{"id":12491,"date":"2013-12-31T18:45:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T18:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/12\/31\/the-cantilever\/"},"modified":"2013-12-31T18:45:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T18:45:31","slug":"the-cantilever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/12\/31\/the-cantilever\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cantilever"},"content":{"rendered":"

chronicpnin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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augustwritesabook<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Mourans have a pretty cool basic belief system. Six principles, called the Cantilever, are equally weighted and must be considered in the making of all decisions. However, favoring one pillar over the others is not in any way blasphemy; you can dedicate your entire life to one or you can strive to balance the entire Cantilever. (The former group are referred to as canted, the latter group as leveled.)<\/p>\n

Myself, I would probably try to be leveled, just because that\u2019s my personality, but I can easily see myself being caught up in riddi. Directly translated, riddi means \u201cwe speak in the stars\u201d and is the emphasis on fostering relationships with other races, both for diplomacy and for trade. At its core is this idea that we are not central to the universe, but just one part of a galactic conversation.<\/p>\n

I would also likely champion ettus. The direct translation is \u201clove with truth.\u201d\u00a0 All forms of love are valid, according to ettus, and the challenge is to live out each love in honesty and vulnerability, equal to the others. In other words, treat a one-night stand with the same goddamn respect you\u2019d treat your spouse, but because of the pledge you\u2019ve made to your spouse, you must give them your all in equal love and graciousness.\u00a0A tough one to live by, to be sure (it\u2019s the most complex, perplexing pillar,\u00a0and Mourans rarely cant towards it).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m enjoying musing on this. Worldbuilding is the shit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

id like for the character based on me to cant towards the hot witch & anime pillar please<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’ll create a hot witch\/anime pillar just for you definitely<\/p>\n

actually I would imagine she’d cant towards rashak (“we grow what is ours”) which is all about cultivation and invention and reuse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

chronicpnin: augustwritesabook: The Mourans have a pretty cool basic belief system. Six principles, called the Cantilever, are equally weighted and must be considered in the making of all decisions. However, favoring one pillar over the others is not in any way blasphemy; you can dedicate your entire life to one or you can strive to … <\/p>\n

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