This brings us neatly into the 'cognizant animals' vs. 'humans in fursuits' discussion that comes up occasionally in furrydom. One of the things I love about Ironclaw is that it leaves the decision of where the game will lie on the spectrum entirely up to the players. You can even simulate multiple types in one world using the Race die (which is why athelind and I pushed so hard to get normanrafferty to keep it in 2.0, but that's another discussion for another day). Your first book - as with Scars - can be thought of as lying well towards the 'humans in fursuits' end, while this second book is clearly on the 'cognizant animals' side of things.
It is that range that will be the center of my argument should I ever write a book describing how much of our culture is furry. After all, some of our culture's (Western culture, not furry culture) favorite stories fall solidly into that range, even if they are all the way at the 'cognizant animals' side.
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Date: 2005-07-14 05:05 pm (UTC)It is that range that will be the center of my argument should I ever write a book describing how much of our culture is furry. After all, some of our culture's (Western culture, not furry culture) favorite stories fall solidly into that range, even if they are all the way at the 'cognizant animals' side.