Keeping that information... well, "accurate" is half the struggle I'd think. One can write whatever they will and say it's simply from their point of view. Say, to make one a hero- or a villain of their story.
[ wryly, mostly to himself ]
And somehow it's always the tallest of tales that spread the farthest.
Mm. You're precisely right. Especially if there are only so many actors who can write or read - if the populace does not have access to the written word, they only have the word of those with enough wealth or power to afford tutors to rely on. Some have good intentions, but many others do not.
[ there's a graveness in his words, as he looks out on the festival for a moment. ]
It is what makes learning so important - and what makes it imperative for those stories that aggrandize one side or erase another to be contested. Propaganda is a foul tool.
[ there's a beat. ]
It sounds as if perhaps you might have some personal experience with tall tales, ser...?
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great human person interaction taair ]
...haha...
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Keeping that information... well, "accurate" is half the struggle I'd think. One can write whatever they will and say it's simply from their point of view. Say, to make one a hero- or a villain of their story.
[ wryly, mostly to himself ]
And somehow it's always the tallest of tales that spread the farthest.
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Mm. You're precisely right. Especially if there are only so many actors who can write or read - if the populace does not have access to the written word, they only have the word of those with enough wealth or power to afford tutors to rely on. Some have good intentions, but many others do not.
[ there's a graveness in his words, as he looks out on the festival for a moment. ]
It is what makes learning so important - and what makes it imperative for those stories that aggrandize one side or erase another to be contested. Propaganda is a foul tool.
[ there's a beat. ]
It sounds as if perhaps you might have some personal experience with tall tales, ser...?
no subject
A friend of mine is a writer. His most well known series is based on my life.