Re: beating the bat

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_2DyBdjmcKuVZyflfYHRAr0UdbCVpucOFrR9oGXJVBgG_TEZs_bbyAoGu9SEpNJ4Kq7-oY>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:36:59 -0800

>>Where did Broyan get that reputation? I can't find it among the various
>>books I (quickly) scanned. And "Traditionalist" for a god of Change and
>>Movement who has cunnng as a big component of his makeup. The idea of
>>Orlanthi as Back-wood Conservative Rednecks is just plain *wrong*.
>
> 'Thunder Rebels' p6

Ah, thanks.

> "He is an ultratraditionalist, so deeply imbued with his god that he
> sometimes speaks in Stormspeech, a language not made for human tongue.
> His intensity is such that his personal winds appear around him. His
> personal band is as fanatical as he..."

But "Ultratraditionalist" is not the same as (the modern usage of) "UltraConservative". He follows the traditions of Orlanth, which includes all sorts of acceptance of foreigners (Fire, Water, Earth tribes, plus Others), Cunning (Orlanth Adventurous didn't always rely on brute force), etc.. Yes, Vingkot (B's primary god) can be a bit of a prude (dislikes both Trolls and Dara Happans), but still, the Orlanthi are, on the whole, pretty accepting people.

Trying to cast Broyan (or the Orlanthi) as more right-wing Ultraconservative than Rush Limbaugh is wrong.

RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad R. Sabatini, Scaramouche