Although Khaavren become meloncholy, I don't know if it's fair to say that's an aspect of his house, rather than him. I'm not sure why you suggest that Hamlet was too fat to fence. I don't recall that being part of the play, and it's certainly not indicated by the climactic scene. >From: Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> >To: Andrew Lias <anrwlias at hotmail.com> >CC: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: RE: Dragaera and Shakespeare [Spoiler for POTD] >Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:41:14 -0800 (PST) > >I assigned Hamlet as a Tiassa above for his rapid intelligence and >melancholy, in parallel with Khaavren. Also both being too fat to fence >like they used to. Of course H is much more verbal than K. > > >On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Andrew Lias wrote: > > > >I think that Romeo and Juliet were Yendi and they > > >lived happily ever after. > > > > Well, they were certainly *trying* to act like Yendi... just not very >well. > > > > Here's a tough one: Hamlet. > > > > I honestly can't decide. A large part of it depends on your >interpretation > > of his motives. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus