MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 994

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: MOC/ hospitals/ ADR
	by Eleonora <infodyn-+AT+-distrinet.com.uy>
  2) attitudes/ you're one person?/ bond birds
	by Rose <prose-+AT+-ctol.net>
  3) plants/Birthdays!/Thanks to the list
	by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com
  4) language lesson <g> FLUFF
	by Rozanna McNeer <rozanm-+AT+-wow.com>
  5) solo/me
	by dsarik-+AT+-PO-Box.McGill.CA
  6) Mailing List Homepage 
	by Lady Becky of the Hills <beckyanne-+AT+-sybok.iforge.com>
  7) Braid: New Variation/Winterhart/chava/IDIC/
	by myktshr-+AT+-ldd.net (miyako hirao)
  8) Brvaes, Realizing That A Smoke SOS Needs Fire, Makes A Rat Coat
	by Korendil <korendil-+AT+-icubed.net>
  9) Re: MOC/ hospitals/ ADR
	by Chris & Sean Talbot <brujah-+AT+-idirect.com>
 10) intro
	by Phil Cartier <philcartier-+AT+-earthlink.net>
 11) woodlark's solo/ packing (very fluffy)
	by Phil Cartier <philcartier-+AT+-earthlink.net>
 12) IDIC
	by Rozanna McNeer <rozanm-+AT+-wow.com>
 13) Re: C-C pairings/Pets/Lifebonds/Heat(fluff)/Chava, all fluff: First , Contact/Americanocentricity*grin*/Ele the pharmacist/Re: Romylee
	by "Romylee A. Ejercito" <rejercito-+AT+-wesleyan.edu>
 14) Re: Monarch's Own
	by "Romylee A. Ejercito" <rejercito-+AT+-wesleyan.edu>

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:49:35 -0300
From: Eleonora <infodyn-+AT+-distrinet.com.uy>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: MOC/ hospitals/ ADR
Message-ID: <329F849F.4CB2-+AT+-distrinet.com.uy>

Esmeralda wrote:
> 
> hola,
> 
> I wrote:
> > AND, ...... it's said in Arrows that Tavir (Talia's predecessor) had hoped
> > that either Sheryl or Doodit (her twin) would have been chosen when he died.
> > But we also know that Sheryl has one of the tightest bonds with a Companion,
> > which don't sound like something that could be snipped apart to let Rolan
> > in. I think that in the case of a mature, long bonded candidate, the MOC
> > and the Herald's own Companion will have to share. If Florian can do all that
> > he does for Whatsit - Thingy, um, Karal??, and *not* Choose, then why can't
> > a Herald have two Companions in special circumstances? (Teren, Sheryl's twin,
> > his name was Teren, not Doodit - the brain just unfroze for a millisecond).
> 
> Okay, okay, so I got the names wrong - when do I ever get names right. I
> should have stuck to my time honoured system of Whatist, Doodit and Thingummy.
> Keren is the twin, not Sheryl - sorrreeee!

I agree with Esme, that the Herald's Companion and the MOC would have to
share. IMO, Van would just never think of exchanging Yfandes for Taver,
even for the sake of Valdemar. Even Kero, who did not want to become a
Herald in the first place, finds it unthinkable to leave Savil, even
though staying with her meant abandoning her Skybolts (or at least so
she thought at the time). The true HC bond cannot be interrupted or
severed or substituted. Obviously this is all IMHO.

> 
> Tamara asked:
> > ObMisty - Do they have any 'doctors' in Velgarth that don't have Healing?  I
> > remember one of the Gryphon series mentioning something about Amberdrake
> > being sent to a 'new'school of medicine by his parents (sorry, no text-evd,
> > I don't own a copy) and disliking it, but I can't recall anything else.

> Esme commented:
> I recall an impression of an almost western medical school, including surgery.
> I suppose it could all have been lost in Oojit and Doodit's little spat.
> There's no mention of hospitals or clinics in Valdemar - the merc. books
> have "surgeons" in field hospitals (altho' they're not called that), but
> the impression is of a reliance on herb lore and Healers.

Well, actually, they are called just that surgeons. Here goes my textevd
OBreakers P. 25
Now Tarma was subcommander of the scouts and Heth was in charge of the
motley crew concerned with Healing and magery - 2 hedge-mages, *a
field-surgeon* and herbalist and his 2 apprentices and a Healing Priest
of Shayana. So, that would be a guy with no Healing but herb lore and
knowledge of the (to us) more conventional healing techniques. Also, in
OBreakers there is mention of stitching wounds. So, thre had to be
people who knew how to heal without Healing and without having the
Healing Gift.
BTW, have any of you read The Physician, (by Noah Gordon IIRC). It is a
truly amazing book in its depiction of the evolution of medicine. 

