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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 7445547"><p>I dunno, the idea that elves are "enlightened" because they take longer to "grow up" doesn't necessarily follow. Elves live hundreds and hundreds of years. That gives them the ability to have "old school" traditionalists rule over them for thousands of years. </p><p></p><p>I think we're setting ourselves up for some poor examples by suggesting that the elves are more "enlightened" thanks to the Blessing. </p><p></p><p>What sort of expectations does a society wherein the Blessing exists place on people with it?</p><p></p><p>What of people who have it, but <em>don't want it</em>? (assuming you can get it randomly and not like, have to request it in-character). </p><p></p><p>Perhaps given their ability to shift, the elves hold higher expectations of the Blessed, to be exemplars of the flexibility of elven society. Perhaps it is considered bad form for a Blessed to even choose their preferred form, perhaps they are culturally pressured to shift regularly, or shift when society has need of another sex. Sort of a "great power great responsibility" situation.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps as above, in a traditionalist society, elves who can shift are expected to know both (or more) sexes social etiquette, to be both chivalrous and delicate, to be both forward and reserved. Flexibility does not necessarily mean freedom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 7445547"] I dunno, the idea that elves are "enlightened" because they take longer to "grow up" doesn't necessarily follow. Elves live hundreds and hundreds of years. That gives them the ability to have "old school" traditionalists rule over them for thousands of years. I think we're setting ourselves up for some poor examples by suggesting that the elves are more "enlightened" thanks to the Blessing. What sort of expectations does a society wherein the Blessing exists place on people with it? What of people who have it, but [I]don't want it[/I]? (assuming you can get it randomly and not like, have to request it in-character). Perhaps given their ability to shift, the elves hold higher expectations of the Blessed, to be exemplars of the flexibility of elven society. Perhaps it is considered bad form for a Blessed to even choose their preferred form, perhaps they are culturally pressured to shift regularly, or shift when society has need of another sex. Sort of a "great power great responsibility" situation. Perhaps as above, in a traditionalist society, elves who can shift are expected to know both (or more) sexes social etiquette, to be both chivalrous and delicate, to be both forward and reserved. Flexibility does not necessarily mean freedom. [/QUOTE]
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