#Hierarchy of beings

[awetfrog]

channeling positive energy for this 7/x/24

[sengamedurajesh]

Hierarchy of Living Beings

Hierarchy of Living Beings

Quite often growing up in ‘modern’ world where science has very strongly influenced me, I had few basic questions like – why one should not eat meat? If one has to eat non-vegetarian then is there a hierarchy of beings? And, most importantly, aren’t plants ‘living’ beings! If they are, then ‘eating’ them is much worse a sin than eating meat of a dead animal or bird. I found the answer in the…

[ineffablyneat]

something about cats and rabbits

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are plottinggggg

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[hephaestuscrew]

I'm sure Minkowski never forgot that Cutter was the first person ever to call her Commander. After recruiting her in Once in A Lifetime, he starts to call her Lieutenant, then breaks into laughter, before correcting himself: "What am I saying? Commander Minkowski." He draws attention to himself granting that title, stressing its significance. By initially calling her by a lower ranking, then conspicuously correcting himself, Cutter emphasises that he's the one granting her that title. Right at the beginning of Minkowski's employment with Goddard Futuristics, Cutter plants the seed for his line in the finale: "People cared about you because of what I made you: A soldier. A leader. A commander. I gave you that, and now? I taketh away."

And he does take it away. Cutter makes a point of calling her Commander in that first meeting, but he hardly ever calls Minkowski Commander after that. He almost always calls her Renée. He makes the point in that first interaction that he has the authority to grant her that title, and then in every subsequent interaction he tries to make the point that she doesn't have command over him. Having called her Commander once makes every time he doesn't call her by her title seem more deliberate. It's not that he never uses titles - it's that he uses them selectively. He gives her a taste of that sense of authority, but he doesn't want her to feel worthy of it.

In the liveshow, he cuts her off by shouting "I AM SPEAKING, LIEUTENANT!". Minkowski is the Commander of the Hephaestus in official terms at this point and Cutter even refers to her as "a mission commander" later in the same episode. So there is a deliberate malice to Cutter calling Minkowski Lieutenant here. Not only does it emphasise the use of authority structures as a means for control and the abandonment of first-name-basis false friendliness, calling her by another title makes his choice not to call her Commander even more explicit, denying her that authority.

Apart from when he recruits her, the only other time I can think of when Cutter directly calls Minkowski Commander is in Ep60, when he lays out his offer to let Minkowski leave on the Sol: "How does that sound to you, Commander?" Again, calling her Commander is a kind of power play, an attempt at manipulation, highlighting the sense of responsibility that motivates so many of Minkowski's actions. Cutter is prompting her to ask the question she would be asking herself anyway: what choice would a good Commander make? Just as he did when he recruited her, Cutter offers Minkowski something she desperately wants, and the use of her title here only draws attention to the idea that Cutter is the one with the power, choosing what to give her.

[aspiringjester]

i relate to yue qingyuan bc i too am fundamentally hardwired to act like a sobbing wet kicked puppy around shen jiu and pitifully crawl away when he insults me and demands i leave and then drag my sopping wet pathetic self back for more time and time again and maybe this time he'll even hit me with his fan--

[aro-in-danyl]

Helluva ships - featuring Radioapple

Mammon does in fact tattle to Lucifer about Asmodeus and Fizz's relationship. Let's say the Helluva timeline lines up with Lucifer and Alastor getting closer sometime after season 1.

Lucifer doesn't know why Mammon bothered, even if Lucifer didn't have whatever was going on between him and Al -- he still wouldn't give a fuck. And he'd give even less of a fuck considering Mammon was still committing copyright infringement for his park, the audacity of that man was astronomical.

Still, Mammon calls a meeting to spill the tea because even he knows Lucifer is a hermit who does not keep up with the drama of Hell's so-called elite.

Asmosdeus finds out and therefore Blitzø finds out. So they all crash the meeting to give Mammon what-for. Fizz and Blitzø because they've never met Lucifer and think he's going to be pissed. Moxxie and Millie because Blitzø lied about where they were going and refused to let them leave. Stolas for moral support (and he's also never met the King, sue him, he's excited despite the circumstance) and Ozzie because he couldn't stop them so he might as well join them.

Following multiple very unnecessary pit-stops and shenanigans, they finally arrive at the palace---and it's too late.

Alastor has already kicked Mammon out and now he and Lucifer are doing paperwork, gossiping, and fighting over the (according to Alastor) tacky interior design of the palace.

The Helluva gang bust in (Blitzø is on a horse for some reason, he's very happy about this) and it's very anti-climatic.

Asmodeus: so you...don't care that I'm in love with an imp?

Lucifer, dad mode: You're in love? I'm so proud of you!

Blitzø: Just to be clear, I'm fucking this bird, there's nothing you can do about it

Lucifer: Okay??

Alastor: Darling, they think you care about hell's hierarchy

Lucifer: Oh! Yeah, uh-no. That'd be pretty hypocritical of me considering [gestures to Alastor]

The Helluva crew leave the palace once Lucifer and Alastor start bickering again looking like they've escaped a hurricane, wondering if they should be sending the King of Hell a 'Congratz on the Divorce' card.

