tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post8000604622282376159..comments2024-03-19T00:30:09.503-07:00Comments on DIY & dragons: Tolkienian Science Fantasy - Replacing the PC SpeciesAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15493700749333105771noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-85889286506455810882022-02-02T12:56:14.003-08:002022-02-02T12:56:14.003-08:00Casino Site for 2021 with 20 free spins
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Just personally, I would use Kzinti for a warrior race; but I think your interpretation of hobbits as "modern man" and extrapolation from there are spot on.<br />I just started a non-vanilla D&D game late last year, and so far the alienness of the races and settings seems to have helped with player engagement with the fiction, rather than the metafictionCullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06525346014856998303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-87026615233821100142021-01-21T16:05:03.389-08:002021-01-21T16:05:03.389-08:00Thanks for the link! Those are cool world-building...Thanks for the link! Those are cool world-building prompts, and I think your "World without X" planets seem like cool adventure sites.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493700749333105771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-4278299491724928352021-01-21T16:03:02.987-08:002021-01-21T16:03:02.987-08:00Thanks for this! I wasn't aware of this interp...Thanks for this! I wasn't aware of this interpretation of Tolkien's dwarves. <br /><br />The Ferengi have a similar problematic interpretation. I think they're intended to be a critique of 1980s American style capitalism ... but the decision to hire mostly Jewish actors to portray them suggests a possible anti-Semitic reading, whether anyone "meant" for that or not.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493700749333105771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-88144367974579016012021-01-21T15:59:27.727-08:002021-01-21T15:59:27.727-08:00Thanks, I had some good inspiration on this one! B...Thanks, I had some good inspiration on this one! Bilbo is certainly a lot more Ferengi-like than Frodo.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493700749333105771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-15358026800380455062021-01-20T08:34:58.002-08:002021-01-20T08:34:58.002-08:00I tried to do that to some extent with the dwarves...I tried to do that to some extent with the dwarves in my Aquarian Dawn setting, which was supposed to be like my take on a spiritual sequel to traditional fantasy on a subtext level, but in classic me fashion, it probably is too deeply buried under a whole bunch of other modifications I made to dwarves as a concept, but maybe you'll appreciate it on some level:<br /><br />https://weirdwonderfulworlds.blogspot.com/2019/05/aquarian-dawn-dwarves.htmlmaxcan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12504030224075149157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-48795937408781878392021-01-20T08:25:47.554-08:002021-01-20T08:25:47.554-08:00it's the "gold-fever" or whatever th...it's the "gold-fever" or whatever that Thorin succumbs to that I think pushes the whole thing into harmful anti-Semitism. I'd be extremely interested in seeing an explicitly Jewish take on the "Dwarves as Jews" trope, though, I'm curious what that would look like in practice... <br />Captain Crowbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959402382179885595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-35872857149920364992021-01-20T07:38:03.222-08:002021-01-20T07:38:03.222-08:00I really like these kinds of ideas, or the fantasy...I really like these kinds of ideas, or the fantasy species ecology / evolution thing that I think you posted a while back (maybe that was someone else, I can't remember...).<br /><br />I tend to prefer going full gonzo but there's something to be said for these little twists on fantasy. I love the term "french vanilla" lol.<br /><br />While not about species, I did a similar thing as this with elements a while back. I always find the fallback to the traditional alchemy elements earth/air/fire/water oppressively boring, but I had the idea of: what would a world look like where one of these elements is missing:<br /><br />https://weirdwonderfulworlds.blogspot.com/2020/07/worlds-with-missing-elements.html<br />maxcan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12504030224075149157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-71717821349562392122021-01-20T07:33:40.801-08:002021-01-20T07:33:40.801-08:00I was going to mention this as well. If I'm re...I was going to mention this as well. If I'm remembering correctly, I think people have compared the Mines of Moria and Dwarf exile to an Israel narrative.<br /><br />The philological stuff with the dwarves is apparently pretty clearly Semitically derived, and I think Tolkien even explicitly said that the dwarves were inspired by Jews.<br /><br />My understanding also is that Tolkien was not openly anti-semitic, but ya when you think of it that way, dwarves as Jews definitely plays into stereotypes.<br /><br />I'm Jewish, I mean not practicing but I grew up that way, and personally I just find it interesting because Jews were fairly present in medieval Europe but are otherwise not often represented in traditional fantasy (there's no Jewish equivalent of the "eastern" Monk in d&d). When I use traditional fantasy species at all, I tend to lean into the idea of dwarves as a metaphor for Jews in some respect.maxcan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12504030224075149157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-69172796745019266372021-01-19T18:43:38.064-08:002021-01-19T18:43:38.064-08:00Tolkien's dwarves aren't Germanic-- they&#...Tolkien's dwarves aren't Germanic-- they're Semitic, particularly in the Hobbit. nomadic, homeless, big-bearded, they're all practically Wandering Jews to a T. they've been since recast as industrialist imperialist central europeans, but Tolkien's original conception was Jewish and arguably fairly anti-Semitic in practice as well.Captain Crowbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959402382179885595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018265247036237861.post-81071073336861136552021-01-19T16:01:21.989-08:002021-01-19T16:01:21.989-08:00A well thought out post as always! It would be int...A well thought out post as always! It would be interesting imagining the comic, murder hobo potential of The Hobbit, but with ferengi instead of Hobbits Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com