Flavor Thread - Page 21

Matthias Wasser · 12-25-2012, 06:02 AM

Of course, when a Seraph says something is unflattering, they mean it as a mark of approval.

ladyarcana55 · 01-05-2013, 01:41 PM

Angels of Litheroy see cosmetic surgery and make up as a type of secret the person is trying to keep. Afterall, it alters how a person looks.

How they deal with that can be interesting.

I can't see them making a big stink about make up, but cosmetic surgery? hm...

Shiftkitty · 01-05-2013, 01:49 PM

Hollywood must drive them nuts!

ladyarcana55 · 01-05-2013, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiftkitty

Hollywood must drive them nuts!

Well...Media is a Word of Hell

Matthias Wasser · 01-05-2013, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladyarcana55

Angels of Litheroy see cosmetic surgery and make up as a type of secret the person is trying to keep. Afterall, it alters how a person looks.

How they deal with that can be interesting.

I can't see them making a big stink about make up, but cosmetic surgery? hm...

If anything I would see it as the other way around: surgery changes the underlying reality with it while makeup generates a distance between it and the appearance.

ladyarcana55 · 01-05-2013, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthias Wasser

If anything I would see it as the other way around: surgery changes the underlying reality with it while makeup generates a distance between it and the appearance.

You think so?

Surgery superficially changes what a person presents to the world. It affects how they are perceived, but it's not what God intended for them originally. They are pretty much taking their own Creation in their hands.

Matthias Wasser · 01-05-2013, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladyarcana55

You think so?

Surgery superficially changes what a person presents to the world. It affects how they are perceived, but it's not what God intended for them originally. They are pretty much taking their own Creation in their hands.

There are some pretty weighty metaphysical implications to this. Not that that's a bad thing - I'm still working through the implications of a metaphysics in which Seraphim make sense - but it is something to be aware of and that requires reëvaluating much of the rest of the setting.

Captain Midnight · 01-06-2013, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladyarcana55

You think so?

Surgery superficially changes what a person presents to the world. It affects how they are perceived, but it's not what God intended for them originally. They are pretty much taking their own Creation in their hands.

Why should that be limited to *cosmetic* surgery? If God intended for you to be born with a cleft palate or a heart murmur, then who are you, puny mortal, to interfere with the Divine Plan?

The intentions of the Divine are not easily ascertained.

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways", sayeth the Lord. -- Isiah 55:8

ladyarcana55 · 01-06-2013, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Midnight

Why should that be limited to *cosmetic* surgery? If God intended for you to be born with a cleft palate or a heart murmur, then who are you, puny mortal, to interfere with the Divine Plan?

The intentions of the Divine are not easily ascertained.

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways", sayeth the Lord. -- Isiah 55:8

I am not counting surgery to save someone's life, or help someone gain their health because it's Medicine. Isn't what part of Heaven's portfolio?

But cosmetic surgery is not necessary and most people undergo the procedure out of vanity, more so than anything else.

Archangel Beth · 01-06-2013, 06:58 PM

Even there, though, there's gray areas -- a hare-lip, for instance, may not be a full cleft pallet, and may not much-hinder the ability of someone to eat. I don't think most humans would complain if a hair-lip got repaired, or call it "vanity."

Would a Seraph? O;>

12-25-2012, 06:02 AM	#201
Matthias Wasser Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Boston	Re: Flavor Thread Of course, when a Seraph says something is unflattering, they mean it as a mark of approval.

01-05-2013, 01:41 PM	#202
ladyarcana55 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bellflower, CA	Re: Flavor Thread Angels of Litheroy see cosmetic surgery and make up as a type of secret the person is trying to keep. Afterall, it alters how a person looks. How they deal with that can be interesting. I can't see them making a big stink about make up, but cosmetic surgery? hm...

01-05-2013, 01:49 PM	#203
Shiftkitty Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: A little south of Heaven and a little north of Hell.	Re: Flavor Thread Hollywood must drive them nuts! __________________ "Your problem is you play too many role-playing games." ~My brother's complaint when I wouldn't help him commit a felony. I wound up turning him in. Maybe he should have played more.

01-06-2013, 06:58 PM	#210
Archangel Beth In Nomine Line Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Frozen Wastelands of NH	Re: Flavor Thread Even there, though, there's gray areas -- a hare-lip, for instance, may not be a full cleft pallet, and may not much-hinder the ability of someone to eat. I don't think most humans would complain if a hair-lip got repaired, or call it "vanity." Would a Seraph? O;> __________________ --Beth Shamelessly adding Superiors: Lilith, GURPS Sparrials, and her fiction page to her .sig (the latter is not precisely gaming related)