Dragaera

Stupid Vlad? (was Re: "The time has come, the Walrus said)

Sat Jun 8 03:21:17 PDT 2002

Steven Brust wrote:
> You keep forgetting that Vlad is an idiot. 

This intrigues me. Do you really see Vlad as an idiot? I mean, sure,
he's not a super intelligent Vance-like character with more intelligence
and skills than a small town, and yes, sometimes when he's taking a
stroll out on his own after making powerful enemies he's not thinking
all that clearly and should have been a bit more practical, but despite
that I still see Vlad as a pretty intelligent guy.
And I don't believe this is just because of the bias of seeing things
through his eyes. I usually have an instinctive loathing of less
intelligent characters, but Vlad never made any warning bells ring.

May you always find shade and water,
Sander