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Supernatural Nations you'd like to see.
Guardianw007:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on May 04, 2018, 06:44:50 PM ---I could see where there'd be a "Lady Robert" and Harry would ask how that's supposed to work, and Molly would whisper something about not assuming genders, and Harry would say something embarrassing (as us Gen-Xers do about such things), and then things would fall apart. ;D
As long as Bob was there so he could recount the story later.
Bob: "And then Harry punched the Lady in the face."
Murphy: "Dresden!"
Harry: "It wasn't like that! It wasn't a woman!"
Murphy: "The Lady wasn't a woman?"
Harry: "Not a real woman."
<offended stares all around>
Harry: "No, I don't mean-- he could be a woman if he-- I mean--"
Toe-moss: "Harr-eee. How could you?!"
Harry: "Don't you start!"
Murphy: "So much for that chivalrous streak."
Harry: "He looked like a man!"
Molly: "Alright, Ms. Swan, let it go."
Harry: "..."
Molly: "I will say this about the Lady, though. He could take a punch."
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*sigh* You just get me.
You should probably have a doctor look at that. :D
Also, for the record, as a Chicano I should apologize to my ancestors for referring to Ramirez as "Martinez".
"ˇMucho mal, mijo! ˇ No somos todos intercambiables!"
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on May 04, 2018, 06:27:41 PM ---Nah, the Svartalves are their own "Faction". Their own "Court". I'm talking about the existence of unfactioned creatures. Creatures that aren't unique, but of small enough number that they're not a "Power" in their own right. They're not subservient to the Sidhe, or the Fomor, or anyone else. They'd be the equivalent of the "Wild Fae", only they're really not beholden to anyone. The Wild Fae still have to choose sides at times. I'm proposing a society that says "No" to the wars between the Sidhe and the Fomor and the Vamps and everything else.
Now, the Svartalves and other Courts could obviously be part of, and involved with, the supernatural community. But it wouldn't be dependent on any one group.
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Well, the freeholding lords are individuals without factions, and the Jade Court are pretty much fanatically neutral when it comes to other nations' conflicts. But it might be a matter of needing a certain measure of power (either individually or collectively) before you're more trouble than you're worth for anyone bigger to draft into their hegemony like the wyldfae are subject to.
To use a real-world example, Switzerland's neutrality wasn't respected throughout the 20'th century just because everyone else trusted them to mind their own business. Plenty of other small countries were non-threatening and still wound up annexed because they were in the way for rival great powers trying to get at each other. Switzerland's neutrality was respected because they fortified all the ways into their territory into world-class m*****f***ing deathtraps and then minded their own business behind their borders from a position of strength.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on May 04, 2018, 07:17:59 PM ---
Well, the freeholding lords are individuals without factions, and the Jade Court are pretty much fanatically neutral when it comes to other nations' conflicts. But it might be a matter of needing a certain measure of power (either individually or collectively) before you're more trouble than you're worth for anyone bigger to draft into their hegemony like the wyldfae are subject to.
To use a real-world example, Switzerland's neutrality wasn't respected throughout the 20'th century just because everyone else trusted them to mind their own business. Plenty of other small countries were non-threatening and still wound up annexed because they were in the way for rival great powers trying to get at each other. Switzerland's neutrality was respected because they fortified all the ways into their territory into world-class m*****f***ing deathtraps and then minded their own business behind their borders from a position of strength.
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Right, but I'm not really talking about a nation. I'm talking about a society of creatures made up of members that aren't really worth trying to control.
Take the Adlets, for example. They're an Inuit supernatural species with the upper bodies of humans and the lower bodies of dogs whose only notable ability is to run fast. They're not part of a structured pantheon; they're not gods or demigods. They're just creatures that exist.
And rather than them being isolationists like the group in Cold Case, I want to hear where they integrated into human society using illusions to hide their legs. They used their natural speed in centuries past to corner the messenger market, and they're now dominating the bike messanger and delivery services in cities across the globe.
Stuff like that. Low level, every-day supernatural life. Kobbs working on shoes like in IMBT. Et cetera, et cetera.
exartiem:
The Watchers.
dspringer1:
I think the series is long overdue for some participation by a supernatural nation associated with Native Americans. I get why it is unlikely. If these supernatural critters need some strong measure of belief to "maintain the connection" like the Summer and Winter courts need, then the fact that very few Native Americans survived into the 20th century probably banished most native supernaturals to the deeper areas of the never never.
The one exception is the red court, which really is a native American based supernatural nation as it was originally associated with the Azteks and like nations in central America. I suspect that it was the massive loss of life and Christianization of natives that allowed the Red Court to spread and grow into such a great supernatural power as the competing powers were swept away or banished.
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