#ioht

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How does graystripe keep insulting stonefur?

minor spoilers for chapters 1 and 2 of "in offering to hestia" (i.e., more than can be inferred from the premise, but if you've, say, read the househunter jokes...)

so BASICALLY greystripe...well let's start with he doesn't have a riverclan value system. i'm not going to harp on this too much because i've rambled about it already, but the key points of contrast here are:

thunderclan warriors are usually given explicit directions; riverclan warriors would find that insulting

thunderclan does not expect fathers to be involved with the raising of their kits; riverclan has a more egalitarian approach

thunderclan is (relatively) meritocratic; riverclan is strongly nepotistic

thunderclan leadership is absolute; riverclan leadership is...at the very least, led more by a council than a single cat (leader + deputy + seer + keeper, where the leader synthesizes the physical, spiritual, and social needs of the clan as informed to them by their deputy, seer, and keeper)

thunderclan has...i don't know the right word, but their relationship to worship is very individual and not much an explicit part of their daily lives; riverclan embeds spirituality into their daily routines verbally (if that makes sense, i think if you've read some of my works on the two clans this might be clearer than me trying to phrase it as a direct comparison as such)

there's a lot more, but those are the big ones. interesting note here that riverclan's relationship to egalitarianism and nepotism (in and out of ioth) is not cut and dry. they have Nuance and Layers and the way their leadership interacts with the rest of the clan is at play. but that's not relevant here.

so. why does he insult stonefur (accidentally) all the time? well, stonefur:

isn't given explicit instructions on what to do during his day

is the primary caretaker for his kits

has power in riverclan on the sole grounds that he is leopardstar's mate

has real power in riverclan in a role that thunderclan has no good equivalent to

has a religiously significant role that impacts day-to-day life in riverclan

so greystripe's perceptions of stonefur are complicated (he knows him as An Honourable Warrior, but now he's getting to know him personally), but focusing on the five bits i'm going through:

he's not going to see stonefur as "doing something" for the clan, because there's little/no verbal acknowledgement of it

he's not going to see stonefur as raising his kits (especially when they're still nursing and therefore leopardstar is necessarily also often in the nursery)

he's not going to see why stonefur has authority

he's not going to understand that stonefur legitimately has authority

he's not going to have respect for the religious elements of riverclan, which stonefur is invested in

greystripe, of course, isn't trying to be insulting. but he knows leopardstar hates him, so he sees mistyfoot as the cat to keep on his side if he wants to stick around, without realizing stonefur has equal or greater importance to that.

so he's not focusing his efforts on figuring out how to Effectively interact with stonefur which means

he's not going to acknowledge the things stonefur does for the clan (in clarification, that while no one is going to tell stonefur to repair the elders' den, the elders are still going to thank him. greystripe is looking for the first part to do the second part)

he's going to assume stonefur is helping leopardstar raise their kits (diminishing the work stonefur is doing)

he's not going to look to stonefur as someone who can instruct him/give him something to do, i.e., he's going to look to mistyfoot for something to do (in camp, which is stonefur's space)

he's not going to listen to stonefur like he would mistyfoot or leopardstar

he gets that he doesn't understand their religion but he's not going to understand the implications of that wrt stonefur

so he just...fucks up a lot because he doesn't realize that he can fuck up in a given way.

uhhh if that was unclear lemme know i wrote it in a few blocks without rereading in between writing sessions so hopefully it was coherent

[mallowstep]

I just got out of class for the day, and I really wish I could help jog your brain more, specially since you said you were gonna @ me, but alas I'm my own worst enemy and I have stuff to do I've procrastinated way too much on. So, in the meantime have a few religion questions.

