I've gotten the impression from the kids that many of them are in a place where they can't respect the contributions of those people who aren't combatants. Which makes perfect sense for teenagers in a horrible warzone, you know?
But almost all of the face characters are at some level a warrior, which also makes sense for the narrative? I think it also skews the read narrative; there's Siz and Evelyn and Linus off in the tower doing Essential Nerd Things, but Essential Nerd Things don't get points and aren't flashy.
There's Arista for our view into the younger set, and nobody expects her to be a fighter at least, so nobody snarks on her for not.
Who else? Pansy, who has been hugely, hugely absent from the public face of game since it turned to 'we're doing the final war' because she was on logistics and support; she has basically been absent from the plot for ages. Jeremy too. Never mind that basically Pansy took responsibility for making sure there was something after the war was over, and thus is probably one of the most actually important current members of the Order.
Basically, the non-fighters are marginalised voices. (Including, I feel, Sally-Anne.)
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Date: 2015-08-31 11:02 pm (UTC)But almost all of the face characters are at some level a warrior, which also makes sense for the narrative? I think it also skews the read narrative; there's Siz and Evelyn and Linus off in the tower doing Essential Nerd Things, but Essential Nerd Things don't get points and aren't flashy.
There's Arista for our view into the younger set, and nobody expects her to be a fighter at least, so nobody snarks on her for not.
Who else? Pansy, who has been hugely, hugely absent from the public face of game since it turned to 'we're doing the final war' because she was on logistics and support; she has basically been absent from the plot for ages. Jeremy too. Never mind that basically Pansy took responsibility for making sure there was something after the war was over, and thus is probably one of the most actually important current members of the Order.
Basically, the non-fighters are marginalised voices. (Including, I feel, Sally-Anne.)