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fizzyghosts · 1 month

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Hywel is inspired by a mix of my issues with stories with nonhuman protagonist/about nonhumans becoming human AND vet posts ive seen warning people about the dangers of anthropomorphisizing animals. Its fine to joke about your pets doing things out of spite or other human emotions, it does put you at risk of not being able to read their body language correctly. Cats dont cry out of sadness, a cat crying, with actual tears streaming down its face, is a sign of a medical issue. A dog smiling isn't doing it bc its happy, it means its nervous. Not being able to spot these is bad, and sometimes even dangerous, for you and the animal.

If you never get past Hywel's human appearance and treat him like one its like getting a reactive dog, doing zero research or training, and then taking it to a dog park. If Hywel mauls someone in town then its on you.

#hywel struggles a lot with good vs bad things specifically #he makes decisions based on what makes him feel good or bad (like most people) but #if you explain something being bad to him using emotional reasons (it makes you a bad person‚ its an awful thing to do‚ its gross)#he genuinely will not get it #he'll try to stop! just bc he was told to stop! but he doesn't know how to apply it to other situations #murder for example #he's immortal death doesnt have the same meaning to him #and he doesn't particularly care about people outside of arisen #they're entertaining he finds them fun. they're critters to him #but he's not bothered by them dying #arisen dying is bad bc it means he failed his charge. he cant die. regular people dying? eh whatever #so he doesn't really get why murder is bad #if ur in vernsworth and tell him no then he'll be like i dont understand but ok!!#its only bad in vernsworth bc thats where you said no at!! everywhere else is fine !#he's not trying to find loopholes!!! he genuinely doesn't get it and is doing his best to work with what he's given!!!#his way of thinking is p straightforward and logical though #so you have to explain stuff by how it effects him and how the cons of doing it outweigh the benefits #hywel u cant murder people you dont like bc if we allowed that people would kill merchants and then you couldn't buy stuff #anyway bonus scifi au stuff while im here #hywel would remember the time loops and would do whatever it takes to keep the crew safe #but the thing is. cosmic horror hywel doesn't really understand time or how the loops are fucking people up #he knows the false dawn losing its crew was bad. he doesn't understand WHY its bad‚ but he knows it is #and he loves this crew! theyre funny and some of them are fun to chew on. enrichment.#he's gonna do whateve it takes to keep this crew safe and together. on the ship. y'know‚‚‚ bc the other ship losing its crew was bad #restarting a loop means nothing to him. yeah he's gotta start over with his friendships but thats fun! enrichment!#hes a creature time means nothing to him #beginning of the loop all his friends are here :^) he's completely unaware of how its negatively effecting people #anyway i cannot stress enough he isn't doing this to be malicious he's just doing his best #someone would absolutely realize he was doing this early on and if you tell him to stop he will #but yeah better hope you can explain why he cant do that well enough or hywels gonna unintentionally find every loophole

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