#double moral

[fuersiie]

“This is also the message of classic horror: if the monster learns appropriate restraint, it becomes an angel.”

- Kirk J. Schneider, Horror and the Holy: Wisdom-Teachings of the Monster Tale.

[ladyorlandodream]

THIS

[spicylove4ever]

Double standars with angels in Netflix’s Lucifer

...and to be honest, this kind of double standars fit in more situations.

So, today, we’re gonna discuss how are people who are “holly”, or at least they think they are, and why are they the one of the least kind people you want to have around. And Lucifer, the tv series, shows it pretty great.

Let’s start with Uriel.

We first met this guy by threatening Chloe’s life. Then it turned out to be all on his own, not by his dad’s commands, so he straight threatened a innocent soul in order to blackmail Lucifer so he could kill his own mother. 

And that’s an angel. It is known too that Uriel is one of the warrior-like among them, but those morals... 

And that’s not even the end of it. Remember the actitude he had with Maze? While Amenadiel was like “those are Lucifer’s minions, who are dark things and corrupt and all that but had their purpose, since they torture the bad ones in hell and at least not beyond reason”, Uriel is straight:

We also have Remiel:

She seemed to be more friendly and kind of listens to her old brother (unlike the Uriel), but let me remind you that this one, even if she didn’t want to kill her to-be-born nephew, she had no second thoughts into killing the mother to kidnap him. And Amenadiel had to be the one to softhen her intentions so Linda wouldn’t get killed, but still had the intention to cut her down to steal the baby when it wasn’t even born (and most likely, be killed in the process, both baby and mother).

She didn’t give any shit for a life of a woman who, as far as she knows, had slept with one of her brothers.

I mean, in this show, we saw demons, who were supposed to be the nastiests among their own kind, to cool down milk for the same baby so it wasn’t too hot, and use basic skills to babysit. 

Azrael is a cinnamon roll, and she is clumpsy with people, but seems like she knows how to deal with humans, so she doesn’t belong to this post. Let’s skip her.

First season Amenadiel:

Let’s see, he had a bit of compassion, and he had polite conversations with humans like Chloe and Linda, but he had no remorse to use any of them as pawns even if they could get hurt (well, just Linda), the Wing’s scam that resulted in a person’s death, and all of that with Malcom Graham.

Well, pretty bad, but he is the one who less complains I have for, since he was the one who put the rule of “No killing humans”, so he’s not the worst. At all.

Aaaaaaand the icing on the cake:

Let’s recall:

Usurped Lucifer’s name because he couldn’t stand he had any tiny positive thing in his life. (childish envy tantrum number 1)

He tried to take over Lucifer’s life because he grow a hot spot for Chloe and had no trouble lying to her.

Straight told Chloe about being a miracle to wreck her heart because she was pissed at him and told him Lucifer was good for her and he was the bad one. (childish tantrum 2)

Used his “worst fear” mojo in Linda to made her be so focused in that so she wouldn’t notice he’s not Lucifer.

Threatened his nephew’s safety.

Manipulated Maze to turn her into his minion so she could watch his back with the other brothers.

Tricked Dan with the crap of “Lucifer is a menace to the world” so Dan would shoot Lucifer and to make him find out Lucifer is the Devil.

There’s a chance he scared at some point Charlie to stress him out (which would be the reason Charlie was crying all the time) so he get a fever. 

HE KIDNAPPED CHLOE AND PUT CRAP IN HER HEAD.

Manipulated Amenadiel’s fatherly fears to be able to beat him down because Amenadiel told him “your worst fear is that Lucifer is still better than you” (childish tantrum 3).

This guy is one of the most popular angels and he gets tons of prayers for protection. He, who gives a fuck about anyone, even his own family, is a compulsive LIAR, and is basically humanity thinks the Devil is. Also, he even said that “I do what I want” (chapter 1 of Season 5, when Amenadiel told him he found out it was him).

Friendly reminder this guy’s name means “He who is like God”.

So, what do we have here, and what these guys have in common? And why, if they are such.... I can’t even find a word  they don’t have the Devil features their brother Lucifer has?

There’s a simple answer: they simply believe they are above everything, that they’re holly.

Allow me to explain why this is something that makes someone dangerous. 

If someone thinks they’re above the others, they won’t find any reason to not use, harm, and do anything to those who find less than them. Think of what you are able to do to an insect.  And, if someone thinks they’re the embodiment of virtue, they’ll believe all they do is right. So, NO MERCY, NOT REGRET, because they’re supposed to not make mistakes; everything they do is right... according to them.

And this happens not just on Lucifer! In Bones, there was this woman who believed (she was in a madhouse) that she was an angel.

(yeah, I used her creppiest stare on purpose)

To sum up what she was, she thought her deed of killing a guy with horns who believed he was a demon (he was just crazy, he was a nice tormented guy who didn’t harm anybody), because, even if he hadn’t done anything wrong, he was a demon and had to be killed, and she saw nothing bad on it. Nothing.

You want another example? Let’s go!

Even if you don’t know who the hell is this, it’s self-explanatory.

Lucifer, on the other side, who believed he was evil, he was someone who cared, who empatised with people, and would protect them.

You can use this for the real life. Beware of those who look sure when say they are “I’m a good boy/girl”.

[real-bjd-recast-community]

whats funny about anti recasters is that theyre fine with bootleg clothing for some reason. like you claim to be 'pro artist' but then you turn around and dont give a shit about buying rip off doll clothes (or hell, even actual bootleg purses and shoes) if youre really 100% anti bootleg then dont ever buy doll clothes that arent from the official doll brand lmao

(and perfumes, music, movies, art prints, and the list goes on)

[anti-bright-places]

Figures. Pls don't interact with my posts. Thanks

[rociocrush]

I noticed that I feel sort of distraught when I notice how far away my social and cultural understanding is from the social justice from countries like USA.

I recently found myself frustrated because most people in those countries find like a really good idea (and a feminist one) the decision of (a single, i know just one) special screening of the movie Wonder Woman for women. Just women. 

While most people in my country did not see it wise, and I did not see it wise either. And here the only way that could be done is...with an special film of sexual education in a school for girls (hat almost there are no more schools just for boys or girls here).

While some people in those countries say things like since is the first DC super-heroin to have a movie, and she alone being WW, women should be encouraged to go and see it with no men around.

While in the philosophy of my society that same reason means that with more fundamental right more men should go to see it: to watch a women kick ass and not just men.

Feminism in my country and others, the classical one, fought hard to stop the divisions between men and woman in sports, education and all spaces (not toilets XD). And even when the project for an special subway just for women arrived to the senate, everybody was angry, because that was segregation for women and men. (the intention of the project was that a single female subway was good for security against perverts. And people said that that would not stop a pervert, only justice and education would).

But looks like for other countries the key to feminism is to separate women and men again, even in things so simple like going to work and watching a movie.

So, yeah, its just a single screening, men can go and watch it elsewhere. 

Yeah.

But what if it was way around? That a movie like, I dont know, Batman had a single male screening? Like this one. I bet some women would be offended, I would be. And even more if they tell me “you can see it other day, in other place. Dont make a fuss”.

Maybe no one should take this so much to heart anyway. But what gets me about this is the double moral: why is wrong a single screening for men but right one for women.

I was raised with equal education and moral with all my male classmates. And we never had arguments about any of this, because we always got the same chances, did the same activities. And when this news arrived, they felt sort of let down, because many male friends mine are huge fans of WW.

So, well, that. 

What left me confused was the double moral, not the screening in itself.

[hanstrades]

Yeah but nobody says anything about the 43 teenagers missing in mexico