Turmoil in the Toybox, part 2: Electric Boogaloo!
Okay, the title's a trifle silly, but while my original thought was that TinT II would be better than the first, it isn't. It's no worse, mind, but that's like saying that a bullet in the chest is no worse than three knife wounds to the stomach
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No mention of Eragon? I thought TinT2 dated from the early 90s at the latest. (Or were you being tongue-in-cheek?)
I'd be interested to know how she defines "good" fantasy. Though I suspect I won't agree with her, it's surprising to hear an author of this ilk even suggest such a thing.
Your third paragraph sounds like a lot of political-left and/or feminist polemic (for that matter it sounds like what I heard at the Social Gospel church I attended during the latter 70s). That also is surprising from such an author.
Too bad she couldn't apply "hate the player, not the game" to her D&D experience. If those guys weren't acting out sick fantasies around a card table, they'd be pulling flies' wings off or roughing up kids for their lunch money. I suspect they're big fans of slasher movies. And I too hope none of them have reproduced after their own
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That was a joke, yes.
I'd be interested to know how she defines "good" fantasy. Though I suspect I won't agree with her, it's surprising to hear an author of this ilk even suggest such a thing.
Her idea of good fantasy seems to be very heavily Christian-ized, little if any violence, no 'sexism', and supporting vaguely Left-ish politics (but not going too far). That's the impression I got, anyway.
Your third paragraph sounds like a lot of political-left and/or feminist polemic (for that matter it sounds like what I heard at the Social Gospel church I attended during the latter 70s). That also is surprising from such an author.
Well, Prothero's book argues that most Evangelicals are actually liberal in their politics on most things. He also argues that 'Social Gospel' is the only 'real' way to see if a church is actually Christian.
Too bad she couldn't apply "hate the player, not the game" to her D&D experience. If ( ... )
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Her idea of good fantasy seems to be very heavily Christian-ized, little if any violence, no 'sexism', and supporting vaguely Left-ish politics (but not going too far). That's the impression I got, anyway.
That's interesting, because I always assumed those books were written from an extreme legalist-conservative worldview. Did the author of the first book think that way?
Prothero's book argues that most Evangelicals are actually liberal in their politics on most things. He also argues that 'Social Gospel' is the only 'real' way to see if a church is actually Christian.First sentence ( ... )
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The first book was very much what you said.
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Cuz, you know, sadistic mass-murdering sociopaths always respond so well to evangelism.
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Hey, it works in all those Christian "Spiritual Warfare" novels!
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However like I said last time, if they want to view the world this way and ban all such things from their families, more power to them, it's a free country, and they have their view and I have mine, and really that is all there is to it.
Now I am off to watch my technology worshiping Transformers followed by my humanistic Batman episodes before I draw my non-human bunnies.
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Scripture Soap (soap with a Bible verse engraved on each bar) -- "Faith is the substance of things Soaped for".
Christian Pencils (yellow #2s with a Bible verse embossed).
Sanctified Skunk (so-so skunk plushie with some sort of Biblical medallion embroidered on its chest).
You name it, somebody's put a Bible verse on it and marketed it to Christians...
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Then again, wouldn't those toys be blasphemous because the animals are claiming to have souls? *looks suitably innocent*
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When I hear people criticizing D&D because of bad players but blaming the game, I always ask what they think about the group of businessmen who played Monopoly with real money and real businesses. Did their actions occur because the game was bad or because they used it in an immoral way?
Sometimes people are really crazy.
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All I'll say about D&D is, those gamers struck me as very creepy. No, the game won't turn you into a Satanist axe-murderer, but sheesh, guys, get a clue.
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*grins* Okay, I'll rephrase my last line.
Some people are crazy most if not all of the time.
Some people are crazy once in a while.
Some people are fairly reasonable with a hidden paranoia.
Some people are fairly reasonable most if not all of the time.
Therefore the conclusion that can be drawn is...
Sometimes people are really crazy. :P
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Take care!
BTW, if you want some bad gaming, check out my most recent entry and read the last paragraph!
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