instead of living on his home planet or elsewhere in safe seclusion already points towards him having developed coping mechanisms
It's interesting, "The Brightest Star" had a couple of details about Saru's home planet that I wouldn't have predicted from what we heard about it during the season. As in: Saru's people using religion, the idea of a great Balance, to cope with being prey, staying where they are instead of fleeing - something they must have done at some point during their evolution. (I'm also wondering if there are other species on the planet who are still hunting them, apart from the ritualized harvest. It certainly sounded that way when Michael talked about it on Pahvo.) For him, this is obviously not working at all anymore.
Who simply refuses to be either predator or prey and challenges your thinking in these categories, the very thinking that forms your existence.
That's a good way of putting it. He's hurt and threatened by her actions and therefore sorts her into the "predator" category, only to learn very quickly that the binary is not applicable and he has to find a different way of relating to her.
Re: his experience on Pahvo - it's almost fear of fear in a way that drives him in the end.
But because it’s possible to live with constant fear, be aware of all the threats in the universe and still prioritize your compassion and ethics. Because that is who Saru chooses to be.
Lovely. Characters who are allowed to make actual choices are the best.
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It's interesting, "The Brightest Star" had a couple of details about Saru's home planet that I wouldn't have predicted from what we heard about it during the season. As in: Saru's people using religion, the idea of a great Balance, to cope with being prey, staying where they are instead of fleeing - something they must have done at some point during their evolution. (I'm also wondering if there are other species on the planet who are still hunting them, apart from the ritualized harvest. It certainly sounded that way when Michael talked about it on Pahvo.) For him, this is obviously not working at all anymore.
Who simply refuses to be either predator or prey and challenges your thinking in these categories, the very thinking that forms your existence.
That's a good way of putting it. He's hurt and threatened by her actions and therefore sorts her into the "predator" category, only to learn very quickly that the binary is not applicable and he has to find a different way of relating to her.
Re: his experience on Pahvo - it's almost fear of fear in a way that drives him in the end.
But because it’s possible to live with constant fear, be aware of all the threats in the universe and still prioritize your compassion and ethics. Because that is who Saru chooses to be.
Lovely. Characters who are allowed to make actual choices are the best.