Jerry commented:
> Come to think of it, aren't herbalists mentioned in one of the storms books - in the > bit about Karal's ulcer?

IIRC that was a Gifted Healer who used her knowledge of herbs in order
to heal Karal since he did not need real Healing at the time.


Esmeralda said goodbye thusly:
> 'n prettige weekend, tot Mandag,

and I wonder: whaaaaaat??????


Mel the Redcap said:
> Hoo boy! Long one that time! I'm not going to introduce myself again today, 
> 'cause I'm tired and my fingers are starting to shake again. >:b Later. Off I 
> go... maybe buy some more socks on the way home...

Did you buy any socks after all? What do they look like? 
Hope you go on feeling better, Mel, I am sorry you felt so rotten. And
now, the pharmacist in me cannot help but speak up (sorry guys, she took
over my fingers, has the bit in her mouth and won't stop until she says
what she wants to say; even the rumor of an adverse drug reaction will
have that effect on her). Have you had that kind of reaction previously?
Has anybody tried giving you a different beta-adrenergic for your
asthma? Although in theory, terbutaline, the drug you are taking does
not have as much effect on the heart, it obviously deos have that kinf
of effect on you, and there are better and more specific drugs. Also,
what route of administration are you using? My advice would be, consult
your pharmacist and your doctor. Phew! She finally let go of me, and I
can now go back to list specific subjects. Sorry about that!

Well, here go my best wishes to all of you. I wonder if tonight the
Bower will be as silent as the Misty list has been today. I get the
feeling only 4 of us or so are not busily eating turkey or suffering the
after effects :)

Love,
Ele
Priestess of Karma
LotPW
Dame of the OAM

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 20:52:03 -0500
From: Rose <prose-+AT+-ctol.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: attitudes/ you're one person?/ bond birds
Message-ID: <329F9343.1BB-+AT+-ctol.net>

Korendil wrote:
>;> This, I think, is having Americanocentric attitudes pushed out the
>door, and pushed so far out they come back the other way;>

Thats kind of the way I feel now with all the Christmas preparation.
With all the people(s) in the world who do not celebrate Christmas, I've
always wondered how it's gotten so public.

Sorry no attrib. I got it second hand:
>I believe you are referring to chava -- a beverage that I rather
>interpretted as similar to hot cocoa . . . other opinions welcome ;-)

It says somewhere that many people would do amazing things with the
reward of Chava. As much as I love chocolate, I wouldn't do certain
things for certain people with that as a reward. I always thought it was
something more along the ways of a non-addictive drug with a comparable
chocolate substance as a base. Something that just hits your brain in
the right way.

woodlark said:
>woodlark.  i sprung out of deniz's fertile mind over a month ago it
>seems now.

Someone hit me, please. I really did think you were two people. Gosh I
feel weird now. It's not that often that you find two people who are
truly one.

Re: bonding to birds.
I don't think it is ever outright stated that they can only bond to
birds of the some sex, but since the birds are less intelligent then
their human counterparts (hopefully) then maybe the birds need the same
sex *bond* in order to mindbond.
                           Kawryathen

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 20:52:52 -0500
From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: plants/Birthdays!/Thanks to the list
Message-ID: <961129205251_1185427376-+AT+-emout14.mail.aol.com>

<< I'm Michele, Goddess of Botanical Blight, although, thanks to Lady 
 Silvermoon, my houseplants are looking disgustingly healthy!  >>
  Moi?  I am not a Goddess of plants,  so yours should be quite blighted!
 Mine are fine of course!  In fact,  my Christmas cacti have become
pre-Thanksgiving cacti!  They bloomed fully from about last sat until today.
 And they should bloom again.  They bloomed twice last year.  =)

To Elizabeth and Lady Nightshadow:  I give you both silver heart pendants
with a stone that changes to match your mood.  Really and truly,  not just to
heat like those stupid mood-rings.  =) 
 
To Ailsa and Erica:  I give to you my never-gets-wet-handkerchief.  They
become whatever color you wish at any moment.  

