#because belief can clearly affect lin ling's behavior and mentality

[ladycrimsonandblack]

was thinking about the horrifying implications of the belief system in to be hero x, and it occurred to me that the worst possible outcome for lin ling is just... complete conversion.

in a way, it's already began. first his looks and his powers. his hair and eyes have changed. he can do ballet. he can fight and fly. and that is terrible in its own way, but at least it only stopped at outward, physical changes. it's invasive, yes, but bearable and even preferred to keep the lie going. but the latest episode showed that the change started to infect his behavior. he's more fussy. his OCD is developing. he's starting to hate being unclean, imperfect. the belief of thousands is literally changing him not only on a physical but also on a mental level.

but people believe, wholeheartedly, that lin ling is nice. so what's stopping him from becoming nice, in reality? what if he starts remembering things that haven't happened to him? he sees a restaurant, and remembers a date with xiao yueqing he never actually went to. at a familiar street corner, he remembers going to ice cream with wreck. he opens his email and starts composing an answer to a message to a boy that he's never talked to outside a staged fight.

do you think he would be scared? anxious? would he notice what is happening? he noticed the physical changes, but not the mental one until the conversation with xiao yueqing pointed it out. do you think he would realize what is going on? or would he, one day, start writing to wreck once again, start acting like nice never died at all? because to him, he didn't. lin ling took his place, completely and irreversibly.

if people only believe enough, it might become true.