I'd have to put River down as a Phoenix - she's got the whole symbolic death thing, combined with her unique status and large array of special powers (think Orb) --------------------------------------------------------------------- |If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended: you | |have but slumbered here while these visions did appear. And this | |weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream. Gentles, do not | |reprehend. If you pardon, we will mend. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> >To: Draegara List <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: Re: Firefly (was "Re: Smothers Brothers") >Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:42:05 -0800 > >On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 05:43:03PM -0800, David Silberstein wrote: > > > Inara is probably an Issola, but I suspect her of secretly being a > > Yendi (that is, I have a notion that her real agenda is espionage). > >Seems an odd place for it. Unless you mean her contacts as she travels. > > > Book is... hm. Dunno. Maybe Yendi; I suspect *him* of having a > > secret agenda as well. > >Certainly secrets. "That's no Shepherd." > > > Simon & River are Hawks, or maybe Athyra. > >River seemed to be turning into an athyra. :) I think Simon's too proper >to >be a Hawk. Lyornish, maybe. Except Lyorns don't commit crimes. > > > Mal, I suppose, is a Jhereg. Or an Orca. > >Nope, way too honorable and loyal to his people for a genuine Orca. >Remember >Vlad commenting on Kragar's un-Jhereg behavior? Probably another Dragon, >except he (and Zoe) are willing to be sneakier than I suspect a Dragon >would. >Although I guess we shouldn't be too picky. His love of fights and >weakness >for the underdog has aspects of the Dzur, actually, even if he has an >un-Dzurlike tendency to run away. A _smart_ Dzur. :) > >Hmm, Vlad does discover Dragons are quite capable of being subtle and >sneaky >in their campaigns. Just won't break their honor. > >Actually, I think that's a lesson of the later Vlad books -- the Houses >mean >something, but it's possible to read too much into them. Everyone thinks >of >the Yendi as the sneaky ones, and they do seem to go for a particular brand >of >sneakiness. But Orca can do it in finance, Jhereg lie all the time, >Dragons >sneak in campaigns, Issola, well, "strike from courtly bow". Grita's >father >was plotting a lot, and I forget his house, probably Tsalmoth, but the >important part was that it wasn't one of these. The Phoenix Illistra >plotted. >Lying is universal, except maybe for Lyorn or Dzur. > >-xx- Damien X-) _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail