On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, David Silberstein wrote: > > [On the original subject of Dzur and cross-House shenanigans] > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Philip Hart wrote: > > >I would however like to reiterate my Yendis-sleep-around-a-lot theory, > >accounting for both their lack of House features and their low status. > > Yendi have low status? Well, they have reputations for being > deceptive, which is not entirely the same thing. I think they have low status - at least among Dragons (though Morrolan is tolerant of tSiG) - I seem to recall "yendi" being used as a verb meaning "weasel" - "yendi your way out of responsiblity" - and "Yendi" being pronounced as a term of abuse. These would be from the early books and hence are less canonical. > [spoiler space for /Lord of Castle Black/ inserted again] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah, yes. I see that I forgot to mention Tazendra and her desire > for a permanent union with Aerich. Not a desire exactly - she wouldn't act on it if she could, for example. Anyway, it's not like my desire for, say, Uma Thurman. > I realize that my earlier post was somewhat selective in the > information presented. After all, Dragons too seem to be interested > in cross-House liasons (Jenicor & Pel, Aliera & Mario, etc). However, > Dzur seem to be less careful about having these liasons and letting > people know about them, and sometimes less careful about preventing, > well, you know. > > It occurs to me that in /Sethra Lavode/, Khaavren may well see Illista > for the first time in 700 years or so, recalling to him, no doubt to > his great embarrassment, his own youthful cross-House lust. Perhaps > he will be prompted to seek forgiveness from Piro, who, after all, is > not much older than Khaavren was at that time. I think the taboo is not sleeping across the tracks but marrying/hybridizing across the tracks. I don't recall anyone being shy about noting the former.