What have I mixed here?

Ok here is a hint, it is contrasting stereotypes.

"These desert wandering warrior horsemen clad in long sleeveless outer garments. On top of their heads are large brim hats to keep out the shade. Their noses and mouths are covered by a bandana to keep out the dust. Their weapons are usually old assault rifles with an occasional anti-armor rocket launcher. After a victorious battle or as a cheer prior to engagement, one can hear from them a long shrieking battlecry."

People who actually live in hot, arid climates wear long, thick clothes for a good reason, and that is to keep in moisture and keep out dust.

Just throwing that out there.

Also, when I saw "warrior horsemen" I immediately thought Eorlingas from The Lord Of The Rings.

edited 30th May '11 10:46:08 PM by annebeeche

Cowboys and the Taliban?

Mexican gangbanger mujahadeen?

Morgulion is correct!

and melloncollie gets some credit as well.

But yes, I'm sure someone will take offense to this depiction of cowboys.

BTW they will fight the modern professional armies of... get this... a pseudo-Middle Eastern nation.

Oh the stereotypes just keep on coming.

edited 31st May '11 8:25:57 PM by Worlder

So that was the whole point of this thread? You must be joking.

Well actually no.

I now want to know if you have done role reversals in your stories as well.

edited 31st May '11 9:28:27 PM by Worlder

Well, in a setting where vampires have to kill people to survive, I had a callous Chessmaster vampire slayer up against a caring vampire detective who hunts slayers. So inverting the 'guys on the good side act like good guys' thing. And the vampire detective inverts What Measure Is a Non-Human?, since he doesn't mind humans dying (they were going to die soon anyway) but views the death of a vampire as a great tragedy.