MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 350 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) by TSALE-+AT+-ups.edu 2) Re: Mindspeech, was re: lifebonds vs. lovebonds. by Mat Timmerman 3) Re: Rolan's conversational habits by Mat Timmerman 4) Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) by Alex Neilson 5) Re: Fwd: Take this seriously-Aids project (fwd) by jah10-+AT+-cornell.edu (Jay A. Howell) 6) Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) by jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu 7) Re: Cat People? by jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu 8) Re: Fake Heralds by Aquila111-+AT+-aol.com 9) Re: Cat People? by mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) 10) Re: Fwd: Take this seriously-Aids project (fwd) by mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) 11) Re: Rolan's conversational habits by mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) 12) Jaguar/Shadow Lover mage war (Re: Cat People?) by Mary Temple 13) Re: musings .... by dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl 14) Re: new companions by dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl 15) Re: Rolan's conversational habits by dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl 16) Re: Jaguar Magewar: Was Re: YKYBRTMMLW: by Rosario Holsen-Baker 17) Re: Non-human heralds by STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> 18) Consorts by mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) 19) Re: Cat People? by mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) 20) Re: : Rolan by dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl 21) Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) by STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> 22) Re: Names by STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> 23) Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) by Sanna Koulu 24) Re: Cat People? by STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> 25) Re: Non-Human Heralds by davidm-+AT+-mudge.it.com.au (David MacKinnon) 26) All the pretty fireworks... by "Icewolf ..... in honor of WNY weather" 27) Re: Normal? by Stormcloud 28) Re: magewar by Stormcloud 29) Re: Lovebonds vs. Lifebonds by Stormcloud ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 17:23:37 -0800 (PST) From: TSALE-+AT+-ups.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: RE: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) Message-ID: <960201172337.202070e4-+AT+-ups.edu> Would love to see how an on-line duel arcane is done, include me please? tayla tsale-+AT+-ups.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 20:21:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Mat Timmerman To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Mindspeech, was re: lifebonds vs. lovebonds. Message-ID: <01I0PMORPXLE04ZXP8-+AT+-vaxc.hofstra.edu> From: mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) > >This suggests to me that mind-speaking has 'frequencies' of a sort, >where a narrow band might be used to speak to one person, or a much >broader band to speak to a group. Now speculate for a moment that the >'frequency' of bands varies from person to person. >This would mean that the more you could narrow down a band, the easier >it would be to send/receive and consequently the further you could send. The frequencies idea could be a good one. Remember that, at first, Elspeth couldn't hear Vree Mindspeak. When she finally did, she said that his mind-voice was pitched higher. Maybe a higher thought-wave frequency? >Theory 4: > >Remember in the BG, the tiny gryphon Keera (sp?) - the one who had such >a super-powerful mind-speaking gift? You mean Ke'chara. >Alllll righty then, >Chew on that. :) Piece of cake. ;) > Mat accmjt-+AT+-vaxc.hofstra.edu http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/ People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 20:27:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Mat Timmerman To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Rolan's conversational habits Message-ID: <01I0PMWDV8QK04ZXP8-+AT+-vaxc.hofstra.edu> From: dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl > >What constitutes a newbie anyhow - < 3months, < 6 months, < 1 year??? I tell >you after 2 months active and reading _all_ the archives, I feel like a fairly >raddled long timer myself! Newbie-ness is more a state of mind than a time period. Newbies are usually those who are ignorant of (because of newness) or refuse to aide by a group's rules/attitudes/atmosphere. Mat accmjt-+AT+-vaxc.hofstra.edu http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/ People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:25:12 +1100 (EST) From: Alex Neilson To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) Message-ID: <199602020025.LAA00574-+AT+-jiji.atcafe.com.au> > > Mage Wars: All right, all right, we'll take it to private. If > > anyone else (Sundancer asked) wants to be in on the fight, send a > > `watching' mail to the list and we can include you. :) > > I'll watch, I'm enjoying this... > > --Gyrfalcon *grin* Me too. . . It looks like fun to watch ;) Zhai'helleva, Al the Troll (al-+AT+-atcafe.com.au) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 21:14:49 -0500 From: jah10-+AT+-cornell.edu (Jay A. Howell) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Fwd: Take this seriously-Aids project (fwd) Message-ID: > ___________________ -==UDIC==- ________________ > |\__________________\ McCaffrey's White Dragon |\________________\ > ||Why is he talking | || | > || to that | a.k.a. || Don't ask. | > || White Coconut? | Jake Gipple \|________________| > \|__________________| (360)-887-4779 LEMUR! > > >>From: mgelula-+AT+-uic.edu (Mark Gelula) >>Subject: Fwd: Take this seriously-Aids project (fwd) >> >>Please read this to the end - M >>>Return-Path: Thanks for the Chain Mail. Just another example of a Newslist gone bad. Jay p.s. Doesn't anyone listen to what the Listmistress Keeps saying?? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 20:44:39 CST From: jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) Message-ID: <6CCB8500753-+AT+-cub.uca.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:00:41 GMT Reply-to: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk From: Gyrfalcon To: jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu Subject: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) > Mage Wars: All right, all right, we'll take it to private. If > anyone else (Sundancer asked) wants to be in on the fight, send a > `watching' mail to the list and we can include you. :) I'll watch, I'm enjoying this... --Gyrfalcon I want to watch!! It is fun! -Pandora ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 20:45:41 CST From: jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Cat People? Message-ID: <6CCBC8C5585-+AT+-cub.uca.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:22:02 GMT Reply-to: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk From: mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) To: jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu Subject: Re: Cat People? > > Mage Wars: All right, all right, we'll take it to private. If >anyone else (Sundancer asked) wants to be in on the fight, send a >`watching' mail to the list and we can include you. :) > >|- > > I would very much like to "watch" your mage-war. My e-mail is mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com I've really been getting a kick out of you and Shadow-Lover! Thanks! 'Reesa Raennsyr OOPS!! I guess I should have included my e-mail address....it is jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu -Pandora ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 22:32:21 -0500 From: Aquila111-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Fake Heralds Message-ID: <960201223219_133643470-+AT+-emout05.mail.aol.com> Esmeralda Evensbane wrote on Tue, Jan 30: >Mind you, the average non-herald, seeing a herald once in a blue moon, would >not recognise a companion - so if you were a less than honest sort of person, >out to con folk, you'd get yourself some white togs, lash out on a smart white >hoss, then tour remote parts of the country, being fed and feted. >You could probably do quite well out of it it you didn't get greedy, or pass >judgement that all the local virgins should come to you at night for testing >(the male crooks that is, the female equivalent probably would want something >with a bit more .... experience ). I mean, someone like our Talia, but with- >out the moral base that got her chosen, could start "just pretending", but the >regard with which others hold you in your "herald" persona could become >addictive, you kid yourself that you're not doing anyone any harm, and as long >as you avoid real heralds, probably kid yourself that you're actually doing >good. >There have been cases of people impersonating priests and doctors in the real >world - people who weren't evil, just wanting to be respected and using the >trappings of a respected profession to gain it - so why not in Valdemar? >Just some vague musings over the first cup of coffee, >tot ziens >Esmeralda Evensbane Wow, that's some good coffee - I like your musings. A fake Herald, huh? Even if s/he started out "harmless" do ya s'pose eventually he'd get overconfident and risky and might do real damage? ::Let me at him!:: {Aquila flexes her talons.} It would be a neat story, if anything Misty do it as a "short". I'd best flit off to warm shelter. The high was -5 today. It's not supposed to get above 0 here til next week. : ( WTTW, Aquila ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 96 15:18:59 EST From: mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Cat People? Message-ID: <9602020418.AA27678-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com> > On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > > > > > Mage Wars: All right, all right, we'll take it to private. If > > anyone else (Sundancer asked) wants to be in on the fight, send a > > `watching' mail to the list and we can include you. :) Heck, why not.. Add me to the list too pretty please. :) (I get far 'junkier' mail every day). Apologies all for not sending directly to Jaguar, but I don't have her email at hand. (Side note - I still don't see why it should be taken off the list considering its low volume compared to the number of posted questions that are already answered in the FAQ. AFAIK, Mel hasn't issued a decree on the subject. ) Cheers, Kerry. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 96 16:06:27 EST From: mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Fwd: Take this seriously-Aids project (fwd) Message-ID: <9602020506.AA28237-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com> Re: These endlessly forwarded lists, all purporting to be the most urgent message created since Moses came down with tablets of stone. (Not Christian-centric, it's a figure of speech). Also known as Junk mail. I don't mean to be rude (well, yes, actually I *do*), but RTF-FAQ [1] folks! Even if it were a valid test, it's inappropriate here - I didn't much care about it the first time I saw it and that hasn't gotten any better the last 15 times. (Yes, I'm on a few lists). [1] From RTFM, the eternal cry of programmers to users - read the f'ing manual & FAQ meaning frequently asked questions - a list of do's & don'ts and things posted by Mel... put it together and what'd'ya get?). Kerry. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 96 19:10:40 EST From: mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Rolan's conversational habits Message-ID: <9602020810.AA01646-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com> Gyrfalcon wrote: > Jaguar wrote: > > What constitutes a newbie anyhow? > How about someone who doesn't know what it means when somebody > says "When Gyrfalcon is sane..." Don't be silly, *somebody* has to be considered a newbie.. :) GD&R. Kerry. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 02:24:16 -0600 (CST) From: Mary Temple To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Jaguar/Shadow Lover mage war (Re: Cat People?) Message-ID: <199602020824.CAA26992-+AT+-natashya.eden.com> At 08:19 AM 02/02/96 GMT, you wrote: >> Mage Wars: All right, all right, we'll take it to private. If >>anyone else (Sundancer asked) wants to be in on the fight, send a >>`watching' mail to the list and we can include you. :) > >aw...I LIKED the fight...gave the list some...color;> True...don't take it to email...it's much more entertaining than some of the stuff that gone by...:) (BTW, Shadow Lover, there are cats out there who have no problem whatsoever with water...and I believe Jaguars are one of them!) > >************ >As I find I have no ASCII skill, I'm gonna do a hypercube instead... >Till then: >Korendil -+AT+- undermac ; rubin-+AT+-cent.com >***************************** > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Mary Temple I am the cat who walks by Himself, NoxCat and all places are alike to me. Catriona Rowley - Rudyard Kipling ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 96 09:50:43 +0100 From: dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: musings .... Message-ID: <9602020850.AA23912-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl> Cindy wrote: >re: Rolan's conversational habits. I'd expect that Mindspeech _is_ an >effort for some of the Companions. And in Talia's case, I think she >very much needed to be left to learn on her own. After all, she's the >Monarch's Own. If Rolan gets killed, a new Companion will be Grove >born and come to Chose her. If she's been having conversations with >him all along, the transition is going to be worse. (And if it _is_ >the same personality each time, she's going to find out.) But I thought the MO companion was always the same - never ages, pops of out for another MO when the previous encumbant (encumbent??) dies, and skips around the Grove to re-emerge all sparkly fresh and new when someone has the temerity to top it? I re-read the beginning of Arrows (that wondrous source of info) and got the impression that it was the same soul/spirit all the time - matbe not eh? So, if Rolan were to be killed, the new companion will be Rolan ..... no?? tot ziens Esmeralda Evensbane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 96 10:01:35 +0100 From: dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: new companions Message-ID: <9602020901.AA23932-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl> >I've been wondering about this. What/where is your proof that >Grove- born Companions are new? Is it when Vanyel told Elspeth >(after he 'hijacked' Firesong's gate (WoC, I believe)) that Gwena was >Grove-born, and so lacked experience? I have it ...WoFury, Vanyel: :...Be gentle on her, Elspeth; as Companions go - when compared to, say, Sayvil - she is very, very young. No older than you, in fact. She makes all the kinds of mistakes any young thing makes, but because she is Grove born , she thinks she will always make the right decision.: He shook his head. :She forgets that she has _no_ (ML's emphasis) real human experience to base her decisions on ..: Wow the heavy hints here for reincarnated heralds - Sayvil is old, (well, chronologically not by that much surely - Kero is