Post #106298 by Geeky Tiki on Wed, Aug 4, 2004 1:56 PM

Things that tweaked me:

1. The main flaw: Humans who are fearful of beasts and cowed by them. I immediately wondered, "What the Hell?" Us humans destroy all in our path and take no prisoners until the beasts in question are almost extinct, then we toss them in zoos. Real settlers would have made a fort and slaughtered the beasts.

2. If the rules were "we won't kill you if you stay out of the forest", then why did they need fires and night sentries?

3. The way some lady mentioned her daughter being killed in an alley made my wife think it was said in too modern a way.

4. They lived in a small valley but had cotton clothing. With no travel in or out for trade, where did the cotton come from?

5. They would also need infrastructure for steel knives and other tools, glass, especially for the doctor's optical lenses.
   Loads of infrastructure is needed for wood milling, paper making, oil for lanterns and torches, shoe makers, steel for razors to keep the men clean shaven, lock boxes, hardware, etc.

I figured so few people couldn't maintain a totally seperate environment for any length of time.

Where would they get all those dyes for all the clothing colors?

6. Inbreeding would have gotten a little out of hand over time.

7. If the beasts kill all who enter the forest, then how did the people get to the town in the first place?