Madlands gods

[Tom Mazanec]

Are any of the gods of Fantasy 2 based on "real" gods?

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

Are any of the gods of Fantasy 2 based on "real" gods?

Only if some neopagans have deified the The Hundred Acre Wood.

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

The Hundred Acre Wood.

I have just accidentally found out that the territory of Vatican is a bit over a hundred acres . . .

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

I have just accidentally found out that the territory of Vatican is a bit over a hundred acres . . .

Coincidence, the real Ashdown Forest was defined in the 1693 Forest Act, and the portion of the forest commons that Milne based his stories on was the "Five-Hundred Acre Wood".

[sir_pudding]

My "fanon" here, is that the Madlands are like the Outback in The Maxx, or the The Land in A Game of You: it's what the Hundred Acre Wood, became after Christopher Robin Milne grew up and no longer believed in it. It reflects his experience in WWII, the lingering affects of his father's PTSD, his dissatisfaction with the way his father exploited his childhood for art, and the commercializtion of childhood by Walt Disney.

[sir_pudding]

Notably the younger Milne was an avowed athiest.