Re: Generally Accepted Glorantha (GAG) , Core Glorantha

From: Jakob Pape <chaomancer_at_GC78Hzi8c751-I6QtZtIl7r8HRK3EGH9F_iSFue3CBmWkpBVjhxLxqxqclA7GTmEb>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:59:59 +0100

On 4/11/07, Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_8hneQXHJnSX_xTpAz8uB3yXUJmS3hmgYVLRtntuLqo1rUAniAc2mPSc4045wHm5dJObuif2xszhABiWhAEWCA-g.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> --- Jakob Pape <chaomancer_at_geVyoo1iPZSHLQ2xHwDzR4IyRx1tM-p-nM759oL4mK5GMW1bVB4UcFKRI8R5ymmGR5OSGRAL_5ZTuZiOxaZyli-ToXA.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> a beautiful example of what I've been trying to say!
> Thank you!
>
> > For my part, speaking as someone not very involved
> > in the Glorantha community,
>
> Welcome to it! (Virtually runs over and gives him a
> big hug, then holds his hand up in the air).

Um, hi. That's an... enthusiastic welcome. :) Thank you.

> this is where it gets confusing. I
> > thought Storm tribe would fit
> > into the category you describe, but now it seems
> > that the description of
> > Vinga in it is not accurate. In ST, she's referred
> > to as, well, *she* and
> > the Loyal Daughter. Now, if I understand right, she
> > is more a he....
>
> <snippage>
>
>
> Jakob, in this particular case, it was eventually
> admitted that the Glorantha in which Vinga is a "he"
> is not the one in the published books that you and the
> rest of us have been working from, but the "real" one,
> where "real" is defined as the nose-in-the-air
> academics-only thing that hasn't been dumbed down for
> popular consumption by the masses. As a member of the
> masses, I'm ignoring it.

Thanks for the clarification.

-- 
Jakob Pape

"Sometimes subtlety comes in the form of large explosions and jammed open
airlock doors."