Kory said:
>><g> "His face rings a bell." still hilarious, jake, after however many 
months;><<
   "And he was a dead-ringer for the other guy."  <bg>  That is still great.
 =)  

Jake said:
> Well, I'd like to take a moment and just let you people know that
I'm quite thankful for the list.>
   I agree!  I too and very thankful for this list.  I have met so many nice
people here,  and learned new things about everything under the sun.  I've
also learned a lot about myself.  One of the things I am very sure of is that
I always read my mail.  Most of it anyway!  If it's a busy day,  I'll delete
some posts.  <sob!>  But there is always mail waiting here for me!  
   I am also thankful for the two side groups that have come from this one.
 The mage-war has been a place for me to use my creative energies.  The Lilac
Fairy's Bower is a great place to relax,  and gain some creativity back.
 <eg>  
   
Belated Happy Thanksgiving to all!  Mine was especially hectic.  We had 18
people over here!  6 kids and 12 adults.  Boy was it noisy!  But it was fun.
 I'm very thankful to have a family that gets along with each other.  Not
very many people have that any more.  
Well,  I'm off to sleep over at my friends house.  <BG>  Hehehehe...more fun!
 Aren't 4 day weekends great?

>>Jake (who can't use a .sig with AOL! Waaah!)<<
  Get used to it!  I've been doing it for months!  And I still have trouble
spelling sensitivity.  <g>  This is why my sig changes so much!

Lady Silvermoon
LIG,  Leader of the DDMF,  Dame of the OAM,  LotPW,  Goddess of Sensitivity
"we're boss at denial,  but best at forget."  Bush,  _Little Things_

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 23:15:39 -0500
From: Rozanna McNeer <rozanm-+AT+-wow.com>
To: "mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk" <MERCEDES-LACKEY-+AT+-HERALD.CO.UK>
Subject: language lesson <g> FLUFF
Message-ID: <199611292315_MC1-C85-D7DA-+AT+-compuserve.com>

>>Esmeralda said goodbye thusly:
>> 'n prettige weekend, tot Mandag,

>and I [Ele] wonder: whaaaaaat??????

and Firemist comes to the rescue!!! the goodby was in Dutch, which moi
can speak (sorta) after having lived there for 8 years <and acquiring dutch
nationality and a dutch husband along the way - now I can take
the shortest line in the airport - EC or Non-EC>

'n prettige weekend, tot maandag <Esme, esme, 2 a's in maandag, and it's
not capitalized!!!> is a contracted form of Heeft een prettige weekend 
(have a splendid weekend). Tot maandag means until Monday.

quick lesson: Mandag would literally be Man-day man=man, dag=day.
Maan = moon. see if you can guess <g> zondag, maandag, dinsdag,
woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag. Sunday, moonday, have no idea
where dins came from, woens is probably contracted form of woden (odin for
those non-Norse inclined), thunderday (in honor of Thor like our own
Thursday), free-day (sticky here because vrij is also the 1st person singular
verb form of vrijen which means to make love, so it could be sex day :),
and saturnday.

sorry, got away from me there. bad fluff! down!

Firemist

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 96 23:41:11 -0500
From: dsarik-+AT+-PO-Box.McGill.CA
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: solo/me
Message-ID: <199611300455.XAA28723-+AT+-sirocco.CC.McGill.CA>


obmisty (the rest is fluff): <wail> the Chapters (bookstore) here in Montreal 
*still* doesn't have Fire Rose out in PB yet.  and SB *still* hasn't come out. 
 how long do we have to wait?  i read the "A Tale of Two SKittys" today when i 
was there -- real cute.  why is it SKitty, as opposed to Skitty, or skitty?  
is there a reason for this?  is it something i'd have to have read the other 
Catfantastics or a Darkover or a Ship or What-Have-You for?  or is it simply 
random?

	wow.  i just got back from the concert where i finally did my solo in 
Faure's Requiem.  yay!  it's over!  i swear, if i have to spend another minute 
in those gods-bedamned heels, i'll lose my voice.  well, at least they look 
nice.  oh, what's that?  you want to know how the solo went?  huh?  solo?  i 
did a... (ow <rubbing head>, i didn't need that, deniz)... i'll stop teasing. 
 the solo went... oh, ye gods and little fishes, but the baritone soloist 
screwed up majorly awful on the Offertoire!  what an example to follow!  well, 
my solo (i am happy to say) went wonderfully.  i didn't run out of breath, 
managed to keep even the e-flats (just above middle-c, low for a soprano) in 
my head voice, kept the texture even and boy-trebley, focused enough for the 
sound to carry all the way into the cupola, remembered to vary dynamics by the 
end, conveyed emotion, and only made one rhythmical mistake that i can think 
of (and it was small and minor, and you wouldn't notice unless you were 
following along or knew it on a nit-picky level)!  so, in other words, it was 
WONDERFUL!!!!!<--(peek-a-boo, how many of you?)

one concert down, one to go.

i said [starting over...]:
>woodlark.  i sprung out of deniz's fertile mind over a month ago it seems 
>now.