hardly in her dotage, and Companions choose in their second decade, therefore, by implication, Sayvil is older still), Gwenna has _no_ human experiences, implying that other Companions do ... I missed all these first time around (well and second, third, fourth .... until Storm Warning came and 'hinted' in flashing lights actually!!). tot ziens, Esmeralda Evensbane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 96 10:25:28 +0100 From: dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Rolan's conversational habits Message-ID: <9602020925.AA23966-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl> Gyrfalcon said (how do you pronounce that BTW - gire-falcon?? My inner narrator always says grifalcon - dyslexic - moi?) >> What constitutes a newbie anyhow - < 3months, < 6 months, < 1 year??? I tell >> you after 2 months active and reading _all_ the archives, I feel like a fairly >> raddled long timer myself! > >In my day... Actually I'm not sure, I always figured that a newbie was hasn't been yelled at yet (Or done the yelling, or sitting by themselves >and saying, I'm just glad I don't Really know these people 'cause they're >silly for taking part of a banter session, a mage duel, or a snowball >fight. How about someone who doesn't know what it means when somebody >says "When Gyrfalcon is sane..." Isn't it something like .... You Know You've Been On The Mercedes Lackey List Too Long When: You actually say, "When Gyrfalcon is sane." or maybe ... "When Gyrfalcon is sane". To be used synonymously with "when pigs fly". or even .. BTMIW! (should that read BTGIW! ??) See, I know my archives!! tot ziens, Esmeralda Evensbane ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 23:06:53 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Jaguar Magewar: Was Re: YKYBRTMMLW: Message-ID: Shadow-Lover wrote: > > For that matter, how often do people challagne each other on this > >list? I personally think it's fun, and I fully intend to `stencil' your > >name on my .sig when I beat you at your own game. > > > > A little sure of ourselves aren't we? I don't think I'll drop to that kind > of boasting... ;) > Oh, come on. Lose a bit of your reserve and boast a bit. I won't tell :) > For those following the magewar, this is an extension of Mistyism, fought by > Misty's rules, under Misty's form of magic... For those not enjoying it, > skip over it! It's not that hard to pass by the thread... For those that > are having as much fun as I am, call winners now because you could be next! > I wonder, does this qualify as a MUSH/MUD? Sort of? :Psst! Tammy! Shadow-Lover! Let's get Gyrfalcon and the Men In White next!: |--------------<>----------------| | Sure. Fine. Whatever. | |----------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:51:18 GMT From: STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Non-human heralds Message-ID: <1F4A266782B-+AT+-EXCALIBUR.MMU.AC.UK> Tarma went to call on her godess because she wasn't sure about trusting Roald, IIRC. Then She came, and suddenly Roald and his Companion were out there. She was wearing white because her clothes were completely drenched. This made her see that she definitely COULD trust Roald, and that they were very much alike. Then the Whites were black, not exactly sure why though. (:*BECKY*:) +--------------------+ |BLACK KNIGHT | | I'm invincible! | |KING ARTHUR | | You're a looney.| +--------------------+ The Star-Eyed turned Tarmas' Whites Black to tel her she was back on Blood Feud to avenge whoserface [ the SunHawks leader] I see you shiver in antici....pation Jason ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 10:35:32 GMT From: mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Consorts Message-ID: <9602021035.AA06611-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> Someone (sorry, I'm breaking my own rules -- had deleted the message before I realised I could add something to the discussion) mentioned that Daren was probably second to Selenay because she'd already become Queen before they married. It sounds like the situation with the UK royal family; as I understand it, if the current Queen had married before succeeding to the throne, the Duke of Edinburgh would now be King Philip. Since they married _after_ she'd already become Queen, he's not. I may be wrong ... :) Cheers Mel. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 10:51:20 GMT From: mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Cat People? Message-ID: <9602021051.AA07707-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> > (Side note - I still don't see why it should be taken off the list > considering its low volume compared to the number of posted questions > that are already answered in the FAQ. AFAIK, Mel hasn't issued a decree > on the subject. ) > > Cheers, > Kerry. > Mel didn't get round to issuing a decree on the subject because one of the people involved volunteered to take it to private email before I did so. I would prefer that that happen... M. