- Joined
- Feb 25, 2021
This sounds so similar to a potlatch, and probably a lot of other ancient tribal group practices. Rich guy shows off ability to provide, religious members sanctify it, everyone has fun and gets tore up and swears oaths and gets in fights and tries to jump over the bonfire like you do whenever there's a big family reunion. This is just Building Local Community 101; every culture has something similar.Most people didn't get good meat on the regular so this was a big deal in itself. Then the bigwig would further demonstrate his generosity by providing everyone enough ale or met to get properly sloshed. In the meantime some crones would walk around the place sprinkle animal blood on the walls to sanctify the whole thing. Skalds would perform poetry, some assholes beat each other senseless and young warriors made dumb oaths they'd regret in the morning but be honorbound to fulfill, even if it led to the death of their whole family. Good times!
And there's Stephanie, all alone in her apartment.
But at least she went to Online Druid School, and she knows what some of the right words kinda mean, so that's way better than your family Thanksgiving dinner or your oppressive cishet football party.