Re: [WorldofGlorantha] Re: Real World Vingans

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_hB1aHYkC8Ru1BBcauNDcz2CFEnFT0M5jjLoDIefTOmu5WJrg4o6QUY1NDsDtWvY_dwmTV1sqsa>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:30:15 -0700

YGWV donald_at_3GjZsSUYZcihDqe1eERXncx-iTd4c1qook2ED04gPYG6Hjzk1NaD01vcGp5Hlsrb2bMmk.yahoo.invalid wrote:

In message <46A68115.2000809_at_gMvZ1kYE0GrIfSeLBnobWewAoOmM2YrqAKvIUJqyJQRMq37D7shLLHoKinQ_0NjQ5rXd4X0LDs-xeANbJlJJW9O62zuOQc.yahoo.invalid <mailto:46A68115.2000809%40glorantha.com>> Greg Stafford writes:
>
> >As for me, well, I am genuinely surprised that anyone familiar with the
> >published material thinks that Ernaldan women would be anything other
> >than savage defenders of hearth and home. Professional warriors? Nope.
> >Experienced and competent? Probably not. But willing, able and going to
> >make the effort--of course!
>
> If you look at Thunder Rebels though the cultural assumptions of
> modern Europe and the US And there is the rub. I have always assumed
that the average HQ player would know better than to project modern European/US mores onto an ancient society. I had just assumed that we were better educated and informed than that. This mistaken assumption of mine accounts for a lot of the heat that my comments often generate from this list.
> >Dara Happan noble women? Probbly screamie meemies, sure.
>
> Even there I think there's a limit. Push Dendara too far and
> her sister Gorgorma appears.
Yes, but it is Gorgorma, not Dendara.

And I’m note that I’m not including all those Orian women here.

-GS             Received on Tue 24 Jul 2007 - 18:32:18 EEST

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