Kankri Vantas

1 week ago

@grievanceCrusader[GC]

N9w, since this has apparently 6ec9me a p9int 9f s9me curi9sity, 9r at least a p9int 9f repeated insinuati9n 6y pe9ple wh9 seem t9 6elieve “pacifist” means “pers9n wh9 stands p9litely in the path 9f a mete9r and asks it t9 rec9nsider,” I w9uld like t9 clarify that yes, I did in fact participate in SGRU6, and yes, I did s9 while maintaining a principled 9pp9siti9n t9 vi9lence, lethal f9rce, c9ercive d9minati9n, and the entire tedi9us myth9l9gy that pers9nal gr9wth is 9nly authentic if it arrives carrying a weap9n and several dead underlings in a sack. #SGRU6Menti9n #PacifismMenti9n #Vi9lenceMenti9n #Pers9nalGr9wthMenti9n The first thing t9 understand is that SGRU6, like many s9-called “games,” was n9t m9rally neutral. It was a highly manipulative, crisis-driven system designed t9 reward escalati9n, weap9n use, territ9rial acquisiti9n, myth9l9gical self-imp9rtance, and the s9rt 9f adventuring 6ehavi9r which enc9urages 9therwise reas9na6le pe9ple t9 6egin saying things like “l99t dr9p” instead 9f “the remains 9f s9mething that was just alive, 9r alive-adjacent, 9r at minimum animated in a way we sh9uld pr96a6ly examine 6ef9re cele6rating.” #GameCriticism #L99tDr9pMenti9n #AnimatedLifeMenti9n #M9ralNeutrality S9, n9, I did n9t simply charge thr9ugh my planet striking everything that m9ved while sh9uting a69ut destiny, 6ecause destiny is already 9ne 9f the m9re danger9us w9rds availa6le t9 pe9ple l99king f9r permissi9n t9 st9p reflecting 9n their ch9ices. #DestinyMenti9n #Ch9iceMenti9n #Reflecti9n What I did was rely 9n evasi9n, neg9tiati9n where neg9tiati9n was even the9retically p9ssi6le, n9nlethal 96structi9n, envir9nmental redirecti9n, and, in cases where underlings presented an immediate threat t9 myself 9r 9thers, defensive acti9n carefully limited t9 the minimum necessary f9rce, th9ugh I am aware that “minimum necessary f9rce” is a phrase which can very quickly 6ec9me a little ethical trapd99r if used 6y s9me9ne with less c9mmitment t9 self-scrutiny than I pers9nally 6r9ught t9 the situati9n. #SelfDefense #N9nlethalTactics #MinimumNecessaryF9rce #EthicalTrapd99r I als9 9ccupied, whenever p9ssi6le, a supp9rt r9le. Guidance, analysis, warning, tactical de-escalati9n, res9urce distri6uti9n, em9ti9nal regulati9n, and the extremely undervalued la69r 9f telling 9ther pe9ple that perhaps they did n9t need t9 s9lve every single 96stacle 6y 6ec9ming w9rse at it until the 96stacle st9pped m9ving. #Supp9rtR9le #Deescalati9n #Em9ti9nalLa69r #TacticalGuidance Did 9thers in my sessi9n c9mmit vi9lence? Yes. 96vi9usly. I was n9t playing SGRU6 with twelve versi9ns 9f myself, which, while admittedly fascinating as a th9ught experiment and alm9st certainly catastr9phic as a practical reality, means I did n9t have unilateral c9ntr9l 9ver every acti9n taken 6y every player at every m9ment. #Sessi9nDynamics #C9llectiveResp9nsi6ility #N9tTwelveKankris #Thankfully And 6ef9re s9me9ne says that 6enefiting fr9m 9thers’ vi9lence makes me c9mplicit, yes, that is a valid c9ncern, and 9ne I have c9nsidered extensively, repeatedly, and at a length which several pe9ple have characterized unfairly as “a reas9n t9 fake 6eing asleep.” #C9mplicityMenti9n #ValidC9ncern #ExtensiveC9nsiderati9n #SleepMenti9n The answer is n9t clean. I g9t thr9ugh SGRU6 6ecause I c9mpr9mised where I 6elieved survival required it, resisted where I c9uld, 96jected pr96a6ly m9re than any9ne wanted, and refused t9 let the game c9nvince me that its rules were the same thing as ethics. #SurvivalMenti9n #C9mpr9miseMenti9n #Ethics9verRules #Pacifism