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on the attractions of terrible politics
Sep. 29th, 2017 01:20 amI did dancing and shopping at the usual times
and got home and made two egg sandwiches (though I still have not got the hang of eggs, they're better tasting when cooked elsewhere)
and the I sat down to catch up on tumblr
and it got to be now in the usual pleasant way.
astolat has made new Witcher fic.
You know those writers where you end up reading fandoms you've got no clue about, because it will rock?
yeah.
a lot of fic though seems pretty cool with the basic concept of monarchy and conquering people for their own good. I mean I'm British, I have grown up surrounded by stories that are pretty much yaay monarchy lets conquer stuff and make it civilized, and that means that I both adore a well written Arthur and wince every time it comes up. I mean, we were kind of bastards, for much of history. I feel the tendency to conquer everything in sight in the name of someone with a shiny hat did not in fact enrich the world per se.
... does make bloody good fiction though.
... so how does one get something just as viscerally satisfying about democracy and generally getting people to agree to laws and things?
preferably involving swords and dragons.
( Read more... )
Civilisation is the anti drama, really. Civilisation is the mechanism by which we minimise drama.
Kings have some excellent potential to be just the opposite, as the centuries of talking about that one guy brought down by his bastard will attest.
So I'm not even really sure what sort of stories I'd want, let alone how to write them.
But I feel almost as weird cheering on a good king as I do being a fan of a good villain...
and got home and made two egg sandwiches (though I still have not got the hang of eggs, they're better tasting when cooked elsewhere)
and the I sat down to catch up on tumblr
and it got to be now in the usual pleasant way.
astolat has made new Witcher fic.
You know those writers where you end up reading fandoms you've got no clue about, because it will rock?
yeah.
a lot of fic though seems pretty cool with the basic concept of monarchy and conquering people for their own good. I mean I'm British, I have grown up surrounded by stories that are pretty much yaay monarchy lets conquer stuff and make it civilized, and that means that I both adore a well written Arthur and wince every time it comes up. I mean, we were kind of bastards, for much of history. I feel the tendency to conquer everything in sight in the name of someone with a shiny hat did not in fact enrich the world per se.
... does make bloody good fiction though.
... so how does one get something just as viscerally satisfying about democracy and generally getting people to agree to laws and things?
preferably involving swords and dragons.
( Read more... )
Civilisation is the anti drama, really. Civilisation is the mechanism by which we minimise drama.
Kings have some excellent potential to be just the opposite, as the centuries of talking about that one guy brought down by his bastard will attest.
So I'm not even really sure what sort of stories I'd want, let alone how to write them.
But I feel almost as weird cheering on a good king as I do being a fan of a good villain...