!bookworms !ringbearers a thread on works of fantasy and mythology. Either to discuss plot, characters, motivations or give recommendations if you have them.
Also, as we now have a ping for Tolkien legendarium's fans I would like to mention I'll create one for ASOIAF as TWOW gets closer to publishing, I'll call it asoiafcels, or maybe create the ping this year because we don't know if TWOW will ever get published
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Kirkbride's elder scrolls lore, a synthesis of hindu (kalpas, cyclic universe, vivec ) , gnostic (broad strokes of the common creation myth, ontic and moral dualism, secret apotheosizing
knowledge)(im bout to CHIMMMMM), thelemic (vivecs 36 sermons are teaming with crowley references), christian (the tribunal trinity, prophesied martyred messiahs) , probably jungian (archetypes as real spiritual affects), and more (like Ragnarok) I didnt catch. !nwahs tell him
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Yeah Elder Scrolls lore is fantastic.
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So good, I wrote my college application essay about reading tes lore lmao
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Elder Scrolls I think is the golden example of fantasy lore because its so weird and immaterial that it can be applied in almost any way to allow any kind of story to be told. Like with Tolkien's lore you kind of have to write a Good v. Bad adventure story, and with ASOIAF's lore you kind of have to write a epic dark drama. But Elder Scrolls keeps things like magic, theology, and government ambiguous in a way that allows for any kind of story to be told.
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in fact there's basically no tes "canon", kirkbride wants it to be open source/ c0da. even within the games, with dragon breaks and vivec's reality retcons, theres no single idea fans must be beholden to
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