How do RC cats view prayer? Do they think the StarClan cats expect something in return for their answering them or do they think their assistance is freely given? Do they address it to whoever? To StarClan as a whole? If addressed to individuals, do they think factors such as the nature of the request or whether or not it's a direct ancestor affect how effective the assistance is going to be? How are their views on all this similar and different from other clans?

me: i want to talk about riverclan rn

me: *doesn't answer this for over an hour*

anyway that's Minor okay.

i skimmed thru the whole wikipedia page for prayer just to make sure i'm not like. u'know. Terribly Biased here.

so. riverclan places the Least emphasis on prayer as an act of...what's the word. fuck. asking for things. they certainly do it, but compare to thunderclan, where prayer focuses almost solely on requests. (shadowclan and windclan fall somewhere in between. skyclan (modern) is almost exclusively phrased as, "the [strength/etc] to [request]", but also in-between.)

the general view is that...if you're, okay. stepping back for a second because answering questions in order here is not Entirely Helpful. but. riverclan places a lot of emphasis on ancestor worship. (not that they would Call it that, mind.) and there's...a Lot to that re. communication with the dead and the shrines and holidays.

so. why? well -- because it's good. it's the right thing to do. uh. fuck. is it filial duty? is that the phrase? fuck. whatever. you know it's just. what you're supposed to do.

so: riverclan doesn't Really do direct requests to individuals in the same way, say, thunderclan does. (thunderclan, feat. i had to look up thrushpelt's mom for that one line in icyhwm.) there's the understanding that Directly Asking those who have passed would be...rude? disrespectful? like -- you are only caretaking their memory because you want something.

riverclan, again, can avoid direct communication when it comes to Tasks To Complete.

but. you know. if a cat were to go to their mate's shrine and mention their kits were close to being warriors and they sure hope their assessments go well, the implied meaning is, please help them do well.

i'll cut past that, i just wanted to establish what it looks like.

anyway, so making a request is a bit of an effort. it's kind of like...the emotional experience of wanting to ask your mom something so you do nice things and you swear you don't want anything and then you try to thread the needle so you've asked her long enough after she's forgotten but recently enough she's still in a good mood. y'know? is that a reasonably common childhood experience? i think it is?

right like. of course you're not being Extra Attentive because you're going to mention something that it sure would be nice if they helped out with. etc.

that said, the idea is that you're already dedicated enough that it wouldn't be rude to make a request.

but. well. yeah. that Varies a Whole Lot. and regardless, it would be Terribly Rude to not bring Something or the Other if you had a request.

(cats who feel...like. cats who feel they don't like...like they've hurt someone/done wrong/etc might specifically separate speaking to the dead and the act of bringing a gift, as a sort of -- i don't want you to fulfill any requests. they're trying to fail in an obligation, but then repay their debt.)

in day to day life, the general idea is related to...like. actions and physical space. embody what you want to see in your life. make places beautiful and harmonious for good things. etc.

and then the Other Thing is that there are a few major holidays. i don't want to...okay. i don't want to Swear to this because atm i don't want to check in the long-ass file this is written down in (icbtyssm, ch. 3), but. i BELIEVE it is greenleaf's end that is accompanied by placing things in the river as a form of request. there's...a lot of variety to what this means, but it's an appeal to the moon.

there's no form of repayment. the moon is the mother of all cats, but she also trascends them. she does not guarantee any request, but...you make it anyway.

(riverclan has other stuff going on with the moon. some of their beliefs are actually very similar to common loner beliefs. for example, on the night of the sleeping moon/new moon, all riverclan cats who are able (i.e., of reasonable age and in reasonable health) stay up all night, so that the moon can take her rest.)

vaguely related, but riverclan views shrines as...touchpoints to starclan, specific to a cat. that's why their maintenance is so important: once one falls into disrepair, there's no guarantee that connection can be reestablished. (yes, tnp is terribly distressing because of that. cats do what they can, but -- who knows if the spirits can reconnect to them?)

that's also why the timeline of their construction is so important: they believe it takes somewhere between a full day and a full three days for a cat to complete the journey down the river. no one knows for sure, and no cat in starclan has ever said. but if you fail to build a shrine in that time, there's no guarantee their spirit will be able to find it.

