Even Papa wonders if his beloved sharks have grown a little complacent under his care, though they still adhere to many of their natural habits, like migrating or disappearing up the rivers for weeks on end when it's time to breed.
The cast of characters are equally inclusive, with a cross-section of players: fiery colonials bent upon righting the wrongs suffered under English rule, complacent Loyalists anxious to preserve their status and material well-being, English soldiers either merely doing their professional duty or cruelly enjoying the subjugation of the Colonials, neutral Quakers unwilling to formally take sides.
She wrote to her longtime friend Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell in April, 1896 to observe: "Our politicians are calm and complacent under our fire but the clergy jump round the moment you aim a pop gun at them 'like parched peas on a hot skillet'".
But Mr Aquino is under fire for seeming complacent, somewhat unfeeling and for trying to pass the buck.
These mixed messages have made death an almost irresistible subject for artists seeking to get under the skin of a complacent society.
It is as much in charge of its destiny as any publicly owned body can be, when compared with the humbling of the BBC, and S4C's ongoing pantomime: a grim reminder of how complacent they became under 13 years of Labour.
Holding a seat for as long this, even through the tough, wilderness years under Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock, what party wouldn't become complacent?
Cambridge United's manager, Richard Money, is more likely to keep the recording of this match under wraps for fear his players would become complacent.
Thankfully, many women who were complacent following eight years of progress under President Obama are now "woke".
When I met him in October under the auspices of the Valdai Club, he seemed complacent about the economy, and reformers within the system are gloomy.
