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Prompt #26
"Any man who has the guts to sell his soul for love has the power to change the world" From Ghost Rider

Hmm. Without getting into a debate about the philosophical definition of the soul, I suppose what this quote is talking about, is ultimate sacrifice. It's about whether or not you have the guts to sacrifice whatever is the MOST valuable thing to your own well-being. For most people, whether they believe in the existance of the soul or not, it's a symbol of an ultimate sacrifice.

This gets me to thinking what I sacrificed, and what I sacrificed it for, and whether I changed the world in so doing. These are not comfortable thoughts.

It could easily be said that I sold my soul. I sold it to my father, for the oath he swore. For what we believed was right at the time, for the cause of good against evil, in pursuit of what was rightfully ours. Later it would become clear that we had made a terrible mistake. By selling my soul I changed, much for the worse; and because little better than that which we labelled "evil". I sacrificed innocence. I sacrificed peace. I sacrificed many lives that were not mine to take.

For love? Perhaps. At one time I did truly love my father, but it was a strange and rather abusive kind of love, the kind that's threaded through with hate and fear and resentment. Truthfully I dont think I sold my soul for love. I sold it for power.

One thing is certain; we changed the world. We all but destroyed it. Nothing was ever the same afterwards.

Character: Maedhros
Fandom: Silmarillion