VN Ren'Py Harem Hotel [v0.18.2] [Runey]

[Quetzzz]

I'm having some issues with the narrative surrounding the Owl Clan. I'm picking up on some contradictions, but maybe I'm just missing something?

The last uprising was 92 years ago, but the Owl Clan has existed for longer. The region is inhabited by several clans of desert elves, and according to Lin, the government is aware of them (allowing raiding parties).
The leader of the Owl Clan, Iksa, has been involved in all three uprisings, and is considered a terrorist by the humans.
Elves only have basic rights since 30 years ago.

If the government is aware of the clans (as Lin suggests), and Iksa is a terrorist, why hasn't she been removed?
Lin mentions that Elves have been chipped since the last uprising, yet from the context of other events, it seems the IT revolution is more recent than this? Am I confusing it with an AI revolution maybe?
Despite the inhospitability of the region, why would the government allow for Elves to live in a self-sufficient way? Elves have been enslaved for 300 years, and the government is aware of the clans. Certainly after the industrial revolution, it would've been easy to just round them all up and enslave them. I just can't see the reason why the government would allow them to live free.

Though, narratively, I do like that the Owl Clan is something of an open secret, because it lessens Lin's "Oh, I just remembered <insert plot device here>".

I'm not sure what Lin is trying to achieve here (though this might resolve itself in a future event). A large part of why Elves are considered less than humans (by humans), is because of their low technological progression (not even metalworking). I'm not sure how showing humans these impoverished and primitive elves, is going to change their mind.

 

[DigDug69]

I'm having some issues with the narrative surrounding the Owl Clan. I'm picking up on some contradictions, but maybe I'm just missing something?

The last uprising was 92 years ago, but the Owl Clan has existed for longer. The region is inhabited by several clans of desert elves, and according to Lin, the government is aware of them (allowing raiding parties).
The leader of the Owl Clan, Iksa, has been involved in all three uprisings, and is considered a terrorist by the humans.
Elves only have basic rights since 30 years ago.

If the government is aware of the clans (as Lin suggests), and Iksa is a terrorist, why hasn't she been removed?
Lin mentions that Elves have been chipped since the last uprising, yet from the context of other events, it seems the IT revolution is more recent than this? Am I confusing it with an AI revolution maybe?
Despite the inhospitability of the region, why would the government allow for Elves to live in a self-sufficient way? Elves have been enslaved for 300 years, and the government is aware of the clans. Certainly after the industrial revolution, it would've been easy to just round them all up and enslave them. I just can't see the reason why the government would allow them to live free.

Though, narratively, I do like that the Owl Clan is something of an open secret, because it lessens Lin's "Oh, I just remembered <insert plot device here>".

I'm not sure what Lin is trying to achieve here (though this might resolve itself in a future event). A large part of why Elves are considered less than humans (by humans), is because of their low technological progression (not even metalworking). I'm not sure how showing humans these impoverished and primitive elves, is going to change their mind.

The clan alone is too weak to cause any real problems, and is useful for learning about how elves lived.
Think of it as a nature preserve.

And the reason for not rounding them all up would likely be that a sudden dropping of fresh elves into the market, would devalue the currently owned slaves, and hurt the market.

As for the humans minds being changed, that would depend on peoples outlook towards society and life in that world, so we will have to wait and see.

 

[Dehvid]

Is the "Incest" tag solely based on the fact there are (twins /clones) in the game. I think if that is the case it might be a bit misleading. There is a tag for twins.

 

[c3p0]

Is the "Incest" tag solely based on the fact there are (twins /clones) in the game. I think if that is the case it might be a bit misleading. There is a tag for twins.

Not only. Also because the sisters* have sex together.
*More than sister pair is in the game and a least one of them have sex together.

 

[IAmNotEvil]

It's not time until all of the turkeys have been slaughtered during the annual Turkey Slaughter Day.
(One of our tastiest holidays.)
But first, we have the most sacred of all Holiday's, Halloween...

Americans have the best holidays, Turkey day, Halloween, all the cool hollidays.

Spoiler: This is what we will celebrate in my country, before that time will arrive

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[KonfinedKnat]

Amaricans have the best holidays, Turkey day, Halloween, all the cool hollidays.

Spoiler: This is what we will celebrate in my country, before that time will arive

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I don't know if I should mention this, but I think more people should be embracing the holiday that happens on July 14th because (according to the Urban Dictionary) that's Worldwide Headpat Day.

 

[DigDug69]

Is the "Incest" tag solely based on the fact there are (twins /clones) in the game. I think if that is the case it might be a bit misleading. There is a tag for twins.

There is Kali and her sister, and as mentioned above, there is sibling, sibling sex with the twins.
Kali and her sister are always a future possibility.

 

[DigDug69]

I don't know if I should mention this, but I think more people should be embracing the holiday that happens on July 14th because (according to the Urban Dictionary) that's Worldwide Headpat Day.

