03-01-2021, 01:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-01-2021, 01:58 PM by Eric the Green.)
(02-28-2021, 04:10 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-28-2021, 02:34 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(02-26-2021, 10:04 AM)Tim Randal Walker Wrote: "Nomad" is the best description I have come across for that archetype. Better than "Reactive", which could be confused with "Adaptive".
I prefer "Civic" to "Hero" for that archetype. With the Gilded as an example, I believe that Nomads can be shoe horned into a Hero role.
Don't care much for "Adaptive", but prefer it to "Artist"-any archetypal generation can have artists, such as painter, sculptors, musicians, etc.
Agreed. "Reactive" is also too pejorative, although S&H didn't mean it to be.
In a way, it is more descriptive, though. There is a very decided reaction to the excesses of the Prophets (or whatever name seems better). I don't think Moralist fits in place of Prophet, though Proactive may be a good description, but not very inspiring.
I doubt there is a great fit, because each archetype needs to cover many generations over time, and they do differ substantially.
I don't think the Generation X/Lost archetype should be defined only by how they reacted to the prophet Boomers and Missionaries, etc. They have their own identity, not just one based on reaction to another archetype. I think S&H meant the term "Reactive" to signify an experimental attitude, an ability to respond and act in bold and adventurous ways; very situational and realistic, pragmatic, often cynical or gruff, and going off in their own direction; independent, self-reliant and inner-directed, although not introspective or philosophical like prophets are supposed to be and often are. But "reactive" is a poor word for this. Nomad is a bit better, at least.