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    Native American Novel written by non-Native American

    One thing I've found when reading about the kerfluffle around "native portrayals" in books, movies and sports teams, is that more of then than not, the native tribe involved either doesn't give a shit or is happy to be involved. A pretty large number of the sports teams and products using...
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    Native American Tropes to Avoid

    Absolutely avoid the "noble savage" nonsense. The natives, for all their differences, were still fundamentally PEOPLE. Which means most of them were pretty bland, a lot of them were absolute shitbags, a few of them were inspiring and occasionally you'd even get a saint. Noble savage though was...
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    Tropes to avoid

    it should be noted that vampire stories have a very solid love hate relationship with two rather specific audiences. Women love LOVE vampire romances, especially tween and near menopausal women. Men, by in large, LOATHE them. Men enjoy and tend to buy merch for vampire action combat/horror...
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    Female leads

    I used to, pretty constantly. Before I got into anime, aside from Harry Potter female leads were pretty much all I could find, so it was sorta the default. Now days, I got mostly for male leads, because people don't attack you for having less than perfect characters.
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    then why do you keep asking why we can't do it? It is done, can be done, has been done; often, and there are 6 pages of people telling you that?
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    It's like beating your head against a wall. We keep saying this. You DON"T have to remain content with what is. You can create anything you want... you just need to know the why so that the new story isn't incoherant rambling of an idiot on a soapbox.
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    So did we in the Navy. But I'll wave this with the dream that your military school isn't as shit in sweden as it is here. This I agree with though. After expanding the explanation. sure; but there's a quote I always like to come back to that floats around writers conventions and publishing...
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    And I'm former Navy; what does that matter? Are you a history major with a specialization in any of theses ancient cultures? Because that would be a relevant credential for your appeal to authority. As far as engagements longer than a few hours, dude, several native american cultures, the norse...
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    This... is wrong on just about every last point. Maybe it's what happened with the Maori, but that's a pretty big exception globally. Professional soldiers existed for almost 5000 years before muskets came out. Another poster said Sumeria, but I'd have said Egypt. Wars that took years, even...
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    Sometimes. If they're not an ideologue. You don't have to be... that was half the point of my post. The other half was what you need to understand and consider when writing something different; as not doing so would just make your attempt janky and stilted.
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    That's not it. There are a lot of species where the female does the hunting, or is the alpha version of the species. Even in monkeys who are massively similar to us genetically and socially. The reason for Patriarchy is breeding. Sorry, but it's true. The ability for your civilization to...
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    A World without the Patriarchy

    I think you're projecting here. DND is full of female rulers, heroines and matriarchies. As are many fantasy series. If you're thinking this, that's on you; not the genre.
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    Realistically, How many people could one guy fight alone?

    Terrain is also a major issue. If your MC has good skills and stamina, 20-30 enemies isn't out of realistic possibility, so long as he can use the terrain to never face more than 2 or 3 (but preferably 1) at the same time. On the same note, even masters who are also tournament champions have...
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    Slavery in works based during Classical Antiquity

    Chattel slavery was actually fairly common across history. Usually in the later stages of a slave holding nation as the source of incoming slaves either dried up or was outlawed by the slave-holding country. eeeehhh, for relative value of "same basic culture". If we're talking African, south...
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    How can witches be prevented from cannibalizing each other to gain power?

    Does eating another persons mana merely increase the amount of mana they have availible? Or as their life-force, is it also a representation of their spirit? Could they perhaps be overwhelmed by the lives of others, whom they've eaten? Think Highlander, maybe, if a bit more precarious.
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