I couldnt help to make the correlation between the poor downtrodden Elves and the Irish. The humans of course are the Brits and the blight itself is the potatoe famine of 1845. I can just hear the King saying, "The blight has been brought on because of the lazy overpopulated ways of the Irish!"
Humans = British, Elves = Irish
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Posté 13 janvier 2010 - 01:44
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If Thedas really is an analogue for medieval Europe, the Elves are clearly the Jews.
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Posté 13 janvier 2010 - 01:49
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I think you mean English & Irish. Technically Irish can be British too.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:02
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TheMufflon wrote...
If Thedas really is an analogue for medieval Europe, the Elves are clearly the Jews.
lol, you one-upped me there. I didnt have the balls to write that...
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:05
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Clearly the elves = smurfs and the humans = gargamel
Duh.
Duh.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:19
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TheMufflon wrote...
If Thedas really is an analogue for medieval Europe, the Elves are clearly the Jews.
I thought the same thing, what with the alienages and the 'no home' situation.
However, they are apparently better compared with Native Americans (who I know almost nothing about).
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:44
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Oh, seriously? Can't we have one sodding thing that isn't an analogue to someone's view on the real world? I really hope I never create a game or work of art or anything since I won't be able to sneeze without the entire bloody world divining some meaning from the pattern my snot makes on the hanky.
Edit: For the record, I do, occasionally, every so often, like to read a book, watch a movie, play a game, or listen to some music that is not actually trying to ram somebody's ideologies down my sodding throat.
Edit: For the record, I do, occasionally, every so often, like to read a book, watch a movie, play a game, or listen to some music that is not actually trying to ram somebody's ideologies down my sodding throat.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:47
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Andat wrote...
Oh, seriously? Can't we have one sodding thing that isn't an analogue to someone's view on the real world? I really hope I never create a game or work of art or anything since I won't be able to sneeze without the entire bloody world divining some meaning from the pattern my snot makes on the hanky.
I thought entrails of some form were the accepted medium for divination, rather than snot.:innocent:
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:49
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Oh, seriously? Can't we have one sodding thing that isn't an analogue to someone's view on the real world? I really hope I never create a game or work of art or anything since I won't be able to sneeze without the entire bloody world divining some meaning from the pattern my snot makes on the hanky.
Really? Are you seriously this annoyed?
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:53
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Humans = the Beatles, Elves= Elvis.
I draw these comparisons based on nothing but my own whimsy and they don't mean anything, just like every other thread that tries to force an imaginary world into a real one but you had all better take me seriously or I will cry.
I draw these comparisons based on nothing but my own whimsy and they don't mean anything, just like every other thread that tries to force an imaginary world into a real one but you had all better take me seriously or I will cry.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 12:58
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Sloth Of Doom wrote...
Humans = the Beatles, Elves= Elvis.
I
draw these comparisons based on nothing but my own whimsy and they
don't mean anything, just like every other thread that tries to force
an imaginary world into a real one but you had all better take me
seriously or I will cry.
Ah, comparisons conshmarisons... [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/uncertain.png[/smilie]
er... anyway, people will draw comparisons where they will, it does
not all have to be deadly serious, and neither does it have to mean
that anything was based on anything. There's no use getting the 'ump
about it [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/whistling.png[/smilie]
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:03
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WillyPete2171 wrote...
TheMufflon wrote...
If Thedas really is an analogue for medieval Europe, the Elves are clearly the Jews.
lol, you one-upped me there. I didnt have the balls to write that...
Why? Were you afraid of British, or Jewish?
Yes, I also think Elves are Jewish.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:05
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I think the Jew=Elf analogy is mostly true with one notable difference being that the Elven religions are not at all related to the Andraste faith whereas Christianity descended from Judaism.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:05
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MKATAKM wrote...
WillyPete2171 wrote...
TheMufflon wrote...
