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feredarStory: Hypocrisy
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Kellom
Warnings: Xenophobia, generalized misanthropy, Kellom being Kellom
Kellom has always known there was a strain of hypocrisy in Purist philosophy. At its core, of course, the movement is about maintaining human culture and identity, not allowing it to be corrupted by Alien beliefs or technologies. And it goes further, when done correctly, to being opposed to any sort of modification of the human form.
But Purists will get tattoos, even laced with nanotech; Purists will prolong their lives--or the lives of their relatives--with Fusion or with off-world medication; more moderate Purists will even happily take in Alien fiction, Alien drama, Alien holy books…the list goes on. And, the truth is, even Kellom, in his heart of hearts, is grateful that his brother Nellid lived, even knowing how he was saved.
Of course, that’s the most human aspect of it all, in some ways--for all humanity tries to cleave to its principles, every human movement inevitably loses its way. But once that happens, it’s up to the true believers to put it back on course. And he knows that allying with a woman like his aunt to do it might be the most hypocritical thing he’s ever done but in the end…
In the end, terrible things are always done for righteous causes. And with the future of his species at stake, there is absolutely nothing Kellom won’t consider.
When the dust settles, they’ll go back to the core truth, the core principles. Humanity always does.
Until the next generation of hypocrites takes the stage.
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Kellom
Warnings: Xenophobia, generalized misanthropy, Kellom being Kellom
Kellom has always known there was a strain of hypocrisy in Purist philosophy. At its core, of course, the movement is about maintaining human culture and identity, not allowing it to be corrupted by Alien beliefs or technologies. And it goes further, when done correctly, to being opposed to any sort of modification of the human form.
But Purists will get tattoos, even laced with nanotech; Purists will prolong their lives--or the lives of their relatives--with Fusion or with off-world medication; more moderate Purists will even happily take in Alien fiction, Alien drama, Alien holy books…the list goes on. And, the truth is, even Kellom, in his heart of hearts, is grateful that his brother Nellid lived, even knowing how he was saved.
Of course, that’s the most human aspect of it all, in some ways--for all humanity tries to cleave to its principles, every human movement inevitably loses its way. But once that happens, it’s up to the true believers to put it back on course. And he knows that allying with a woman like his aunt to do it might be the most hypocritical thing he’s ever done but in the end…
In the end, terrible things are always done for righteous causes. And with the future of his species at stake, there is absolutely nothing Kellom won’t consider.
When the dust settles, they’ll go back to the core truth, the core principles. Humanity always does.
Until the next generation of hypocrites takes the stage.