On May 1, 2007, at 9:13 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Joseph Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> So, in conclusion: >> >> * The only differences are that it is not Garard I, in 417 YW, who >> originally commissions the Sceptre, but rather Haldric II, in 25 >> YW, who >> does so, and that its completion only takes 15 years, not 25. >> * These are both minor plot points in HttT, and can be easily >> changed. >> * However, they are vital to the plot of SoF, and several UMCs made >> after I wrote SoF use the SoF version of history. >> * They also make more sense anyway, IMHO. >> * I thus see no reason not to make this change. > > OK, you've convinced me. I'll support it, and taking SoF mainline. I > want to maintain a consistent history, but I have no problem with a > bit of retroactive continuity when the resulting storyline makes more > sense. > > I say go ahead and hack the HttT storyline text and the history Wiki, > and hereby dub this the Great Retconning (for those of you who > remember the Great Renaming). I strongly doubt you'll get any > opposition from the other devs.
Quite right - a thing worth keeping in mind is that much of the "foundation" of wesnoth's backstory is something dave pulled out of thin air to act as a setting for the game he was making; he was chiefly concerned with making a playable and fun game, not with making a consistent backstory or fantasy world. For an example, early in our development, races were literally added into the game at whim, simply because someone had made the imagery for them. No planning, no justification, just "whoops, hey we have drakes now." (This was actually true for the saurians and undead as well.) The dialogue in early versions, likewise, was atrocious; out of respect, I won't give any examples - people can dredge svn if they really care to see. My point is that we're not curating tolkien's work here, and should not act as such. Our respect for a "canon" element of the story should only be proportional to its quality, because the original creators of it really didn't intend for it to be a masterpiece. _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
