• anyhow2503@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Do medieval shows only hire conventionally unattractive men? I always thought the convention was to have attractive people play important parts or “good” characters, regardless of gender, but admittedly I don’t really watch many medieval shows.

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      Witcher?

      Game did a good job of having the ugliest polish man with a pitchfork in the town…

      Then the local alchemist has a dump truck ass with eyeliner on.

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      *Attractive evil villain enters scene*
      “…they’re gonna get a tragic backstory and sacrifice themselves for some noble cause.”
      *3 seasons later*
      “Oh goddamit.”

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        2 months ago

        By “important or ‘good’ characters” I wasn’t trying to say “protagonists and morally good characters”, though there are certainly plenty of authors and directors who follow that rule.

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        Yep just look at the guilds. The Hansa (Hanseatic Trade League) owned several cities and harbours in the Baltic and North sea.

        In Frankfurt, an inventor developed an early form of steam engine, but was bullied and denied by the boatsmakers guild.

        Many interesting stories who are more than just peasants rolling in filth.

        And even the city republics would destroy the primitive view of Hollywood on the freedoms of the medieval person. Not to speak of the Dithmarschen peasant republic or the swiss confederation and their wars of independence against the HR Emperor.