Given the way in which William is so set in his anti-demon-sentiments and his parallel to the robotic Japanese salary man, it is very likely he underwent considerable reaper indoctrination. However, he is probably not high tiered either, because he functions/functioned a bit like a scavenger. Sebas’ power is great enough to sustain himself on an empty stomach for at least three human years, and he can afford to not only be picky with his food, but also ‘season’ his food. We don’t know exactly where Sebas is in the strength hierarchy of demons, but he is certainly no small fry judging by the sheer power he wields even limited by his current form. Social Order Established Through Raw Strength We only have Sebas as our single reference to what a demon hierarchy might look like, so before we can use him as a measure instrument, we gotta unpack him thoroughly first. Let us first consider how demon society functions on its most basic level, and how strength comes into play here. Now we wonder, do demons have genders? If they do have genders, it must also be something that is socially constructed with the intent to sustain life through order, based on acknowledged superiour strength. This perfectly explains why masculinity can be so fragile, because it is guarded with paranoia, as its strength stems from an ‘invented tradition’. “Don’t worry, let’s just TELL these ‘sub men’ that they like being subordinate to us and protect our male arses!” Someone answered. “But what if the ‘sub men’ revolt?” they also asked. “Why stop there?” our far ancestors asked, and started a tradition of suppressing and segregating ‘sub men’ that lasts until even today. When doing labour, ‘the male’ was proven to be superiour in terms of physical abilities, and hence came the hierarchy of men above women. The gender norms in human society were established and maintained, partially because us humans are very limited in our abilities, so we first had to set up a way to divide labour. Humans usually only use the word ‘gender’ for animals (and humans…) as an ‘euphemism’ for sex. Could this human-defined concept even apply to demons? When it comes to animals, we really mostly talk about ‘sex’. Gender as we know it is an incredibly human construct no organisms of which we know conduct gender the way we do - as an invented tradition artificially maintained for social order. And if they did have genders, then how should that take shape? Is it still ‘gender’ then if it is not the same thing humans have defined as ‘gender’? Is it not just ‘identity’ to demons then?įirst, let us look at what gender is. It’s important to ask this question indeed, because I personally think it unwise to assume that demons would have genders. Outside this contract he is anything else.” The short answer I personally would like to give is: “within his current contract Sebas is a ‘he’, because his identity right now is Sebastian Michaelis, the male butler.
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