Re: Back to Vinga

Mikko

We are both totally on the same page with this one, my friend. But its been hinted that these changes are going to be previewed in Unfinished Works. I for one am quite happy with Vinga as she is in the canon.

Regards
Rob

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "valkoharja" <rintasaa@...> wrote:
  >
  > --- In WorldofGlorantha@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <lamorak33@> wrote:
  >
  > <snip>
  > > deities at best, constraining women to be 'faux men', wearing
  > > trousers and in effect 'being men' in the eyes of their society
  > > rather than being women who are warriors.
  >
  > These views are pretty strange to me. I just had a female gamer
  write
  > up a Vingan character for my Heortland game, and the archetype (one
  of
  > them) I explained to her was that of a "tomboy". A girl who likes to
  > play with the boys, with football and cattleraiding, rather than
  > focusing on the traditional girl-stuff of weaving and learning
  > ernalda's wisdom. It's about temperament more than anything.
  >
  >
  > > Then there is the suggestion that Vingan women may require to
  engage
  > > in same sex relationships as a cult stricture.
  >
  > That is past bizarre! If anything vingan's are described in the
  > offiscial sources as being like modern scandinavian girls. They
  aren't
  > yet interested in finding a marriage partner, but have fun with
  young
  > men as they please. Vinga is supposed to be a wild young thing, full
  > of laughter and joy of life.
  >
  > The ritualized manliness and lesbianism you describe seems like a
  > really, really strange take of it. I don't get it.
  >
  > -Adept
  >