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<blockquote data-quote="beej" data-source="post: 8200516" data-attributes="member: 62869"><p>Suvarnabhumi is more of a toponym than an actual, recognized place, as has already been mentioned. It literally means "land of gold," less a place of myth and more of a tell for how South Asians had an understanding of naturally occurring gold deposits in the region.</p><p></p><p>Ideas of Suvarnabhumi as a "land of yore" <strong>is</strong> harmful, because it served as a beacon for our Western colonizers to seek us out as an Asian El Dorado of sorts. They subjugated us, demanded our gold as tax, and then demanded steep amounts of rice when that ran out. Perhaps the Thai and the Myanma look at the term differently, but certainly this is not a catch-all that can be applied to all of SEA.</p><p></p><p>(I think it's also a mistake to look at Maharlika from a purely etymological standpoint. It is true that it descends from the Sanskrit term for man of prowess, but Filipino cultures tend to diverge loan words from the base idea significantly, especially as geographic distance and centuries of localization come into play. So to say that Maharlika draws from Indic influences based from name value alone is a disservice to both cultures.)</p><p></p><p>But the point is moot. The very concept of RPGSEA aims to highlight the many, many perspectives of the region. We can't rightly lump them all under the umbrella banner of the Suvarnabhumi, because we are so much more than these mythic roots. Capitalites focuses on the struggles of being a young professional in today's world of hyper-aggressive corp cultures and ever-present social media. Navathem's End is an apocalypse tale that is SEAsian by virtue of the writers, and not necessarily by drawing from the many loci that may define our identity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beej, post: 8200516, member: 62869"] Suvarnabhumi is more of a toponym than an actual, recognized place, as has already been mentioned. It literally means "land of gold," less a place of myth and more of a tell for how South Asians had an understanding of naturally occurring gold deposits in the region. Ideas of Suvarnabhumi as a "land of yore" [B]is[/B] harmful, because it served as a beacon for our Western colonizers to seek us out as an Asian El Dorado of sorts. They subjugated us, demanded our gold as tax, and then demanded steep amounts of rice when that ran out. Perhaps the Thai and the Myanma look at the term differently, but certainly this is not a catch-all that can be applied to all of SEA. (I think it's also a mistake to look at Maharlika from a purely etymological standpoint. It is true that it descends from the Sanskrit term for man of prowess, but Filipino cultures tend to diverge loan words from the base idea significantly, especially as geographic distance and centuries of localization come into play. So to say that Maharlika draws from Indic influences based from name value alone is a disservice to both cultures.) But the point is moot. The very concept of RPGSEA aims to highlight the many, many perspectives of the region. We can't rightly lump them all under the umbrella banner of the Suvarnabhumi, because we are so much more than these mythic roots. Capitalites focuses on the struggles of being a young professional in today's world of hyper-aggressive corp cultures and ever-present social media. Navathem's End is an apocalypse tale that is SEAsian by virtue of the writers, and not necessarily by drawing from the many loci that may define our identity. [/QUOTE]
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