THIRTEEN ✖ VOICE

[wedonot]

[Hi Barge. Charles sounds kind of irked when he turns on the feed, which for affected people should not really be all that unfamiliar or surprising. Flood!Charles is kind of an angry, quiet but soapboxy and very anti-human guy.]

In light of recent events, I've been doing a bit of thinking about some of the worlds I've learned about here, and about how people respond when I tell them about my mutation. [Except as far as he's concerned, he does this soapboxing a lot since coming here so. This is really not out of the ordinary. Sort of.] Why should we have to hide what we're capable of for the comfort and convenience of others? Why should we be denied full use of our abilities here, by wardens or by the Admiral when he strands us in port?

We shouldn't have to be afraid of what we're capable of just because it makes other people uncomfortable, and none of us should be denied what's rightfully ours just because we're not human. [Which is coming out a little bit like a curse word. :V]

Frankly, it makes me uncomfortable to know I'm stuck here with a bunch of humans who will never be able to understand what it's like to be one of us, and instead of bothering to try, have just decided we're all a threat to their safety. All that proves to me is that you're all the same, and you wouldn't hesitate to wipe us out, and I, for one, am not willing to give you that chance.

Merlin, Morgana, you should stand up for yourselves. All of you should be willing to fight for what's rightfully ours, instead of blindly following along and hoping these Homo sapiens will realize the error of their ways.

[ooc: Charles is totally affected, and since his most defining trait is the whole KILLING WILL NOT BRING YOU PEACE thing he is now PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION. Meaning he is basically Erik this weekend and I'm not sure why he's a warden still >>; and will be apologizing like crazy when all this is over. :C]

Comments

[timesbureaucrat]

[Flood Narvin does not try to repress. So what might have been a small rant, or a repressed rant, or a private rant, is instead a large public rant.]

Hearing you talk about the trials of living among humans is a bit rich. Once an ape, always an ape. And the people you address--Merlin, Morgana--more humans. Did you even once stop to think how the real nonhumans feel around here? While you worry about your powers being taken away, I have my entire biology rearranged, my organs ripped out. While you fret about being a misunderstood outcast, not once not once has the Admiral even so much as acknowledged my planets' existence. How many Gallifrey ports have their been compared to Earth ports? How many Gallifreyan holidays celebrated? Everything from the calendar to the standard language is Terran. Your native culture.

So cry me a river, human.

[wedonot]

Yes, how difficult it must be for you all to be temporarily removed from your own home culture, where you're accepted for what you are and don't face constant persecution from your friends and neighbors.

If you're that upset about the Admiral's policies, try doing something about it instead of turning your frustrations on me. Celebrate a Gallifreyan holiday, educate us about your culture. Or go home.

[timesbureaucrat]

You know nothing about the intergalactic politics at work and the hostility Gallifreyans face in the temporal community. We have been the victims of multiple terrorist attacks and unprovoked invasions. My entire race was nearly wiped out because of their hatred for us. So don't lecture at me about how safe I am at home.

[wedonot]

I still don't see how lack of Gallifreyan traditions on board the ship is my fault. Take some initiative, for God's sake, don't just whine about how difficult it is for you because my race has similar issues.

[timesbureaucrat]

My issue is with you claiming the nonhuman plight as your own, then failing to address any actual nonhumans.

[wedonot]

I'm not a human. And if you were paying attention, I was mentioning recent events? Unless you were somehow involved with Arthur and Morgana's little scuffle. I wasn't aware it concerned you.

[timesbureaucrat]

Don't delude yourself. A subspecies, perhaps, but still human. When all mutants are incapable of breeding with Homo sapiens without scientific intervention, then I might accept a new species classification. Until then, I'm not impressed with a few minor genetic variations.

And why single those two out in your anti-human screed? There have been actual nonhumans who have faced discrimination recently, too.

What I see is the same millennia-old story of humans oppressing humans, and you trying to dress it up as something it isn't while ignoring or dismissing those who are truly nonhuman.

[wedonot]

And what I see is an embittered man looking so desperately to find prejudice against his own people that he'll see it in anything, without fully understanding the context of the original complaint.

Would you like me to add in something about the vampire and werewolf issue? I thought Angua had covered it quite nicely. If you were in the mood to tell me a bit more about the issues Gallifreyans face, I'd be happy to try doing something about that, too.

[timesbureaucrat]

I am not embittered. [Oh, Narvin, you are the embitteredest.] Nor do I look for prejudice against my people. I simply can't abide apes like you absurdly claiming to be some sort of minority species on this ship.

[wedonot]

I still suggest you should do something about it. I even offered to assist you. But apparently, taking out your frustration on me is the better use of your time.

[timesbureaucrat]

Because right now you are the thing that's frustrating me.

[wedonot]

Happy as always to provide some entertainment.

[strangehistorian]

Exactly. Do you know my true form can't even go through the doors here? And people wonder what race the Admiral is.