tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post4914966362944237261..comments2024-03-29T07:22:38.372+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: The Coming of the King (by M.C. Scott)Juliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-54544920570446175262012-11-01T20:32:24.662+00:002012-11-01T20:32:24.662+00:00Not quite my cup of tea either....Not quite my cup of tea either....William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-39807349145739861792012-10-25T18:13:05.908+01:002012-10-25T18:13:05.908+01:00Right you are! I forgot about Roman troupes from a...Right you are! I forgot about Roman troupes from around the Empire sowing their wild oats all across the Empire! :p<br />I just usual refer people to the Vikings when they have trouble believing in the existence of Spanish redheads! ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-58695315117145441782012-10-25T18:04:32.354+01:002012-10-25T18:04:32.354+01:00Well, I suppose technically some of the western Tu...Well, I suppose technically some of the western Tuareg could be described as black, but that's because they've mixed a lot with the sub-Saharan peoples of Niger and Mali over the last 50-100 years. But that's really an outlier and most Berbers aren't all that different from Arabs, Levantines of other sorts, and southern Italians and Spaniards.<br /><br />The Vikings probably found plenty of light-eyed redheads already there. After all, the Vandals beat them by several centuries. Not to mention plenty of Gauls and other Germanics brought in during the Roman era.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-45422528000588925392012-10-25T17:27:16.516+01:002012-10-25T17:27:16.516+01:00I didn't have much of a clue about that when I...I didn't have much of a clue about that when I picked up the DaVinci Code... I had no idea how bad it would be either! :p<br /><br />Berbers are definitely NOT black! Mediterranean-brown with dark eyes and black hair usually. Occasionally a light-eyed redhead will be born, thanks to those pesky Vikings causing trouble all over the Med! ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-5281310936396400542012-10-25T17:24:56.076+01:002012-10-25T17:24:56.076+01:00Right with you there!Right with you there!CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-74181899421167281442012-10-25T13:26:00.760+01:002012-10-25T13:26:00.760+01:00I must admit, I've avoided The Da Vinci Code p...I must admit, I've avoided The Da Vinci Code partly to avoid all that stuff!<br /><br />Glad I was right about Berbers - I was pretty sure 'black' (and the darkness is repeatedly emphasised) wasn't quite the right description.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-87409020344062268622012-10-25T13:24:49.375+01:002012-10-25T13:24:49.375+01:00Perhaps. Gotta say, not really my thing - but I...Perhaps. Gotta say, not really my thing - but I'm very aware of just how biased I am against something that makes Jesus a terrorist and St Paul evil!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-6506933982113961742012-10-25T11:33:09.770+01:002012-10-25T11:33:09.770+01:00Yeah, I'm pretty much with CrazyCris on this o...Yeah, I'm pretty much with CrazyCris on this one. <br /><br />Berbers are definitely not what one could black (unless you're a Victorian Brit or something who used it to describe any person of color). Berber skin tones are essentially the same as any other North African, most of whom are of Berber descent anyway.<br /><br />If Jesus had any offspring and assuming they did, too, then there are literally millions of people today who are descended from Jesus. It's just like how most western Europeans can include Charlemagne among their ancestors. And Jesus has an extra 1200 years to spread his genes around. Most of the schlocky novels that use this McGuffin go to great lengths to imply that each and every generation only had one child in order to avoid this problem.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-5069300929077056942012-10-25T10:25:27.598+01:002012-10-25T10:25:27.598+01:00Hmmm... doesn't sound like my cup of tea exact...Hmmm... doesn't sound like my cup of tea exactly. I get pretty annoyed with historical fiction that changes accepted history so dramatically, and on top of that the author states she believes it to be realistic! Present it as an "alternate version of history" (parallel universe?) and then I can be ok with it!<br />But perhaps you're right... maybe reading from book 1 onwards makes it feel more acceptable?CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com