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We were talking about Sad Slut Eras and that era is way behind True now but it DID happen.

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where did you get the idea that it’s part of norn culture to demoralize women

Here’s the thing: This is the sort of thing you pick up around NPCs in the game, and it’s something that I’ve decided is worth an essay. Norn men tend to fall into a category of hypermasculinity--they’re loud, they’re stubborn, they’re aggressive, and all Norn have massive complexes related to power and prestige, especially as applicable to the Hunt, etc. These traits may sometimes extend to Norn women, but they are emphasized in Norn men. I have actually included a read more at the end so I could offer some anecdotal examples, leaning on Braham, Eir, and Jora to discuss their actions throughout the game. For the moment, there are a couple of things I’d like to point out here: 1) these stores do not exist in a vacuum, they come from real life inspiration and experiences; 2) the Sons of Svanir didn’t invent the idea of hating women, it’s an idea that’s intersected with a yearn for power; and 3) Jormag also is not advocating for the demoralization of women, they also just want power.

First off, here’s something pretty key about this that my friend @jorasdottir brought up: Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 do not exist in a vacuum. The culture that came up with Norn culture is a hypermasculine and hugely westernized culture. We see hypermasculinity all around us, and it exists in this game. I get into more of this later.

Second, the very fact that the Sons of Svanir are so anti-women doesn’t come from nowhere--you don’t just start systemically hating women because one woman killed someone; the Sons of Svanir were bourne from someone who already hated women but who found the justification for it by pinning all their anger on Jora partly out of their respect for Svanir. Not only that, but no one starts a whole movement of hating women by being alone either--one guy yelling in the street about how he hates Jora doesn’t start a movement, it’s something that several people would have to calculate. It’s also not all Jormag’s funny little whispers because if that was the case, we’d primarily see mindless Norn attacking you for not agreeing with them--in reality, the Sons of Svanir essentially have a motel built into Hoelbrak’s caves, and they got jackasses handing out fliers. They believe that women are not to be trusted, that they are weak-minded, and that they are not worthy of Jormag’s blessings in the same way that the Sons of Svanir are worthy of them.

Lastly, and to wrap up, if Jormag was only utilizing promises of power, the Sons of Svanir would not be willingly chilling (no pun intended) 100 feet away from Knut Whitebear, and Knut Whitebear wouldn’t be letting them stay there if they were visibly hostile. Jormag isn’t telling the Sons of Svanir to hate women, and Svanir himself didn’t represent all Norn men before he was killed--Jormag promised power to the few Norn who were already prescribed with larger yearns for power, and those Norn didn’t just happen to be men. These were men who themselves felt demoralized enough to want power. They must be competitive, reckless, untrusting of others, unempathetic, and selfish. It is not a coincidence that these qualities can become more intense in men--and this is something that extends past the walls of this game. This is what I meant when I said “we see hypermasculinity all around us.” These are the qualities of hypermasculinity--and sure, you can see all of these qualities in women too, in the real world and in the game, but it is not without purpose that these qualities apply to the most extreme members of Norn culture, in Norn men. There are also many essays that examine the intersection between sexism and power, it comes from a history of demoralizing women--yes, in the real world, but as I’ve established, these games were created by people who also live in the real world--and it’s honestly worth reading up about.

All of this is to say that Norn men didn’t just come up with hating women simply because of anything like Jormag’s influence or hating Jora, it must come from the culture. Norn culture involves seeking power. Power requires demoralizing others. Hypermasculinity in a culture that emphasizes power, legacy, prestige, etc. breeds otherism. Otherism causes a rift between those who deem themselves the most worthy of receiving power--those who have heightened traits of hypermasculinity, predominantly men, to include those who are extremely competitive--and those who they deem most unworthy of receiving power. If you’re a man and you’re experiencing otherism mixed with competition and other qualities of hypermasculinity, the subject of that otherism is most commonly women. When there are a lot of you who feel this way, you make a group because you may also in turn be rejected from the larger society for having these views. This is what leads to the creation of groups like the Sons of Svanir. This is why it is part of Norn culture to demoralize women. It’s not by any means a priority, it’s not a central quality of Norn culture, but it is part of the culture.

Obviously this is a lot to swallow, I’m sure you didn’t expect six paragraphs of Sociological perspective here, but hey! this is what I went to school for. I’m very passionate about this topic, so I’m glad you were inspired to ask! This also wasn’t meant to be preachy or condescending in any way, so I’m sorry if any of this might come across that way. If you’d like ask me anything else about my perspective on this type of thing, please feel free! Of course, thank you so much for reading all of this, and I hope you found it useful. Feel free to read some anecdotal evidence under the read more below; otherwise, take care! Let me know what you think!

