Vegans Who Refuse To Even Eat Backyard Eggs.why

vegans who refuse to even eat backyard eggs….why

What I think is interesting about the “First they came for” poem is how people don’t really mention who the author was because Martin Niemöller was actually a conservative pastor initially and the point was that Communists, socialists trade unionists and Jews were all groups that the circles he ran with disliked (even if it wasn’t to the murderous levels of the Nazis) because of their shared godlessness and after the war he pivoted hard towards the left while also making it clear that he should’ve realized his errors when only people he saw as godless degenerates were being effected

You mentioned previously issues Chloe definitely has regarding self-worth and being worthy of love. Would you be willing to expand on that?

In a heartbeat.

Some of this is inference, but I do think there’s some pretty significant support for everything in the show. I’m going totry and break it down into eras of Chloe’s life.

Chloe, her parents, and her childhood/youth: Chloe is an only child who was born to parents who had essentially given up on having children/believed they couldn’t have children. While this means she was doubtless loved, I think there’s also a strong likelihood that love came with a side of relief that bordered on desperation. From things she’s said to Lucifer, we also know Chloe would’ve liked to have siblings; this indicates she felt lonely, always wanting something she couldn’t have. 

We know Penelope is dramatic; there’s no reason to believe she was any less dramatic about her precious miracle child. John was definitely the stable one, but he worked a dangerous job–every family connected with law enforcement knows, on some level, the day may come when the parent doesn’t come home. So, Chloe grew up with a kind of low-grade fear in the background of family life. We also know Penelope was (because she still is) constantly either working or trying to get work as an actor. Chloe’s response to her mom “using” Trixie as a prop indicates that she still, even years later, has a lot of strong feelings about that side of things. To me, this indicates that Chloe being an actress wasn’t so much about what she wanted as what Penelope wanted–I think this is supportedby the fact that her first movie is what can perhaps generously be termed a B-movie, and one where her breasts were bare no less. In other words, Chloe looked to be following in her mother’s footsteps.

So, I need to talk about acting and self-esteem for a second. Given what we know about Chloe as an adult, I don’t think she was thrilled about Hot Tub High School… but it was a means to an end. Do the crap movie so you can maybe get a better one and hope you don’t get typecast as the actress with the boobs (guys, there are a lot of reasons actors insist on nudity clauses in their contracts). Acting, especially in Hollywood, focuses a lot on looks. You cannot avoid it. So, doubtless there was a lot of pressure on young Chloe to look a certain way, be a certain size, be pretty, don’t be too clever, be likable, do what they say. Chloe was conditioned to think this way because of the world she was traversing from childhood.

And it was a mask. It was something she put on to please her mom. It was a way of receiving praise. And of course she wanted praise. She had few friends (another trait that has carried into adulthood), didn’t have a “normal” life. And Chloe is sensitive. We see over and over how sensitive she is, how she’s the first to touch someone’s shoulder when they’re in pain, how she can step into the shoes of someone to see things from their point of view to talk them out of shooting a gun, for example. I don’t think it’s a stretch to imagine she was very lonely. 

But she had her dad. Kind dad, loving dad, stable dad.

And then she didn’t.

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Temperamentally Lucifer reminds me acutely of a cat. A dumb. Dramatic. Very needy (and very in denial about it) Cat.

I mean.

Even his excellent qualities are pretty catlike. He stalks and hunts like a cat, definitely; no wasted movement, not afraid to be patient and wait for the right opening, very sharp claws wings. Meeting his eyes is part threat, part domination. (“Oh, gosh, I detest cats. Want an animal to stare at you with contempt? Get a cat.” Lucifer, please. 68% of your time is spent staring at things contemptuously. My cat also hates other cats. In fact, I am pretty sure my cat thinks he is a human.)

You know how cats always seem to go to the person in the room who hates cats the most? Season 1 Chloe, presented without comment.

He often recoils from physical touch and affection when someone else initiates it but is warm and enthusiastic when he initiates it himself. Chloe reaching for his wing scars? You know it’s exactly the reaction a cat has when you go to pet its tummy.

Lucifer is fastidious. Always perfectly groomed, can’t stand being rumpled or looking less than his best. Applies to himself, his environment, his club, his car, other people, tidiness. Very bonded with one person and will put up with and even maybe like other people because of that person? Will fucking destroy anyone who messes with his people, his property, his home?

Mmmhmm. Cat.

The entirety of the sleep deprivation sequence in “Angel of San Bernadino” is basically a cat on catnip at 3 in the morning when everyone else is trying to sleep. Wheeeeee.

Hedonistic? Cat. Nocturnal? Caaat. Doesn’t like kids? A lot of cats. Somehow always manages to land on his feet? Would push your buttons (or something off a table) just to get a reaction? Makes toys of things not supposed to be toys? Only wants the best, most expensive cat food and god forbid you use cheap litter? Stubborn? Does things when he pleases? Clearly superior to every other creature in the universe? Both attracted and repelled by humans? Basically domesticates himself?

Meow.

It’s the Dose that Makes the Poison: Lucifer Thoughts and Speculation

I’m going to throw the entirety of this under a cut because spoilers. I’ve been rearranging the pieces on the table and I have some meta and a plausible(?) theory about how things might shake out.

…this is almost four thousand words long, and frankly? I feel I’ve barely grazed the surface.

Also, I put it on AO3 for ease of reading and/or in case anyone wants to have, idk, threaded conversations ;D

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