Korendil said:
>Bu..but...oh..gods..I..actually..though..you were *two* people?! Argh!;>

and Kawryathen said:
>Someone hit me, please. I really did think you were two people. Gosh I
>feel weird now. It's not that often that you find two people who are
>truly one.

*grin*  i'm amazed even two people were taken in.  the only reason i came out 
<g> to you all was because it was getting hard trying to keep the distinction 
in my private mail.  but on the list, we're different people still, so respect 
that, please.  oh, and kawrymumble?  i'm not going to hit you because i don't 
believe in violence (Hah! *snort*) (hush up, you!) (Why?  I created you!) (no, 
i just waved until you found me!  *you* were the blathering idiot walking 
around stumbling in the dark...) (No respect... I get *no* respect...).  
*ahem* <glare> as i was *trying* to say, i won't hit you.  but i wouldn't mind 
some interestingly flavoured sheep...

love,
free bard woodlark, Acolyte in  | "Are you questioning my counseling
Music and Song, Knight of Amber | technique?"  -- Deanna Troi
and Marigold, and party to      |         Star Trek: First Contact
deniz's thoughts and computer.  |   dsarik-+AT+-PO-Box.McGill.CA

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 23:21:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Lady Becky of the Hills <beckyanne-+AT+-sybok.iforge.com>
To: Mercedes Lackey Mailing List <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Mailing List Homepage 
Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.961129232113.14242A-100000-+AT+-sybok.iforge.com>


	HI ALL! 

	Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving, the list is certainly 
fairly empty today, only a few messages, very strange. :) I took the time 
today to update the page, and I put all the bios I had on. I also sorta 
rearranged that part a bit, to make it easier to identify people's list 
handles with their real names. I had an idea, I thought about going into 
the archives, and getting the introductions that people have given, and I 
thought about putting those on the page, if anyone has any objections to 
theirs being put up, please let me know. 


	I fixed the bugs on the bio part too, all the little icons and 
links at the bottom didn't work, but they do now. I also found a new 
color scheme, tell me what you think, if anyone has any colors that would 
work better let me know. Okie dokie, see you all later! 



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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 01:25:44 +0000
From: myktshr-+AT+-ldd.net (miyako hirao)
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Braid: New Variation/Winterhart/chava/IDIC/
Message-ID: <199611300719.BAA28970-+AT+-cdale3.midwest.net>

Deniz wrote:
>>>ROTFLMAOASTN!!!!!  (err, that's Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off And 
Scaring The Neighbors)<<<

Hmm. A new variation. Perhaps a genetic mutation... How much of it is homo
sapien?
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Esmeralda wrote:
>>>And re. Winterheart - yes I totally agree, it was one of the quickest
turn arounds from the xenophobic bitch to total sweetie I've ever read.
And yes, it annoyed me too!<<<

Xenophobic -- I'll have to agree. Maybe it's because I'm picturing Brent
Spiner as Amberdrake, but that transition seems like Tasha Yar and Will
Riker's getting used to Data. But Winterhart was really bitchy and cranky,
and a chapter later -- voila! She's the sweetheart next door. Howdyfigure?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On chava: I tend to think about it as hot chocolate (a bit thicker than
cocoa, IMO) with a sprinkle of nutmeg or cinnamon. But it has to be chava
because it's Tayledras and not mundane!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Star wrote:
>>>Korendil wrote:

> Aw...you don't love me, Summersong?;P BTW, whatd IDIC mean?

IDIC: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, the Vulcan "creed" of
sorts.  I try to live by it and appreciate everyone's differences. 
Words to live by!<grin><<<

YES! I try to live by it as well. I find it perfectly logical that to
coexist peacefully, we must first understand and accept our differences.
It's a beautiful concept that needs to be put into action more publicly. I
wonder how many people were actually inspired by that. I really was.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ObMisty: Do a capella vocal groups of Bards exist in Velgarth? I'm
listening to "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel and I love that song. It
would be so neat if there were groups like that, traveling around.

Gotta go now -- ta-ta for now!

Live long and prosper,
Summersong & Spiffy the Cat
*************************************
Akiko Hirao <myktshr-+AT+-ldd.net>
"Captain, I believe I speak for everyone here 
when I say ... To hell with our orders!" 
-- Lt. Cmdr. Data from Star Trek: First Contact
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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 96 03:40:35 -0500
From: Korendil <korendil-+AT+-icubed.net>
To: "Misty List" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk>
Subject: Brvaes, Realizing That A Smoke SOS Needs Fire, Makes A Rat Coat
Message-ID: <9611300846.AA26950-+AT+-raptor.icubed.net>

Ele said:
>BTW, have any of you read The Physician, (by Noah Gordon IIRC). It is a
>truly amazing book in its depiction of the evolution of medicine. 

