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Post by T'ae-bi-mama on Feb 16, 2005 10:13:33 GMT -5
Speaking of the show and attire, I wonder if the reason that the military robes are belted so high on the abdomen is so that senior officers, who might be paunchy, appear similarly vigorous to their subordinates. Any thoughts on this? Florel's research speaks for itself. But (maybe this is a function of the soldier's clothing as well) I was noticing that some of the soldiers seemed rather, uh, robust, given their status. The archery instructor wasn't the only plump one either--there's one soldier whose face is so fat his eyes don't look like they're open. Do you think this is a casting oversight or that the soldiers up in the North base really were so much better fed than the regular people that they'd have a lot of extra body fat? The soldiers used to forcibly take the farmer's grain, so wouldn't it be an infuriating daily reminder to these skin-and-bone farmers of Nok-Dune Island to see their back-breaking labor resulting in these soldiers getting fatter and fatter? Somehow I didn't think the surplus was so great as to encourage fatness on the front...
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Post by Aging Warrior on Feb 16, 2005 12:15:51 GMT -5
This is a problem with all historical dramas that portray the poor and working class. Modern poor and workign class people are better fed in every industrial nation than at early times in history. People look different. Childhood nutrition is an important factor in your height, physique and even how your face looks. Having a fat face or a fat body used to be a sign that you had money.
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generaldu
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Post by generaldu on Feb 16, 2005 13:39:58 GMT -5
We might be reading too much into this, but one important point is that this force is garrisoned at a fixed post, assigned there in an obviously perfunctory way by the powers-that-be. YSS can't even persuade his commander to make tactical shifts of personnel.
In such situations forces have a tendency to become sedentary and lose their edge.
On the other hand, in an active campaign, soldiers will develop a lean, hard look due to the stresses of the combat situation and the difficulties of provisioning an army on the move.
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