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I do not think any fandom has ever grabbed me by the throat the way Foreigner has. I'm doing art about it (i have never been an artist), im doing supremely cringe fic about it (to the detriment of all my other fics), im about to hide my clay so I dont try and sculpt a mecheita about it. I got drunk the other day and spent the entire time using an incorrect quotes generator and giggling like a madman. Send help
hot girl summer?
WRONG
Atevi Autumn
It's time to drink lots of tea, wear fancy coats, study linguistics and try not to get assassinated! 🍂
This one's for the Bren Cameron girlies.
[image of NYT Spelling Bee, letters IHAETCM with M in center, and above it the word MECHEITA, which happens to be a pangram]
Foreigner Series Math
Question about atevi numerology: so prime numbers (except two) are felicitous. Even numbers are infelicitous, powers of 2 even more so.
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on Man'chi in foreigner
Warning! Spoilers for Foreigner (book 1) and Defender (book 5).
Tabini places extremely valuable players (or pivotal moments) in extremely risky situations, expecting those who feel man’chi to him to fulfill their duty to the best of their abilities. It's the same thing when there’s a dangerous situation brewing and Bren says “I have every confidence in you, nadiin” to his staff.
When you feel man'chi, “not only do I trust your loyalty but I trust your understanding and your skills and that despite all the risks and dangers you will be able to rise above it and achieve what is necessary” just goes unsaid.
When Tabini or Ilisidi don't give him what he feels is crucial information, or take actions without informing or warning him, he interprets that as them not trusting him but it actually means they trust him more!
They trust him to operate independently of instruction (and in some cases trust him to know better than they do!), they trust him to intuit the needs of his aijin and carry out what is necessary.
This is why Tabini sends Bren to Malguri in Foreigner and essentially invites/challenges Ilisidi to test Bren, knowing or trusting that Bren will not break or do the wrong thing.
This is why in Defender Tabini sends Ilisidi and Cajeiri up to go on the ship to go on the mission Reunion, knowing how valuable they both are to him and the whole aishiditat, but trusting in Bren's man’chi to him and Ilisidi, and trusting that the man’chi of the ship captains and crew to each other, all will ensure a felicitous outcome. As long as there is the treaty, Tabini can trust that all parties adhering to the treaty will maintain their common interests.
Man’chi is basically a biological assurance of stability and trust that allows atevi to operate under high levels of risk, stress, and uncertainty. As long as man'chi is clear, they know more or less what the involved parties can or will do, and this allows them to take action easily. It comes back to this so often in the series - man'chi allows you to predict fairly well how someone will act under pressure.
Man'chi is not a choice for atevi, it's biological. If they fail at something, it's either because they lack the ability/skill to accomplish the intended goal, or there is a conflict of man'chi. So if an atevi folds under pressure, they lose their value to their lord because they are not reliable - either in terms of skill or man'chi.
And this is why, in the first trilogy, Bren’s staff is initially so perplexed by his constant need for information, because they see it as him lacking confidence in them - their skills and man’chi.
As Bren says to Yolanda in Defender: "Don’t back down from Tabini’s baiting you. If he thinks you'll fold rather than argue with him, you’ll be out of his confidence in a heartbeat.” To me, this is a way riskier cultural mixup than “friend” that Bren keeps harping on about.
foreigner series (hear me out) is an isekai. mospheiran culture is just too familiar to be the believable result of hundreds of years of space travel plus hundreds of years of forced isolation. therefore i say the whole "lost in space" situation functions basically to teleport a US state into the waters off the coast of the aishidi'tat. as if by portal.
not saying that's a BAD thing, it is in fact great, but it is true
