Reno
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Post by Reno on Nov 4, 2005 3:59:19 GMT -5
What truly bothers me is the reason why he kicked out CVLegends. He did not remove the game for the reasons Ive shown you, which included the historical inaccuracies or the fact that Drac and belmonts would be related, rather he kicked out CVLegends because he felt that that a female warrior was unrealistic and didnt think she should of been the first belmont. I cannot believe such logic and I find it very offensive. I hate to nitpick, especially given that I agree with the spriit of your argument. However, at the time in history this story would have taken place, a female warrior was unrealistic. If that statement was made intending to say "I don't feel that there would realistically have been a woman fighting at this time," then that's actually fairly sensible. If, however, he was trying to say "I don't believe women should be warriors," then yes, that is bigoted and obviously out of touch with modern thinking. That aside, I fail to see why its being unrealistic should be a problem. Vampires aren't real either. And they sure as hell don't shoot fireballs at you, or turn into the vast array of strange things Dracula has been over the many Castlevania games when you fight him. My point is, Castlevania (and video games in general, for that matter) is not big on realism, so his point, while perhaps true, really does not persuade as a good reason to declare the game non-canon. Anyway, I think it's great that you're interested enough to create your own story, and I suggest that you read the Diaries of the Family Dracul trilogy written by Jeanne Kalogridis to get more Dracula. Kalogridis did a hefty amount of research for her books, including looking through Bram Stoker's own notes and tracing the Tepes family tree out for several generations after Vlad the Impaler. And on top of all that, they're a hell of a good read.
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Post by Reno on Nov 4, 2005 5:00:47 GMT -5
I own that trilogy, so I can lend it to you if you wish.
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Post by fenris on Nov 4, 2005 10:25:18 GMT -5
Good books to read. I was talkin about that trilogy. I also agree as far as the realism goes that argument is thrown out the window when you fight animated skeletons that pitch bones at you. Then there's the wonderful levitating platforms as well along with every other dange in that castle.
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Post by fenris on Nov 4, 2005 10:27:19 GMT -5
Oh and another thing about a female warrior. In our history where for as long as humans have been around its been pretty much male dominated. Even with this in mind there are historical female warriors who rose to become remembered so its not unheard of. So who's to say that a fictional female character can't exist.
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Post by black heart on Nov 4, 2005 13:31:18 GMT -5
Oh and another thing about a female warrior. In our history where for as long as humans have been around its been pretty much male dominated. Even with this in mind there are historical female warriors who rose to become remembered so its not unheard of. So who's to say that a fictional female character can't exist. interesting facts: back in the days when knights were big and pompus, there were groups of knights who didn't serve a king, they were basicly really rich mercinaries, but there was a rather large group that were all female, they mostly worked for the chruch, they were like nuns with swords and armor. also in japan, it wasn't uncommon for there to be female samurai, but they were prodiminantly horse back archers, because the female body is generally slighter of build and more flexable, they made very good horse bach archers as long as they could pull the bow string.
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Post by fenris on Nov 4, 2005 13:34:21 GMT -5
That goes to proove my point. I couldn't come up with any real examples but I knew they were out there.
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Post by Reno on Nov 7, 2005 2:10:31 GMT -5
I like this. Not necessarily for Dracula as presented in Bram Stoker's novel, it seems a bit fantastic for that story, but definitely for the way Dracula is portrayed in Castlevania it works out very well. It even explains why his powers might differ from that of a normal vampire (tossing around fireballs, for example).
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Post by Kain on Nov 7, 2005 2:32:59 GMT -5
I agree this is nice and original and presents a very interesting approach to Dracula's and Death's history.
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Post by Kain on Nov 7, 2005 14:24:03 GMT -5
I look forward to seeing all that.
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Post by fenris on Nov 8, 2005 15:05:07 GMT -5
Indee good stuff and I'm in the process of working on a story to tie Generations of Belmonts to Dracula.
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Post by fenris on Nov 9, 2005 13:29:43 GMT -5
I've got the general sotry idea in mind and the funn part is even though its to explain everything with the Belmonts they are not the main focus of the story.
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Post by fenris on Nov 9, 2005 14:31:19 GMT -5
Sounds good so far.
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Post by Kain on Nov 9, 2005 23:02:34 GMT -5
I like what you've said here. Honestly, I'd have to agree with your opinions and ideas on it all.
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Post by Kain on Nov 13, 2005 20:29:14 GMT -5
Great job so far, keep going. I moved this thread to the writing board because it's better suited there.
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Post by fenris on Nov 19, 2005 18:39:03 GMT -5
Very good explination of not only how the mummies came to be but why such creatures would serve Dracula.
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