For even just one example, remember how Braham acted towards us when we admitted we weren’t going to uphold Destiny’s Edge, that we thought it was more respectful to start Dragon’s Watch in her honor instead. Braham reacted by claiming it was not only unhonorable to her legacy but then turned on us while accusing us of letting her die, going against all the good terms we left him on during the Heart of Thorns campaign. In the caves during Season 3, he became more reckless than ever, newly obsessed with upholding his idea of her legacy by unearthing this scroll, right, and risking Rox’s life in the process. He didn’t even hold any remorse for her when she was in that ice--even after she was freed and brought back to proper health--and look, I’m not saying Braham is a bad person for acting this way. He was going through a really terrible mourning process after losing someone he only recently realized he still loved. Even so, this attitude was not something necessarily present in Eir, even though she was raised in the same community.

Eir wasn’t necessarily a nurturing person herself, but she didn’t have as extreme a version of those qualities as Braham--and if the implication during the Personal Story was that all the members of Destiny’s Edge were close close friends, having spent years fighting and traveling together, you’d think she’d be just as stubborn and reckless about Snaff’s death as Braham was about her own, later down the line. Instead, Eir drew into herself and stopped fighting dragons all together. When fighting with Zojja all those times we were there to witness it, she didn’t get aggressive, she got depressed; she didn’t blame Zojja or anyone else in defensiveness, even though Rytlock would be the first and loudest to blame Logan at the time, she maintained that she felt horrible for what had happened. She was full of remorse. It’s likely she had never experienced a level of remorse like that, and neither had Braham for losing Eir.

Now, this isn’t a perfect 1-to-1 comparison, but it’s pretty clear that it’s at least somewhat a pattern based on the fact that other major characters fall into these categories too: Svanir turned into a bear and went mad due to Jormag’s influence, that’s not necessarily his fault, but Jora chose to find another way to heal him or break him out of the curse. Only when she realized there was no other way did she decide she had to kill him--you can honestly ask jorasdottir more about this because she’s very knowledgeable about the whole affair--but if the theory is that all Norn, regardless of gender, should be the type to run in, guns (or, axes) blazing, in order to kill everything on sight, that would extend to Jora as well, right?

My point is that we have witnessed Norn men take extreme approaches to situations, especially in moments of high emotion, and we have witnessed Norn women take careful or even passive approaches to situations, likewise in moments of high emotion. I believe these anecdotes further emphasize my point here that some men in Norn culture may sometimes be raised to act differently and more aggressively than some women in Norn culture, even those within the same family. Again, thank you for reading!

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Uneven growth results in redistricting challenge across point out

Massachusetts grew by more than enough people today around the previous ten years to preserve all its nine US House seats as the state’s inhabitants climbed to more than 7 million above the past decade, but Secretary of State William Galvin claimed on Monday that the method of redrawing Congressional districts nonetheless will be tough.

The US Census Bureau launched condition populace totals and Congressional apportionment data on Monday, providing state officers an early glimpse of what could be in retail outlet this calendar year as they hold out for more precise community-amount counts afterwards in the summer. The inhabitants totals govern not just how a lot of seats in Congress a point out has, but also how trillions of bucks in federal system funding will get allotted.

The 2020 Census energy, which was rife with political and pandemic worries, counted 7,029,917 folks living in Massachusetts, a 7.4 per cent enhance above the earlier 10 years that outpaced the 4.1 p.c ordinary in the Northeast and equaled the development price of the state as a full. The state may possibly have avoided a destiny very similar to 10 years back when it lost a seat, but the advancement possible means that western Massachusetts districts represented by US Reps Richard Neal and Jim McGovern could require to be expanded to get extra population, when the footprint of eastern districts near to Boston could want to shrink or shift west, Galvin reported.

That task will slide to Assistant House The vast majority Michael Moran and Senate President Professional Tempore William Brownsberger, who are primary the redistricting effort and hard work this 12 months as chairs of the Exclusive Committee on Redistricting.

The committee is organizing a minimal of 10 hearings involving now and August, like gatherings in each of the nine districts, to solicit enter. Further hearings will be held after maps are released.

“Today is great information for Massachusetts. Ten years in the past we missing a seat in Congress and we lost the affect it provided. Today we know that we will not reduce a seat and we will not eliminate an electoral vote,” Galvin claimed soon after the knowledge was released.

Massachusetts did not crack the top 10 of states upcoming in line to gain a seat, but latest redistricting initiatives have shown that it doesn’t get attaining or getting rid of a seat to lead to disruptions in the political position quo.

In 2011, former US Rep. John Olver opted to retire relatively than have his western Massachusetts district redrawn to contain a different member of the delegation. US Rep. Barney Frank did not face the prospect of working versus one of his colleagues, but he, far too, opted to retire alternatively than marketing campaign in a newly configured district that no more time incorporated New Bedford.

And US Rep. William Keating, who represents the Cape and southeastern Massachusetts, moved his whole-time home from Quincy to Bourne in buy to prevent a showdown with Lynch.

Members of the latest delegation similarly could see their districts reshaped to incorporate new communities, and relying on where the state’s populace growth transpired, they could even wind up drawn into the similar district as a colleague.

Galvin said it will be crucial for Moran, who also served direct the 2011 redistricting exertion, and Brownsberger to keep the 7th District’s the greater part-minority position.

