar and engulf you in their pandemonium.

You've locked yourself in an Iron Maiden, my friend. (No! Not the band for crying out loud) For those who don't know what that is check here.
You're rock solid from the outside whereas on the inside, you might be suffocating or bleeding to death for all you know.

Basically, there are times when you can be too invincible for your own good.

You better forget the very name of fear if you want to be what you have created -a robot.