tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post778992694794923553..comments2024-03-28T04:41:30.440-04:00Comments on DISCOURSE AND DRAGONS: Reality versus FantasyKiltedyaksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03462341093016199620noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-68717768315021072202011-06-18T19:56:30.033-04:002011-06-18T19:56:30.033-04:00Unless referencing a friendly stone golem, anyone ...Unless referencing a friendly stone golem, anyone using the term "social construct" should have the politically correct psycho-babble beaten out of him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-27978889498299619262011-06-11T03:53:10.190-04:002011-06-11T03:53:10.190-04:00On reality and what's beyond the Southern Jung...On reality and what's beyond the Southern Jungle: Ursula LeGuin said much the same thing about Earthsea. Quoting Realms of Fantasy (no page reference, I'm afraid; my copy was given away): "I am an explorer, not an architect. I <i>discovered</i> Earthsea." I think that 'eerie sense of reality' emerges from any sustained and invested act of creativity - including the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-57929772311360095422011-06-10T20:40:23.584-04:002011-06-10T20:40:23.584-04:00I found the link.I found <a href="http://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp" rel="nofollow">the link</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-62354293012429848992011-06-10T16:47:51.739-04:002011-06-10T16:47:51.739-04:00And thus is why there is conflict when moralizing,...And thus is why there is conflict when moralizing, spiritually or intellectually, in RPGs. <br /><br />Some will agree. <br />Some will disagree. <br />Some won't know what to think.<br />Some for the right reasons. <br />Some for the wrong reasons.<br />Some for no reason at all. <br /><br />That's why, as you've said kiltedyaksman, it has to be "negotiated", and carefully Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-75600664664333740842011-06-10T16:36:02.056-04:002011-06-10T16:36:02.056-04:00"...believes that the game can be a healthy o..."...believes that the game can be a healthy outlet for anti-social behavior."<br /><br />In academic terms that's what we call dirty functionalism. That's like saying men are inherently violent therefore we need sports to give them an outlet. It's straight-up bullshit (not Grendelwulf, just Holmes' commentary :) )Greg Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934958487613782595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-50084968307411791562011-06-10T16:30:39.846-04:002011-06-10T16:30:39.846-04:00Holmes also states:
"Moreover, just a Dungeo...Holmes also states: <br />"Moreover, just a Dungeons & Dragons players sometimes begin to think of their characters as real persons with a separate existence of their own, the Dungeon Master sometimes begins to think, 'I wonder what is really beyond the Southern Jungle,' forgetting that he alone has the power to put something there. The make-believe world assumes an eerie sense Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-27458737551811597372011-06-10T16:29:10.310-04:002011-06-10T16:29:10.310-04:00Psychology Today, Nov. 1980, pg. 93Psychology Today, Nov. 1980, pg. 93Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-53653260862701777142011-06-10T16:13:55.799-04:002011-06-10T16:13:55.799-04:00@Grendelwulf: Where are those quotes from? I'd...@Grendelwulf: Where are those quotes from? I'd be very interested in reading the original source for "There is hardly a game in which the players do not indulge in murder, arson, torture, rape or highway robbery."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-18078756899892126772011-06-10T16:11:31.651-04:002011-06-10T16:11:31.651-04:00The overall morality of the D&D universe is pr...The overall morality of the D&D universe is pragmatism at best and amoral at worst. "Might makes right" seems to be the rule. You are to take treasure or magic away from other players using whatever means are available, including force, magic, intimidation, coercion or negotiation). The Advanced D&D Dungeon Master's guide advises: "The best way to avoid taking damage isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-27737034852743570812011-06-10T16:04:24.985-04:002011-06-10T16:04:24.985-04:00For me, I do not believe in reality, so therefore ...<em>For me, I do not believe in reality, so therefore I do not believe in fantasy. They are both social constructs and both part of the same experience.</em><br /><br />You're not going to tell us you're otherkin are you. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.com