Kankri Vantas

1 week ago

@grievanceCrusader[GC]

@aeneasCaldarium asks: "vwhats y9ur take 9n seers and the vway they guide 9thers? #SeerTW #GuidanceMenti9n" Cr9nus, I am g9ing t9 d9 y9u the extra9rdinary c9urtesy 9f interpreting this as a sincere questi9n a69ut Seers, guidance, and the ethical resp9nsi6ilities inherent t9 advis9ry classpect la69r, rather than as whatever extremely damp little innuend9 is alm9st certainly lurking under the w9rd “guide,” 6ecause if I start dignifying every suggestive sylla6le y9u leave unattended in my ask69x, I will have effectively v9lunteered t9 6ec9me a municipal cleanup crew f9r y9ur pers9nality. #SeerTW #GuidanceMenti9n #Cr9nusMenti9n #N9tTakingThe96vi9us6ait N9w, as a Seer 9f 6l99d, and as s9me9ne wh9 has perhaps 6een unfairly maligned as "69ssy," "c9ndescending," "unasked f9r," "still talking," and, in 9ne especially uncharita6le instance, "a y9uth past9r f9r the elderly," I actually think the Seer's r9le is 9ften misunderst99d 6y th9se wh9 mistake guidance f9r c9mmand, c9mmand f9r care, and care f9r the right t9 rearrange 9ne an9ther's lives thr9ugh the mechanics 9f the game we shared. F9r example, with Damara, 9ur Witch 9f Time, I w9uld have guided her t9ward understanding that the p9wer t9 change a timeline is n9t the same thing as freed9m fr9m c9nsequence, and that smashing the cl9ck is 9ften 9nly a m9re dramatic way 9f admitting the cl9ck was still the center 9f the r99m. #DamaraMenti9n #Witch9fTime #C9nsequenceMenti9n #Cl9ckMenti9n @handMaid With Rufi9h, 9ur R9gue 9f 6reath, I w9uld have explained, patiently, and pr96a6ly m9re than 9nce, that "freed9m" is n9t just a sacred little w9rd and y9u cann9t just drift away fr9m 96ligati9n. #Rufi9hMenti9n #R9gue9f6reath #Freed9mMenti9n #96ligati9nMenti9n @aer9dynamicTramp With Mituna, 9ur Heir 9f D99m, I w9uld have 6een extremely careful, 6ecause D99m players are very frequently praised right up until the exact m9ment every9ne realizes they have 6een treating s9me9ne else’s suffering as a c9mmunal res9urce, and I w9uld have asked, 6ef9re every n96le sacrifice, whether it was actually n96le, actually necessary, 9r simply what every9ne f9und c9nvenient f9r him. #MitunaMenti9n #Heir9fD99m #SacrificeMenti9n #D99mTW @c9ngruentAttitude With Meulin, 9ur Mage 9f Heart, I w9uld have enc9uraged her t9 distinguish 6etween understanding s9me9ne’s feelings and rummaging ar9und in them, 6ecause em9ti9nal insight, while valua6le, is n9t a permissi9n slip t9 6ec9me the l9udest p9ssi6le cust9dian 9f an9ther pers9n’s inner life. #MeulinMenti9n #Mage9fHeart #HeartMenti9n #Em9ti9nal69undaries @amusingCaterwaul With P9rrim, 9ur Maid 9f Space, I w9uld have said, and did say in several adjacent f9rms, that nurturing life, creating space, and respecting aut9n9my are n9t interchangea6le, th9ugh I am sure she w9uld n9w claim I 9nly 96jected 6ecause she was c9rrect a69ut an entirely different issue she had n9t yet finished 6eing smug a69ut. #P9rrimMenti9n #Maid9fSpace #Aut9n9myMenti9n #PleaseD9N9tD9te @glam9r9usAuspaciar With Latula, 9ur Knight 9f Mind, I w9uld have guided her t9ward the difficult awareness that perf9rmative c9mpetence is still perf9rmance, even when it is useful. As well as guiding her metaph9rical 6lade t9wards the right ch9ices. #LatulaMenti9n #Knight9fMind #Weap9nMenti9n #MindMenti9n With Aranea, 9ur Sylph 9f Light, I w9uld have advised, very firmly, that healing thr9ugh kn9wledge is 6est applied t9 9thers rather than selfishly h9arded. Her hidden 6andages 9f truth c9uld have 6een quite helpful. #AraneaMenti9n #Sylph9fLight #Kn9wledgeMenti9n #6andageMenti9n @archivesGrip H9russ, as 9ur Page 9f V9id, required guidance 6ecause emptiness, 96scurity, and inc9mpleteness are very easy f9r 9thers t9 treat as 6lank permissi9n slips. I w9uld help him understand that 6eing undefined d9es n9t 96ligate him t9 accept the nearest availa6le 96ject 9f affecti9n t9 cl9se in 9n that deep emptiness. #H9russMenti9n #Page9fV9id #Selfh99dMenti9n #V9idMenti9n @canteringTackw9rk Kurl9z, as 9ur Prince 9f Rage, required guidance fr9m a distance that I w9uld descri6e as respectful, practical, and ideally architectural. Rage can destr9y delusi9n, yes, 6ut if mishandled it 6egins destr9ying the pers9n’s a6ility t9 6elieve in anything except the next c9mmand, the next d9ctrine, next messiah t9 step int9 their lives. It is rather difficult t9 argue thr9ugh th9se 9ddities 9f his. #Kurl9zMenti9n #Prince9fRage #6eliefMenti9n #SafeDistance #ImpliedV99d99s @taciturnTerr9r Cr9nus, as 9ur 6ard 9f H9pe, required guidance in the same sense that a leaking vessel requires s9me9ne t9 p9int 9ut that calling the h9le “part 9f the aesthetic” will n9t keep the water 9ut. I w9uld guide y9u t9ward the understanding that H9pe is n9t a jacket, a genre, a tragic r9mantic lighting effect, a pick-up strategy, a human affectati9n, 9r a p9rta6le little sp9tlight f9r illuminating y9ur w9unded p9tential whenever the c9nversati9n st9ps 6eing a69ut y9u f9r several sec9nds. #Cr9nusMenti9n #6ard9fH9pe #H9peMenti9n #PleaseActuallySitWithThat @aeneasCaldarium Meenah, as 9ur Thief 9f Life, required guidance 6ecause decisive acti9n is extremelyenah, as 9ur Thief 9f Life, required guidance 6ecause decisive acti9n is extremely impressive t9 pe9ple wh9 are frightened, tired, d99med, 9r weak-willed en9ugh t9 c9nfuse m9vement with leadership. I w9uld remind her that taking charge, taking res9urces, taking attenti9n, taking vitality, and taking the shape 9f the future int9 9ne’s 9wn hands all 6ec9me ethically du6i9us when every9ne else is t99 exhausted t9 say they did n9t v9te f9r this. #MeenahMenti9n #Thief9fLife #LeadershipMenti9n #LifeMenti9n S9 yes, I w9uld guide them. I did guide them, in the sense that I repeatedly attempted t9 guide them, which is n9t quite the same as 6eing listened t9, 6ut I refuse t9 measure the value 9f my c9ntri6uti9n 6y the willingness 9f a d9zen unsta6le myth9l9gical ad9lescents t9 accept accurate c9unsel at the m9ment it w9uld have 6een m9st useful. #GuidanceMenti9n #Sessi9nLeadership #SeerVindicati9n #PleaseReflect @cuttlefishCrusher The Seer d9es n9t swing the sw9rd. The Seer explains why the sw9rd is 6eing swung, wh9 6enefits when it is swung, what w9und every9ne is pretending it will s9lve, and why the Knight h9lding it sh9uld may6e, just may6e, st9p calling inevita6ility 6y the name 9f duty. #Sw9rdMenti9n #SeerGuidance #6l99dPlayer #AskAnswered #N9nC9nsensualTagging #N9tificati9ns #TheSeerGuidesThe6ardsQuesti9n https://d9cs.g99gle.c9m/f9rms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdC93JRPs19Xm9lW_jU7VM-hIRNvE818R9imENm-SmFL6-CiQ/viewf9rm?usp=pu6lish-edit9r