I dunno. I think Mia has a point. Very simply that this "upper" class doesn't exist without a "lower" class. Joss Whedon seems to think she's onto something with it, and I think she has a pretty good grasp on the conflicting classes on a show that was, after all, about a group of people evading an ever more regimented class structure. The reason "companions" were respected wasn't because they were prostitutes. It's because they they brought the trappings of civilization into the inherently uncivilized. It's not about fucking or stroking egos; it was about making them feel safe in the knowledge that the imperial, colonizing Alliance is ever expanding, with a more and more encompassing centre of "civilization." They're the anti-reavers, but in a gentle, non-threatening way (as opposed to the hostile and sometimes brutal order imposed by the government). Or, you know. So it seemed to me. But I thought it was kind of clear in the show that if the primary duty was sexual in nature that it wouldn't have been nearly as "high class."
Anyway - in our lives. I don't require respect, because I don't, by and large, require judgment or approval. I spent enough time in the proverbial "closet" to protect the sensibilities of people who just... don't approve of me under the auspices of "having respect". Fuck respect, they can keep it. People may like me, may enjoy my company or may not as they choose to - but I decline to be "approved of."




omg I think I just busted a rib from laughing so hard




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