Play the Pike
Malum Necessarium
The pike does not ask for permission. It does not justify its hunger. It does not apologize for its teeth.
It becomes. I. The Pike
The pike (Esox lucius) is not cruel. It is precise. Born into still waters, it learns early: stagnation is death. It survives not by comfort, but by clarity. Every movement is a decision. Every hesitation is punished.
The pike is the image of ultimate evolution: not moral, not sentimental, but awake. II. Malum Necessarium — The Necessary Evil
Growth demands destruction. Within every person live weak thoughts:
habits that decay, beliefs inherited without choice, fears disguised
as virtues.
These thoughts rot the waters. To spare them is to betray yourself. To destroy them is not cruelty — it is hygiene.
Malum Necessarium is the courage to do what feels wrong but is deeply right: to kill the small, sick, and timid ideas that feed on your potential. III. Against the Comfort of the Herd
The herd seeks safety. The pike seeks depth.
The herd calls hesitation wisdom. The pike knows that endless reflection is cowardice.
To Play the Pike is to reject borrowed values. To stop asking “Is this allowed?” and begin asking “Is this mine?”
Nietzsche did not offer comfort. Nor do we. IV. Becoming Teeth
You are not here to remain harmless.
You are here to sharpen your instincts, to choose decisively, to act
before certainty anesthetizes you.
Play the Pike means: - choosing direction over approval
- risk over stagnation
- self-overcoming over self-protection
V. The Game
This is not a doctrine. This is a practice.
Each day presents prey: - a fear to confront,
- a lie to abandon,
- a safe path to refuse.
VI. The Affirmation
We affirm life in its tension. We affirm becoming over being. We affirm the necessity of destruction in service of creation. We do not promise happiness. We promise intensity.