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"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."
- Aesop (Aesop's fables, 620 BCE)
Most people would take that quote as a normal case of not judging by appearance. Don't judge a bird by its feathers kind of thing 🙄
Good-looking doesn't mean morally "good" since people can be awful inside while still looking amazing or friendly (and vice versa! I'm a good example, since i look unapproachable as fuck when i'm minding my business 👀 slavic resting bitch face fr)

Thing is, the original Aesop's fable has the jay, or crow in some versions, observing the beautiful peacock from afar, envy of its lustrous feathers. The (plain, poor) crow comes closer to the (rich, luxurious) peacocks, and takes some feathers laying on the ground. The crow thinks that if he dresses in such pretty feathers, he will be pretty, too, and therefore accepted into the lustrous peacock community.

After the crow is all dressed up, the group sees him, but get offended as they discover the treachery. (angry at the crow "pretending" to be rich and dressed like a king, while being a plebian, for being an outsider.)

The peacocks then reject the crow, pecking at him, making the beautiful feathers fall, saying the quote, "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds" as the crow flies away.

So, my point is, there's depth to this story which cannot be conveyed by the quote alone. I think you know where i'm heading with this by now 👀

See, for me, this story was never about appearance. To be a peacock or a crow is not exactly an issue of looks which you can change, it's an issue of what family you were born into, what environment you grow up in. You can have fine feathers or not, it won't change the fact that you are the species you are, you are limited to your place within society, and you look how nature decided you look.
If we were to take this fable with animals to translate into the real world, it would most likely include race/religion/countries, but most importantly for my analogy - status. If your parents (crows) are poor, you will most likely turn out as a crow too, and if you manage to become a bit rich, it will be like "wearing peacock feathers - not becoming a peacock yourself"

A small dog breed will never become a truly large dog. ("No matter how hard a small dog tries, it will never become a large dog. No matter how much a penguin tries, there's no way it will ever soar through the sky." - Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa2: Goodbye Despair, 2014))

The actual moral of the peacock & crow conundrum, along their feathers treated as pretenses, ultimately leads to two conclusions:

1.) Nobody gets an equal hand in life 🃏♠️♥️♦️♣️🃏OR
2.) People don't change ✨🤷✨
With all the other morals stemming from Aesop's fables, processed through millennia of adjustment and tweaks and translations, he doesn't seem blind towards social injustice and public standing. Aesop was a slave, after all. Some of the stories (specifically with birds) center around defying their true nature, defying their nature and getting punished, or trying to keep up pretenses and failing.

Change of scene is not change of nature (raven and swan)

Do not sacrifice freedom, for pomp and show (peacock gaining his hefty feathers)

The useful and true is much more important than the ornamental (peacock and crane)

True friends should remain true throughout all seasons (crow and the swallow)

It's pretty clear to me that peacocks are showing the upper class in most of these. I'm also pretty sure that it's better to not pretend to be someone else, and instead be yourself, seeking that truth in others. Looking through the pretenses to glimpse the real person within, while also not creating your own pretenses. Drop the persona.

Accept who you are, and accept that it won't change, no matter how many peacock feathers you might put on. Or how many of your own feathers you end up losing, by trying to be someone you're not.

(Inspired by music~) 🎵
(Inspired by animatic~) 🎵

(My genshin folder lol~) ❄️❄️❄️

Description
"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."
- Aesop (Aesop's fables, 620 BCE)
Most people would take that quote as a normal case of not judging by appearance. Don't judge a bird by its feathers kind of thing 🙄
Good-looking doesn't mean morally "good" since people can be awful inside while still looking amazing or friendly (and vice versa! I'm a good example, since i look unapproachable as fuck when i'm minding my business 👀 slavic resting bitch face fr)

Thing is, the original Aesop's fable has the jay, or crow in some versions, observing the beautiful peacock from afar, envy of its lustrous feathers. The (plain, poor) crow comes closer to the (rich, luxurious) peacocks, and takes some feathers laying on the ground. The crow thinks that if he dresses in such pretty feathers, he will be pretty, too, and therefore accepted into the lustrous peacock community.

After the crow is all dressed up, the group sees him, but get offended as they discover the treachery. (angry at the crow "pretending" to be rich and dressed like a king, while being a plebian, for being an outsider.)

The peacocks then reject the crow, pecking at him, making the beautiful feathers fall, saying the quote, "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds" as the crow flies away.

So, my point is, there's depth to this story which cannot be conveyed by the quote alone. I think you know where i'm heading with this by now 👀

See, for me, this story was never about appearance. To be a peacock or a crow is not exactly an issue of looks which you can change, it's an issue of what family you were born into, what environment you grow up in. You can have fine feathers or not, it won't change the fact that you are the species you are, you are limited to your place within society, and you look how nature decided you look.
If we were to take this fable with animals to translate into the real world, it would most likely include race/religion/countries, but most importantly for my analogy - status. If your parents (crows) are poor, you will most likely turn out as a crow too, and if you manage to become a bit rich, it will be like "wearing peacock feathers - not becoming a peacock yourself"

A small dog breed will never become a truly large dog. ("No matter how hard a small dog tries, it will never become a large dog. No matter how much a penguin tries, there's no way it will ever soar through the sky." - Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa2: Goodbye Despair, 2014))

The actual moral of the peacock & crow conundrum, along their feathers treated as pretenses, ultimately leads to two conclusions:

1.) Nobody gets an equal hand in life 🃏♠️♥️♦️♣️🃏OR
2.) People don't change ✨🤷✨
With all the other morals stemming from Aesop's fables, processed through millennia of adjustment and tweaks and translations, he doesn't seem blind towards social injustice and public standing. Aesop was a slave, after all. Some of the stories (specifically with birds) center around defying their true nature, defying their nature and getting punished, or trying to keep up pretenses and failing.

Change of scene is not change of nature (raven and swan)

Do not sacrifice freedom, for pomp and show (peacock gaining his hefty feathers)

The useful and true is much more important than the ornamental (peacock and crane)

True friends should remain true throughout all seasons (crow and the swallow)

It's pretty clear to me that peacocks are showing the upper class in most of these. I'm also pretty sure that it's better to not pretend to be someone else, and instead be yourself, seeking that truth in others. Looking through the pretenses to glimpse the real person within, while also not creating your own pretenses. Drop the persona.

Accept who you are, and accept that it won't change, no matter how many peacock feathers you might put on. Or how many of your own feathers you end up losing, by trying to be someone you're not.

(Inspired by music~) 🎵
(Inspired by animatic~) 🎵

(My genshin folder lol~) ❄️❄️❄️