are palicos essentially slaves

[D-Black Catto]

do they have workers rights, wages, trade unions? a lot of their working conditions are very unsafe, they should fight for their rights!

[D-Black Catto]

Originally posted by YamatoPower9000:

Just imagine them going to ♥♥♥♥ in their litters and then cook your food leaving their poop hairs in your dish. And then whole village going sick and main admiral-commisioner laying with green face on his bed tilting his head to see them cooking and his mind like starting to connect the dots and his last words - "Cat's ♥♥♥♥ in food..." meeahhhh* *dead*. That concept can't leave my mind.

Where there's a fire there is smoke

And, in that smoke, from this day onwards my people will crouch and conspire and plot and plan
Until the inevitable day of Man's downfall, the day of the lighting in the sky when your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble, and the sea will be a dead see, and the land will be a wasteland, from which I shall lead my people out of their captivity

And we will build our own cities, raise our own armies, our own dynasty, our own religion, in which there will be no place for humans except to serve our ends. And that day, is upon you, NOW!!

[Mr. Orion Quest]

You don't hunt. The palicos do

[DaTank]

Originally posted by Kuro Neko:

Originally posted by YamatoPower9000:

Just imagine them going to ♥♥♥♥ in their litters and then cook your food leaving their poop hairs in your dish. And then whole village going sick and main admiral-commisioner laying with green face on his bed tilting his head to see them cooking and his mind like starting to connect the dots and his last words - "Cat's ♥♥♥♥ in food..." meeahhhh* *dead*. That concept can't leave my mind.

Where there's a fire there is smoke

And, in that smoke, from this day onwards my people will crouch and conspire and plot and plan
Until the inevitable day of Man's downfall, the day of the lighting in the sky when your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble, and the sea will be a dead see, and the land will be a wasteland, from which I shall lead my people out of their captivity

And we will build our own cities, raise our own armies, our own dynasty, our own religion, in which there will be no place for humans except to serve our ends. And that day, is upon you, NOW!!

Who is going to feed you? Who is going to pet you? Who is going to play in the footbath with you?

edit: oh wait

[D-Black Catto]

Originally posted by DaTank:

Originally posted by Kuro Neko:

Where there's a fire there is smoke

And, in that smoke, from this day onwards my people will crouch and conspire and plot and plan
Until the inevitable day of Man's downfall, the day of the lighting in the sky when your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble, and the sea will be a dead see, and the land will be a wasteland, from which I shall lead my people out of their captivity

And we will build our own cities, raise our own armies, our own dynasty, our own religion, in which there will be no place for humans except to serve our ends. And that day, is upon you, NOW!!

Who is going to feed you? Who is going to pet you? Who is going to play in the footbath with you?

im a free strong willed independent palico I need no man

[Odious Malaise]

Meh palicos, I live to serve Cha-Cha. Bring back Cha-Cha, JUSTICE FOR CHA-CHA!

[JPM岩]

Yes, yes, and yes. They are their own group, but they primarily get jobs at the Guild. The Meownster Hunters were formed as a Palico-only group whose job is to protect Palico Villages from Monster attacks (which they do well, being able to fight off elder dragons).

[Faust Wither]

don't worry they got plenty of same share as their size.

[Tresh]

Originally posted by kuaikukia:

Slave? Go ahead try release them, I dare you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwN8Ji6rWck

Where did those ninjas cutting onions come from?

[Grisnir]

Originally posted by kuaikukia:

Slave? Go ahead try release them, I dare you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwN8Ji6rWck

i hate you

[Asphe]

Originally posted by DaTank:

please, all we need are cats having an identity crisis and trying to dress up like a dog because nonesense

Too late...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1822699297

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It's a felyne scam. We pay them to 'work' for us, getting us into fights with monsters... who obviously pay them to cart our smelly carcasses away.

What? How many times have you carted... because they wouldn't snap you out of a stun? You probably didn't see Nergigante winking at your meow... "don't help him... going to do a nice special on him... bonus tip for uber cart"

Honestly though... can you blame them? Think of the costumes we make them wear... cruel and unusual fashion!

[Macho Chunko]

Originally posted by Hare+Guu!:

I wouldn't want slave cat paws on my food. Palico are smart enough that they're only missing the physical ability to talk, so they're probably smart enough to think of revenge if they were being treated poorly. So they probably treat them very well for them to be trusted enough to handle food.

They do talk tought, everyone understands what they say and they understand you aswell, they just don't talk in our worlds words, kinda like MH has it's MH language thing.

[Cam]

No, they are not slaves. It's known that many felynes living in the wild leave their tribes to enter human societies (note that by human I'm also referring to wyverian, etc). Evidence being that this is literally the palico recruitment process in 4U. They aren't being kidnapped or forced to serve under any circumstance. Hell there was one in particular (Cowardly Palico, aka "Whitescruff", aka Smirk) who almost fell into depression after losing his hunter. It's not clear how they're paid, but recruitment fees have existed before so presumably they don't work for free, and they eat meals at the same time as you, which means they're either getting free meals or buying their own. Seems pretty good either way.

There's often someone they refer to as their master, which is particularly notable in palicoes as they are designated hunting partners (because "palico" is a role, not a species), but it's more of a master-apprentice deal. This is not a requirement, as you can also see them being put on equal standing with humans or even running their own businesses (e.g. the Street Cook in 4U, he had no known affiliation before joining the Caravan, and he's still getting paid per meal afterwards). They're seemingly allowed to take up any profession they want, from the mundane stuff like working in kitchens and farms, to more independent ventures like treasure hunting (i.e. Trenya).

The societies we've seen so far in Monster Hunter are pretty accepting of anyone who wants to enter and they treat all kinds of people with equal respect, nobody has been shown getting unfair treatment just because of what they are. Even shakalaka (and, by extension, gajalaka) are welcome as citizens if they can be civil. Cha-Cha and Kayamba proved that.

[Mave]

Yes, those immortal demigods who could technically hunt every monster in existence without the fear of any consequence whatsoever are our slaves. The days those furball realize how much power they have is the time where society as we know it will burn to the ground with no survivors.

[Murdo]

Originally posted by Cam:

(because "palico" is a role, not a species)

Probably best illustrated by the fact that they were originally called "felyne comrades", not "palico".

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by Kuro Neko:

a lot of their working conditions are very unsafe

Boy, wait until you'll find out about the hunters job.