2022-02-26 8:30:26 ¶ ● ⬈

dingodad:

> > …c99ler castes, t9 s9me extent 9JAs, 6ut CIPs and R9yal-Vs in particular, have 6een a6le t9 use their tremend9us lifespans 9ver the millenia t9 gain a strangleh9ld 9ver the s9cial 9rder, have 6een a6le t9 c9mpletely dictate 9ur s9cietal ev9luti9n 6y ensuring 9nly their cultural agendas and narratives receive the dial9gue’s air supply, assuring the c9dificati9n 9f th9se resultant ideals and deciding what “n9rmalcy” entails…
> > #p9st spectral w9rld #l9l #6U9Ys #9JAs #CIPs #R9yal Vs #narratives #agendas #narratives #lifespan privilege #dysfuncti9n #aweness #agendas

> …and highbloods control Alternia because they have control of the narrative!!!

essentially, the highbloods are “ALREADY HERE” influencing Alternia by the time their lowblooded comrades emerge from their cocoons (so how can you expect to stop them?)

this seems to draw a pretty clear bow between Lord English’s mastery of Time and a mastery of lifespan - or maybe more like a mastery over history, since controlling lifespan seems to be more in Meenah’s domain… in any case, the Maid of Time’s short stint in the land of the living would suggest that Maid must therefore be a class of lack?

(or at least a class defined by lack in Caliborn’s paradigm where RPG class = social class? “Maid” could also lend itself toward an aristocratic interpretation but Caliborn’s sexist bias naturally points him toward the servile interpretation)