A Cautionary Tale of A Crossroads

[AuthorReborn]

This is a tale of diverging paths.

This is a tale of two who were nearly the same in every respect, but later diverged into two entirely different beings.

It all began on the East Coast of the United States of America.

Both he and I were born there. Our families followed the same religion and both held similar values to heart. We both had similar traits: brown hair, brown eyes, fair complexion. We were both so similar in every regard, with both of us being into Pokemon, Star Wars, cooking, and all sorts of nerdilicious endeavors. We were both somewhat loners back then, and up until recently, this was the rule for both of us.

Everything changed when we both later moved out west independently of one another to the eternal blizzard some refer to as "Wyoming." Here, we were completely alone in all social encounters and did not even know that the other existed for several years, until our paths converged. The point where we truly met and learned of each other and our similarities was approximately two years ago, and was at our introduction to the (somewhat obscure) activity referred to as either "Speech and Debate" or "Forensics."

From here, two mirrored personalities and beings began to split.

I became a champion of change, a paragon of honor and kindness, and a sentinel of unrelenting passion, who, when tread upon, would unleash the bound fury of Hell's flames through the flickering tendrils of logic and passion fused into fluid, brisk, and smoldering tendrils through the immortal authority of words. I became outgoing and friendly, a comforter to all and a shoulder to cry upon.

He became the opposite.

He became an antagonist of the minority, a perpetuation of a stereotype, and a bastion of unrelenting, stubborn, stupidity and he became uncensored, allowing every rude and crude thought to escape his lips with no thought of the consequence, nor respect towards those who may become offended by his phrase. He became a beacon of darkness in a bright day, a leech who sucked the joy out of others with jagged words which cut and left caustic marks.

Let this be a warning to all: regardless of how similar you and another may seem, there may come a day where your interests and indeed your intents may diverge. And if that day arrives, you must be prepared to take a stand for your beliefs and go head to head with that individual. Do not go gently. Despite how dark and pessimistic it may seem, be prepared for a divergence.

[Monochrome_Complex]

How sad, but have you told him how you felt about his change? Have you noticed anything that may have lead to that change, such as family issues or personal depression? From your description I'm guessing he's turned into a white supremacist or something.