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- | Gim often come off as either competitive or condescending to your average humanlike intelligence. This stems from the commonly held Gim beliefs that everybody is, in fact, fair game for fatal activities. Mortality is very fluid for them, as in they do not see death as a problem or even much of a hindrance. That being said, they don't usually have self-sacrificing modus operandi. They often seek out ways to fulfill themselves through demonstrating their willingness to adapt to situations socially or physically. | ||
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===== Gim Culture ===== | ===== Gim Culture ===== | ||
- | The Gim are an uplifted diasporic species. They have long since lost touch with their uplifters as a species, but maintain some of their cultural touchstones they appropriated or were taught by their benefactors. | + | The Gim are an uplifted diasporic species. They have long since lost touch with their uplifters as a species, but maintain some of their cultural touchstones they appropriated or were taught by their benefactors. Gim often come off as either competitive or condescending to your average humanlike intelligence. This stems from the commonly held Gim beliefs that everybody is, in fact, fair game for fatal activities. Mortality is very fluid for them, as in they do not see death as a problem or even much of a hindrance. That being said, they don't usually have self-sacrificing modus operandi. They often seek out ways to fulfill themselves through demonstrating their willingness to adapt to situations socially or physically. |
==== Morals ==== | ==== Morals ==== | ||
- | They embrace the absolute that is death. | + | * They embrace the absolute that is death. |
- | They generally do not consider groups as a unit or units as a representative of a group, so humanish thoughts of "X is like this, so that means all of X's group must be like this" are not usually a concern. Basically they look to individuals on an individual level. | + | |
- | As such, politics are not really a concern for the Gim. | + | |
- | Gim have notions of politeness and " | + | |
- | + | * They consider politeness to be an untruth afforded to outsiders as a cost for doing business. | |
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- | >What is the culture' | + | |
=== Friendship, Romance, Courtship === | === Friendship, Romance, Courtship === | ||
+ | Close Gim friendships involve a lot of physical contact and violence. Getting bloody isn't an uncommon side effect of " | ||
=== Crime === | === Crime === | ||
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Gim love the notion of " | Gim love the notion of " | ||
- | That being said, if they had to choose between the two in a situation of life or death, they'd choose neither and do the practical thing. They' | + | That being said, if they had to choose between the two in a situation of life or death, they'd choose neither and do the practical thing. They' |
=== Fashion === | === Fashion === | ||
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=== Birth and Death === | === Birth and Death === | ||
- | Gim see birth as a miraculous thing and make a combination baby shower/ | + | Gim see birth as a miraculous thing and make a combination baby shower/ |
==== Subgroups ==== | ==== Subgroups ==== | ||
- | >This section is used for showing some of the varieties of subcultures, | + | >This section is used for showing some of the varieties of subcultures, |
- | that the designers may desire for the setting. | + | |