On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, David Silberstein wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Philip Hart wrote: > > >> [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. > > Would she not? I think it would spoil her idea of Aerich. [snipped p.r.i.] > > > >> 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. > > > > True, true. I entirely agree. But Khaavren was not merely in lust, > but also apparantly in love, so he might understand Piro's *desire* to > shack up with Ibronka. Khaavren was in lust. Anything more I attribute to Paarfi's need to sell copies. He's 18, away from home for the first time, he spends a few hours chatting with a sexy older woman and bam, he's in lust. > Yet I note that Khaavren does not even offer his son the possibility > of merely being Ibronka's lover - he is too outraged to even think of > suggesting that Piro and Ibronka give their feelings some time to > vent, and perhaps cool down. Silly Khaavren. When Khaavren was in lust with Illista, he nearly ended up getting talked into letting his friends die. However, perhaps he could have suggested to the Dzur heir that she wasn't suitable to marry his son, but if she wanted to boink him for a while the back room near the kitchen had an old sofa. Presumably these things are understood, especially among the noblility. Actually, why aren't Piro and Ibronka doing it? Doesn't Paarfi have books to sell? And a big teen audience? D'Artagnan gets plenty of action... Note also that Khaavren is busy trying to reconstruct the Empire and establish the Empress in his home town, and is generally a hardass. Piro's a bit timing-impaired, wouldn't you say?