[UA] Cannibal Avatar?

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Joe Iglesias <kidklipot at my-deja.com> wrote:
> >Date: 1 Jun 2001 13:00:57 -0000
> >From: "Nick Wedig" <mrteapot at disinfo.net>
> 
> >I think the Fool and the Trickster need to either
> be distinct as they are, or rewritten entirely into
> one archetype (which I don't like).  The Trickster
> doesn't always have to act like the Fool, that's
> only one of many possible guises.  The Fool's about
> stupidity and dumb luck, whereas the trickster is
> about outsmarting others (and sometimes getting
> caught in your own traps).  If anything, I'd say the
> two archetypes are opposed rather than similar.
> 
> Naw.  It's almost inevitable that the trickster get
> his compeuppance-- i.e., his channels fail him
> because he broke taboo in trying to be too clever.
> 
> I'd rather the Fool's mythic scope be broadened than
> limit it to Gump & Co.
> 
> >As for the True King, well, you can have your own
> opinion, bu whenever I doubt the archetype, I happen
> to notice how people talk about Jack Kirby and
> wonder.
> 
> See, this is exactly my point.  I can buy mythical
> kingship in a ritualistic, anointed way (which is
> exactly why I don't think it's very UA-- it's tied
> into an increasingly passe worldview), but True
> Kings of Comic Book Artists, Meter Maids, et cetera
> strike me not as "irreverent" but "goofy".
> 
> De gustibus.
> 
Well, this seems to be because people get the idea of
a "True King" tied up with some sort of paragon
imagery.  It probably IS a mystake to consider Meter
Maid-dom a country, but, since UA is a post-modern
game, traditional elements like True Kings have to
find their place in it somewhere.  Personally, the
idea of divine right makes my stomach churn, but it
makes for some very scary villainy.

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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
The Electronic Nation of Yokeltania:
http://www.geocities.com/yokeltania/

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