#and so these particular lynx and eagle groups ended up allying with then joining because of the benefits aurochs promised them

[softsoup642]

thinking more about the social dynamics of this world (furry earth of whatever i’m calling it).. not only is there the predator-prey dynamic, but also the dynamics both predator and prey people have with preyed-upon herbivores (not granted sympathy for (once) eating people, or if they are the ones they (once) preyed upon, seen as dangerous), and with people who were or are their predators (they would likely be seen as food or as lesser by their predators, and so they would fear them, and even if they are not eaten by them currently, there would still likely be that fear). there are also herbivores who were hardly preyed upon, like aurochs or rhinos, and their relationship with often preyed-upon fellow herbivores, and prey in general. they cannot exactly relate to the struggles of the rest of the herbivores, y’know? i’m not too sure how well i explained all of this, but, yeh. the point is, there are lots of different possible social dynamics with a world where the people are anthropomorphic animals.

[softsoup642]

regarding the tags on my last post, which read: there's this auroch-boar-lynx-eagle society based around strength. its kind of like furry sparta. and this is my first example i've created of an inter-diet society and the way this particular one works is that the carnivores who joined have a mutual respect (and fear which really is what caused the respect) of the aurochs, and so these particular lynx and eagle groups ended up allying with then joining because of the benefits aurochs promised them, like food (fish, bugs, and prisoners of war) and POWER. there's this cultural philosophy that these carnivores were convinced of about rather than it being about predator and prey, it was the strong and the weak. and aurochs, boars, lynxes, and eagles were the strong, while chamois and foxes and such were the weak ones. i shall connect this to the ‘tender is the flesh’ moment i spoke of in another recent post. so, this auroch-boar-lynx-eagle society are speciesist against all species they deem to be physically weak, right? this civilisation grew and grew and when invading some weird insular wolf nation they discovered people farms, where they farmed people, for meat, fur, and milk.. the people in question were a selectively bred species descendant from the powerful auroch (cows they were cows this is how i explain cows.) basically what happened was centuries ago this group of iberian wolves stole children from aurochs in secret, children who were presumed missing and/or eaten by predators. these cows were raised and bred to be products. i will get into a bit of detail here under the cut. CONTENT WARNING: abuse, including s/a. basically, think about what goes on in factory farms (except with the injection of hormones only because this civilisation did not have the technology) except now make the cows sentient and anthropomorphic and you get the gist.

everyone was kept in very small, separate stables and they were monitored and punished for suspicious activity, like trying to break out or communicate with each other. if one was particularly unruly, they were tied down. the stables were small as hell anyway so it isn't like they lost much here is the worst part: female cows were forcefully inseminated with the genetic material of a male (that she was not related to, usually, they had things to keep track of this.) if the cow did not manage to purposefully kill her offspring before it was born (hmmm i wonder why she would do that hmmm it caaan't be because she is sentient and does not want to subject another being to her same fate) then when it was born, it was taken away from her. when she could no longer be impregnated over and over again, she was killed for meat. if they were a male, he would be rasied to have his sperm taken and then killed for meat. they were usually used and killed before they turned 20.