(And to, uh, prove just how little I know about this entire field, I had to google SCA just now to figure out what it was. XD)
But yeah. I think I'm going to take certain liberties and just AU the thing, period, because there're going to be some weird bits that won't align to any proper socio-historical context that I've been able to find. As things are forming, I think that Qui-Gon is going to be a member of this world's version of the Templars -- militant religious-ish order that went on the Crusades -- but minus the commercial elements. And I want to set up a secular/religious power struggle that I'm not entirely sure would have been appropriate for a medieval time frame.
Re: privacy. That makes an insane amount of sense. I have a vague-ish idea of what life in a manual society is like, and yeah. The notion will definitely, definitely, definitely be that Qui-Gon is an oddball. Self-imposed court exile! Refusal to exploit the resources that are in front of him! Torn loyalties between a secular Dooku and the canon of the Order!
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Date: 2005-10-21 12:19 am (UTC)(And to, uh, prove just how little I know about this entire field, I had to google SCA just now to figure out what it was. XD)
But yeah. I think I'm going to take certain liberties and just AU the thing, period, because there're going to be some weird bits that won't align to any proper socio-historical context that I've been able to find. As things are forming, I think that Qui-Gon is going to be a member of this world's version of the Templars -- militant religious-ish order that went on the Crusades -- but minus the commercial elements. And I want to set up a secular/religious power struggle that I'm not entirely sure would have been appropriate for a medieval time frame.
Re: privacy. That makes an insane amount of sense. I have a vague-ish idea of what life in a manual society is like, and yeah. The notion will definitely, definitely, definitely be that Qui-Gon is an oddball. Self-imposed court exile! Refusal to exploit the resources that are in front of him! Torn loyalties between a secular Dooku and the canon of the Order!
Any particular other stickler bits for you?