Moxxie: ...does this mean we have two Kings now?

[aalghul]

to me, tim and duke occupy a similar position in the batfamily where they're clearly not (or previously weren't, in tim's case) bruce's sons but also clearly have a connection to bruce's children that separates them from barb, steph, helena, jean paul, etc. none of the latter three are dick's siblings, but tim nearly always has been, and then he's cass' too. even if he hadn't been adopted, this would be true. duke is jason's brother, and is implied to have a sibling relationship with cass and damian, and has even shown up in tim's picture of his brothers. this is not changed by the fact that duke should never be adopted.

[wishesofeternity]

My problem with The Dragon Prince is that while it preaches about "breaking the cycle" and "choosing love", it repeatedly does so in a way that echoes the age-old idea of telling victims to passively accept their lot in life and the injustices inflicted upon them while their perpetrators never have to acknowledge their wrongs or face consequences for their actions. This is the kind of narrative they follow on both a personal and systematic axis, and it's exactly why the show will always frustrate me.

[distressed-bird]

it is important that Parkour Civilization 2 is about yaoi and trust instead of classism and systematic oppression because Parkour Civilization 1 can not only be an example of the pitfalls of a rigged meritocracy but also an example of a society that has forgone the need for community, and connection and the sequel thus allows for the rediscovery and reintroduction of community and connection that will lead to a restored-to-sustainability meritocracy

[aro-culture-is]

aromantic culture is understanding that just because platonic and romantic relationships can be/are different (and that can be a good thing!), that doesn't mean your friends are less important... and your alloromantic friends not understanding that distinction and getting mad when you point out that that's how they treat you vs. their partner

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[daily-hanamura]

[beanghostprincess]

I believe everybody who thinks Zoro isn't the first mate because Luffy sees every member of the crew equally should rethink what the role actually means. It isn't confirmed verbally but it is obvious Zoro accomplishes everything a first mate should do, and even if Luffy himself hasn't said it, if you told him what being a first mate is he would instantly, with no hesitation, mention Zoro. But it wouldn't be putting him first and before the others. It would be a simple statement of "oh! He's my first mate the same way Nami is my navigator and Sanji is my cook and-" because all of them are important to him but obviously have different roles within the crew.

To say a first mate is about hierarchy is just not true because Luffy himself doesn't even have a crew based on hierarchy. It isn't even big enough for that to happen. And he is the captain in the sense of inspiring everyone around him and starting the crew, the rest of them following him because they want to, but he is not an average captain and a lot of characteristics of his role are accomplished by other members of the crew.

Because after all, putting roles aside, they're a family and nobody is above anybody. There's nobody more or less important to Luffy because losing anyone would break the stability within him and the crew, because they are not only fulfilling a role, but helping with other doings and with Luffy's specifically. Zoro is the first mate in the sense that he's the one Luffy relies on the most when it comes to protecting the whole crew. Zoro is the first mate in the sense that he takes the hard decisions when Luffy can't. Zoro is the first mate in the sense that he guides Luffy to the proper path of being a captain. And everybody does a little bit of that, but Zoro's whole persona is basically devoted to that one role, and having roles in a crew doesn't mean somebody is less or more important, but that they're good at that one thing and Luffy acknowledges people's different strengths. Luffy's love for his crew isn't reflected in the strawhats' roles.

So "Zoro is the first mate" and "Luffy sees everybody as equals" are two statements that can and do coexist.

[lyssq]

If I had a penny for every book about a boy of noble birth who watched his whole family be killed in front of him and narrowly avoided death himself, ran away and hid in an orphanage before someone unaware of his true identity recruits him into the regime that murdered his family (said regime presents the idea of everyone being equal while in reality being deeply flawed) and now has to work alongside people who would likely kill him if they knew who he really was, I’d have two pennies, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[one-bunny-a-day]

21/10/2023

[addithegaycowboy]

Lemme just tell you right the fuck now black people, specifically black afabs are not tme. We just aren't. Because transphobia, transmisogyny, misogyny, and racism go hand and hand.

Black people who are perceived as female have to present in hyperfeminine ways to avoid masculinization and to be accepted as women, the same way trans women do.

Black women have to make themselves look socially docile and take so much abuse just so people don't attack them due to being perceived as aggressive (which is tied to the social concept of masculinity) bc again, transphobia and racism go hand and hand.

If a black woman is perceived as "aggressive" she'll be faced with having similar stereotypes of violence and aggression pushed on her the same way trans women do. Some people even go so far as to say an aggressive black woman is no better than a man.

Transmisogyny doesn't just function on the basis of a transphobe 100% knowing you're trans. If they did transvestigators wouldn't be a thing, and if you haven't noticed the features transvestigators like to call out the most are features strongly associated with black women and black people in general.

Transmisogyny functions on the basis of if you adhere to eurocentric standards of femininity as closely as possible and if you stray from that in any way you're perceived as a threat to white womanhood.