it's also why their locations are generally secret. while the intentional destruction of a shrine is a severe crime, it's a hard crime to prove, and do you really want to take that chance?

anyway, as for efficacy: when it comes to ancestors, it's...much like thunderclan (who is going to appeal to a specific individual based on some aspect of their life), they're not going to ask like. a seer to make sure their apprentice does well in their training.

but the understanding is -- if you have held your part, they will do what it is in their power to assist you.

and for the moon, it's...you hope. requests are often more symbolic in that sense: two cats too young to formally court (i.e., apprentices) might send matching flowers to her. cats may send trinkets from an ex to symbolize moving on, as a different cat offers one from their mate/...suitor? as a symbol of dedication. it's a request from you to the moon that is not necessarily of public meaning.

in some sense, it's similar to a new year's resolution. the moon rarely interferes in the lives of cats. but. you know. maybe she will give you strength -- or send someone to you.

as for the other clans:

thunderclan is deeply about direct requests to specific ancestors, but they agree that prayer is personal.

windclan and shadowclan both focus on prayer as a group affair, which puts them at big odds with riverclan.

shadowclan also has their own moon thing going on, but the moon is less a figure of love and more...of all-seeing-ness. riverclan celebrates on no moon nights because fuck, if you're going to be up, why not have a good time? shadowclan celebrates because there's no moon keeping an eye on you, so fuck, why not have a good time?

(well okay, think like. a kit getting to stay up as late as they can stand. no one is doing any purge shit. it's just...a night when everyone lets their hair down, so to speak.)

yeah. i'm sure there are other details i'm missing, but that's the Big stuff for other clans.

OH MY GOD I ALMOST FORGOT

okay this is (naturally) specific to ioht but for Prayer Purposes keepers have a whole set of traditions. i'm still like...fleshing them out, but.

you're really, really not supposed to ask keepers for something unless you have a very desparate need. (a) it can be hard for keepers to leave camp and you don't want to give them a reason to stick around by making them feel needed. (something which is also close to thunderclan beliefs, and why keepers have special funeral rites.) and (b) they've given a Lot of themselves to the clan as is. (this also applies to leaders, deputies, and seers. it's just that like. there are reasons you might ask a seer for something no other cat could provide, and deputies are usually not as high up on this priority list. leaders are usually left alone, but they don't have point (a) as additional motivation to avoid making requests of them.)

keepers aren't viewed as having any Explicit additional power, but you know. they tend to be well-loved. so. they might be able to rally forces, so to speak. or say you don't know Who to ask. then -- you can ask a keeper.

and because of family and riverclan and so on, there's a whole shrine (well, like, it's complicated it's one place with many shrines but they all blend together and...) and protocol to it. (the family of a keeper usually makes them a private shrine as well. no one is sure if they're visited, and it's not a practice that is Discussed, but they want a private place to grieve. of course, it's known about, and some question if it should be permissible. what if it's keeping them tethered in two places? what if it makes it harder for them to move on? it's a hot riverclan theology debate, phrased purely through hypotheticals.)

anyway i'm still sorting out some ideas and what not. the current keeper is general the only cat with open access (for maintenance, where "the keeper of the shrines" comes from), but they're not in charge of moderating visitation. that's the seer's responsibility. it's only accessible during certain periods.

since there's no Assumption that you're making a request, you'd only get side-eye for spending undue time or making excessive visits. sometimes you just want to pay respects.

but there's a whole protocol and stuff to it. i'm not decided when Exactly it's open, other than i'm tinkering with storms? for reasons re. storm related celebrations in riverclan. it'd be a time when, if what i'm currently marinating pans out, the keeper Couldn't maintain the shrine, meaning it could be visited freely without interfering with what they're doing.

uh. yeah. i mentioned "keepers have special funeral rites" and literally never elaborated on the matter. so. that's half of it.

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