A story about monkey tribes
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greybetaJesus was a heretic. Think about it: Jesus came to replace the old covenant. The keepers of the old covenant, who did not want to change, obviously had to consider Jesus a heretic if they were to preserve their current position. They would have never guessed Jesus came to split the Veil that separated man from God.
In the anime Irresponsible Captain Tylor, the title character is a subject of great debate. People argue whether Justi Ueki Tylor ("Just Awake Tylor"), age twenty, was a complete fool or a complete genius. One thing you couldn't doubt about him was that he had the devil's luck when it came to his own survival. He joined the United Planets Space Force because it would provide free food and shelter plus it would allow him to see space (the series is set in the year 6998). He became captain, i.e. Tylor Kanchou, by accidentally saving a retired admiral. He is a complete idiot when it comes to realizing the ship wants to mutiny against his irresponsibility, as he always seems to be sleeping on the job.
And yet Tylor defeats an entire enemy fleet with his one destroyer. He is able to make friends with the opposing empress. He brings his destroyer out from demotion in the boonies to the front line battle. When he is made Fleet Admiral to take charge of the fleet in the last desperation attack, he figures out a way to to end the war without firing a single shot. It is in that last moment that his counterpart, Ru Baraba Dom of the Raalgon Empire, figures out who Tylor is.
Someone whose genius no capacity could contain.
Tylor has a strange smile, that smile of a predator who knows he has already caught his prey. Commander Yuriko Star, the love interest of Tylor, absolutely despises his irresponsible nature because she is a Type A, obsessive-compulsive by the book soldier. But she can't help but remember that for all of his erratic ways, Tylor always acted polite. "Could you..." and "Thank you" were always part of Tylor's vocabulary. He was honest, ogling at her pretty legs or saying how a strong person was a strong person, whether they were your friend or your enemy. And he had the uncanny ability of discernment, seeing the greatest strengths and weaknesses of people. However, Commander Star slapped him when he told her what she would be best suited to do.
Raising Tylor's kids.
The military brass in the UPSF despised Tylor. They considered him to be "the enemy within". The destroyer they assigned him to, the Soyokaze (Gentle Breeze), was known for mutinies. Most captains lasted three days, and half of those lost their life due to some sort of "mysterious incident". The Soyokaze contained all of the misfits and rebellious soldiers in the UPSF. Just put them together and let them fight amongst themselves. But the real guy in charge, Admiral Mifune, recognized who Tylor just might be. He explains in the last episode who Tylor is by telling a story about monkey tribes.
Do you know about monkey tribes? Monkey tribes are very organized, with a leader at the top. Now, once every few years without fail, a renegade monkey leaves his tribe and tries to join another one. The members of the new tribe greet the renegade monkey by beating it to a bloody pulp. And yet those renegade monkeys, those heretic monkeys if you will, are a providence from nature. Why? Because they keep the bloodlines from becoming too thick, from too much inbreeding within the tribe. So, you could say that those heretics are essential for survival. Heretics are essential for survival.
Heretics like the one in my icon.
Or me.
In the anime Irresponsible Captain Tylor, the title character is a subject of great debate. People argue whether Justi Ueki Tylor ("Just Awake Tylor"), age twenty, was a complete fool or a complete genius. One thing you couldn't doubt about him was that he had the devil's luck when it came to his own survival. He joined the United Planets Space Force because it would provide free food and shelter plus it would allow him to see space (the series is set in the year 6998). He became captain, i.e. Tylor Kanchou, by accidentally saving a retired admiral. He is a complete idiot when it comes to realizing the ship wants to mutiny against his irresponsibility, as he always seems to be sleeping on the job.
And yet Tylor defeats an entire enemy fleet with his one destroyer. He is able to make friends with the opposing empress. He brings his destroyer out from demotion in the boonies to the front line battle. When he is made Fleet Admiral to take charge of the fleet in the last desperation attack, he figures out a way to to end the war without firing a single shot. It is in that last moment that his counterpart, Ru Baraba Dom of the Raalgon Empire, figures out who Tylor is.
Someone whose genius no capacity could contain.
Tylor has a strange smile, that smile of a predator who knows he has already caught his prey. Commander Yuriko Star, the love interest of Tylor, absolutely despises his irresponsible nature because she is a Type A, obsessive-compulsive by the book soldier. But she can't help but remember that for all of his erratic ways, Tylor always acted polite. "Could you..." and "Thank you" were always part of Tylor's vocabulary. He was honest, ogling at her pretty legs or saying how a strong person was a strong person, whether they were your friend or your enemy. And he had the uncanny ability of discernment, seeing the greatest strengths and weaknesses of people. However, Commander Star slapped him when he told her what she would be best suited to do.
Raising Tylor's kids.
The military brass in the UPSF despised Tylor. They considered him to be "the enemy within". The destroyer they assigned him to, the Soyokaze (Gentle Breeze), was known for mutinies. Most captains lasted three days, and half of those lost their life due to some sort of "mysterious incident". The Soyokaze contained all of the misfits and rebellious soldiers in the UPSF. Just put them together and let them fight amongst themselves. But the real guy in charge, Admiral Mifune, recognized who Tylor just might be. He explains in the last episode who Tylor is by telling a story about monkey tribes.
Do you know about monkey tribes? Monkey tribes are very organized, with a leader at the top. Now, once every few years without fail, a renegade monkey leaves his tribe and tries to join another one. The members of the new tribe greet the renegade monkey by beating it to a bloody pulp. And yet those renegade monkeys, those heretic monkeys if you will, are a providence from nature. Why? Because they keep the bloodlines from becoming too thick, from too much inbreeding within the tribe. So, you could say that those heretics are essential for survival. Heretics are essential for survival.
Heretics like the one in my icon.
Or me.
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Date: 2005-12-26 08:26 pm (UTC)Secondly: compared to the world of LJ - or even compared to myself, and some of my friends - you don't seem like all that much of a heretic. I think really you are only a heretic when placed within the context of the fundamentalist Baptists who are your friends, and the Baptist organizations to which you belong. In the world of LJ, and really for all intents and purposes, you are quite Christian. Not an orthodox Christian, mind you, but still a Christian, and what may seem like heresy to you in the context of your friends and church seems pretty straightforward to the rest of the world. It's all part of culture and context, you know?
Now as far as Jesus being a heretic? Absolutely, that was part of the reason why he was killed. He was inconveniencing the Scribes and Pharisees. What many of them wanted was a military messiah who would roll into town and root out the Romans for good. There were a lotta guys who did stand up and proclaim themselves The Messiah and try to lead revolts against the Romans, and the streets were lined with the crucifixes they were hung on. Jesus pretty much countered every expectation they had of a messiah, and when people were regarding him as one, they definitely decided he was a heretic.
And what he preached was truly not the orthodoxy of his day. So, definitely, heretic. And in that sense anybody who thinks for themselves and tries to make a better way for the world is a heretic. Going against entropy is heresy.
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Date: 2005-12-26 10:02 pm (UTC)But you should try to find yourself a copy of Tylor. They just released a new DVD version of it. It's VERY funny, especially if you like Star Trek.
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Date: 2005-12-27 03:53 am (UTC)that's OK, I'll scout for it anyhow. I need a new good anime fix.
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Date: 2005-12-27 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-28 12:59 am (UTC)This the same feeling I get. I respect your willingness to think for yourself but overall, I don't see anything particularly heretical in the "Why I Am a Heretic" posts. (and that's why I hadn't responded to any of them)