What do you think is the strongest emotion in human?

[Deleted member 84247]

In human, I don't know? Fear. In Vampire it's Envy.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

Love.

 

[GlassRose]

What do mean it's only me?

Oh not only you, just that the others are more common. I would personally choose dragon over any of the ones I mentioned, but ultimately I believe demon suits me even more than dragon. Though given the choice, it's ultimately hard to say which I would choose, and it highly depends on the lore of both.

In human, I don't know? Fear. In Vampire it's Envy.

Idk, lots of vampires' fatal flaw seems to be hubris, aka pride.

Naturally, the ones that are directly responsible for the survival and propagation of the human race will be the strongest, emotions exist to incentivise useful behaviors. The primary ones are fear, aggression, and lust. Fear, to escape danger. Aggression, to eliminate danger and seize resources, and lust, to create the next generation. If you consider hunger and thirst (and tiredness) as emotions (I don't, but an argument could be made), then those would also probably be among the strongest as well, if not definitively.

Loneliness and love (of all it's different varieties, romantic, platonic, familial, communal, etc) are contenders for the title as well, and they come in a set. They are meant to incentivise communities sticking together, which is beneficial for survival via passing on knowledge, allowing young to be raised in a safe environment (and sometimes inciting self-sacrifice for the sake of those young, who carry the future of the race), and supporting members while incapacitated and temporarily unable to gather food (or perform other tasks) due to injury, disease, or pregnancy.

Happiness and sadness are both auxiliary, they apply widely to many different aspects of life, which is a different kind of strength, but they mostly exist to encourage and discourage behaviors passively, rather than incite direct action.

Guilt and shame and embarrassment are important for maintaining the tribe by punishing behaviors that could be problematic to it as a whole and ensuring that no one acts to out-of-place so as to maintain tighter bonds between members.

I could go on. Ultimately it's pretty fallacious to try and put any one emotion above the others, they all serve vital purposes. And which one is a more powerful motivator/driving force depends heavily on the individual.

Idk about that, a lot of people would rather be catgirls. Puppygirls and foxgirls are also pretty popular.

I think the emotion that usually has the most influence on our actions is actually pride. However, it's not really the strongest, even if it has the most influence. Love is definitely a strong contender, as it is supported by a biological imperative. It also gives us motivation, which is further enhanced by social recognition, and culturally, we are conditioned to believe that it is the strongest emotion. However, I would argue that love can be trumped by despair. People who experience true despair can lose the will to procreate and love. Some even lose the will to eat, and, most importantly, people may choose to die rather than endure despair any longer. Despair overshadows any other emotion and biological instinct so i would consider it the strongest.

Since despair is being talked about, figure I'd throw my hat in the ring.

Despair is to motivate individuals who can no longer contribute to off themselves so they don't use up resources others need, or otherwise sacrifice themselves for others. Like if a hunter lost their limbs and can't hunt anymore, thus becoming a drain on the tribe. The thing is, despair only trumps other emotions situationally. Because it motivates an individual to off themselves, it has checks and balances to prevent it from going off unnecessarily. Namely, hope. To prevent despair from say, an illness, causing someone to immediately off themselves, when they still have the chance to get better. And also, to motivate individuals to find new uses for themselves in the community. That hunter that can no longer hunt, may still find a use in the raising or teaching of children, for example.

Society has just changed a lot very quickly from how it used to be, and our biology hasn't completely had time to catch up, so now despair is coming from different sources, ones that we often can't see ourselves fixing, thus reducing the effectiveness of things like hope, which hasn't yet been able to completely adapt itself. But it's still around and does counteract a lot of despair, just not all of it. Despair is also stronger because we're not stimulated in the ways we are meant to find satisfying, so we have less of the influence of things like happiness that fly under the radar and reduce despair's strength. Look up zoochosis, and the theory that it's common in humans in our society.

There's also mental disorders that cause imbalances in the production of chemicals in our brain with the end result being depression, again strengthening despair.

Ultimately, I don't believe despair is naturally the strongest emotion, I think our society is one that wears down at the natural checks and balances on despair, which results in it ballooning up in strength past what it should be.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Idk, lots of vampires' fatal flaw seems to be hubris, aka pride.

Don't speak of vampires like you are one! Hmph.

 

[GlassRose]

Don't speak of vampires like you are one! Hmph.

Less the perspective of a vampire, and more, someone who has seen vampires defeated.

Perhaps that's a biased pool though, and vampires that are prideful are more likely to be defeated than envious ones, resulting in a skewed statistic.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Less the perspective of a vampire, and more, someone who has seen vampires defeated.

Perhaps that's a biased pool though, and vampires that are prideful are more likely to be defeated than envious ones, resulting in a skewed statistic.

Have you ever seen me defeated? (Hint: it never happened.)

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Have you ever seen me defeated? (Hint: it never happened.)

 

[AnonUnlimited]

Have you ever seen me defeated? (Hint: it never happened.)

Uh… no comment. I will protect your secret.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

The full bending of reality to keep you from bitch slapping someone who deserves it.

 

[mme.cube]

Such a great question! According to psychologist Dr. K, he says that: "Shame is the raid boss of emotions." Because everything is apparently pushed aside in face of things like cringe and guilt and shame. It's a very strong motivator for change.

Another thing is that in street interviews when elderly folk are asked what their greatest piece of advice for the youngsters of today is, many of them say that people should strive to not wrong others. They say that the only things they linger on in their old age are all the ways they feel shame about how they have acted in their youth.

Shame apparently is a big thing to lots of peoples. hm. weird.

 

[Rezcore]

Love. Because I believe that hatred can only come from love

 

[owotrucked]

Such a great question! According to psychologist Dr. K, he says that: "Shame is the raid boss of emotions." Because everything is apparently pushed aside in face of things like cringe and guilt and shame. It's a very strong motivator for change.

As an unsocial person, I'd tell you that shame is too subjective, too directed towards the goal of socialization, and too dependent on the witness.
Only someone who is deeply embedded in some sort of community would value and need shame.

 

[Pixytokisaki14]

Its two for me. Anger and Determination.

The first one can be summed up in one quote.

"There are three things wise men fear. The sea in a storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentleman."

For the second one. It's really simple. If one focuses on the goal and nothing but. They become a dangerous entity that even god himself would fear. Example? John Wick

 

[Navillus]

Belief