I read that..gods..when'd I read that. Um...lessee. Three, four years 
ago? Gods..I forget. But it was really really good. Stand-alones can 
rule, sometimes. That was one of those big, 
almost-historical-fiction-with-a-twist-of-fantasy-in-it novels. Speaking 
of books my parents have recomended to me, anyone read The Eight, by 
wosshername? Deals with chess and alchemy, sort of. Not as epic a scale 
as Physcian, but good. For a book your parents make you read;>

Kawry wondered:
>Thats kind of the way I feel now with all the Christmas preparation.
>With all the people(s) in the world who do not celebrate Christmas, I've
>always wondered how it's gotten so public.

In my totally uneducated opinion, prolly because for the past however 
many hundreds of years, Western Civilization has been, mainly, and in the 
important areas, Christain. Which I'm not sure is good. Someone should 
get a degree in this stuff and then write an awesome novel and the 
western world a la some other religion. Say...having old european celtic 
type religions never die;>

>Someone hit me, please. I really did think you were two people. Gosh I
>feel weird now. It's not that often that you find two people who are
>truly one.

Yer not alone, Kawry;>

Silvermoon said:
>Belated Happy Thanksgiving to all!  Mine was especially hectic.  We had 18
>people over here!

blah. Every year we go to a pot-luck type dinner--this year there were 
around 30 people, an 8 week old baby, and a huge dog. Lotsa fun. 
Especially with my grandparents, all of whom are deaf and none of whom 
will by a hearing aid. sigh.

Thanks for explaining Esme, Firemist(ywisty!;P)

woodlark, and I'm not sure why I continue to act as if we're talking 
about two people here, said:
>why is it SKitty, as opposed to Skitty, or skitty? 

Okay. That's b/c it was Wossname's Kitty. And it got shortened. realy it 
should be 'sKitty, but, hey...congrats on the solo!

Akiko(why is it that everyone but me has really KEWL rl names on this 
list?) said:
>I'm
>listening to "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel and I love that song.

I love that song;> My mom got me hooked on BJ when I was a little kid, 
and that was always my favorite;> Hmm..lately I've had to expressedly 
keep from using British spellings for things, which is strange since I'm 
a native Floridian. Must be residual from having a british nanny when I 
was little;>

thanks to everyone who explained IDIC....and to everyone who's ever 
recomended GGK! I'm maybe halfway through the 3rd Fionavar, and I *love* 
it! Now to see if Flidais can really keep Galadan away from Lisen's 
Tower...damn that Soulmonger...okay. I'll stop. Oh...is it just me, or 
are the other GGK novels ahrder to get into than Fionavar? I've read the 
first bits of Tigana and Arbonne, and they've both been rather...tough. 
I'll try harder, though, after I finish Darkest Road and read Pterry's 
Pyramid and find out why his nickname's Pterry!;> Fluff? What fluff? 
Where? ;> Um..um...I had the SKitty thing...and..uh...stuff about authors 
the list likes....uh...dost thou take credit?



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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 09:33:00 -0500
From: Chris & Sean Talbot <brujah-+AT+-idirect.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: MOC/ hospitals/ ADR
Message-ID: <199611301433.JAA21775-+AT+-nemesis.idirect.com>

At 01:18 AM 11/30/96 GMT, you wrote:
>Esmeralda wrote:
>> 
>> hola,
>> 
>> I wrote:
>> > AND, ...... it's said in Arrows that Tavir (Talia's predecessor) had hoped
>> > that either Sheryl or Doodit (her twin) would have been chosen when he
died.
Someone has probably said this but his name was not Tavir.  I can't remember
the name but Taver was the companion of the Kings own during Randales and
Elspeths rein.  I think you have got the wrong name though.   Please tell me
if I am wrong.


>> > But we also know that Sheryl has one of the tightest bonds with a
Companion,
>> > which don't sound like something that could be snipped apart to let Rolan
>> > in. I think that in the case of a mature, long bonded candidate, the MOC
>> > and the Herald's own Companion will have to share. If Florian can do
all that
Umm I am not sure about that.  How would the companion share the bond and
which companion would be used.  I think in that case that Dantris would
simply have had to choose a new person to be his chosen.

