IN BED WITH EURMALS
Loren Miller : 1/205 Wed, 8 Mar 1995:-
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Ancient history, I know. but..
This caught my eye and left me with a big question...
Am I missing some obvious assumption?
Is the logic here:
Gay's and bi's are a trick on nature and as such belong to the world of
the Eurmal?
Or is it:
As fun-lovin' guys'n'gals the Eurmal will shag anything for a laff?
Or is it maybe:
As outlaws, vagabonds, ne'er-do-wells etc they could never get a 'proper'
shag?
Now, I could understand an argument where a particularily offensive Eurmal may shag a Man's ox to make a point. Or his dog, or his wife, or his mother, or him. This is a good larff and not about *sex* or *sexual preference* but, rather, about the divine nature and beauty or a good joke. If the man *was* gay then so would the Eurmal be. If not, then the joke would revolve around a sex change. Eurmals play with illusion not reality. They are not disgusting - rather, they can play the ether to create digust. An Eurmal is emotionally only what he or she needs to be. Hence they cannot be pinned down, trusted, married etc.
More Importantly, as their personas are built on Illusion It would take a brave or foolish man to try to bet on an Eurmal's real feelings. Only a god could find them.
So how can anyone, other than an Eurmal, say that the Eurmal are 'probably all either gay or bi'?
me above:
>As outlaws they *must* do all things that might be considered outlawed?
Well, clearly not. They *can do* anything they want. They *must do* nothing. Who says an Eurmal has to break any rules? Not I, gungadin! (sp) If to mix the world up you have to break rules - great. If not - then don't. I often wonder whether, when Eurmals get together they, like mathematicians talking about proofs, discuss elegance, minimalism, and style. A sexy joke, like a sexy proof need not be over-the-top in its workings.. Perhaps - differing schools and movements follow minimalist and maximalist teachings where one is encouraged to break the world order with style and grace. Whether through subterfuge or pandemonium. As anyone who has seen a fractal knows - chaotic disorder *can* be beautiful.
Loren:
>And there's the rub, for some people are going to think that any gay
>man is Eurmali, and therefore outlaw, just as there are people today
>who think all gay men are femmes.
The Eurmal make no rules - they only play with them. It is easy to blame the Ills of the world on the Eurmal - and I am sure many Gloranthan's do - but, for the above statement to be true you first need a society which outlaws homosexuality. In any Gloranthan society where it *is*, then I would think that the above statement will hold. But which ones? With so much of the major parts of it based on Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Native Americans - I would hate to have a go. Anyone brave enough to try..?
I don't want to get all PC here - nor HC (History is not one of my strongpoints,thats why I like Glorantha ;-) - but my point here is that Loren's original statement is at best a gross generalisation and at worst a *nasty* assumption.
EURMAL AND DEATH
STOCK EXCHANGE
OFFICER DIBBLE
Maybe this explains Kinship breaking. There are many a family round here who would disown a member if they joined the 'polis';-) Seriously though, for one to judge the law impartially one needs to be above the sway of family ties.. But *not* an "outlaw" - more an "aloof".
Anyway, this place is closing - so I must go..
Cheers!
Sam. x NSBS
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