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British Empire/Commonwealth Fae

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Con:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 04, 2021, 03:42:54 AM ---When I was listening to it, I took him to mean that it doesn't matter which part of her realm she is in. Canada, Australia, England. All the same. But in America, she's just some lady.

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That was my interpretation as well. Her Realms her Realm. Although admittedly Northern Irelands a little tricky.


--- Quote from: Arjan on January 04, 2021, 04:54:03 AM ---Kings in the past have always tried to legitimize and strengthen their rule with religion. Sometimes they were gods, sometimes they had godly ancestors but always they tried to make resistance against them equal to resistance against god. There is a lot of mythology around kingship as a result of this because winners not just write history, they write mythology as well and Jim plays with that.

We here have a king and I am not impressed but the myth undeniably has some power left. In spite of all scandals and idiocy we can not get rid of them.

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Yep. At the very least King Arthur and Salahadin had some sort of divine backing.

Bad Alias:

--- Quote from: Arjan on January 04, 2021, 04:54:03 AM ---There is a lot of mythology around kingship as a result of this because winners not just write history, they write mythology as well and Jim plays with that.
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Kind of a side note, I was watching a historian talk about the History of the Peloponnesian War. He noted it was the first "history" written. He also noted it was written by the loser. I always find that amusing.


--- Quote from: Con on January 04, 2021, 06:23:25 AM ---Yep. At the very least King Arthur and Salahadin had some sort of divine backing.

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George Washington too.

Arjan:

--- Quote from: Con on January 04, 2021, 06:23:25 AM ---That was my interpretation as well. Her Realms her Realm. Although admittedly Northern Irelands a little tricky.

Yep. At the very least King Arthur and Salahadin had some sort of divine backing.

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Only according to their supporters. According to their enemies it was all the devils work.

Mira:

--- Quote from: Arjan on January 04, 2021, 04:38:10 PM ---Only according to their supporters. According to their enemies it was all the devils work.

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Yeah one thing is certain, "God is on their side.." ::)

Con:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on January 04, 2021, 04:22:38 PM ---
George Washington too.

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Still find that one a little troubling for ethical reasons, but that can be a trigger subject.

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