I still maintain that the religion is incomplete, not for a lack of time, but for the fact that pre-Calm Spirans were an incredbly stagnant bunch. More has changed in Spira in the two years since the Calm than it has since Zanarkand lost the war 1000 years before. And in those two years, the temples are all but abandoned. Absolutely none of them are used for a religous purpose. I believe one of the Aurochs does the prayer motion to Yuna, but that's more a habit and a sign of respect than a prayer.
A complete religion shouldn't lose every single follower it has in two years, regardless of what happens, at least not without a bit of angst among a lot of the population. It's not that people lost faith, it's that the faith was no longer relevant, and there was nothing in Yevon-ism to fall back on.
This world isn't stagnant, and things have changed a lot, and yet many people still find relevance in Christianity and other mainstream religions. 'Christianity' in my mind is complete because it encompasses a set of beliefs bigger than any time or place.
As for the discussion of homosexuality in Spira, it's something I'd rather have as a few threads in a tapestry. I don't necessarily want to go into a deep relevant discussion of alternate sexuality in Spira, or mixed-group pairings. This is more for getting handle on the issues now, and then just let it subtlely show.
Finally it's true that every relationship in Spira is portrayed as heterosexual, but there's a few other reasons beyond simply cultural disapproval. First, they have to sell this game in places where homosexuality isn't approved of. It's simply better sales for a mainstream game to not take a stance on a controversial issue than to try and make a statement. Also it's the right-handed syndrome played out for heterosexuality. The majority of people are right handed, so the game designers will have just about everyone fight right handed, unless handedness is somehow important or symbolic. So it is with heterosexuality. Most people are heterosexual, so the game designers will program everyone as being a heterosexual (or just non-romantic) unless a character's homosexuality is relevant.
That's about it. Now back to staying up way too late.
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Date: 2006-07-15 07:30 am (UTC)I still maintain that the religion is incomplete, not for a lack of time, but for the fact that pre-Calm Spirans were an incredbly stagnant bunch. More has changed in Spira in the two years since the Calm than it has since Zanarkand lost the war 1000 years before. And in those two years, the temples are all but abandoned. Absolutely none of them are used for a religous purpose. I believe one of the Aurochs does the prayer motion to Yuna, but that's more a habit and a sign of respect than a prayer.
A complete religion shouldn't lose every single follower it has in two years, regardless of what happens, at least not without a bit of angst among a lot of the population. It's not that people lost faith, it's that the faith was no longer relevant, and there was nothing in Yevon-ism to fall back on.
This world isn't stagnant, and things have changed a lot, and yet many people still find relevance in Christianity and other mainstream religions. 'Christianity' in my mind is complete because it encompasses a set of beliefs bigger than any time or place.
As for the discussion of homosexuality in Spira, it's something I'd rather have as a few threads in a tapestry. I don't necessarily want to go into a deep relevant discussion of alternate sexuality in Spira, or mixed-group pairings. This is more for getting handle on the issues now, and then just let it subtlely show.
Finally it's true that every relationship in Spira is portrayed as heterosexual, but there's a few other reasons beyond simply cultural disapproval. First, they have to sell this game in places where homosexuality isn't approved of. It's simply better sales for a mainstream game to not take a stance on a controversial issue than to try and make a statement. Also it's the right-handed syndrome played out for heterosexuality. The majority of people are right handed, so the game designers will have just about everyone fight right handed, unless handedness is somehow important or symbolic. So it is with heterosexuality. Most people are heterosexual, so the game designers will program everyone as being a heterosexual (or just non-romantic) unless a character's homosexuality is relevant.
That's about it. Now back to staying up way too late.