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[Ken]

I may be tempted to do political party pages.

Please check your PMs.

If I was a betting man, I'd probably put a small wager on there never being a successful, long-lived Fed-supporting group.

If you were a betting man, I'd take you up on that wager.

Ken and I are working on something right now with some others and hopefully something will come of it.

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do it with style.

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[Casiella]

[mod]Split off the discussion on Ixiris/MM.[/mod]

[Jade Constantine]

"Gallente society is in a constant state of flux, vigorous, vibrant and progressive."

If there are fundamental concepts in Gallente culture they're that individual lives matter and that people's freedom to express themselves is precious. If you can dream it -- and bring together the ideas, the contacts and the work, and spot the right moment in time -- you can do it.

Yes, there are big brands and huge-scale commercialism, but Gallente society seems also to be the sort of place that fosters street fashion and values personal creation and recombination of elements. The big companies are taking their lead from stylish taste-setters on the streets of the Gallente equivalents of Milan and Harajuku. The people are confident enough to choose and use the brands available to them.

It's your right to make the most of yourself. If you don't, that's your choice.

We tend to hear about the current big brands (mostly Quafe), but my take on Gallente includes both a lively interest in the best from their own history and curiosity about all that's to be found in other cultures. They're magpies, cultural bricoleurs, striving to explore and succeed and be envied and live meaningful lives. They think everyone else must be basically like them, wanting freedom and Gallente-style democracy, and they'll do their best to help others achieve that. They love some of the ideas they have of the life of the noble savage, but when other cultures' concepts conflict with their own concepts of freedom, franchise and equality they have no doubt that they're the ones who are correct. They find it hard to understand that others might not wholeheartedly embrace the gifts they offer. Yes, of course the cynic can point out that they'd like bigger markets, but they also fundamentally mean well and want to bring the light of the Crystal Boulevard and the classic Gallente playwrights to the dark places of the cluster. If you take to their ways you can indeed do well in the Federation.

Lately we've seen the things that happen when some aspects of the Federation go too far: complete reliance on drones and an execution by public acclaim. The first has been corrected. The second... I haven't really been following the signs about whether that Gallente version of the lynch mob is now a matter of shame.

Gallente culture and RP could be bright and vibrant and wonderfully open to culture-building. I find much of it strongly appealing, which may explain why Matariki's life is marked by her involvement and engagement with Gallente language, ideas, (lovers) and dance. There's much to admire, and also much to distance yourself from in order to be you.

I'd love to see the bright, witty RP that I think Gallente culture could support. And I find the military stuff dreary, and the Black Eagles a bit too trope-y. Yes, that stuff is there and it's important, but if Gallente give up their curiosity and joie de vivre they will have lost the culture war they've previously managed fairly successfully. Sure, they're hurt over the Caldari not wanting to be part of the family any longer, and confused about the Republic-dwelling Matari wanting something that's not what they'd want, but at the moment they're still winning on immigration, culture, music and food. Those count!

Drink the champagne; dress with style; be audacious: be Gallente.

excellent post