Editing Mama Mathers (section)

==Personality==
Even among her fellow [[Fallen]] she is described as "off", despite her obvious intelligence.<ref name="WDFall River"/>

She is, by all accounts, a true believer in the ideology of the Fallen, and willing to kill members who disappointed her<ref name="II4.c e4"/> and their families. Mama Mathers did not permit [[Valefor]] to use his power to force everyone in her group to follow her ideology; she wanted to exercise power over people without it feeling hollow.<ref>'''arandomperson1234:''' Why didn't Mama Mathers just make everyone in her branch of the fallen absolutely loyal with Valefor, and then make them forget it? It seems like that would tie the group together much better.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Because there's no surer way to show that your ideology is hollow than to have to use powers to force people to follow it.<br><br>They're people, including the people at the top, and they have their own ideas and motivations. I think they key distinction to make is that you can have power over people, and you can exercise power over people. Absolute power with no exercise is disconnected in a way that (less than absolute) power with the active exercise and control (and ego) is involved in. It'd feel hollow and horrible if you weren't really doing anything and didn't exercise the power yourself.<br><br>Having Erin approach Rain of her own will and knowing just what you're doing to the both of them is something entirely different from just having your kid say things to both of them and having them entirely under your thumb.<br><br>Besides. Having Valefor step in to that degree is the equivalent of the Dictator handing over all of the military power, economy, legal power, and procedural power over to the (purportedly loyal) son that's acting as Vice President. - Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://spacebattles.com/posts/45136810 -->

Mama Mathers is not a warrior or a general; she is a subtle player and would likely not be part of a headlong rush.<ref name="II6.2 e4">No green, no black, no white.  I wasn’t even sure if it was that hard-set, or if my speculations were off-point, but it helped on a level.  It helped validate my assumption that Mama Mathers wouldn’t be part of a headlong rush, and I liked even the ''idea'' that my enemies’ costumes might be conveniently color-coded.<br><br>Valefor and Mama Mathers were scary, or Valefor ''had'' been scary, but they weren’t warriors, and they weren’t generals.  Their weakness in this was that they were subtle players and the small-scale war wasn’t subtle. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/17 Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.2]]</ref> She values her safety; she acquired<ref name="II15.z" /> or traded and paid<ref name="II6.1">[[Pitch 6.1]]</ref> for multiple capes who could be her bodyguards if needed.<ref name="II6.4">[[Pitch 6.4]]</ref><ref name="II15.z" /> However, Mama Mathers was unable to acquire a [[Healer]] despite her best efforts and wishes.<ref name="II15.z" />

She has a extremely regressive view of gender roles, while at the same time a surprisingly progressive stance. Anyone can occupy any position within the family they want as long as they are dedicated to the "cause" and have powers.<ref name="II4.c e3">Her fingers traced his shoulder-length hair.  “I told you to grow your hair long, back then.”<br><br>“Yes, mama,” he said.<br><br>“Do you remember why?  Any boy of mine that does anything to catch my eye, good or bad,  I have them do it.”<br>[...]<br>“The girls know it, but the boys sometimes need to learn it.  I’m content to let either be my soldiers, but that requires ''zeal''.  Not everyone has it.  Not everyone cleaves to their role and position.  Everyone has responsibilities, and it takes a soldier to obey.”<br><br>Rain nodded again.<br><br>Her voice took on a different tone.  No less ethereal, but haunting-ethereal, now.  “The hair is to remind you that if you won’t be a soldier for the families, we’ll have you be a ''slut''.  We’ll get children out of you.  If you fail at that, if they’re sickly or disobedient, we’ll geld you like we would any of the farm animals.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/22/shade-interlude-4c/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 4c II]]</ref> Everyone else is disposable.

After gaining her power, Mama Mathers was grateful for the ability to hold [[Valefor]] without being his slave. [[Cauldron]] asked her for favors; she did do some of these favors as she pleased.<ref name="II15.z eVial" /><!--
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