Kankri Vantas

1 week ago

@grievanceCrusader[GC]

@9newingedFudanshi asked: "Hell9! I'm an alien staying 9n 6ef9rus t9 help with s9me scientific experimentati9n. I was w9ndering if y9u had any inf9rmati9n y9u c9uld lend me a69ut pr9per s9cial etiquette I sh9uld 6e aware when r9aming ar9und the planet? If y9u need m9re inf9 a69ut my situati9n I can explain m9re in my DMs f9r privacy and safety reas9ns 030" #culturalsensitivity #Alienha6itati9n 6ef9re I actually 6egin, I w9uld like t9 make the addendum t9 n9te I wr9te this already, and f9rg9t t9 p9st it. #F9rgetfulness #ImpliedNeglect #Neglect #Retc9n #Addendum #Pr9l9gue Hell9. First 9f all, may I just say h9w deeply refreshing it is, and I d9 n9t mean refreshing in the trivial “9h, g99d, a 6reeze” sense, 6ut refreshing in the s9cially meaningful sense 9f enc9untering a pers9n fr9m an entirely different planetary and perhaps narrative framew9rk wh9 has decided, 6ef9re walking ar9und 6ef9rus like an am6ulat9ry research mishap with sh9es, t9 actually ask whether there are cultural expectati9ns they sh9uld 6e aware 9f. #CulturalSensitivity #AlienHa6itati9n #ResearchMishapMenti9n #Sh9esMenti9n N9w, 6ef9re I c9ntinue, I sh9uld discl9se that I d9 n9t kn9w nearly en9ugh a69ut Deltritus, Earth C, y9ur species, y9ur pr9ject, y9ur sp9ns9r, y9ur experimental meth9d9l9gy, y9ur h9using arrangement, y9ur 6l99d-equivalent status if applica6le, 9r whether “030” is a face, a Deltritian punctuati9n marker, 9r s9me kind 9f distress glyph, s9 any advice I give sh9uld 6e underst99d as general guidance rather than a c9mprehensive survival d9cument. #DeltritusMenti9n #EarthCMenti9n #030Menti9n #N9tC9mprehensive #PleaseD9N9tDie6ecause9fMe The first and perhaps m9st imp9rtant thing t9 understand is that 6ef9rus is n9t “nice.” It is als9 n9t “safe.” It is certainly n9t “6asically Alternia 6ut fixed,” which is the s9rt 9f remark visit9rs tend t9 make a69ut f9ur minutes 6ef9re c9ngratulating a high6l99d f9r 6eing “s9 caring” t9ward s9me9ne wh9se aut9n9my has just 6een wrapped in a 6lanket, placed 9n a shelf, and c9mplimented until it st9pped struggling. #6ef9rus #N9tAUt9pia #Aut9n9myMenti9n #6lanketMenti9n Y9u will see kindness. Y9u will see supervisi9n. Y9u will see caretaking. Y9u will see pe9ple 6eing sp9ken t9 s9ftly 6y th9se with m9re p9wer than them, and if y9u are n9t paying attenti9n, y9u may mistake the s9ftness f9r justice. Please d9 n9t d9 that. S9ftness is n9t the 9pp9site 9f c9ntr9l. S9metimes it is just c9ntr9l that has learned t9 l9wer its v9ice. #CaretakingMenti9n #S9ftnessMenti9n #C9ntr9lMenti9n #PleasePayAttenti9n D9 n9t ask strangers t9 explain their caste. D9 n9t call any9ne a “rust,” a “lime,” a “mutant,” 9r any 9ther term y9u may have picked up fr9m Alternian materials, pirate 6r9adcasts, p99rly edited guide699ks, 9r Cr9nus, which is a categ9ry 9f warning unt9 itself. D9 n9t tell l9whues they are lucky t9 6e pr9tected. D9 n9t tell high6l99ds they are gener9us f9r pr9tecting them. D9 n9t c9mpliment any9ne f9r “kn9wing their place” unless y9ur g9al is t9 6ec9me an educati9nal example. #CasteEtiquette #SpectralLanguage #Cr9nusMenti9n #Educati9nalExample Since y9u menti9ned scientific experimentati9n, and I am trying very hard n9t t9 immediately make that the entire f9cus 9f my resp9nse even th9ugh it is standing in the middle 9f the r99m wearing a hat that says “pr96a6le ethical sinkh9le,” please ask wh9 appr9ved the experiment, wh9 6enefits fr9m it, wh9 is 6eing studied, wh9 can leave, wh9 was t9ld they c9uld leave, and wh9 was t9ld the wh9le arrangement w9uld 6e “g99d f9r them,” 6ecause that phrase has excused m9re s9ft little atr9cities 9n 6ef9rus than I can summarize with9ut 9pening a sec9nd p9st. #ScientificExperimentati9n #EthicsMenti9n #C9nsent #G99dF9rThemMenti9n #Pr96a6leEthicalSinkh9le Y9u may DM me if privacy and safety are genuine c9ncerns. Please d9 n9t send me samples, classified files, 9rgans, flirtati9n disguised as field research, 9r anything still m9ving, gl9wing, whispering, 9r la6eled “pr96a6ly harmless.” #DMsC9nditi9nally9pen #PrivacyMenti9n #SafetyMenti9n #PleaseD9N9tSendSamples https://d9cs.g99gle.c9m/f9rms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdC93JRPs19Xm9lW_jU7VM-hIRNvE818R9imENm-SmFL6-CiQ/viewf9rm?usp=pu6lish-edit9r