>> > he does for Whatsit - Thingy, um, Karal??, and *not* Choose, then why can't
>> > a Herald have two Companions in special circumstances? (Teren, Sheryl's
twin,
>> > his name was Teren, not Doodit - the brain just unfroze for a millisecond).
>> 
>> Okay, okay, so I got the names wrong - when do I ever get names right. I
>> should have stuck to my time honoured system of Whatist, Doodit and
Thingummy.
>> Keren is the twin, not Sheryl - sorrreeee!
>
>I agree with Esme, that the Herald's Companion and the MOC would have to
>share. IMO, Van would just never think of exchanging Yfandes for Taver,
>even for the sake of Valdemar. Even Kero, who did not want to become a
>Herald in the first place, finds it unthinkable to leave Savil, even
>though staying with her meant abandoning her Skybolts (or at least so
>she thought at the time). The true HC bond cannot be interrupted or
>severed or substituted. Obviously this is all IMHO.
If the bond can not be severed then how come there are some cases of
repudiation that is the same thing as a broken bond.  The only difference is
that the bond is shattered by the companion and not a mutual agreement.  If
I remember if Talia didn't want to be a herald then they would have sent
Rolan out again and found Talia a place where she belonged.

>
Aistes


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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 07:40:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Phil Cartier <philcartier-+AT+-earthlink.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: intro
Message-ID: <199611301540.HAA05490-+AT+-serbia.it.earthlink.net>

Hello everyone.
I am rather new here and just so you know my name is Stephanie.
>From this address there will be two people posting who are Mary and me.
I am related to Mary because she is my mother and also Emily the invisible
is my sister.
My first Misty book was AotQ and I ended up reading it because my sister
happened to shove it in my face. The other reason was because i had just
finished all the Dragonriders of Pern books and i needed something else to
read so i wouldn't go crazy w/ boredom.
I happen to be 13 years old and have been playing the flute for 5 years. I
am also trying to con the choir director at our church to let me play w/ the
adult chior because he considers me semi-professinal. (Plus Joanne, our
regular flautist, is in Venezuala on her honeymoon and so we need one) Emily
get off the board!!!
I will now tell you that i am crazy about Bengal and Siberian Tigers.( just
so you know my room is wall papered w/ tigers!) As in I have abou 2 huge
posters, a huge framed picture, and about 5 or 7 otheres in my room. Also
whenever I drink something out of amug I take a mug that has a Siberian
Tiger on it and i had gotten it for my dad about 2 years ago.
Last night we happended to need to go on a long drive so I said," give me book."
It just so happended that Emily was right there and she gave me Born to Run. 

                        Stephanie    


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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 08:06:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Phil Cartier <philcartier-+AT+-earthlink.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: woodlark's solo/ packing (very fluffy)
Message-ID: <199611301606.IAA06793-+AT+-serbia.it.earthlink.net>

CONGRAGULATIONS WOODLARK!!!!!<--usual #
I'm so proud of you (especially since I can't sing solos worth a darn). No
no don't steal the key board Stephie!  I only took it from you once! Stephie
says I don't have confidence to do it but it's just I don't like doing them
and I avoid them for all I'm worth (Stephie you are a pain in the cervical
vertebrae sometimes). Anyway... CONGRAGULATIONS WOODLARK!!!!!

Everyone, wish me luck with my packing today. I have to figure out how to
fit all the books I want to take to college with me in my suitcases and not
have to leave any of my clothes behind. Lady Silvermoon, you'll be happy,
cause I'm gonna take most of my Deryni books with me! I am going to reread
them all when I have some free time. I can't find most of my Velgarth books
cause Stephie has hidden them all over the house (in a way this is good
cause if I could find them I'd never be able to carry them all with me). She
claims that she knows exactly where they are, but I'm not sure that I
believe her (she's just being a pickle because she wants the keyboard).
I AM  NOT A PICKLE!!!!!!and You can quote me on that.

Sorry about the fluff, we haven't had a good fight in about six months so
we're overdue <g>.

Mom and Dad are talking about going to see _First Contact_ today, so I'm
hoping that soon I will understand all those bits of dialog you guys are
tossing around. Has anyone else seen Romeo and Juliet (besides you Stephie,
I _know_ you have, I drove remember?)? I loved it, and that is strange cause
R&J is my least favorite Shakespeare. For once I could actually buy the way
the plot worked...

Hmmm. I need an ObMisty here. Lessee. I did the one about Bardic Magick...
Hmm. Don't want to get Cennydd going on the errors in the DT books again,
but I have to ask. How did ML screw up the Aztec stuff in _Burning Water_?
No one has every really made it clear, and all the errors I saw could be
ascribed to making it fit the plot. Just some suggestions on where to look
for further info and explanation would be good.

Emily the invisible

PS I'll be done procrastinating on the November B-days when I get back to
school.


