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by aldarion 3y ago
Yeah, the article is bullshit. Serbian Wikipedia is far worse in that regard.
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Basic mistakes in worldbuilding a feudal monarchy(mythicscribes.com)
2 points by aldarion 3y ago|1 comments
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by aldarion 3y ago
World doesn't consist of historians and animals, you know. Most people are not historians and (unfortunately) get their "historical" "education" from popular culture. Hence, articles like this matter.
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by aldarion 3y ago
"where men would be rounded up and marched off against their will to die" That is the thing, however - they weren't, at least not in feudal system. Peasants would be present only as personal servants of nobility, but weren&#x
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by aldarion 3y ago
Point wasn't that it was never used, though, but that it wouldn't have been the first choice. But yeah, bit of a weird wording.
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by aldarion 3y ago
Castle garrisons were small. Even a large-ish castle probably didn't have garrison larger than 25 - 30. And food doesn't take that much space either. Consider how Age of Sail ships would spend months at sea without resupply, and h
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by aldarion 3y ago
Precisely. First World War has fundamentally changed our society - including our attitude towards the war.
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Modern misconceptions about medieval warfare(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
78 points by aldarion 3y ago|66 comments
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by aldarion 3y ago
I really hope we never do get there...
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Fantasy Anime – Noragami(fantasyview.wordpress.com)
2 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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by aldarion 3y ago
Didn't know that there was anyone arguing it doesn't, but... nice article.
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by aldarion 3y ago
So what are best forums for discussing anime and similar? I found AnimeVice and that's it.
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Galley vs. Sailing Ship in Combat(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
1 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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Navy in Middle Earth(fantasyview.wordpress.com)
1 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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18th Century Ship of the Line(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
2 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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Numenorean Defensive Works(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
2 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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by aldarion 3y ago
He didn't. He was in fact quite clear that Lord of the Rings was inspired in large part by his experiences in the First World War: Dead Marshes especially, but also Sauron and Saruman and their forces of industrialization.
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by aldarion 3y ago
Agreed. Still, said narrow slice of fantasy is often in love with plate armor, which coexisted with gunpowder.
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Why Fantasy Avoids Gunpowder(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
34 points by aldarion 3y ago|108 comments
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Stupid Fantasy Armors(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
4 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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Fantasy Weapons – Red Queen from DMC4(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
1 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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Building Fantasy Army – Dwarves(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
1 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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Designing Army of Fantasy Elves(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
1 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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Building a Fantasy Army(warfantasy.wordpress.com)
2 points by aldarion 3y ago|1 comments
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by aldarion 3y ago
Rest of the series: https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/08/07/building-a-fanta... https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/building-a-fanta... https://warfantas
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Laptop vs. Desktop(butterbinn.wordpress.com)
2 points by aldarion 3y ago|1 comments
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by aldarion 3y ago
ASOIAF is a postmodernist cynical take on fantasy. But that does not mean it is realistic. In fact, it is less so than Lord of the Rings.
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Luigi Cadorna(acoup.blog)
1 points by aldarion 3y ago|0 comments
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by aldarion 3y ago
I have found that the main prerequisite for a successful adaptation is finding the people who love the original work. Just read up on how much influence Sir Christopher Lee had on Lord of the Rings movies.
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by aldarion 3y ago
Tolkien was actually the master of fridge logic... and fridge horror. Martin describes everything in detail... with Tolkien, he only hints at things, but when you understand things he is hinting at... let's just say that Middle Earth h

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