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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Guardia's Odd Inheritance
« on: July 06, 2005, 03:13:26 pm »
The statement that ALL civilizations, ancient or otherwise, were male-dominated and patriarchal is absolutely false. I have not the time to look up specifics, but I do know that some African tribes and some North American tribes were matriarchal, and I'm pretty sure that more were matrilineal (which is what we're talking about here; I personally still think Guardia was patriarchal but matrilineal, which is rather odd).
Yes, to say that the majority of human civilizations were/have been male-dominated, patriarchal and patrilineal is a true statement, but to say that all of them were is absolutely and unequivocably false. Do your research before you go about making an ass of yourself.
And Sir Frog, your assertion that both Guardia XXXIII and Aliza were descendants of XXI and Leene is possible, and fairly likely, and irrefutable, but it's also not quite provable. The only sure thing is that Aliza (and therefore Marle) was descended from XXI and Leene, or at least certainly from Leene (see the Frog Princess ending, though I'm not seriously about to believe that as anything more than a joke). So please stop getting offended when people don't take your assertions as absolute fact. You make a good argument, but it's not fact.
Ultimately, there is no way for us to be absolutely certain on this matter. I think there are two likely scenarios: Either the Guardia line is patriarchal but matrilineal, or Aliza married back into the Guardia family by marrying a (possibly distant, possibly not-so-distant) cousin.
Yes, to say that the majority of human civilizations were/have been male-dominated, patriarchal and patrilineal is a true statement, but to say that all of them were is absolutely and unequivocably false. Do your research before you go about making an ass of yourself.
And Sir Frog, your assertion that both Guardia XXXIII and Aliza were descendants of XXI and Leene is possible, and fairly likely, and irrefutable, but it's also not quite provable. The only sure thing is that Aliza (and therefore Marle) was descended from XXI and Leene, or at least certainly from Leene (see the Frog Princess ending, though I'm not seriously about to believe that as anything more than a joke). So please stop getting offended when people don't take your assertions as absolute fact. You make a good argument, but it's not fact.
Ultimately, there is no way for us to be absolutely certain on this matter. I think there are two likely scenarios: Either the Guardia line is patriarchal but matrilineal, or Aliza married back into the Guardia family by marrying a (possibly distant, possibly not-so-distant) cousin.
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General Discussion / WHAT!!!!!
« on: July 06, 2005, 02:52:06 pm »
Wow. I never interpreted that action that way before. And I thought I had a dirty mind.
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General Discussion / Dear Friends concert in Fort Worth this Friday
« on: July 06, 2005, 01:13:36 am »
Whatever. Fine by me, just so long as you credit me appropriately.
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General Discussion / Dear Friends concert in Fort Worth this Friday
« on: July 06, 2005, 12:59:15 am »
Go to my most recent LiveJournal post for my review of this concert.
Also, good to finally meet someone from the Compendium (Hadriel).
Also, good to finally meet someone from the Compendium (Hadriel).
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General Discussion / Dear Friends concert in Fort Worth this Friday
« on: June 29, 2005, 10:13:01 pm »
If anyone here is going, come a bit early to hang out with me and some people from the forums at OneUp Studios. We're meeting at the Starbucks in the Barnes & Noble across the street from the Bass Hall around 6:30 or 7. I'll be the really tall (6'7") guy in some sort of TCU attire. Also in our group will be a guy probably wearing a fisherman's hat and a woman with red hair, among other people.
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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Serge = Janus Theory
« on: June 29, 2005, 10:03:40 pm »Quote from: Sentenal
Maybe Lynx did something afterwards to change it artifically? If I recall correctly, right after Serge first becomes Lynx, and your fight the Lynx-as-Serge, Kid, and whoever, Lynx-as-Serge was white. Or maybe I'm not remmbering right.
No, you're right. Good catch.
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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Guardia's Odd Inheritance
« on: June 29, 2005, 02:50:19 pm »
Thanks for missing the point.
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General Discussion / Dear Friends concert in Fort Worth this Friday
« on: June 29, 2005, 12:39:21 am »
The concert is at 8 p.m. Friday. I have no idea whether it's sold out, but my hunch says "no."
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Kajar Laboratories / The New Era.
« on: June 29, 2005, 12:37:06 am »
Yes. It's time for these announcements to stop. I know that might hurt the chances of getting people involved, but really it just makes the leaders of these projects work more. For example, someone working on a CT project who needed writers or people who simply knew a lot about the game could just poke around here, ask for some assistance (preferably through private channels, as the Compendium isn't really interested in legal troubles) and have some help before too long. The same probably goes for music, graphic design, what have you.
Honestly, I've never been THAT interested in remakes anyway. The original was awesome. I like updating the music by way of better arrangements, but that's about it.
Honestly, I've never been THAT interested in remakes anyway. The original was awesome. I like updating the music by way of better arrangements, but that's about it.
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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Guardia's Odd Inheritance
« on: June 29, 2005, 12:32:50 am »
Plain and simple, how likely is it that, with no proof to make us think one way or another, the eldest or only child for thirteen generations was a female? And for all you who think Aliza married back into the family, recall that in the sequence where Lucca explains Marle's heritage to Crono, the little sprites of Marle's ancestors wear that queen/princess getup. While that doesn't really mean anything, I suspect that was used to support the idea that they were all members of the royal family.
Although odd to people with our Western European roots, the "inheritance passed down through females" explanation is the simplest, and therefore the most likely.
Although odd to people with our Western European roots, the "inheritance passed down through females" explanation is the simplest, and therefore the most likely.
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General Discussion / College
« on: June 29, 2005, 12:26:09 am »
I've seen those OSA skits, they're pretty bad. One of the OSAs, Mark Murtagh, is a guy I've known since 1st grade.
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General Discussion / Which language do you speak?
« on: June 29, 2005, 12:23:15 am »
How does one pronounce "São Paolo"?
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General Discussion / College
« on: June 28, 2005, 08:20:29 pm »
Yeah, by the way, Hadriel...what the hell is this "Intramural Lightsaber Batttle" thing? I've never heard of any such thing at TCU. If there is such a thing, it's high time the Skiff did a story on it.
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General Discussion / Dear Friends concert in Fort Worth this Friday
« on: June 28, 2005, 07:33:54 pm »
Indeed it is.