[Glorantha] Re: Quack! Glub, Glub, Glub

>> Ugh... I have to say I found the whole "how to slaughter sentient
>> creatures" pretty sickening.
> Well, it was written vampire to vampire...

Well, there's two or three ways to look at it, as I see it: 1. On the one hand, being sickened by a vampire's eye view of cold-bloodedly killing its enemies (in this case ducks) is probably a healthy reaction!

2. Any military plan of attack is basically detailing an organised way to kill people. If you've heard tacticians talking about driving people into "killing zones" across which they have set up pre-set fields of fire, it is brutal, cold, efficient, and absolutely true to military life. Again, being sickened by it is probably a healthy response.

3. We play games that involve imaginary people and creatures killing one another! It's a bit harsh to accuse someone of writing "snuff" for an in-character piece of writing, just because it's a bit tasteless. After all, the defining feature of snuff is that it is creating entertainment from the death of *real* people, not imaginary ones, still less imaginary sentient humanoid ducks.

3a. I liked it! And Simon's other Upland Marsh related writings!

Cheers Dears -

Malk. Received on Wed 01 Feb 2006 - 17:39:15 EET