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 96 12:17:34 +0100 From: dbackhau-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: : Rolan Message-ID: <9602021117.AA24274-+AT+-isou10.estec.esa.nl> Thus said Korendil: > >I would have thought that the MO would have benefitted somewhat from > >being able to discuss things with their companion, they are involved in > >political intrigue at court, known to have the monarch's ear, - an > >impartial 'person' to let off steam to/complain to/gossip to would be > >kinda nice for someone placed in a stressful position. So maybe it isn't > >Rolan that's the meany, but the greater power that created Rolan, for > >depriving all the MOs of the support given to so many 'ordinary' heralds. > >Ah..but Talia gets something BETTER Than a mind-speaking companion..she >gets one that can sub-conciously teach her things...such as how to be a >good MO;> I'd rather have THAT then paltry mind-speech Oh nonononono - where's the free choice in that? She opens her mouth and out comes the "right" thing to say - she didn't get to mull it over, chew it about, debate, discuss, argue, shriek, sulk, say "I don't agree" - I'd _hate_ that - I'd never know if I'd just had an original; thought (OK, OK maybe that's an easy one to answer!) or one "implanted" by my "friendly" spirit advisor. Brrr! Gimme a straight conversation any day. (;-} - how does "do" quizzical/whaddya reckon - that doesn't really work) tot ziens, Esmeralda Evensbane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:21:00 GMT From: STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) Message-ID: <1F720913914-+AT+-EXCALIBUR.MMU.AC.UK> > Mage Wars: All right, all right, we'll take it to private. If > anyone else (Sundancer asked) wants to be in on the fight, send a > `watching' mail to the list and we can include you. :) I'll watch this too Jason 95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk ============================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:24:41 GMT From: STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Names Message-ID: <1F730EC1E54-+AT+-EXCALIBUR.MMU.AC.UK> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 17:36:49 GMT Reply-to: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk From: Winterwind To: 95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk Subject: Names Has anyone read the Free Bards books (4, so far) by Misty? And if anyone has, did you catch this? Back the truck up here! 4 books? What's the fourth? I've only read to Eagle and the Nightingale. Are you refering to "a Cast of Corbies"? I see you shiver in antici....pation Jason ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 14:59:32 EET From: Sanna Koulu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Watching (was Re: Cat People?) Message-ID: <22D71255A3B-+AT+-otdk.helsinki.fi> >Jaguar wrote: > > > > Mage Wars: All right, all right, we'll take it to private. If > > anyone else (Sundancer asked) wants to be in on the fight, send a > > `watching' mail to the list and we can include you. :) > > I'll watch, I'm enjoying this... > > --Gyrfalcon Me too! pleeeeease? :) Though considering the amount of interested bystanders, the duellists might just post it straight to the list? -Seanna ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 13:08:54 GMT From: STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Cat People? Message-ID: <1F7ECED7B96-+AT+-EXCALIBUR.MMU.AC.UK> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:35:36 GMT Reply-to: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk From: mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) To: 95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Cat People? At 11:33 PM 2/1/96 GMT, STOKES J wrote: > > >Now..could some kind soul explain these groups? Cat people? TMIW? TLIG? >aaaaaahhhh!;> > >************ >As I find I have no ASCII skill, I'm gonna do a hypercube instead... >Till then: >Korendil -+AT+- undermac ; rubin-+AT+-cent.com >***************************** > >Whats happened to The Ones In Black I haven't heard from them >Since I said I'd join them? > >I see you shiver in antici....pation >Jason > > The Ladies In Green wiped the floor with them! Who do I talk to about joining that illustrious gruop anyhow? TLIG, not the TOIB. You know, I'm really glad other people know what I'm talking about, because otherwise I'd wonder about my (in)sanity. 'Reesa Raennsyr (Who is hoping to be a LIG, but until then is wearing pastels;) EXQUEEEZE ME ! I don't remember being used as a floor mop. Does this mean that I am the only remaining One In Black? Say it ain't so!!!! To all the other groups Please don't wipe me out :- Shannsu[sp???] [translation :- peace: Jennifer Roberson The Cheysuli Chronicals] I see you shiver in antici....pation Jason [ sobbing at being left alone] :( ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 21:44:00 +0800 (WST) From: davidm-+AT+-mudge.it.com.au (David MacKinnon) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Non-Human Heralds Message-ID: > This is my point exactly. Just because *some* hertasi are servants, that > doesn't mean that *all* of them are! I can see a non-human herald fitting in if > this is true. they aren't. :) Remember, the founder