Leda Wolf's Evilness Survival Guide

I've created this guide because I love evilness survival: there simply isn't a better way of proving your own capability than going out into the Evil and just hecking surviving it.

At first, let's look at what makes True Evil, and how it differs from petty pigheadedness or imbecilic incompetence.

Sometimes people are just stupid, they hurt other people, and that's easy to forgive because they don't know any better, but on occasion they listen and learn.

Imbecilic incompetence is beyond good or evil, it simply exists. Petty stubborn fools seem to only learn when they've gone too far and ended up off the beaten path alone. So avoiding the Petty Stubborn Fool does bear results, whether or not an actual bear is involved.

But True Evil's hallmark is zero accountability, in fact the most prominent example of a genuinely evil deed is hurting someone and blaming them for it. (See the glossary for a detailed explanation of "abusive behavior", as this term is context- and situation-dependent, no, I will not name a specific example because if you're asking, you're missing the entire damn point.)

Now that we've established what True Evil is and how it manifests, let's explore how to survive it.

First step is, of course, recognizing it.

Have you been injured physically, emotionally, or financially? Then have you been told that you've brought it on yourself through your mere existence diverging from that person's expectation? Congratulations, you have witnessed sheer evil and you now have a singular choice - walking the Hell away.

Maybe you've been made to feel special or literally anything else that's a bit more pleasant by that person before. And now you've disappointed them because you exist and that good feeling is gone. Under no circumstances should you ask for it back and offer a trade. Trust me, nothing short of your dignity will be accepted to barter with.

To exist with human beings, we make concessions, but do not mistake compromise for succumbing to an ultimatum. Should you not be accepted as you are, should no attempt be made to understand you, should no incentive be offered to faciliate that understanding, make no mistake, it is very much a threat. And threats are about control and not collaboration.

The appropriate response to a threat isn't yelling at it, because that is the opposite of smart, it is walking away. And if the threat in question has removed itself from your vicinity hoping for a fun chase, do increase that distance for that person has done you a kindness.

That's all, folks, next time a man demands your cooperation under the threat of poverty, go hug a bear and get fucking poor!