That is the holiest of days for TheDevian.
Mainly, because the head patting leads to other things.

 

[shadowtempered]

Not only. Also because the sisters* have sex together.
*More than sister pair is in the game and a least one of them have sex together.

Depending on choices, there is what - 3 sister pairings you can have sex with? One is a bit more recent than the previous two

 

[DigDug69]

Depending on choices, there is what - 3 sister pairings you can have sex with? One is a bit more recent than the previous two

And potentially 4 in the future if things work out right.
The twins.
Kali and her sister.
Jin and Lin.
Autumn and her sister.

 

[DigDug69]

And potentially 4 in the future if things work out right.
The twins.
Kali and her sister.
Jin and Lin.
Autumn and her sister.

And then we have the issue of mothers in the future, both Maria's and Lin's, and also Kali's stepmother.
Oh, and we cannot forget the Android and her daughter.
Or, just name the MC Daddy, and everyone will be related to the MC.

 

[Corvus Belli]

And the reason for not rounding them all up would likely be that a sudden dropping of fresh elves into the market, would devalue the currently owned slaves, and hurt the market.

There are a LOT of elven slaves. According to Runey, there are about a billion elves in Syl'anar (and 3 billion humans). The introduction of a single clan with a triple digit population is not going to notably affect the value of elven slaves. The Owl Clan would represent about 0.0001% of the elven population, and that's if we generously assume there's a thousand of them; that's not enough for the market to even register, let alone have a negative effect on it.
It would barely affect the value of currently owned slaves even if the clan numbered in the hundreds of thousands, since there are, as already stated, a billion elves already; increasing those numbers by 0.01% would have less effect than a rounding error.

 

[DigDug69]

There are a LOT of elven slaves. According to Runey, there are about a billion elves in Syl'anar (and 3 billion humans). The introduction of a single clan with a triple digit population is not going to notably affect the value of elven slaves. The Owl Clan would represent about 0.0001% of the elven population, and that's if we generously assume there's a thousand of them; that's not enough for the market to even register, let alone have a negative effect on it.
It would barely affect the value of currently owned slaves even if the clan numbered in the hundreds of thousands, since there are, as already stated, a billion elves already; increasing those numbers by 0.01% would have less effect than a rounding error.

Which is why I mentioned the other possibility, as a form of wildlife preserve with elves in a natural setting.

As for the number of elves versus humans there.
That is a smaller percentage than the ratio of free versus slaves in the southern states during the U.S. Civil War. Approximately 9,000,000 free in the confederate states, versus Approximately 4,000,000 slaves in the confederate states.
1/3 slaves in Sylanar, versus almost 1/2 slaves in the confederacy.

Remember, it was not 1 in every 3 people owning slaves in Sylanar, there were huge factories and farms using slave labor, along with mining operations, all of which would have been able to use a huge number of slaves.
And they would have been owned by only 1, or maybe a few people who owned or operated those businesses.

 

[Quetzzz]

The clan alone is too weak to cause any real problems, and is useful for learning about how elves lived.
Think of it as a nature preserve.

This seems to be the case. I had forgotten about this expositional bit from Nala:

"The desert elves! Most elves were naturists, but the desert elves were animists! Arthur wrote that they wore no armor at all, and most were often fully exposed in the nude. He says they had no shame at all, but now of course we would consider them culturally nudists. And some tribes still are."

As for the humans minds being changed, that would depend on peoples outlook towards society and life in that world, so we will have to wait and see.

There were some statistics quoted that 15% agreed with giving Elves more rights. I doubt any pro-elf propaganda would decrease this number, at least. But, I agree, we'll have to wait and see how it goes.

 

[Evil13]

To put it this way, in our world, healthy population growth in a developed country is on average 2.1 children per woman. That number is higher in less developed countries due to various factors.

So with that in mind, the global population is 7.95 billion, of which 4 billion are men and 3.95 billion are women (actually, I found that somewhat surprising, I would have thought the reverse. Oh well). (Oh and just for reference - 3.95 billion is 3,950,000,000) If we look at the age metrics of the global population:
- 5.02% are aged over 65
- 40.92% are between the ages of 25 and 64
- 16.87% are 15-24
- 22.47% are 5-14
- 14.72% are under 5

Okay, so we have some numbers there.
Let's apply them to the world that Harem Hotel is in, just focusing on that population of 1 billion elves (for the sake of simplicity we'll just say the genders are evenly split).

As well as that, we're also going to presume that the world is considered developed.

We have a population of female elves of 500 million (500,000,000). Despite the elves longevity, we're still going to go by the age metrics as the youngest and eldest elves aren't capable of child bearing. So we're looking at the Elven equivalent of the 15-24 and 25-64 age groups (or 57.79% of the population)

We're looking at population of 288,950,000 (57.79% of 500 million) who can bear children. For there to be a healthy population growth, each of them would need to bear 2.1 children during their lives, or 606,795,000 children for the next generation, or 606 million elves.

