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In The Chronicles of Riddick, both Vaako and his wife Dame Vaako refer to Riddick as a "breeder". Is this a race they are presuming he is a member of? I say "presuming" because later on
it is discovered that he is actually a Furyan, but I don't think Vaako or his wife knew that at the time they were calling him a "breeder".
What does the term "breeder" mean in this movie?
In the Riddick universe, Vaako and Dame Vaako are necromongers. Necromongers view life as an abberation to be corrected, and exist in a state where they are "one quarter dead." One side effect of this process is that it renders the subject sterile - after all, if you believe life is abhorrent, you don't want to be making more of it. (Sadly, I can't remember in which Riddick thing I read/saw/heard/played this.)
Calling Riddick a "breeder" is classifying him as someone who is capable of reproduction. It may also double as an epithet and insult as it describes an act considered immoral in necromonger culture.
