tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post2638119074536915403..comments2024-03-19T14:50:46.819-07:00Comments on The Realm of Zhu: Battle Masters: Rethinking IconographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-79219423554794741932018-07-07T05:39:39.733-07:002018-07-07T05:39:39.733-07:00Okay, I appreciate and respect that. Apologies for...Okay, I appreciate and respect that. Apologies for derailing your post with this subject; I do get a bit carried away sometimes!DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280915808252372028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-4586813042624870822018-07-07T02:16:53.782-07:002018-07-07T02:16:53.782-07:00I'm not emotional about it at all. You're ...I'm not emotional about it at all. You're a good guy with honourable intentions, but ultimately in this case, pursuing a flat-earth argument. I appreciate you might not agree, but then a flat-earther wouldn't agree either. <br /><br />I'm just not interested in having this conversation at the moment as my efforts and time are better served elsewhere. Sorry if I haven't made Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-31368834103243363882018-07-06T12:13:30.839-07:002018-07-06T12:13:30.839-07:00So, it turns out you can't purchase a copy of ...So, it turns out you can't purchase a copy of <i>SD&J</i> for less than £100. I will have to see if the library can help! DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280915808252372028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-67674688988274355862018-07-06T08:27:24.850-07:002018-07-06T08:27:24.850-07:00I certainly agree with that point, but I would sug...I certainly agree with that point, but I would suggest the assertion I'm questioning here is, to be fair, a bit more open to criticism/discussion than the shape of the planet!<br /><br />But anyway, I'm sorry if I upset you, Zhu; I genuinely don't mean any hard feelings here, I just wanted to politely discuss the topic.<br /><br />Early C20 fantasy authors I would claim were genuinelyDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280915808252372028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-3470933257324784762018-07-06T05:28:32.797-07:002018-07-06T05:28:32.797-07:00Well, I don't think I'm expected to have a...Well, I don't think I'm expected to have a conversation with someone about the earth being flat if I write that the earth is a globe!<br /><br />Enjoy the Strickland, she is excellent. It's been a while since I read it, and if she doesn't convince, at least the art is good.Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-20677780603222781742018-07-05T10:40:59.548-07:002018-07-05T10:40:59.548-07:00No, I am not offended; it is your blog and you can...No, I am not offended; it is your blog and you can do what you like with it! <br /><br />I am a little sad you don't want to have the conversation, though. If your blog is the place to assert that certain novels are profoundly racist, I would have thought it was okay that not all your readers agree with you, and seek to discuss it. However, as I said, it is your blog and you have the DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280915808252372028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-82551971781404039542018-07-05T09:38:01.207-07:002018-07-05T09:38:01.207-07:00Sorry., hope you're not offended by the deleti...Sorry., hope you're not offended by the deletion.<br /><br />Life is too short to be arguing with someone who fails to see the Crusades as racist, or acknowledges the medieval construction of race was built along religious lines. I suggest reading "Saracens, Demons, and Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art" by Debra Higgs Strickland, as a start and perhaps, if you're feeling Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-62103417958581629472018-07-05T08:49:32.613-07:002018-07-05T08:49:32.613-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280915808252372028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-14475797074497367512018-07-05T06:39:17.127-07:002018-07-05T06:39:17.127-07:00Yes, there are several other races and ethnic grou...Yes, there are several other races and ethnic groups are allied with Sauron than Orcs during the War of the Ring. <br /><br />I am a little surprised you don't recognise calling 'arabs' cosmically evil because they don't worship the Jesus Lion is as fundamentally racist as you can get. The Calormens as an entire ethnic racial group are portrayed as spiritually and morally inferiorZhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-65057644480650427832018-07-05T05:35:49.546-07:002018-07-05T05:35:49.546-07:00P.S.
3. That t-shirt with the mohawk actually di...P.S. <br /><br />3. That t-shirt with the mohawk actually did make me think "archer", because when I looked at it my first thought was: "Native American", which then immediately brought to mind an image of a bow-wielding Native American!<br /><br />However, you're right. The image in the Battle Masters iconography says: "punk rocker" more than "archer".DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280915808252372028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-23701017255217215692018-07-05T04:31:25.620-07:002018-07-05T04:31:25.620-07:00Very interesting post, Zhu!
I really like your re...Very interesting post, Zhu!<br /><br />I really like your revision of the "90sHammer" theme of <i>Battle Masters</i> to a more traditional Middle-earth/Narnian/Dark Ages setting. <br /><br />However, I wanted to raise a couple of points of disagreement.<br /><br />1. It's not just orcs and goblins who work for Sauron, is it? Don't forget the Haradrim, the Corsairs of Umbar, theDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280915808252372028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-88782176507023725602018-07-03T12:45:23.699-07:002018-07-03T12:45:23.699-07:00Thank you for your long and thoughtful comment.
Y...Thank you for your long and thoughtful comment.<br /><br />Yes, indeed the complete erasure of the "visual unity of an army standing against monsters" is rather the point of changing the design direction. Diversity against the Monsters.<br /><br />Back in the day The Empire of <i>Warhammer</i> always had Halflings, Elfs, Dwarfs, Ogres in its civilian population and fighting forces, Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-63016052385270900552018-07-03T12:10:49.257-07:002018-07-03T12:10:49.257-07:00Hey, thanks daveb, glad you enjoyed the thumbnails...Hey, thanks daveb, glad you enjoyed the thumbnails and the new direction. <br /><br />Your experience with <i>Empire in Flames</i> is really interesting. I've not had the opportunity to play TEW all the way through to the end, although I have read the modules. If I remember, the PCs role in supporting the new Emperor is heavily railroaded by the module, and the options for taking the Zhu Bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945636483237344750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-2784957940617471182018-07-02T07:55:11.159-07:002018-07-02T07:55:11.159-07:00I consider the diversity of 'baddy armies'...I consider the diversity of 'baddy armies' to be a consequence of the many D&D monstrous foes. In a game like Heroquest, these got lumped together, so you had a gargoyle fighting alongside Orcs and skeletons. <br /><br />The Heroes of Heroquest were more diverse, but they would have come from 'monocultures'- the elf from his elfen people, the dwarf from his mountain fastness. RSF_Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613461664620992536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2385336331396124855.post-3411359179862152742018-07-01T10:36:40.040-07:002018-07-01T10:36:40.040-07:00Well done, both in the technical/skill sense, as w...Well done, both in the technical/skill sense, as well as choosing a more positive scheme thematically. <br /><br />One of my gaming recently completed Empire in flames. A bunch of neophyte gamers who weren't very familiar with the warhammer setting played. When we finally 'saved' the empire from the mutant emperor-heir, and his terrible mutant acceptance decrees the coin finally davebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531919635590898334noreply@blogger.com