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sunnyskywalkerI had bigger plans for today, but unfortunately while planting some kangaroo paws, I wrenched my back and am now much distracted by the pain sitting in any position causes.
So, in lieu of original content, have some links!
Mighty Axes and Bear-Soaked Beards: The Portrayal of Dwarves in Fantasy
Jim Hines points out that unlike, say, elves, there actually are such things as dwarves - and they don't all drink beer and live in mines. Nor are they a separate species...
Deconstructing Pointy-Eared White Supremacists
Not that elves can't bring their own fail to the party! You know that line in The Hobbit where it explains that the elves of Mirkwood go hunting occasionally and get shipments of apples and booze from Laketown... and have basically no other economy? And you're trying to ignore that gaping hole in the worldbuilding and all the "but what where do they get their food? what are the Laketowners taking in exchange for all this booze?" questions that keep popping into your head while you're in the shower? Yeah, elves ever since have usually suffered from certain problems which have all-too-familiar implications.
Science Fiction Is Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed
One take on why zombie hordes and airships are so popular recently. All it needs is some speculation on cozying up to the sparkly, rich vampires as a fantasy of joining the predatory-except-to-you (because you're special and deserve better!) ruling classes.
Bard-a-thon
On a lighter note, some Ferretbrainers are watching the whole set of BBC's Shakespeare films in reverse order of famousness, which means you get to hear all about the plays no one ever has to read in school first. Pericles, Prince of Tyre sounds like Shareskpeare must have been smoking the good stuff that week.
So, in lieu of original content, have some links!
Mighty Axes and Bear-Soaked Beards: The Portrayal of Dwarves in Fantasy
Jim Hines points out that unlike, say, elves, there actually are such things as dwarves - and they don't all drink beer and live in mines. Nor are they a separate species...
Deconstructing Pointy-Eared White Supremacists
Not that elves can't bring their own fail to the party! You know that line in The Hobbit where it explains that the elves of Mirkwood go hunting occasionally and get shipments of apples and booze from Laketown... and have basically no other economy? And you're trying to ignore that gaping hole in the worldbuilding and all the "but what where do they get their food? what are the Laketowners taking in exchange for all this booze?" questions that keep popping into your head while you're in the shower? Yeah, elves ever since have usually suffered from certain problems which have all-too-familiar implications.
Science Fiction Is Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed
One take on why zombie hordes and airships are so popular recently. All it needs is some speculation on cozying up to the sparkly, rich vampires as a fantasy of joining the predatory-except-to-you (because you're special and deserve better!) ruling classes.
Bard-a-thon
On a lighter note, some Ferretbrainers are watching the whole set of BBC's Shakespeare films in reverse order of famousness, which means you get to hear all about the plays no one ever has to read in school first. Pericles, Prince of Tyre sounds like Shareskpeare must have been smoking the good stuff that week.
