[Peter delivers]
Heh.
And as Peter mentions, all 'Orlanthi' women must now be retrospectively classified as Vingans. Ie Pay Surney (and Euclia Stormfollower, etc) in Griffin Mountain, Ariella The Actress.
Regardless of which it isn't a Vinga vs Ernalda issue, its an Ernalda vs - the issue is that if Vinga is the only way into the Orlanth cult for women (a poor decision in the first place), and majority of fun characters with interesting stories Greg has written about are Orlanthi, then surely if you say being in Vinga makes you freakish and odd because you don't belong, what you are really saying is female characters that want to act out the the cool stories in Glorantha are freakish and odd. Being cool is for men, so all women that want to be a part of all those big stories must acknowledge their freakishness and unfemaleness somehow.
What it comes down to is - Greg has decided that Orlanthi society is really sexist for the most part. Yes, there are many ways to escape from a rigid gender role, but only by being some sort of freak. He has decided to enforce and encourage this sexism, and 'fix' those areas where somehow insufficiently sexist parts snuck through in the past, in the belief that its valid in some deep mythological way. Despite it being not particularly consistent with his past writings, or in any way appreciated by his audience. And you are cheering him on. Vinga is the just point at which people cry enough already.
Cheers
David
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