Questions for meta, thoughts and inspiration

[epeeblade]

I've been keeping a running tally on questions for the Kept verse, because this universe gets me all thinky. I'm honestly interested in discussion, and heck, if any of these concepts inspires someone to write more fic -- awesome! ;)

At least one of them has been answered in fic, but the majority haven't. And for the first one, I'm debating writing a fic to explore that possibility, but haven't had the time yet...(story of my life...)

- There is no manumission, but is there allowance for someone who is enslaved wrongly? - incorrect debt, identity theft, legal case in appeal?



- If a slave bears the child of a master, is that baby still a slave?

- If a master bears the child of a slave, is that baby free or a slave?

Abortion - does it exist legally? Is it only for masters/the free? Would it be illegal to increase the work force? Can a master force a slave to have an abortion to keep down the number of mouths to feed? Can a slave request one? Is there a back alley business for slaves who don't want to have children who grow up to be slaves?

Marriage
- Is gay marriage allowed? (answered in fic)
- Can slaves marry? Is there an underground marriage -- ie the leaping over a broomstick
- Can a master marry his/her slave?

- Can you take a mortgage out on yourself? or use your own freedom as collateral? - if you don't pay back the loan in say 20 years, then your freedom is forfeit?

Comments

[epeeblade]

I was watching Animal Planet the other night and some guy referred to his dog's wife (I think honestly because the show was for kids, and he didn't want to get into the whole breeding thing), and it made me think - wow, our society is so fucked up. We let dogs marry, but deny the right to some human beings?

In terms of Kept, I guess the idea of slaves marrying would be the same - they don't count.

And thanks, I've been keeping tallies of the random questions that have been going through my head as I try to figure out this universe. I guess it just seems unfair to me that the children of slaves end up as slaves, and hell, it seems really unfair that children can be sold by their parents. I know, the universe isn't fair, but I can channel my feelings into fic:)

[darkrosetiger.livejournal.com]

I guess it just seems unfair to me that the children of slaves end up as slaves, and hell, it seems really unfair that children can be sold by their parents.

Even though I wrote it that way, Joe's backstory makes me sniffly, because a part of him is still convinced that his parents sold him because they didn't want him. The truth is that they sold him rather than have one of the older kids seized for medical bills (which happened anyway, later), and they chose Joe hoping that he wouldn't remember much of his life with them because he was so young.