| From: | Dan Grabon djmoose@******.kornet.net |
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| Subject: | Re (lots): Scythe/Weapon |
| Date: | Wed, 21 Jun 2000 23:22:54 +0900 |
[snip]
> scythe). The only difficulty would be to somehow explain where the
> character has ever even seen a scythe forget learned to use one. I have
> not seen one that would look right for at least 15 years (modern scythes
> look more like a golf club with a serraded edge than anything else).
We have one of those at home. I've always wanted to whack golf balls with
it just to see what would happen. :)
> The one character background I can think of that makes sense is is
> something like this. He grew up in an anti technological back to nature
> type commune where they used traditional farming impliments instead of
> modern farming techniques. At somepoint in his teen years some Corp
[primo snippage]
Referencing this and the previous bit... what's to say he didn't just come
from some part of the world where such farm implements are still in use?
They're still around in many places now, and even 60-odd years down the road
I'm sure they still will be.
Here in my city in Korea, the grassy embankment next to the highway is
periodically trimmed by a horde of old men and women armed primarily with
hand sickles. Oh, sure, there's a weed wacker here and there, and this time
around they actually had a motorized push mower or two, but the grand
majority just use hand sickles and other simple tools. Now, I don't live in
an area with any wheat/grass fields so I haven't seen any sickles, but I
wouldn't be surprised if they see use. Most farmwork here is done by hand
or with fairly small-scale machinery. The primary reason is the fields and
paddies just aren't big enough for huge combines and tractors. Also, owners
of small farms can't afford such equipment.
I'm quite sure this situation isn't peculiar to Korea... surely other
countries still have lots of use for traditional farming implements. You
could have the character come from such a place and work out the background
from there.
Alternatively, the guy could be from a regular sprawl but just have some
twisted fascination with death, prompting him to construct (or commission)
his own scythe. Stranger things have happened. :)
-moose
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Dan "Moose" Grabon - djmoose@******.kornet.net
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