Remember that breadstick meme? That's me with everything in this comment section because I'm shoving all the breadsticks into my purse.
Part of me thinks, that the Church burning witches has a lot to do with power too. Saints and witches are both women doing magic, one is just propping up the Church and the other isn't. With that kind of pressure on the average lay magician, they're probably honing it for defense or offense-as-best-defense. I do think, that since Castlevania is also primarily a really short action show, we're missing out on whether people use magic in other ways too. Amongst other things.
Women doing things, and doing them better than men, has always been a problem with the ruling institution of the day. I remember seeing witchy posts on how to use herbs and stuff on Tumblr and thinking that this was basic shit even my dad knows. But it was women herbalists who were being burned as witches, weren't they? That was a culture shock I had to quickly get over.
Both, both is good. The Speakers are a traveling people who have their own religion, that's enough grounds for persecution in those times. I'm not sure if I'm that comfortable with attributing a real world aspect of a marginalized group to a fictional group though.
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And I'm feeling thankful in this chillies tonight
Date: 2019-01-01 07:43 am (UTC)Part of me thinks, that the Church burning witches has a lot to do with power too. Saints and witches are both women doing magic, one is just propping up the Church and the other isn't. With that kind of pressure on the average lay magician, they're probably honing it for defense or offense-as-best-defense. I do think, that since Castlevania is also primarily a really short action show, we're missing out on whether people use magic in other ways too. Amongst other things.
Women doing things, and doing them better than men, has always been a problem with the ruling institution of the day. I remember seeing witchy posts on how to use herbs and stuff on Tumblr and thinking that this was basic shit even my dad knows. But it was women herbalists who were being burned as witches, weren't they? That was a culture shock I had to quickly get over.
Both, both is good. The Speakers are a traveling people who have their own religion, that's enough grounds for persecution in those times. I'm not sure if I'm that comfortable with attributing a real world aspect of a marginalized group to a fictional group though.
Also, Happy New Year!