| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
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| Subject: | Aztlan's Realism (Re: Realism) |
| Date: | Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:21:39 EDT |
morrisjila@*******.com writes:
> Hey guys, just a question, what is it whith Aztlan anyways, i read the
> Sourcebook, and I must admit I was impressed, it was quite close to
reality
> but then again some things werent. So I wanted to ask you what are your
> opinions about thee subject. why are we the bad guys, any reasons are well
> accepted just dont ofend remember there are some of us here, and nothing
> will do any harm.
Senor' (please forgive the lack of the tilde')
Aztlan is the badguy because that is how the FASA staff way back whenever
decided to make it. The only real problem with this, is that is a static
concept. In the "Real World", it might not remain so, but in the time/story
line of Shadowrun, it remains.
Aztlan is, almost certainly, the place in North America with the most intense
development of historically advanced culture, myth, and pre-USA dominance.
The history includes topics which by today's standards, would be taboo (Blood
Magic and/or Human Sacrifice being at the top of this priority).
Additionally, and this thought is IMO incongruous/inconsistence with the
"history" of Shadowrun, Aztlan (Mexico) has the *really* large population
standards (Mexico City again being the central concept behind this).
Personally, I think Aztlan deserves a break and indeed, we've done more than
our fair share of things with regards to "Aztlan the Badguy". Essentially,
it all comes down to how a particular group wants to "play out" the position
of the various forces in their game world.
YMMV of course
-K
