• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Oh shoot, yeah.

    But like, were there even more than 4? That’s not even a village or a hamlet. In terms of pure population size, they’re basically just a campsite.

    Something screwy is going on, so, infertility makes the most sense imo

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      1 year ago

      In response, I present Todd Howard’s Razor: never attribute to subtle worldbuilding that which is adequately explained by bad worldbuilding.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Doyalism is boring though! I prefer to torture a Watsonian interpretation of a setting until it makes sense, no matter how badly it’s written.