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Title: Statism, Canadian Political Culture, and Pale
Rating: Everyone
Major Warnings: None (Minor references to racism)
Genre: Meta post
Summary: Pale is in dialogue with Canadian political culture, which is, as in all countries, unique. This post goes into a few tendencies in Canadian society regarding how the state is viewed and how Pale approaches these topics.
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lunecat16

Title: Past, Present, and Future: An Essay on the Belanger Circle
Major Warnings: Allusions to familial abuse
Summary: An essay and minor character analysis discussing the Belanger Circle members' major flaws

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sunlit_skycat

Title: You’d be completely at our mercy: how imbalanced power relations at the BHI enable sexual abuse
Major Warnings: sexual abuse, sexism
Summary: An examination of sexual abuse at the BHI and things that make people more vulnerable to being targeted by it through a series of case studies.

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ironsydes

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Title: A leash in the guise of kindness: the glove situation in E.5
Major Warnings: Ableism
Summary: By the end of Pale, Kira-Lynn is a disabled teenager kept in an isolated cell in Kennet Found. Though the narrative presents this as a sad but necessary method to keep others safe from her, the conditions of Kira-Lynn’s imprisonment in Kennet Found are significantly harsher than should be required to meet that goal. This is most apparent in the method that Kennet Found chooses to accommodate Kira-Lynn’s lack of hands, which unnecessarily reduces her autonomy.

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astridplus

Title: Minor ramble: Why is Pale so looooooooong though?
Major Warnings: Abuse
Summary: I give my thoughts on themes and structure I've had bouncing in my head for a couple years. Contains vague descriptions of Ward's ending; I avoided any specific plot or character details. Spoilers for all of Pale.

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sunlit_skycat

Title: Cultural oddities with Yiyun Jen, and some proposed fixes
Major Warnings: N/A
Summary: Discussion of the elements of Yiyun Jen's character that feel inaccurate for a first generation Chinese Canadian immigrant

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megafire7

Title: Hostile Environment
Major Warnings: None
Summary: Going through the different powers in In Absentia 21.12 and taking a look at what the fight in it means in regards to larger political trends in the region.

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megafire7

Title: Judging the Judiciary
Major Warnings: Politics
Summary: Going through the list of Judges one by one, and seeing what they've been doing with their power. Spoilers up to Crossed With Silver 19.x.

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Title: Practitioners and Others, a Binary
Major Warnings: Otherisation, dehumanisaion.
Summary: Taking a good look at how Practitioner culture sees Others, and the difference between them, as Easton comes to terms with the existence of Shay Graubard. Spoilers up to Gone and Done It 17.x

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megafire7

Title: Transgressive Acts
Major Warnings: Discussions of violence and abuse. Conditioning and indoctrination.
Summary: Examining the process of becoming fully conjoined with the machinery of violence, through the lens of Reid's journey up to the Carmine Contest, and the Spartan agoge. Spoilers up to Break 5

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megafire7

Title: Avery's Games and Gimmicks
Major Warnings: Parental neglect. Detrimental family dynamics.
Summary: I finish the Transactional Analysis [TA] posts of our three protagonists by taking a look at Avery and her family. Spoilers up to Dash to Pieces 11.10

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megafire7

Title: Abuse
Major Warnings: Violence. Parental abuse. Do not take this tag lightly
Summary: Brett is an absolute bastard. Looking at how he treats Verona in Shaking Hands 9.9, and the various reasons why it's terrible.

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megafire7

Title: Practitioner Parenting
Major Warnings: Parental abuse, various bad parenting.
Summary: Taking a look at what separates bad parenting from abusive parenting, using Mrs. Ferguson as a case study. Spoilers up to Vanishing Points 8.4
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Title: Practitioner Supremacy
Major Warnings: Discussions of slavery, colonialism, and genocide, as well as some minor notes on dehumanisation.
Summary: Exploration of the real world parallels to various deep-seeded ideas in Practitioners, focusing on Bristow's lecture on Oddfolk, and arguments about the Oni Wars. Spoilers up to Gone Ahead 7.1

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megafire7

Title: Pale: Justice
Major Warnings: None
Summary: Taking a look at the various forces in play at the time of Cutting Class 6.z, through the lens of what the story has to say about justice as a theme.
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megafire7

Title: Adults, Parents and Children
Major Warnings: Discussion of parental neglect, mention of parental abuse
Summary: Taking the Transactional Analysis framework established in my previous post and using it to take a look at the other Parental figures in Verona's life: Lucy and her mom. Spoilers up to Leaving a Mark 4.2
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megafire7

Title: Verona and her Dad, a Transactional Analysis
Major Warnings: Discussion of parental abuse
Summary: A discussion of why Verona's dad is a literal manchild, through the lens of the psychoanalytic theory of Transactional Analysis (TA). Spoilers up to Out on a Limb 3.4

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mdfification - Statism, Canadian Political Culture, and Pale +6 comments
lunecat16 - Past, Present, and Future: An Essay on the Belanger Circle
sunlit_skycat - You’d be completely at our mercy: how imbalanced power relations at the BHI enable sexual abuse
ironsydes - Kennet Found and Kira-Lynn
sunlit_skycat - A leash in the guise of kindness: the glove situation in E.5 +3 comments
astridplus - Minor ramble: Why is Pale so looooooooong though? +1 comment
sunlit_skycat - Cultural oddities with Yiyun Jen, and some proposed fixes +1 comment
megafire7 - Hostile Environment +1 comment
megafire7 - Judging the Judiciary +1 comment
megafire7 - Practitioners and Others, a Binary +3 comments
megafire7 - Transgressive Acts +2 comments
megafire7 - Avery's Games and Gimmicks +3 comments
megafire7 - Abuse
megafire7 - Practitioner Parenting
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Entries tagged with !meta

Statism, Canadian Political Culture, and Pale

Past, Present, and Future: An Essay on the Belanger Circle

You’d be completely at our mercy: how imbalanced power relations at the BHI enable sexual abuse

Kennet Found and Kira-Lynn

A leash in the guise of kindness: the glove situation in E.5

Minor ramble: Why is Pale so looooooooong though?

Cultural oddities with Yiyun Jen, and some proposed fixes

Hostile Environment

Judging the Judiciary

Practitioners and Others, a Binary

Transgressive Acts

Avery's Games and Gimmicks

Abuse

Practitioner Parenting

Practitioner Supremacy

Pale: Justice

Adults, Parents and Children

Verona and her Dad, a Transactional Analysis

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