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la_vie_noire) wrote2012-01-20 07:24 pm
la_vie_noire) wrote2012-01-20 07:24 pm
Quoting Atsuko Asano's No. 6 just because I feel like it
No. 6 and its always pretty AWESOME talk about power imbalances/inequalities in relationships and. Privilege:
Bolding mine. My goodness, I love Nezumi.
"The people inside the city sure don't see the residents of the West Block as the same human beings. You still don't know what kind of place this is, do you? This is the Holy City's garbage dump. No. 6 has thrived by throwing everything it doesn't want out here. You should take a good look and see for yourself."
"Nezumi..."
"This is just my hunch, but listen," he continued. "That monster is probably only going to choose residents of No. 6 to be its host― the people who have pushed everything dirty into the hands of others to live in that perfectly hygienic environment, well-nourished and in excellent health. Mr. Monster has gourmet tastes."
"How can you be so sure?"
"I have no clue about the biology of insects, Shion. But I'm probably right in guessing that any bee, wasp, ant or grasshopper will appear most in places where there's the most food. In terms of population density, we're much higher than the city. But do you see any sign of the monster here? No. Which means that there are simply no prey, no hosts here. Right?"
Shion was at a loss for words. His thoughts were becoming tangled, and there was a dull pain throbbing at the back of his head. Nezumi's hand touched his cheek.
"Sorry―" he said softly. "I didn't mean to give you a hard time. I forgot. You're from the other side, the inside of the wall."
"I don't understand what you mean by inside and outside."
"Of course you wouldn't," Nezumi said gently. "That's normal. You guys have probably never tried to understand what was going on outside your walls, have you? You probably weren't even curious about it. Oblivious, arrogant, blissful people... But you, poor thing," he murmured. "You've fallen off that pedestal."
Which means I can no longer be oblivious, arrogant or blissful anymore. Is that what you want to say? Shion let his gaze speak for him as he looked Nezumi in the eye.
If arrogance is knowing nothing and never having tried to know, and if my blissful life until now has been built upon this arrogance, then sure, I don't mind throwing everything away. Falling off my pedestal would be the best thing that could have happened to me.
Bolding mine. My goodness, I love Nezumi.
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