>>125795022Right, but the Norse were only asshat raiders on the side - they were mostly fishermen, farmers, and traders who took to the seas when the farming was done due to the leanness of their homelands and their skill on the seas. There just aren't any human cultures as one note as you're suggesting.
>>125795155To be fair, about the mummies at least, the Brits used them for fucking paint. Generally agree about opposing iconoclasm, though. I'd argue a better analogy for Atlantis would be cannibalizing ancient ruins for building material, but I get the point.
But as far as the Atlanteans go? It's not like they chose to be locked on the ocean floor, or for their society to wither into a husk of a city. They didn't rebuff outsiders out of spite, but because outsiders just outright aren't something "modern" Atlantis knows how to deal with. They didn't exactly need a diplomatic corps down there, y'know? I figure a few years, a few expeditions, and they might be more open to such things. There's options beyond a smash-and-grab.
You don't have to kill the golden goose to get the eggs.
