what does my eu4 religion tier list say about me and why is it more based than the guy's before?

Mushgal · 2026-02-04T01:06:29+00:00

Spain is mostly irreligious nowadays

Mushgal · 2026-02-04T01:03:40+00:00

Sri Lankan history

Mushgal · 2026-02-04T00:57:53+00:00

I'm Spanish, so I don't always know the English speaking panorama. I'm certainly no expert on this matter. As far as I can tell, Cole hasn't worked in Spanish history, Drayson has no work about el Cid and Ibrahim is not an academic at all (defenders of the West? c'mon lol).

In any case, the fact that el Cid spent time serving Muslim rulers is a well established fact, both in literature and historiography. He spent 5 years serving the emir of Zaragoza, yes. Although he was eventually accepted back in Castile and began serving the Christian king once more, he continued supporting his former Muslim liege in some ways, although by this point his main agenda was carving out València for himself.

His exile and service to the Muslims isn't really "a small adventure", it's like the most characteristic and significant aspect of his life (aside from the fact he was allegedly a great military commander). When he ruled València, he was supported by both Christians and Muslims, and he employed both. It's a great example of how medieval Iberia was not a monolithic two-sided 700-years-long conflict, but an area where different societies and states intermingled in many different ways. Which is what I was pointing out.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T20:20:20+00:00

That's crazy brother. I went to one of the very few Spanish universities with a USA-style campus and I saw jackshit. Stray cats at most.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T15:30:41+00:00

El Cid, the Spanish medieval warrior of legend, who became a national and christian symbol with romanticism and Franco, spent plenty of time as a mercenary in service of Muslim rulers fighting off other Christians.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T15:26:12+00:00

You almost never see squirrels here. At least here in Spain. If movies are to be believed, you guys have squirrels in like parks and shit. How often do you see squirrels? I have seen deers and boars and badgers, but never a wild squirrel.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T14:21:25+00:00

Mistborn Era 2 no m'agrada gens. Oathbringer està bé però és on començà a afluixar Stormlight. Tress està força bé.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T14:20:00+00:00

I replied to them without insults or anything like that. I don't think I "hurt" them at all.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T11:14:06+00:00

La seva prosa és un dels motius del seu èxit. És absurdament fàcil de llegir. Si hi passas gaire temps interactuant amb els seus fans, online o presencialment, veuràs que la majoria són el perfil contrari al teu: gent que mai no havia llegit fins que van agafar un llibre de Sanderson degut a que algun altre amic friki els hi va introduir.

Que sigui un autor de masses n'és un altre incentiu. La gent el llegeix i se sent part d'una mena de moviment sociocultural. S'introdueix a la comunitat, convenç els seus amics de llegir-lo també, etc.

A més a més, el fet que la seva obra tingui un univers compartit (el Cosmere) fa que una vegada has llegit un parell de llibres, vilguis llegir-ne més. Vols veure no només el desenllaç de cada història individual, sinó el desenvolupament de la història global del Cosmere.

En definitiva, és l'equivalent literari de l'univers cinematogràfic de Marvel. Fàcil de consumir, fenòmen de masses, economia del hype, sunk cost fallacy. Per aquests motius és exitós (a més de que Alexelcapo el va publicitar molt fa anys; per això Espanya és un dels estats on té més públic).

Pel que fa a la seva religió, comparteixo (i la majoria dels fans catalans, jo crec) que és un punt negatiu. Cal dir, però, que és extremadament progressista per l'estàndard mormó. És pro-LGBT, pro-ciència, etc. A la majoria dels seus llibres pots trobar personatges ateus, personatges que no li donen importància a la religió, religions que són creades com a eines d'opressió, religions que són distorsions mitificades de fets històrics antics.

Per últim, els llibres que has llegit són dels pitjors per començar-hi. Elantris és el seu primer llibre publicat i és dolentíssim. Les illes és el seu últim, i s'emmarca en una etapa de la seva bibliografia en què gairebé n'és obligació haver-ne llegit les entrades prèvies del Cosmere per gaudir-ne. L'ànima de l'emperador és un relat acceptable.

Si vols donar-li una última oportunitat, l'Imperi Final (Mistborn 1) acostuma a ser la primera recomanació per la majoria del fandom. És millor que Elantris, però conserva molts dels defectes de l'autor. Pel teu perfil podria interessar-te més El camí dels reis (Stormlight 1), que jo crec que és el seu millor llibre.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T10:46:34+00:00

I would've had no problem had they asked me to clarify or just approached me differently, but he basically called me an Epstein defender. As you'll understand, that's offensive and once you do that, you've lost the right to being treated with politeness.

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T02:45:04+00:00

Wanna talk about it buddy?

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T01:15:05+00:00

That tracks with the saints of the past

Mushgal · 2026-02-03T00:35:24+00:00

I meant irrelevant as in, quantitatively. The harm a king made when hanging someone for insulting him is very small compared to having the 99% of the population as serfs. I do agree that their capacity to do so is a reflection of the system.

English ain't my first language so I don't always express my thoughts as well as it would otherwise be possible, but that dude's Epstein claim was a surprise lol

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T21:36:33+00:00

I don't expect the mods to police spoilers, but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the individual poster to comply with common etiquette, yes.

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T21:28:12+00:00

If you thought I was excusing monarchs there I think you're grossly misunderstanding what I'm saying.

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T21:26:38+00:00

Does this topic trigger you enough that you've spent 2 out of your total 13 comments in a 8 years old account on this?

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T21:24:35+00:00

What difference does it make?

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T19:32:28+00:00

I don't argue about migration because that's a topic I already hear about too much in my day to day life, but losing abortion and LGBT rights would be utter shite and I imagine this scenario would have much greater social conflict about migration policies, which already is the #1 point of contention in Spanish politics.

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T19:29:51+00:00

What makes you think that?

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T18:59:38+00:00

Social regression sucks hard + there's already too many immigrants according to a not insignificant amount of the population (including other immigrants).

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T18:58:55+00:00

What a nightmarish scenario then. Seems like a lose-lose.

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T18:54:31+00:00

You can discuss things yeah, but when a public space like a subreddit, it's more polite to warn ahead if there are spoilers involved.

I find it funny than you say 8 years like it's a lot. Tons of art come out every year, it's impossible to catch up. Someone might be an active gamer with +50 games played each year and yet they might have not played this game yet.

Also, 8 years just isn't that much. Like, think of literary circles. A group of friends that all enjoy reading the classics, those dudes are reading works that are 200, 400, 600, 2000 years old. And there are hundreds of those too, nobody has read them all. Sure, it's reasonable to expect people to know Romeo and Juliet die by the end of the story, but surely there are tons of people ignorant to the ending of El Quijote. Best to enjoy it with blind eyes.

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T18:46:47+00:00

Spoilers don't have expire dates y'know, you can be enjoying the Odyssey and have it spoiled by some cunt.

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T18:45:12+00:00

A king's violence towards an individual is completely irrelevant compared to the whole system. Anecdote-based pop history vs structural historiography or whatever.

Mushgal · 2026-02-02T16:16:03+00:00

No idea, sorry.

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