tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post7099055819220338522..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: Faerun After DarkMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-63635577540573403952009-06-24T03:11:13.384-04:002009-06-24T03:11:13.384-04:00Chris: Really? I've always associated RenFair...<b>Chris</b>: Really? I've always associated RenFaire with sex. Maybe it's because I've seen behind the scenes, but all those wenches, Henry VIII clones, and codpieces just kinda point towards sex to me.<br /><br />But I think I can see where you're writing from. I mean, if your idea of High Fantasy is Tolkien or Sir Walter Scott, sure, sex probably has little place in the story. If your idea of High Fantasy is instead King Arthur (which is chock full of lust, where even Lancelot can forget his love for Guinevere long enough to sire at least one bastard) and C.S. Lewis (yes, I know, Christian allegory, but he stuffed his Narnia full of mermaids, nymphs, dryads, satyrs, centaurs, and minotaurs) it's hard to separate sex from the stories. I always felt the Realms was more King Arthur by way of Lankhmar, myself.<br /><br />(And of course my word verification is "prone". *facepalms*)trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-46653196249433162022009-06-24T01:09:08.896-04:002009-06-24T01:09:08.896-04:00Phil and Dixie are rolling in their graves.Phil and Dixie are rolling in their graves.jdh417https://www.blogger.com/profile/14541882649762424101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-38318355775906268722009-06-22T15:43:27.867-04:002009-06-22T15:43:27.867-04:00Sex in FR because it feels more realistic? From my...Sex in FR because it feels more realistic? From my point of view it's more that Greyhawk seems boorish, dull and lifeless. There, I said it. Grognards can now bash me senseless.<br /><br />I do agree that FR do have a "immediacy" to it, which might be your "realistic".AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-78267722950384625712009-06-22T14:20:58.368-04:002009-06-22T14:20:58.368-04:00I thought there was something more than a little, ...I thought there was something more than a little, let's call it subtextual, about the magical cosmology of the Realms. Spellfire, the Weave, Mystra the goddess of magic; it all gets a little <i>prana-bindu</i> sex magic when you scratch the surface of the bucolic rural fantasy.<br /><br /><b>@Badmike:</b> Different expectations I'd imagine. You expect priapic demonic idols and sex-as-power in S&S. It's a little unexpected in (what appears to be) RenFair-derived high fantasy.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-67567030598162084782009-06-22T12:09:22.600-04:002009-06-22T12:09:22.600-04:00Wanna ferret out someone you never, ever want to g...Wanna ferret out someone you never, ever want to game with? Look for the hypocritical SOB's that sneer and snicker about Ed Greenwood's "pervertedness" and show mock horror at the fact Ed has some pretty open minded views about his character's lives in the FR. Did all those idiots read Howard's Conan tales and figure the brawny barbarian was just going to give all those lovely damsels he rescued a ride home and a handshake at the end of the stories? Sheesh. There is a slew of things to criticize Ed for; being sexually honest in his portrayals of fantasy characters seem a really weird thing to bring up.<br /><br />It's really too bad Ed was censored as much as he was, he was probably the forefather of the more "realistic" fantasy worlds seen with the release of 3E.Badmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199830751033032585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-26323924273803847832009-06-22T11:55:42.575-04:002009-06-22T11:55:42.575-04:00I tend to agree but recent venture into Warhammer ...I tend to agree but recent venture into Warhammer 40k/Dark Heresy universe and game has made me think about sexuality in AD&D. As opposed to above-mentioned 40k universe AD&D for me at that early and impressionable age was brimming with libidinal energy (in a quite good way I might add) and when you mention it FR was leading the pack, so to speak...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-77928814027287939142009-06-22T11:46:48.939-04:002009-06-22T11:46:48.939-04:00If you read Gygax's Gord the Rogue books, you&...If you read Gygax's Gord the Rogue books, you'd see Greyhawk is a fairly bawdy sort of place too. But you're right, that never comes across in the TSR materials for the game. Interesting note about the "festhalls", I had not heard that before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com