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You know, there is an anthology of adventures for 5e, the Princess Project, that has a good comprehensive list of inspirations for creators involved in it, I think the concept you are asking for would have a lot of overlap with it.

Art & Fashion The works of Gustav Klimt Zendaya’s 2018 Met Gala dress by Versace

Games Destiny (Bungie, 2014) Dragon Age series (Bioware, 2009-) For the Queen (Evil Hat Productions, 2019) Legend of Zelda series (Nintendo, 1986-) Long Live the Queen (Hanako Games, 2012) Untitled Goose Game (House House, 2019) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projeckt Red, 2015)

Movies Beauty and the Beast (1991) Brave (2012) Ever After (1998) Frozen (2013) Howl’s Moving Castle (2005) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Moana (2016) Mulan (1998) The Princess Bride (1987) The Princess Diaries (2001) Shrek (2001) The Swan Princess (1994) Tangled (2010)

Performance Critical Role Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake Medea by Euripides Rivals of Waterdeep

Print Adeyemi, Tomi. Children of Blood and Bone. Alexander, Lloyd. The Black Cauldron. Atwood, Margaret. “The Penelopiad.” Basile, Giambattista. “Sun, Moon, and Talia.” Be-Papas. Revolutionary Girl Utena. Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries series. Christie, Agatha. The Miss Marple series. Evans, Catherine and Alicia Furness, et al. Eat the Rich anthology. Grimm, the Brothers. “Little Briar Rose.” Hale, Shannon. The Princess Academy series and Books of Bayern series. Homer. The Odyssey. Lackey, Mercedes. The Arrows trilogy. Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, and The Princess Tales series. Maas, Sarah J. A Court of Thorns and Roses series. Munsch, Robert. The Paper Bag Princess. O’Neill, Katie. Princess Princess Ever After. Paolini, Christopher. The Inheritance Cycle. Pierce, Tamora. The Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, Circle of Magic, The Circle Opens, and Daughter of the Lioness series. Porath, Jason, et al. Rejected Princesses. Pratchett, Terry. Lords and Ladies. Sanderson, Brandon. The Stormlight Archive series. Warren, Ashley, et al. Uncaged series. Willingham, Bill. Fables. Wizards RPG Team. Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus. Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing with Dragons.

Television Castlevania (2018) The Dragon Prince (2018) Sailor Moon (1992) Sailor Moon Crystal (2014) Terriers (2010) The Witcher (2019)

Of course this assumes somehow the popculture stays the same without an impact d&d had on it, as there are many things that would not exist without d&d (Descent Into Avernus, Uncaged and Eat the Rich being all 5e adventures, Critical Role and Rivals of Waterdeep being d&d shows) or were clearly inspired by d&d, either blatantly (Dragon Age) or in a “not openly but you cannot tell me this wasn’t based on aouthor’s d&d campaign” (Dragon Prince). Hell, there is a question whenever Castlevania show would exist without d&d because there is a possibility the games were influenced by I6: Ravenloft, considering Castlevania II wore this influence on its chest to the point of plagiatrism

The Influences on D&D ... if Made Today

A thought has been percolating around my head, about Dungeons & Dragons, and the literary influences that helped design the world of the game. Among several articles, there were a LOT of influences that ranged from major (Tolkein) to "One creature from this one story" (The Displacer Beast). The ones that stood out to me the most, literary wise, were:

J.R.R. Tolkein/The Lord of the Rings

Robert E. Howard/The Conan and related stories.

H.P. Lovecraft/The Cthulhu Mythos

Edgar Rice Burroughs/Tarzan, Pelucidar, Barsoom

Fritz Leiber/Farhad and the Gray Mouser

Michael Moorcock/Elric of Melniboné

Of that original list, most have fallen off the pop-cultural radar. Only Tolkein, Howard, and Lovecraft really remain -- though the influences of the others are felt well beyond D&D. A thought occurred to me looking over all this "What if someone did this Today?" I know we have faith edition showing some bleed-in from newer series (4 Elements Monk/ Avatar the Last Airbender is kind of obvious), it's been only minor. If influences from modern fantasy/science fiction works got a stronger foothold over in the creation of D&D, what would those things be and what would it look like? I mean, besides Avatar, since that is already tapped thematically for D&D. Same for Star Wars, because that influences Everything, And on that note, you are not limited to literature specifically for this thing. Any story told in any medium is valid.

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Revisiting an old art! One of the first I did with Ivy and The Twins @carbonatedcacti

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True always liked drinking and smoking and fighting and fucking, but she was careful about it. After Sunny was killed--and she wasn't there to either help him or die alongside him--she stopped being careful. She went on a month-long tear that to this day she barely remembers, and had a few drug/exhaustion/grief-induced hallucinations, mostly of her best friend alive and well.

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@espressoth

They’re dumb and in love and I love them

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The twins in A2 and A3 from https://cat-arsenal.tumblr.com/post/716342108323282944

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This is at least TWO CAMPAIGNS AWAY but I already love everyone

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