Thank god for YGWV! I have read up on this hitherto unknown version
of Vinga being somewhat like an inverse Nandan. What a load of old
shit. That explanation would have a gone down like a Thanatari pole
dancer at a Uroxi convention with just about every female who ever
played in my Glorantha. Vinga is a socially acceptable outlet for
women warriors. To insist that they must be some kind of 'geezerbird'
is dolorous. I aint got nothing against lezzie Vingans, I'd
rent that movie any day of the week, but I just don't see the point.
One of the things that I like about Iron age Celtic society (I am not
a historian, this is the impression I have developed over the years)
is that it was remarkable in that women could be warriors, kings
(Queens of course) and leaders, and that the female role was not
necessarily seen as a lesser role.
I guess because Greg is so heavily invested in Medieval culture and
Arthuriana and its inherent sexism that its crept into Glorantha with
this newly discovered Vinga. If you're a warrior you must be a bloke
and a fucking lesbian as well! lol
Oh dear,
Rob
- In ImmoderateGloranthaQuest_at_yahoogroups.com, Ashley Munday
<aescleal_at_...> wrote:
>
> This is so cool, it explains so much!
>
> After Andrew Dawson's post I get what all the fuss is
> about. Not being on the WOGlist I hadn't the foggiest
> before. It's nice to see that all the potential action
> roles for Saratarite women in my campaign have been
> shut down. They're either rampant dykes or
> psychopaths. My wife and other female player are going
> to love that. I'll have to make all my male players
> take on blue sheep intitiate roles for a while to
> maintain balance.
>
> I can just see the new feats: "armour of comfy cardy
> and sensible shoes", "you can watch but don't touch*",
> "It seems a bit hot in here..." Devotees can now be
> called "Storm Aunties."
>
> Donnandar gets an additional feat of "wicka-wicka
> guitar of corniness"
>
> And, it means that Tradetalk can have a
> saphic-lesbo-finger-fuck-fest issue without stirring
> all up all that IP shit again. The new edition of
> "Storm Tribe" is going to be so cool, I can't wait to
> take it to the khazi with me, for the articles of
> course.
>
> That explains why Kallyr as trapped in that block of
> ice - mythically she was cold to the touch of men then
> the studly adventurers turn up and "thaw her out."
>
> Sniggeringly,
>
> Ash
>
> *This isn't strictly anything to do with real world
> lesbian behaviour of course, just a common fantasy,
> and this is a fantasy game.
>
> So I've heard of course, not being able to speak from
> personal experience.
>