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Post by Spooky Alice on Nov 15, 2021 14:24:39 GMT -5
Not now, of course, I know better. Like, when I was around 9/10 and first started reading the series, before TNP came out. I assumed that what was listed in the allegiances were only cats who were at least somewhat relevant to the story being told at the time.
And now that I'm an adult and with years of writing/worldbuilding experience under my belt, while I know that's not the case part of me kind of wishes it was. Granted it'd take a huge amount of suspension of disbelief (the series already stretches it with how these cats haven't depleted prey resources) and a careful juggling of a cast, but I dunno I think it would be an interesting angle.
At the very least it'd help diversify the genepool which is like. yikes.
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Post by vectoring34 on Nov 15, 2021 14:30:28 GMT -5
You could do that but then the people who complain about clans being too big would actually have an aneurysm from sheer salt overload.
In all seriousness, I feel like the numbers as are are fine, hunter-gatherer bands can get pretty big but they don't get SUPER big or anything. Inbreeding is common if you look at early human groups.
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Post by Spooky Alice on Nov 15, 2021 14:47:21 GMT -5
While you have a point regarding hunter-gathering groups admittedly I always categorized the clans as more early agrarian, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense but put it down to them having settlements vs being nomadic (I am aware that there are hunter-gatherer societies that are not nomadic, but they aren't the norm)*
As for the inbreeding while that's true there's also just the reality that warriors is a book series being written by people in the modern day who probably just shouldn't.
*i'm not putting on my historian hat to argue this point or discuss it, I'm just saying you have a point and I just viewed it differently
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