A Lesson in Relativity

A Very Happy Birthday to dessert_first and to romanyg!!

Here's an interesting exercise in perspective: while walking through the park today, Toys and I came across a feral cat sitting in some dead leaves. Strangely close to the footpath. We thought it might be hurt, and approached. But lo and behold, the cat wasn't hurt - it was, in fact, "playing with," as cats do, a very teeny-tiny mouse. What we'd thought was a victim was, in fact, a victimizer! (The mouse got away because we intimidated the cat enough to back off, so that's a story about the unintentional effects of blundering intervention, I guess.)

Which brings me to a string of interconnected thoughts. ( Who Wants to Be A Superhero? - Spoilers for the Season Finale )

That, though, leads me to thinking about Buffy, so I'm gonna put that under a separate cut.

( Character Archetype Discussion: The Hero's Journey, or Why Buffy is Not Wonder Woman )