| Viewing Single Post From: Right of Kings | |
|---|---|
| The White Bull | Oct 13 2008, 05:47 AM |
|
I understand completely where your coming from, and I know that I played on those very factors in my writings at the Grand Council. I viewed it as a character roleplaying in that my character was bringing civilazation to Westeros, changing old ways for those that he felt were better. It is a good point though that my character has no frame of reference where he could have learned ideas like this, and I did not build up a history from him where he may have developed this philosophical background. That being said if you dig down to it, my strongest arguments all come down to the fact that my military and economical strength gave me a high probability of winning a long drawn out war. Also I don't think those ideals are as unrealistic as you make them sound. I believe that the vast majority of them are present in Westeros, there are just no characters that have unified them yet. For example, Mance Rayder and the wildings very much respect the individual abilities of men and are led by in many cases those who have the most ability. As for not butchering small folk and commiting rape etc, I think it can clearly be seen in many places that these acts are known to be appaling even when commited against small folk. So in a way, I was using my character as a way of combining many things that were present into one unified idea, argued compellingly (I hope) and most importantly backed up by economic and military might. I do like the observation though, as I believe that it is very natural for us to slip into the social norms of today, and to assume that characters in Westeros woyuld logically agree with them if they knew about them, which is most likely not the case. |
 |
|
| Right of Kings · Suggestions | |
8:45 PM Nov 29
