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Lalwendë · 03-12-2009, 05:28 PM

If I offered you a couple of swords to pick from and one was all shiny and ornate and new, while the other was battered and ugly and old, which would you pick? Now if I told you that the old one had killed such and such a dragon, that it had been wielded at an ancient battle, and so on, which would you choose then?

I think you're spot on, part of the 'magic' is in the stories and the history behind such things.

You could almost apply it to anything really - cars, churches, furniture... Older things have histories attached to them, which makes them intrinsically more interesting to anyone with a shred of romance in their soul. Even if the history is a sad or disturbing one it has the same effect - you might not choose that item if given a choice, if it had such a dark history, but you would still find it more fascinating.

03-12-2009, 05:28 PM	#2
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	If I offered you a couple of swords to pick from and one was all shiny and ornate and new, while the other was battered and ugly and old, which would you pick? Now if I told you that the old one had killed such and such a dragon, that it had been wielded at an ancient battle, and so on, which would you choose then? I think you're spot on, part of the 'magic' is in the stories and the history behind such things. You could almost apply it to anything really - cars, churches, furniture... Older things have histories attached to them, which makes them intrinsically more interesting to anyone with a shred of romance in their soul. Even if the history is a sad or disturbing one it has the same effect - you might not choose that item if given a choice, if it had such a dark history, but you would still find it more fascinating. __________________ Gordon's alive!