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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6057222" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>This is almost assuredly to go nowhere but here goes.</p><p> </p><p>Take two separate families in the current era whose blood supported the Confederacy in the American Civil War (these can be our Tiefling, Duergar and their intrinsic cultures).</p><p> </p><p>One family had an ancestor who served for many years but ultimately deserted right before the loss at Fort Sumter, uprooted his family and fled to the Western Territories to make a new life. Perhaps part of the desertion was due to never fully buying into the Confederate Ethos but they believed in protecting their homeland. Regardless, their family legacy is now formed by all of these things. It is a byproduct of the initial support of that cause, the ultimate desertion (forsaking their heritage/the cause they initially supported) in the face of defeat and generational renewal in a new land. They will forevermore be on the wrong side of the war that defined America...but not in a defiant, died-in-the-wool greycoat way...in fact, they trie to hide their past and hope that they have established a new one such that any questions of ancestry does not come up.</p><p> </p><p>The other family had an ancestor who served for many years and ultimately died during Pickett's ignominious charge at Gettysburg. That family is to this day militantly supportive of the Confederate cause, pro-slavery, and hateful of the "Yankee Nation." Complete died-in-the-wool greycoats. Perhaps they view their ancestors death as glorious and heroic. It is a source of enormous pride and they wear their current Confederate support as a badge of honor. </p><p> </p><p>Don't you think those two families would have some keen insight into each others' existence, heritage, legacy that other families who have generically endured a "classic" war would not possess? And given the dynamics, don't you think they would likely share more than just kindred spirits...there would assuredly be a lot of tension that you wouldn't find if the circumstances were dissimilar or you just compared two "generic" war families?</p><p> </p><p>Maybe there are actual people out there, you know...fellow gamers, who do not share your playstyle and genre preferences who are actually sincere? Is that not a possibility? Even if you don't think thats possible, do you think maybe you could assume good faith and not reflexively make a cynical mockery of their playstyle?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 6057222, member: 6696971"] This is almost assuredly to go nowhere but here goes. Take two separate families in the current era whose blood supported the Confederacy in the American Civil War (these can be our Tiefling, Duergar and their intrinsic cultures). One family had an ancestor who served for many years but ultimately deserted right before the loss at Fort Sumter, uprooted his family and fled to the Western Territories to make a new life. Perhaps part of the desertion was due to never fully buying into the Confederate Ethos but they believed in protecting their homeland. Regardless, their family legacy is now formed by all of these things. It is a byproduct of the initial support of that cause, the ultimate desertion (forsaking their heritage/the cause they initially supported) in the face of defeat and generational renewal in a new land. They will forevermore be on the wrong side of the war that defined America...but not in a defiant, died-in-the-wool greycoat way...in fact, they trie to hide their past and hope that they have established a new one such that any questions of ancestry does not come up. The other family had an ancestor who served for many years and ultimately died during Pickett's ignominious charge at Gettysburg. That family is to this day militantly supportive of the Confederate cause, pro-slavery, and hateful of the "Yankee Nation." Complete died-in-the-wool greycoats. Perhaps they view their ancestors death as glorious and heroic. It is a source of enormous pride and they wear their current Confederate support as a badge of honor. Don't you think those two families would have some keen insight into each others' existence, heritage, legacy that other families who have generically endured a "classic" war would not possess? And given the dynamics, don't you think they would likely share more than just kindred spirits...there would assuredly be a lot of tension that you wouldn't find if the circumstances were dissimilar or you just compared two "generic" war families? Maybe there are actual people out there, you know...fellow gamers, who do not share your playstyle and genre preferences who are actually sincere? Is that not a possibility? Even if you don't think thats possible, do you think maybe you could assume good faith and not reflexively make a cynical mockery of their playstyle? [/QUOTE]
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