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Post by swankivy on Apr 30, 2010 21:55:07 GMT -5
Intimidation
In Dax and Weaver's situation, do you think their decision to intimidate Alix from the get-go was the wisest choice? Do you think their attitudes--Weaver's aggressiveness and Dax's comparative passivity--are directly related to their respective sizes?
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Post by SHO! on May 1, 2010 11:48:43 GMT -5
IntimidationIn Dax and Weaver's situation, do you think their decision to intimidate Alix from the get-go was the wisest choice? Do you think their attitudes--Weaver's aggressiveness and Dax's comparative passivity--are directly related to their respective sizes? I think it has to do with their sizes as well as their first memories. Dax is huge and intimidating just standing there. Being like that, you tend to not have many physical threats to worry about and almost begin to ignore them. Weaver with his small stature is probably a bit more aware of all the larger things that could fall on him or do intentional harm to him and has grown instinctively cautious. Add all of that to Dax's first memories, almost immediately being accepted into a group as an equal and having refreshments shared with him; and Weaver's first memories, being captured by larger creatures and thrown into captivity with a fight for his freedom. There's no wonder they'd have such different attitudes towards strangers.
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Post by swankivy on May 1, 2010 12:03:49 GMT -5
Add all of that to Dax's first memories, almost immediately being accepted into a group as an equal and having refreshments shared with him; and Weaver's first memories, being captured by larger creatures and thrown into captivity with a fight for his freedom. There's no wonder they'd have such different attitudes towards strangers. Exactly. When Dax walked into Weaver's territory for the first time, his first thoughts were along the lines of "I might have to attack to defend my territory," and that was only put away when Dax a) turned out to be obviously NOT a human, and b) did something that seemed familiar to Weaver (the praying thing he did). Weaver doesn't want to give up anything he has and is pretty defensive about it, and has had nothing but bad experiences with humans. Dax was in a position to reject the humans in his life for not living up to his expectations, but he was in control of the situation for the most part, and was never physically restrained. A couple people seem surprised that Weaver is being so aggressive, but I think his attitude makes sense for exactly the reasons you mentioned. . . .
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Post by navian on May 3, 2010 11:29:24 GMT -5
I think it was pretty irrational of Weaver to be so territorial from the start... Their territory wasn't even marked! It's probably a bad idea to be aggressive to strangers without having an idea of their motivations (or abilities) first, but I can't fault them for being confident or suspicious.
I don't think size has much to with their differing attitudes. Past experience, maybe. If anything, that's been flopped upside-down for them, since Weaver keeps getting away with being aggressive and violent. Then again, Dax has never been provoked, and that aspect /might/ have something to do with their sizes.
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