I'm sure anyone who's read fantasy has come across characters eating "dried meat" or "jerky" at some point in time. Here's a theory I have:
-Why is it that this "dried meat" is never described? It never has any taste, texture, appearance or smell; we never get to see how it's made. Why the secrecy surrounding "dried meat"?
-Why is it that the same nondescript "dried meat" is to be found in all environs? From fantasy forests to on board ships and in deserts on diffenrent continents, "dried meat" may be found. The same creature in all these fantasy settings is...you guessed it...humans.
-When fantasy characters do consume "dried meat", very occasionally they experience a sense of revulsion. While this is supposedly due to how bad the food is, my theory is that they are experiencing on some subconscious level guilt for cannibalising human flesh.
-Where do dead bodies go? Cemetries are often situated in far-off places from population centers, and more often than not only serve as homes for undead minions of Evil Overlords. What happens to all the dead bodies after a generic fantasy battle is not mentioned, not even mass graves or gathering the bodies to be burnt. A Hero or important character may get a small funeral and burial, but what about everyone else?
There's something fishy going on in Generic Fantasyland. Someone is stealing human corpses, processing them and turning them into "dried meat" and "jerky", selling these to the unsuspecting public!
Help your characters boycott "dried meat" today and expose this sinister conspiracy!
-Why is it that this "dried meat" is never described? It never has any taste, texture, appearance or smell; we never get to see how it's made. Why the secrecy surrounding "dried meat"?
-Why is it that the same nondescript "dried meat" is to be found in all environs? From fantasy forests to on board ships and in deserts on diffenrent continents, "dried meat" may be found. The same creature in all these fantasy settings is...you guessed it...humans.
-When fantasy characters do consume "dried meat", very occasionally they experience a sense of revulsion. While this is supposedly due to how bad the food is, my theory is that they are experiencing on some subconscious level guilt for cannibalising human flesh.
-Where do dead bodies go? Cemetries are often situated in far-off places from population centers, and more often than not only serve as homes for undead minions of Evil Overlords. What happens to all the dead bodies after a generic fantasy battle is not mentioned, not even mass graves or gathering the bodies to be burnt. A Hero or important character may get a small funeral and burial, but what about everyone else?
There's something fishy going on in Generic Fantasyland. Someone is stealing human corpses, processing them and turning them into "dried meat" and "jerky", selling these to the unsuspecting public!
Help your characters boycott "dried meat" today and expose this sinister conspiracy!
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