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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5253962" data-attributes="member: 18280">*&nbsp; Succeeding is a challenge because no one will give a sucker an even break:&nbsp; Not part of the Conan stories.&nbsp; Not only does Conan give others an even break, others give Conan even breaks.&nbsp; Lots of times, in lots of stories.*&nbsp; Charity, generosity, brotherhood and so forth do not exist:&nbsp; Not a part of the Conan stories.&nbsp; EX:&nbsp; Conan's defense of free speech and religion, even when that free speech is used to turn his subjects against him and that defense of an unpopular religion is, itself, unpopular.&nbsp; EX:&nbsp; The Tower of the Elephant, in which Conan feels brotherhood with another thief he meets casing the same joint, and feels sympathy for a Lovecraftian elephant-thing from beyond time and space as he knows it.*&nbsp; The real medieval world where success and status were largely determined by parentage:&nbsp; True for most of the people in Conan's world, too.&nbsp; That it is not true for Conan is one of the things that makes Conan exceptional.Whether or not you enjoy REH's writing is your own concern.&nbsp; Clearly, though, your understanding of it is flawed.&nbsp; What you are suggesting sounds, to me, more like a pastiche of REH.&nbsp; RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 5253962, member: 18280"] * Succeeding is a challenge because no one will give a sucker an even break: Not part of the Conan stories. Not only does Conan give others an even break, others give Conan even breaks. Lots of times, in lots of stories. * Charity, generosity, brotherhood and so forth do not exist: Not a part of the Conan stories. EX: Conan's defense of free speech and religion, even when that free speech is used to turn his subjects against him and that defense of an unpopular religion is, itself, unpopular. EX: The Tower of the Elephant, in which Conan feels brotherhood with another thief he meets casing the same joint, and feels sympathy for a Lovecraftian elephant-thing from beyond time and space as he knows it. * The real medieval world where success and status were largely determined by parentage: True for most of the people in Conan's world, too. That it is not true for Conan is one of the things that makes Conan exceptional. Whether or not you enjoy REH's writing is your own concern. Clearly, though, your understanding of it is flawed. What you are suggesting sounds, to me, more like a pastiche of REH. RC [/QUOTE]

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