Uh, right now I'm fiddling about with possible ethnographic elements in Homer's Odyssey, so "ethnography of what?" is probably a good question. Possibly monsters. (This really goes far too far into "game with very few pieces" territory for me; I'm happier with the classical period and the (debated) beginnings of Orientalism and so forth.)
*consolidates* Pratchett -- it's been a while, honestly, but I'd say the biggest thing is that he doesn't get the workings of prejudice, at all, but he thinks he does and probably reckons he's ever-so-liberal, in that easy, Guardian-reader sort of way. *shrug* I'm a humourless feminist and all that, you know how it is. And some of his characters really do seem to act as his mouthpieces and are pretty consistently backed up by the text. Vimes, in particular.
Yeah, I hate the rose. Just in general. I think one of my dearest and darlingest occasionally wears a white rose perfume that's quite nice, but aside from that, no, no, just fucking no. But, uh *wracks sense-memory* I have vague memories of L'Occitane green tea & mint as fairly fresh and light. And bergamot tea as -- predictably -- a bit like Earl Grey. Though that could be a false memory suggested by the name. I am just useless, useless about aquatics, I'm afraid.
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*consolidates* Pratchett -- it's been a while, honestly, but I'd say the biggest thing is that he doesn't get the workings of prejudice, at all, but he thinks he does and probably reckons he's ever-so-liberal, in that easy, Guardian-reader sort of way. *shrug* I'm a humourless feminist and all that, you know how it is. And some of his characters really do seem to act as his mouthpieces and are pretty consistently backed up by the text. Vimes, in particular.
Yeah, I hate the rose. Just in general. I think one of my dearest and darlingest occasionally wears a white rose perfume that's quite nice, but aside from that, no, no, just fucking no. But, uh *wracks sense-memory* I have vague memories of L'Occitane green tea & mint as fairly fresh and light. And bergamot tea as -- predictably -- a bit like Earl Grey. Though that could be a false memory suggested by the name. I am just useless, useless about aquatics, I'm afraid.