On Jan 19, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Matthew Klahn wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2004, at 14:28 , Jon Carey wrote: > >> gotta be Cawti > > Meh. Actually, after Teckla, my respect for Cawti plummeted. I > understand her convictions, but I do agree with Vlad that it's not > nice to throw other people's lives away to further your own > philosophy, no matter how much good you think it's doing for everyone > else. And, Teckla and Phoenix made me so mad at her that I can't > really like her as a character anymore. :( I dunno. It could be argued that until he went on the lam, Vlad's entire purpose was to throw other people's lives away (and to personally do the throwing whenever possible to further his own (at the time, rather limited) philosophy. Granted his philosophy has developed and expanded over time, and not a small amount during the events of Teckla itself, but I think that Vlad couldn't really feel that way without acknowledging he'd be throwing stones in his own glass house However, I think, since my view of the saga is firmly planted inside Vlad's narrative, it isn't Cawti (though it's close in that bittersweet way), nor is it Sethra. Kiera's close (yeah, yeah). But tops on the list _at_the_moment_ is Lady Teldra. How could it be otherwise? After careful analysis, I am _almost_ ready retract my prediction that Teldra was Mario. Help! I'm an Orange Zebra! (Noam Raphael Izenberg)