2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
That's mean of her. Poor Jon can't actually remember it. Of course, that could also be used to mortify her mother further. Not only is her daughter sleeping with humans, she's actually sunk to using date-rape magic on them.
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
I think Jon ought to go over and start flirting with Sarine's Mom. It would have the dual benefit of horrifying Sarine's Mom and embarrassing Sarine at the same time.Kian wrote:That's mean of her. Poor Jon can't actually remember it. Of course, that could also be used to mortify her mother further. Not only is her daughter sleeping with humans, she's actually sunk to using date-rape magic on them.
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
After the press conference (or whatever you want to call this meeting). There's no time right now.davester65 wrote:I think Jon ought to go over and start flirting with Sarine's Mom. It would have the dual benefit of horrifying Sarine's Mom and embarrassing Sarine at the same time.Kian wrote:That's mean of her. Poor Jon can't actually remember it. Of course, that could also be used to mortify her mother further. Not only is her daughter sleeping with humans, she's actually sunk to using date-rape magic on them.
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Believe me, you don't wish it half as much as we do. That would be 99.44% essence of wow.Michael Poe wrote:I really wish I had done that flashback of Sarine talking with her mother about becoming a ranger that I had wanted to put in chapter twenty one.
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
Win!davester65 wrote:I think Jon ought to go over and start flirting with Sarine's Mom. It would have the dual benefit of horrifying Sarine's Mom and embarrassing Sarine at the same time.Kian wrote:That's mean of her. Poor Jon can't actually remember it. Of course, that could also be used to mortify her mother further. Not only is her daughter sleeping with humans, she's actually sunk to using date-rape magic on them.
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
I don't think it would be a smart move. Sarine's mom may try to kill him, unless Sarine does it first.
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
Ohhh . . . yeah, that scene I would pay extra to see.mindstalk wrote:Win!davester65 wrote:I think Jon ought to go over and start flirting with Sarine's Mom. It would have the dual benefit of horrifying Sarine's Mom and embarrassing Sarine at the same time.Kian wrote:That's mean of her. Poor Jon can't actually remember it. Of course, that could also be used to mortify her mother further. Not only is her daughter sleeping with humans, she's actually sunk to using date-rape magic on them.
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
As we saw with both Sarine and Sarne, Elven Rangers can be quite circumspect.Pillaroforder wrote:But I thought they sent Lumi only when they thought the Elves went extinct. Certainly an occasional sighting of an elven ranger would convince the church of the opposite? And didn't Sarine say the Lumi incident convinced the Elves it was high time they said hello to the rest of the world?
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Re: 2008-03-26 There's a reason for that
Michael Poe wrote:It's worth noting that becoming a ranger is general considered an honorable thing for a elf... leaving the safety of their majestic city to go perform the dangerous, nasty, though honorable duty of hunting down errants... and the perfect thing for say a, known human-fucking malcontent who brought noting but shame upon her entire house and relations, to redeem herself for fighting on the wrong side of the war.Graybeard wrote: The "relation" is no surprise; Sarine alluded to her "mo-- relations" on her previous trip back to the cave, talking to Misa about how she became a ranger. The "five hundred years" part is more interesting, because as far as we can tell, the elves have only had rangers out there for two hundred years, i.e., since Luminosita came calling. Either that is incorrect and the rangers were out before the barrier came down, or the thing that mortified her mother is unconnected to being a ranger.
I really wish I had done that flashback of Sarine talking with her mother about becoming a ranger that I had wanted to put in chapter twenty one.
This implies that the half-elf == Errant faction is in control of Praenubilis Astu?
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Of course they are. Wasn't that obvious from --Slamlander wrote:This implies that the half-elf == Errant faction is in control of Praenubilis Astu?Michael Poe wrote:It's worth noting that becoming a ranger is general considered an honorable thing for a elf... leaving the safety of their majestic city to go perform the dangerous, nasty, though honorable duty of hunting down errants... and the perfect thing for say a, known human-fucking malcontent who brought noting but shame upon her entire house and relations, to redeem herself for fighting on the wrong side of the war.Graybeard wrote: The "relation" is no surprise; Sarine alluded to her "mo-- relations" on her previous trip back to the cave, talking to Misa about how she became a ranger. The "five hundred years" part is more interesting, because as far as we can tell, the elves have only had rangers out there for two hundred years, i.e., since Luminosita came calling. Either that is incorrect and the rangers were out before the barrier came down, or the thing that mortified her mother is unconnected to being a ranger.
I really wish I had done that flashback of Sarine talking with her mother about becoming a ranger that I had wanted to put in chapter twenty one.
- The fact that Sarine bugged out ASAP?
- The way Misa described Sarine (approvingly) as "sneaking around the others' backs"?
- The behavior of the council when Sarine confronted them before?
The interesting thing is that Misa sounds like an elven-hippie-wannabe. Wonder what her relations think of her?...
Incidentally, something that bugs me about this story, as about so many others in the genre (and in fiction in general), is its seeming inability to identify any notable figures, whether heroes or villains, whose relationships with their families aren't screwed up something awful. The one thing I appreciate about the fiction of Tom Clancy, who otherwise IMO went from writer of moderately interesting techno-thrillers to torch-and-pitchfork-bearing Neanderthal as he got famous, was that his heroic figures tended to include happily married men (and occasionally women) who loved their wives and kids, hadn't been raised in dysfunctional families, and never lost sight of family while they were off being heroic. One need not be raised, or continue to live, in a dysfunctional family to be worth writing about.
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