#it's a specific reference to a pretty fun book about how the average peasant in the 16th century related to and parsed theology

[toskarin]

it's been a while since I've published any sort of teasers for Jetkaiser.... so hopefully this counts?

[cookingwithroxy]

So. This is an old and rather defunct reply but hell I saw I had this in my drafts and it reminded me of one additional point. So. Original context?

Okay, you’re clearly American so you probably don’t know how Europe works, but… It’s literally right next to Africa and the Middle East. People of non-white skintones have been present throughout Europe for as long as there has been a Europe, and the Church was pretty open about teaching this for a variety of reasons. Any attempt to act like things are contrary to that is just straight up inaccurate. It is actually more historically inaccurate to entirely lack people of colour in a mediaeval fantasy world. And it is inaccurate to the books, with several non-white characters simply being omitted from the games.

This is, very specifically, what you said. Now, Spidey addressed the last part, because there ARE people of color in Witcher, but I? I'm addressing the first and second parts. The 'right next to' element. Now, I get that your most likely European and that you probably don't understand the concept of long distance travel, but the simple element of TIME is a major factor, especially with a distance over a hundred miles. And again, I note to the 'how far can someone travel in a day' element, because it means going a hundred miles is a FOUR DAY JOURNEY, and that's assuming easy travel and top speeds. And in a period of relative lack of food preservation and limited water supply, that's quite a bit of supply to carry just to reach a target location. Maybe there will be towns between them, places to stay? But just to travel from a town to the capital of your country would be a MAJOR undertaking that most people might only do once. Your average polish peasant did NOT go there to buy goods and to see strange foreign people. All of these things are elements of what we call 'Logistics'. Trade routes allowed people to travel HALF the distance to their goods final destination, allowing them to return home faster, and if their profits were somewhat lesser, it was offset by the ability to return home in less than six months. This is the point I'm addressing. That you've gotten so used to ease of travel that a trip from Egypt to Poland is just four hours via plane, instead of MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, overland. That they are NOT, in fact, 'literally right next to Africa and the Middle East.' That elements like overland travel are a factor. Hell, that elements like 'Hey, aren't the Ottomans and the Holy Roman Empire at war right now, making it impossible to actually travel between these areas without a huge diversion further north through Russia?'

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Now then, the additional point I want to raise?

In the 1840's, centuries after the time period in reference for this post, there was a land route people traveled quite often, only two thousand miles. It's a little thing we called the OREGON TRAIL.

And the fun thing about having a relatively recent long distance travel (that's actually shorter than the one referenced in the post that got deleted which I was replying to?) is that it means we have WELL DOCUMENTED TRAVEL TIMES for this pretty notable land journey.

Anyone need a reminder as to how long it took to travel the Oregon Trail?

4-6 MONTHS. Fully prepared with wagons pulled by oxen.

All this because they didn't feel the Witcher was 'diverse' enough in the rural settings.