If Thedas really is an analogue for medieval Europe, the Elves are clearly the Jews.
lol, you one-upped me there. I didnt have the balls to write that...
Why? Were you afraid of British, or Jewish?
Yes, I also think Elves are Jewish.
Elvis was not Jewish.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:07
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Jonny, what's your point exactly? That people shouldn't use snot as a method of divination? Well I agree absolutely. Entrails are much better. However, I'm rather attached to my entrails...
Obtusifoliusiusiusius, yes dammit I'm dang furious! Outraged! Incensed, even! Nah not really. It's just I read, watch and play fantasy in all its forms partly because I don't have to deal with the "people in the west are evil" nonsense I have to deal with when stuff is set in the real world. All too often, an otherwise good movie (or book, or band) is dragged down by the need to pass on a *message*, which turns out to be absolute nonsense.
It'd be really nice if DA:O didn't have to go that way too.
Obtusifoliusiusiusius, yes dammit I'm dang furious! Outraged! Incensed, even! Nah not really. It's just I read, watch and play fantasy in all its forms partly because I don't have to deal with the "people in the west are evil" nonsense I have to deal with when stuff is set in the real world. All too often, an otherwise good movie (or book, or band) is dragged down by the need to pass on a *message*, which turns out to be absolute nonsense.
It'd be really nice if DA:O didn't have to go that way too.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:12
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jsachun wrote...
I think you mean English & Irish. Technically Irish can be British too.
Can't believe I didn't notice that, and I am English
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:14
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Hey WillyPete2171, now I see why you don't have some balls, ROFL.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:15
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So what, this means he is not elven, you see, haha.Sloth Of Doom wrote...
Elvis was not Jewish.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:17
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Obtusifoliusiusiusius, yes dammit I'm dang furious! Outraged! Incensed, even! Nah not really.
It's just I read, watch and play fantasy in all its forms partly because I don't have to deal with the "people in the west are evil" nonsense I have to deal with when stuff is set in the real world. All too often, an otherwise good movie (or book, or band) is dragged down by the need to pass on a *message*, which turns out to be absolute nonsense.
Sometimes it is interesting to divine meaning and interpret things from another perspective.
You should try doing Literature Theory and Criticism (that is, if you haven't already) - OMFG, the amount of bull**** we end up reading into texts, honestly it can be so far-fetched it's an absolute joke 
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:18
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Obtusifolius wrote...
jsachun wrote...
I think you mean English & Irish. Technically Irish can be British too.
Can't believe I didn't notice that, and I am English
So you aren't British? Things are getting pretty messy here
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:22
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MKATAKM wrote...
Obtusifolius wrote...
jsachun wrote...
I think you mean English & Irish. Technically Irish can be British too.
Can't believe I didn't notice that, and I am English
So you aren't British? Things are getting pretty messy here
Weeeell, I usually describe myself as British actually, mainly because it's a bit more PC, supposedly, and I don't particularly want to be seen as a patriotic English stick-in-the-mud
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:24
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Humans = Cake
Elves = Cupcakes
But Dwarves = Pie
Elves = Cupcakes
But Dwarves = Pie
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:27
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So to tidy up the whole mess here, let me summarize in simple terms:
British are not Irish, but they are Jewish
Jewish are Elvish but Elvis is not Jewish
Dwarse are snrok, and humans are gargamel
Obtusifolius is British but not patriot
You see, it is very simple in fact.
British are not Irish, but they are Jewish
Jewish are Elvish but Elvis is not Jewish
Dwarse are snrok, and humans are gargamel
Obtusifolius is British but not patriot
You see, it is very simple in fact.
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Posté 14 janvier 2010 - 01:28
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Obtusifolius wrote...
Sometimes it is interesting to divine meaning and interpret things from another perspective.
Heh, I'm a pragmatic person really - a necessity for a programmer, but it means I have a really low BS tolerance. The real question is, if that's the case, what the hell am I doing on web forums?