of the white winds was a hertsai from what we can gather from Kethrys description. He could both talk, and was given the gift of magic (we're given hints that the white winds is one of the schools that knows how to activate potental, so i assume hertsai have the potention, it's just never active). Notice that the white wind mages are in effect, servents though. Then again, so are the heralds, just more specific :) -David (davidm-+AT+-it.com.au) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:52:56 EST5EDT From: "Icewolf ..... in honor of WNY weather" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: All the pretty fireworks... Message-ID: <2C9C6FC473F-+AT+-apps.sbu.edu> that Jaguar and Shadow-lover are kicking are pretty interesting. Could you include me into the "list" you're sending out of the blow by blows? Thanks! *sounds of rummaging through ML folder, checking for Jaguar's address* *insert standard apology for not emailing directly to Jaguar* Talk to y'all later. Zhai'helleva-- Lyn Lyn Belzer * P.O. Box 234 St. Bonaventure, NY 14778 * 716/379-3034 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Keep wondering, keep wandering, but try not to do both at once. You run into things. -Carla Hennes My getting upset is not the end of the world. I do it every so often, and I've survived every single time, as did any people or structures in the immediate vicinity. -Me ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 08:50:57 EST From: Stormcloud To: Subject: Re: Normal? Message-ID: <02FEB96.09557401.0040.MUSIC-+AT+-SJUMUSIC> > >> > More like we're all slightly strange, but all of us are, >so here it seems normal. I know I am certainly not normal in the way >that most people are. But after all there really isn't a true definition >of normal. So a question, do most of you think you're different from what >"normal" people are? > > (:*BECKY*:) > +--------------------+ > |BLACK KNIGHT | > | I'm invincible! | > |KING ARTHUR | > | You're a looney.| > +--------------------+ > >Sorry about this but I've done psychology for a number of years >There is no such thing as normal there is only the norm I.E the > views and behaviours of the majority. > >I hope to the Goddess that I do not fall into the category of the >"norm" > >I see you shiver in antici....pation >Jason I agree with Jason: I am not what most of the people here in my school would call normal, nor do I ever want to be. (Just to give you an example of what these people consider abnormal: I am wearing two brown feathers in my hair, and getting odd looks. Hey, haven't they ever seen a Tayledras Adept before?! :) -+AT+->--- Stormcloud Moon the Misty Maniac Prism wilsonj-+AT+-sjumusic.stjohns.edu Power! O blood, blood, blood! -Othello ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 08:55:28 EST From: Stormcloud To: Subject: Re: magewar Message-ID: <02FEB96.09638501.0040.MUSIC-+AT+-SJUMUSIC> >On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Stormcloud wrote: > >> Storm ducks magebolts to request that Jaguar and the Shadow-lover > >A couple questions. What the hell are "Storm Ducks" and whet are they >doing with magebolts? Isn't it dangerous to let fowl play with magic? >:) > >GD&R > > ___________________ -==UDIC==- ________________ > |\__________________\ McCaffrey's White Dragon |\________________\ > ||Why is he talking | || | > || to that | a.k.a. || Don't ask. | > || White Coconut? | Jake Gipple \|________________| > \|__________________| (360)-887-4779 LEMUR! > Very funny. :b > > > -+AT+->--- Stormcloud Moon the Misty Maniac Prism wilsonj-+AT+-sjumusic.stjohns.edu Power! O blood, blood, blood! -Othello ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 09:01:26 EST From: Stormcloud To: Subject: Re: Lovebonds vs. Lifebonds Message-ID: <02FEB96.09746136.0040.MUSIC-+AT+-SJUMUSIC> >> > The list of not-lifebonded people: >> > >> > Tarma & her dead boyfriend > >This brings up a good point, do life-bonds outlast life? It would seem as >if Vanyel and Tylendel's life-bond lasted through Tylendel dying and >being reborn as Stefan. Any thoughts? > > ___________________ -==UDIC==- ________________ > |\__________________\ McCaffrey's White Dragon |\________________\ > ||Why is he talking | || | > || to that | a.k.a. || Don't ask. | > || White Coconut? | Jake Gipple \|________________| > \|__________________| (360)-887-4779 LEMUR! > Vanyel was a unique case in that he did not die when 'Lendel did. Normally, when one half of a Lifebonded pair dies, the other does not survive very long. They might very well outlast life, the lifebonds, but we can't tell because you don't survive the death of your lifemate. Just like Herlads and Companions don't survive the deaths of each other. The impression I have been getting is that a lifebond is a similar kind of bond as that between Herald and Companion: loss of the bond is incredibly painful and normally results in death. -+AT+->--- Stormcloud Moon the Misty Maniac Prism wilsonj-+AT+-sjumusic.stjohns.edu Power! O blood, blood, blood! -Othello ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 350 *********************************