Scrapyard Station: Shapeshifting
May. 29th, 2024 07:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feotakahariThe Guardians are new to having an independent culture. They have no old traditions passed down from before slavery, because they were enslaved as soon as they were made. They could create stories and jokes to share with a small group, but their movements were too restricted for an idea to spread in a wide area. There are a lot of things they still have no consensus on, and one of the most important is shapeshifting.
Some Guardians love shapeshifting. They're free from the limitations of a single body and a single way of life.
Some Guardians hate shapeshifting, because it was another way the Engineers forced them to be whatever was needed. But they can't embrace their natural form, because their ratlike default was also made by the Engineers. They want to find a form that's uniquely Guardian, something they can point to and say "This is us, not what the Engineers meant us to be." It's still unclear what form that would be.
Some Guardians don't care about shapeshifting. None of their forms are really "them," so each form is just as much "them" as any other. What matters is their minds, not their bodies.
Wherever their culture ultimately goes, there will always be young Guardians who sneak away from the group and shapeshift together, entwining their forms around each other. It's too tempting and too rewarding to abandon completely.
Some Guardians love shapeshifting. They're free from the limitations of a single body and a single way of life.
Some Guardians hate shapeshifting, because it was another way the Engineers forced them to be whatever was needed. But they can't embrace their natural form, because their ratlike default was also made by the Engineers. They want to find a form that's uniquely Guardian, something they can point to and say "This is us, not what the Engineers meant us to be." It's still unclear what form that would be.
Some Guardians don't care about shapeshifting. None of their forms are really "them," so each form is just as much "them" as any other. What matters is their minds, not their bodies.
Wherever their culture ultimately goes, there will always be young Guardians who sneak away from the group and shapeshift together, entwining their forms around each other. It's too tempting and too rewarding to abandon completely.
