Oh, for sure. I think it could be an interesting thing to explore, though.
Randomly, so does Tortall run on a feudal system or not? Because if so, all this "omg slavery sucks, Tortall is so much more awesome" is once more disappearing all the commoner serfs whose lives would not be very nice at all.
Yeeeeeah, well, I can't get a handle on Tortallan politics, you know that. Probably because they bounce back and forth between "this is medieval!" and "modern sensibilities!" Like, for example, the handling of treason. Half the time, it's the medieval concept of "punish the whole family; traitors come from bad stock" and the other half it's "Oh, but Maura/Lerant/whoever weren't directly involved, so it would be unfair to punish them for their relatives' actions."
I would have no problem with either attitude--Tortall isn't medieval Europe, and in many ways does have more modern sensibilities, and I think that's potentially interesting--but bouncing between them is bizarre.
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Date: 11 Feb 2011 06:55 pm (UTC)From:Randomly, so does Tortall run on a feudal system or not? Because if so, all this "omg slavery sucks, Tortall is so much more awesome" is once more disappearing all the commoner serfs whose lives would not be very nice at all.
Yeeeeeah, well, I can't get a handle on Tortallan politics, you know that. Probably because they bounce back and forth between "this is medieval!" and "modern sensibilities!" Like, for example, the handling of treason. Half the time, it's the medieval concept of "punish the whole family; traitors come from bad stock" and the other half it's "Oh, but Maura/Lerant/whoever weren't directly involved, so it would be unfair to punish them for their relatives' actions."
I would have no problem with either attitude--Tortall isn't medieval Europe, and in many ways does have more modern sensibilities, and I think that's potentially interesting--but bouncing between them is bizarre.