-- Anon Guest
The Archivaas are primarily Human. One of the few sects of Human obsession that made hoarding work for them. They will, like most Humans, adopt anyone who shares their compulsion. Compulsions are not always healthy, but the Archivaas work hard to make theirs as healthy as possible.
Always be wary of an order capable of re-ordering entire solar systems so they can store their collections. They're very capable of being dangerous if their minds ever turn away from collecting things and towards combat. Even the Vorax don't mess with the Archivaas, reasoning correctly that they only look like harmless collectors in their brown robes, and there has to be something hazardous under that soft veneer[1].
Thuul was not the first Havenworlder to join the Archivaas, but they were one of the first to enter the Terran archives to view and catalogue some material that had only been categorised on the cursory level. Animation is not a genre, despite many viewing it as such, and the mistake of assuming all animated material is for children[2] is one that the Archivaas are well aware of.
Therefore, the cursory classification divided the animated material into that which was animated, and that which was not. Then further into that which showed harm to figures within the feature, to that which did not.
Therefore, this material for further analysis and investigation was deemed to be Level One Havenworlder safe, in that the animated figures were (a) clearly not real, (b) not coming to depicted harm within the footage, and (c) may or may not be depicted in peril during the footage.
Some animated footage is easy to date. Hand-drawn animation goes through eras of style. Computer-aided animation depends entirely on the resources of the animators, combined with the technology of the era. Some deliberately chose poor rendering options for expediency reasons. Some because their capabilities were limited. Some, simply because they just didn't care.
Thus it was difficult at times to distinguish between the work of a student and the work of a studio that couldn't be bothered with quality. Some key factors to assist with diagnosis of such were given to Thuul.
This piece had one player and depicted the dangers of obsessive-compulsive behaviour, taken to an illogical extreme. In this case, the textile art of knitting. Several questions rose in Thuul's notes.
- Why did the Human set up near a cliff in the first place?
- Why did the Human not simply cast off?
- What was the purpose of the project?
- How far down was that fall?
- If the Human could cease knitting at will, why did they begin more compulsive behaviour with scissors?
As far as the classification was involved, this was most likely a student film. There was not a great amount of detail and the rendering engines of the era it originated from. Simple plot, not a lot of reason, possibly filling out a checklist given by some ancient professor.
Thuul also marked it, potential further proof that Humans are insane.
[1] It's generally a manic enthusiasm to wax lyrical about their central inspiration topic and everything that orbits it, but the Vorax actually are smarter than they seem to be.
[2] See: Akira, Drawn Together, Seis Manos, Cool World and Blood of Zeus among many others. Animated, but clearly not intended for children.
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