I know people love the idea of merit, talent and skill winning people a positive place in life. I mean, we write stories praising such things, there are films where the central thesis is just that and there are songs meant to pump people up to this aspiration.
But the way the world really works, like anything, is vastly different. People will often be judged and given place or position on something as mediocre and simple as looks. "Pretty privilege" most certainly exists. And I think people that have been on both sides of that equation can both vouch for it, and say how heinous it is - but if they're on the positive side of pretty privilege now... they're going to ride that wave and say "fuck all y'all" to those in the position they were previously in.
Because as much as we like to extol the virtue of ones actions, heart and accomplishments - what is the one other hugest fiction trope we all LOVE to see in our entertainment? The glow up. People LOVE the makeovers.
We're an odd, interesting species. We extol certain things but absolutely work on another set of values. And this is never going to change. So sometimes you have to carve out your own way with brute force if you just can't get better looking enough. In the end, you gotta live with yourself, so do what you have to to feel happy.
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