Hunting Stuff

JhonTeemon··2 votes·519 views

Superino, I here have a questerino for all the you summonerinos. Esteemed members of the story boards, lore geeks, proudfoots, and what not. It is an honor to be in the presence of the greatest thinkers yet I have a question that bothers me a lot. It has more to do with hunters and their rural lives in outskirts of demacia. I am not talking about the more useful parts of the bear she decides to harvest i.e bones, meat, etc but rather I am more "concerned" about the bear's pelt, head, claws, whether it would end up turning into a bearskin rug for her home. Would you not agree that if she rugs the bear to put somewhere on the floor in her house, it would be insulting to the morals and norms of rural demacian society? What if she decided to relax on top of it, would that not be seen as morally and culturally wrong? Not to mention, "Insulting" to the bear? I know, if I was that bear, I wouldn't want this hotshot alien laying on top of my dead body, no offense to Quinn, just saying, I hate it, to be a rug in her house. I mean being harvested for bones, meat, is fine, totally cool with that, but turning into a floor mat rug to be in front of a fireplace, that is offensive. At least in my opinion. But how does a fictional society in that world react to this stuff?

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SEKAI2 votes

People never gave a shit about hunting back in those days (which the League universe seems to be based mostly in like most high fantasy settings), especially something like "what does an animal feel about this" was never even a question. I mean, people back then didn't care what another human being might be possibly thinking about their ruthlessness with things like warring, raiding and slaving all being extremely popular across all cultures, what gives that they would care how a bear would feel about how its belt is going to be used?

And that's kinda the deal here, because they don't. Though to their credit, they didn't have to, because animals are rarely at the danger of going extinction from human hunting in those days, though that still happened but it was more to do with drastic climate changes rather than the act of hunting.

Unless we're talking about characters being very attuned with the aspects of nature in some way, morally, intellectually or religiously etc, otherwise what is to be expected is that animal products are just no different to pebbles and timbers and hunting is nothing but a challenge, game or merely a way of life for the most of them; and ofc, most of the league characters are clearly not the former.

..........

And really it's not like in modern societies hunting is more discouraged considering the amount of people who still do that as an off-time sport and given the almost unstoppable problem of poaching, and the demand of animal goods like leather among the public. So yeah.

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

Udyr If PETA ask, the fur is fake.

I dont think that people from old times (or runeterra) would have problems with the use of Fur for clothes or a rug... In Bilgewater they use all the parts of the sea monsters that they hunt, i dont think that it would be different in Demacia.

Maybe, in Piltover they are against it.

JhonTeemon1 votes

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Udyr If PETA ask, the fur is fake.

I dont think that people from old times (or runeterra) would have problems with the use of Fur for clothes or a rug... In Bilgewater they use all the parts of the sea monsters that they hunt, i dont think that it would be different in Demacia.

Maybe, in Piltover they are against it.

That explains the culture/norms of society part but what about the bear? Would it not be offensive or insulting to him for his body to be used like that after?

Ebonmaw Dragon2 votes

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That explains the culture/norms of society part but what about the bear? Would it not be offensive or insulting to him for his body to be used like that after?

Dead creatures can't be feel offended or insulted... or feel at all, you know, because they are dead.

JhonTeemon1 votes

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Dead creatures can't be feel offended or insulted... or feel at all, you know, because they are dead.

What about quin, would it be insulting if she rugged it? And relaxed on top?

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

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What about quin, would it be insulting if she rugged it? And relaxed on top?

No, it would be okay since the skin of the creature is not being wasted after the death of the creature.

Read the Lore of Ivern to learn more about the point of view that people of Runeterra has about Hunting: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/ivern-bio

JhonTeemon1 votes

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No, it would be okay since the skin of the creature is not being wasted after the death of the creature.

Read the Lore of Ivern to learn more about the point of view that people of Runeterra has about Hunting: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/ivern-bio

Won't the bear's menacing teeth, head, freak quin out if she decides to relax on it? Or is she fearless of such things?

And being part of a champions home, I guess that makes the bear lucky in the sense that out of thousands and thousands of bears out there, that one bear is lucky and gets to be part of a champs home right?

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

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Won't the bear's menacing teeth, head, freak quin out if she decides to relax on it? Or is she fearless of such things?

She is a demacian scout that works on the enemy lines and has seen scariest things like Trundle and the Ice Witch... a bear is nothing in comparison.

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3261414

JhonTeemon1 votes

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She is a demacian scout that works on the enemy lines and has seen scariest things like Trundle and the Ice Witch... a bear is nothing in comparison.

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3261414

Oh, I mean not as in when it's in the wild and alive, I mean after it's a rug. I was asking about after she rugs the bear, and you know, the bearskin rug has a ferocious head, teeth, even claws, would that spook or cause her fear if she decides to one day relax on top of it?

Icestar11862 votes

No? Dead bear is less scary than alive bear.

(Probably going to regret getting involved in this conversation)

(Edit: Very much regretted getting involved in this conversation)

JhonTeemon1 votes

The bear is more likely to be of what gender? And would quin care what gender it is after turned to a rug?

Mystery Ghost1 votes

animals are either for food or clothes

JhonTeemon1 votes

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animals are either for food or clothes

but not rugs!

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