Vedr. Re: In Defence Of A Goddess - A

From: Rob <robert_m_davis_at_Wxv7tGt64pyM46TK009G00adphnBnpMPuHXxF9oEIs_zaMbY4lcwgV3tbV_xG>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 05:27:13 -0000


Yeah, but....

Whats all that got to do with marginilising and neutering a 'popular among the masses of Gloranthaphiles' goddess and elevating a minor 'horse whisperer' deity to fill the void?

and 'Jeff and Greg aren't sexist, but are trying to produce a Sartar for ancient heroic literature, not modern fantasy. ' yeah? Well, newsflash, its unpopular. And even Lucas wrote female Jedi (albeit rather lamely). And they are coming off as sexist, whether they intend or not.

I can see where Greg is coming from. He has recently been heavily invested in Arthuriana. I love Pendragon the game and the setting. But like we keep saying not all women want to be princesses. Its just despairing to discover another stafford game providing fewer opportunities for female roleplayers as we learn more about it, or for male roleplayers who awant to play a female character (the Buffy factor I call it).

The fact is Vinga works, and these new insights are just un-fun, uncool  and at best offensive and at worst just plain hurtful to a lot of very nice people. But who cares about that eh? Lets hope that Sir Minty cares and kicks such ideas into the unfinished works where they belong. I regularly ignore those anyway. And judging by what I am hearing, I intend to avoid them even more assiduosly!!

Rob

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