#perhaps i am simply biased towards corruption arcs. i would have enjoyed a jon corruption arc in t*a tho i think i am the only person.

[gideonisms]

One of the things that interested me so much about anc*llary justice was its exploration of surveillance and how that affects the language people use and the identities they construct and it's like. justice of t*rren the ship was an AI built by people so it has the biases people have but then you put all that back into a human body and it's like. Breq has constructed her identity as a human (to the extent that she even acknowledges she has one) based on things she has seen humans do. Which is something I think a lot of us do when we don't fit into our society for whatever reason so it works on that metaphorical level. But THEN it's like. She needs to constantly watch other people in order to continue constructing her identity! Because she's a ship and ships are built to constantly watch citizens. So it's this whole cycle where the people in power use the people who don't fit into society as like? a way to monitor the people who do for any signs of abnormality. You are only allowed to be abnormal if you support the system that suppresses that in other people. It's an endlessly frustrating cycle for breq bc she hates trying to guess what people are really saying but those people have to be subtle bc any direct opposition to their society's strict social rules is immediately witnessed and punished. And that is SO fascinating and relevant! I hope it gets explored in the second book too

#i'm halfway through the second book so can't say for certain whether that theme continues #it is like. so breq uses her surveillance to keep people safe and try and make things better #but in doing so she is part of it right? like i can see this going corruption arc so easily #but at the same time i don't think that's really the vibe bc it's like. well she started out on an insane revenge quest #but who could say! interested to find out! #i will say the fic i've read doesn't give me corruption arc vibes either #perhaps i am simply biased towards corruption arcs. i would have enjoyed a jon corruption arc in t*a tho i think i am the only person. #i liked the way it turned out too #i just love it when people get more insane. what can i say #hm. hope i was able to limbo underneath the tags but if not. i'm sorry y'all had to read this #breqblogging