Except there is not a healthy population growth happening because the population isn't in a position to be growing. Slavery, trafficking and experimentation is having an impact on the elven population. Breeding stock isn't a means to ensure healthy population growth. It's just making new stock for someone to buy. And of course, that's not even getting into the idea that many elves will never have children.

The Owl Clan isn't going to do much to help, be it as slaves or to help bring in new blood.

 

[DigDug69]

There were some statistics quoted that 15% agreed with giving Elves more rights. I doubt any pro-elf propaganda would decrease this number, at least. But, I agree, we'll have to wait and see how it goes.

Unless you take into account the corruption in the Sylanar government.
We know that the government is corrupt, and heavily invested in slave labor.
The nations whole economy is based on it, just as the confederacy's was.
A corrupt government would have no issues with changing the statistics, so that it looked like there was not much support for freeing the elves.
If it appeared that there is not much support, then fewer people would be likely to join together to try to push for freeing the slaves, since they would have seen themselves as the minority, with little hope of success, and possibly a substantial risk.

 

[Quetzzz]

Unless you take into account the corruption in the Sylanar government.
We know that the government is corrupt, and heavily invested in slave labor.
The nations whole economy is based on it, just as the confederacy's was.
A corrupt government would have no issues with changing the statistics, so that it looked like there was not much support for freeing the elves.

True, except we don't know if the government was the source of those statistics. Whatshisface is still getting elected after being the minster of elves for 30 years, and having given them more rights. That at least implies that the average public opinion trends in favor of Elves.

 

[DigDug69]

True, except we don't know if the government was the source of those statistics. Whatshisface is still getting elected after being the minster of elves for 30 years, and having given them more rights. That at least implies that the average public opinion trends in favor of Elves.

Many third world dictators get re-elected without true majority support in the country.
They control the government, so they could rig the elections. Example: look at this world, and the nations it has and the many elected dictators..
The minister of slaves and those freedoms, may very well have been nothing more than a move to appease those people who were against slavery, and keep them docile.

 

[Quetzzz]

Except there is not a healthy population growth happening because the population isn't in a position to be growing. Slavery, trafficking and experimentation is having an impact on the elven population. Breeding stock isn't a means to ensure healthy population growth. It's just making new stock for someone to buy. And of course, that's not even getting into the idea that many elves will never have children.

This is something I realized as well, when it was mentioned that the Elves who got sent to the Capitol were neutered. Male Elves are subjected to physical labor, so their mortality rate will be a lot higher than female Elves'. Elves also don't get pregnant easily, this would make breeding facilities relatively expensive. Relying on half Elves isn't a solution either, since their offspring are considered human, and they don't tend to live as long. Unless, of course, policy gets changed about which percentage of Elvish DNA someone needs to have to be considered a slave.

If everything remains the same, I think the logical conclusion is that Elves will die out.

 

[TheDevian]

To put it this way, in our world, healthy population growth in a developed country is on average 2.1 children per woman. That number is higher in less developed countries due to various factors.

So with that in mind, the global population is 7.95 billion, of which 4 billion are men and 3.95 billion are women (actually, I found that somewhat surprising, I would have thought the reverse. Oh well). (Oh and just for reference - 3.95 billion is 3,950,000,000) If we look at the age metrics of the global population:
- 5.02% are aged over 65
- 40.92% are between the ages of 25 and 64
- 16.87% are 15-24
- 22.47% are 5-14
- 14.72% are under 5

Okay, so we have some numbers there.
Let's apply them to the world that Harem Hotel is in, just focusing on that population of 1 billion elves (for the sake of simplicity we'll just say the genders are evenly split).

As well as that, we're also going to presume that the world is considered developed.

We have a population of female elves of 500 million (500,000,000). Despite the elves longevity, we're still going to go by the age metrics as the youngest and eldest elves aren't capable of child bearing. So we're looking at the Elven equivalent of the 15-24 and 25-64 age groups (or 57.79% of the population)

We're looking at population of 288,950,000 (57.79% of 500 million) who can bear children. For there to be a healthy population growth, each of them would need to bear 2.1 children during their lives, or 606,795,000 children for the next generation, or 606 million elves.

Except there is not a healthy population growth happening because the population isn't in a position to be growing. Slavery, trafficking and experimentation is having an impact on the elven population. Breeding stock isn't a means to ensure healthy population growth. It's just making new stock for someone to buy. And of course, that's not even getting into the idea that many elves will never have children.

The Owl Clan isn't going to do much to help, be it as slaves or to help bring in new blood.

Exactly, they are just not considered worth the trouble.

And then we have the issue of mothers in the future, both Maria's and Lin's, and also Kali's stepmother.
Oh, and we cannot forget the Android and her daughter.
Or, just name the MC Daddy, and everyone will be related to the MC.

I still want to spank Ashley's mom too. lol