Cheshire Cat
Queen of the Parliament of Cats
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That's the thing the BIA doesn't get, that this widespread oppression of the peaceful-yet-dangerous is just sewing discontentment on a wider stage. It's basically a manifest destiny kind of mentality, the BIA is full of the kind of people who think that open conflict with Inhumans is inevitable, if not desirable, and are less concerned with unifying their enemy than they are with what they think is a tactical advantage; having people rounded up and ready to shoot. I'm absolutely sure that what little socialization is allowed among inhumans in Lobo is fraught with people decrying their unfair treatment, exchanging stories about being investment bankers and waiters and salespeople, and now being treated like war criminals, and how it's not fair.
I mean, the BIA deploys a lot of psychological tactics to make people feel hopeless, even in numbers. Spending most of the day in your cell, including meals and showers, the constant threat of death, the hands-on movement of individuals, and the rare occasions where groups are allowed to gather. Even the notion of separating them into wings by power to stop complimentary powersets from causing a problem is designed to counter group-work ... but it's only so effective, and I think a prison break is going to be something we should explore later in the story, or an occupation ... or maybe even a villain taking over and actively recruiting from within?
That would be a real interesting story for a powerful telepath ... the characters are forced to return to the site of their incarceration to fight their way past people they once lived beside, their handlers insisting that lethal force is fine while they struggle with the implications. If they hadn't been chosen for the team, their handlers would be telling someone else to think nothing of cutting them down. Miiiiind fuuuuunk.
That's the thing the BIA doesn't get, that this widespread oppression of the peaceful-yet-dangerous is just sewing discontentment on a wider stage. It's basically a manifest destiny kind of mentality, the BIA is full of the kind of people who think that open conflict with Inhumans is inevitable, if not desirable, and are less concerned with unifying their enemy than they are with what they think is a tactical advantage; having people rounded up and ready to shoot. I'm absolutely sure that what little socialization is allowed among inhumans in Lobo is fraught with people decrying their unfair treatment, exchanging stories about being investment bankers and waiters and salespeople, and now being treated like war criminals, and how it's not fair.
I mean, the BIA deploys a lot of psychological tactics to make people feel hopeless, even in numbers. Spending most of the day in your cell, including meals and showers, the constant threat of death, the hands-on movement of individuals, and the rare occasions where groups are allowed to gather. Even the notion of separating them into wings by power to stop complimentary powersets from causing a problem is designed to counter group-work ... but it's only so effective, and I think a prison break is going to be something we should explore later in the story, or an occupation ... or maybe even a villain taking over and actively recruiting from within?
That would be a real interesting story for a powerful telepath ... the characters are forced to return to the site of their incarceration to fight their way past people they once lived beside, their handlers insisting that lethal force is fine while they struggle with the implications. If they hadn't been chosen for the team, their handlers would be telling someone else to think nothing of cutting them down. Miiiiind fuuuuunk.
