Re: Re: World changing heroquests

From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_...>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:17:13 +0100


Nils Weinander wrote:
...
> And, the rape of Thed is an event that does happen in the
> Otherworld. Cancelling it altogether would be exceedingly
> difficult. What you can do is rediscover a complementary
> myth which somehow lessens the effect of the well-known one
> and eventually eclipsing it so that the rape myth sink into
> obscurity.

...

>From Kos, the key event is not Ragnalgar raping Thed, but Thed's
demand for and winning of unjust compensation.

A new myth in which justice prevails, and the 'compensation' is revoked might do the trick. Interestingly, such a myth might require no violence at all, which would be a welcome addition. Make way for Chalana Arroy the Rape Counsellor!

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