On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Alexx S Kay wrote: > > ><Auden snipped> > > > >> I don't know if this has been commented on yet, but at the end of > >> _TLOCB_ Chapter 64, Grassfog and Iatha have a conversation about > >> "the social niceties" and belonging. It occurs to me that while > >> Grassfog is probably male (pg. 161), and at least one of Thong > >> and Iatha is probably female (pg. 131), there's a fair chance that > >> Grassfog and Iatha are a same-sex couple. And maybe we have met > >> others who grammar veiled. > > > >Fascinating. I *had* taken that conversation to be about "reformed > >bandits will never *really* be accepted," but your reading makes > >better sense. Of course, they might just be a mixed-house couple, > >which would be, in some senses, simpler. But it wouldn't be as Cool, > >so by Brust's writing principles, I think there's a very good chance > >that you're correct. > > > > But you could also go back and check when Grassfog & Iatha are > introduced, when they have slid down the ropes, and see that Grassfog > is male and Iatha is female. So the are almost certainly just a > mixed-house couple. Nice try to kill my beautiful theory with an inconvenient fact, David - but you've failed miserably (I hope). Piro's band includes Grassfog, Iatha, Ritt, and Belly. The last two could be a gay couple. And the first two could come, not just from the same House, but from the same house, if you catch my drift...