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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 12:41:52 -0500
From: Rozanna McNeer <rozanm-+AT+-wow.com>
To: "mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk" <MERCEDES-LACKEY-+AT+-HERALD.CO.UK>
Subject: IDIC
Message-ID: <199611301242_MC1-C86-FAED-+AT+-compuserve.com>

Some people were discussin IDIC
>>IDIC: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, the Vulcan "creed" of
>>sorts.  I try to live by it and appreciate everyone's differences. 
>>Words to live by!<grin><<<

>YES! I try to live by it as well. I find it perfectly logical that to
>coexist peacefully, we must first understand and accept our differences.
>It's a beautiful concept that needs to be put into action more publicly. I
>wonder how many people were actually inspired by that. I really was.

Maybe it's just me, but that does make sense on this list, doesn't it? Infinite
Diversity in Infinite Combinations; there is No One True way. They seem
compliementary - dove-tail nicely. IMO and experience, people that are
way glues to the 'there is only one way and that's MY way,' really don't
handle diversity well. In fact, they tend to squash it whenever possible
because <gods forbid!!> if they look to closely they might realize that some
of their personal beliefs might actually be *imperfect* (oh, the horrors of
leading a self-examined life!)

sorry 'bout that. Just being bitter because I've had a dose of 'the only
way is MY way' recently, and was not overly thrilled about it.

Firemist

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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 12:57:26 -0500 (EST)
From: "Romylee A. Ejercito" <rejercito-+AT+-wesleyan.edu>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: C-C pairings/Pets/Lifebonds/Heat(fluff)/Chava, all fluff: First , Contact/Americanocentricity*grin*/Ele the pharmacist/Re: Romylee
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961130125451.6755I-100000-+AT+-mail.wesleyan.edu>


**Re: Companion-Companion pairings**

>> Mylee: Also, the pairings are not necessarily of the same sex, so if
both Heralds have mares, well, it's kind of difficult.

>Kory: <gryn> interesting you bring that up....we had a
rather..um....interesting...discussion about that...interesting...subject
awhiles back;>

Mylee: And?  Kory, you can't leave me hanging like that!  ;)  You wouldn't
now, would you?  /me dons her second best angelic look.  Tell me?  Please?
In private so ppl won't get annoyed by a rehash?  Pretty please?  Curious?
No, I'm not curious.  I'm not a curious person.  Really.

**END**
**Re: Sunsinger and Shadowdancer**

>>Mylee: <snip> the song speaks of Shadowdancer and Sunsinger, right?  And
we have the Star-eyed, and Vkandis Sunlord.  Coincidence?  Maybe the
Windrider song is allegorical?

>Kory: /me sighs. Okay. The books state, clearly, that Rothas and Lythe
actually
existed and WERE heralds. <snip>

Mylee:  Whoops!  Guess it's time for me to reread Arrows!  /me smiles
sheepishly.  

**END**
**Re: Pets**

>Firemist: IMO --> as long as there are kids, working animals will be
corrupted into
pets <snip snip snip>

Mylee: Oh, I agree with that.  But they're still working animals.  But the
person who brought it up (forgot who), mentioned fish and birds as
non-working pets, and like I said in a previous post, only the very
wealthy could afford these.  The peasants would prolly have their animals
as combination pet/worker.

**END**
**Re: lifebonds**

>Firemist: or maybe souls are charged, and only attract people with
certain qualities -
like positive and negative poles. . . hmm...

Mylee:	I always thought that lifebondeds complemented each other, one
having what the other was lacking.  Perhaps the souls instinctively know
when they've found the other.  Maybe that's why lifebonding is more common
among the Gifted, since they already have "psi powers," it's easier for
the souls to "recognize" each other.  Of course, lifebonding may be just
as common among peasants, only Misty never wrote about them.  I don't
think the gods would bother with it unless the lifebond would affect a
critical event.  And I like the idea of souls dividing in half.  So your
lifebonded could be on the other side of the world?  Could the person who
shared half your soul be sentient, but nonhuman?

**END**
**Heat (fluff)**

>Ele: I'm probably not making much sense, but then it is very hot <snip>

Mylee:  Oooh, can you e-mail me some of that?  It's frrrrrrreezing here in
Connecticut, and I originally came from a place where it hardly ever
dropped below 20C (that's around 68F for you archaic Fahrenheit users <TG
*teasing grin*>)

**END**
**Re: Chava**

>>Korendil: What about that stuff the Tayledras have? the stuff EL and
Darkwind eat? <snip>

>Heather: I believe you are referring to chava -- a beverage that I rather
interpreted as similar to hot cocoa . . . other opinions welcome ;-)

Mylee: Definitely hot cocoa., but not the kind in the packet.  Ever had
Spanish chocolate?  In Madrid, the hot chocolate comes in these tiny cups
and it's so thick that if you stick a spoon in the middle of the cup,
it'll stay upright.  It's so thick you can't drink it, you usually dip
churros in it.  Anyone from Spain in this list?  (No, I'm not from Spain)
I don't know if this is anything like the pot au chocolat someone
mentioned.   Anyway, since they could drink chava, I pictured it as a
diluted form of Spanish chocolate.

**END**

All fluff....

**Re: First Contact**

>Khenta: Btw, Star Trek fans out there, could you pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease
tell me
some more -privately/off-list!- about First Contact?<snip>

Mylee: Pleasepleaseplease tell me too!  I'm in the US, but I'm unlucky
enough to go to university that's located in a town with no malls and no
moviehouses.  And I don't have a car.  So I can't watch it, I'm hoping
it'll still be in the moviehouses by X-mas break b/c I'll be going
somewhere _with_ a cinema by then.

**END**
**Re: Americanocentric**

Forgot who said this....  (Heather and Esmeralda?)  Just to put my $2 in
(I'm worth more than $.02!  <G>), yes, Americans are rather ethnocentric
(is that the right word?) since the US is so large, plus it's a 1st World
country, etc etc.  However, I think it's fair to say that every country
_is_ ethnocentric.  It's just natural to think that your country is the
center of everything, and to think of global events in terms of how they
affect your country.  It's human nature.  When the Gulf war broke out, ppl
in my country thought, "uh oh, the price of oil is gonna shoot up and that
means the price of everything else will shoot up too" before they thought
"oh, I pity the ppl in Kuwait"

**END**
**Re: Ele the pharmacist**

Mylee: Beta-adrenergic?  Tertabuline?  Route of administration?  Sounds
like a foreign language to me!  Pharmacy, huh?  So you had to take lots of
chemistry?  Have I just found someone who will tutor me through organic
chemistry?  *grin*

**END**
**Re: Stephanie**

>Stephanie: <snip> i had just finished all the Dragonriders of Pern books
<snip>

Mylee: PERN!!!  /me eagerly awaits the release of Red Star Rising, aka
Dragonseye.  I need my Pern fix and I need it now!

**END**
**Re: Romylee**

Mylee: Thanks to Summersong and Melanie who liked my odd name.  I don't
think there's anything wrong with it, just that a three-syllable name is a
bit of a mouthful for everyday conversation.  Now I'll have to bore you
with how I ended up with that name.  My father, believe it or not, is
named Romeo (don't laugh! <G>) and his nick is Romy.  His fave poem was
Annabelle Lee, so Romy + Lee = Romylee.  Which is kind of cool.
Unfortunately, too many ppl see the name and think that I'm a boy.  For
instance, two universities sent me an acceptance letter addressed to Mr.
Romylee Ejercito.  And I am definitely not male.  At least, not since the
last time I checked.  <G>  

Oh, this is going to sound paranoid, but in my surname, the j is
pronounced like an h and the c like an s.  Too many profs have pronounced
it with a hard j and a k sound for the c and it just sounds like E JERK
ito, which is certainly not pleasant to hear.  My greatest fear is that
they'll pronounce it that way when I graduate.  *shudder*

>Summersong: <snip> I plan to name my daughter <snip> either "Romylee" or
"Romilly(a la Hawkmistress!)

	Hawkmistress was the first Darkover book I read, and was
pleasantly surprised by the heroine's name.  Needless to say, I am now an
MZB fan.  *grin*


***********************

- Mylee


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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 13:36:49 -0500 (EST)
From: "Romylee A. Ejercito" <rejercito-+AT+-wesleyan.edu>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Monarch's Own
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961130132417.6755K-100000-+AT+-mail.wesleyan.edu>



I forgot to add this to my earlier message.  You'll have to forgive me,
it's now past 1 PM and I haven't slept the whole night, so my brains are a
little scrambled.  Anyway, I was rereading AotQ and on p. 124, Teren was
saying something about how MO's were usually Chosen.  (I'm paraphrasing
here b/c I'm at the comp lab and I don't have my book with me.  I really
must get around to buying a modem.)  He said that if the MO died, the GB
Companion usually picked out someone who was already a Herald, or someone
who was on the verge of getting his Whites.  

So having a GB Choose someone already Chosen seems to be a pretty common
event.  So would the non-GB Companion Choose someone else or would it stay
bonded to the new MO?  Is it possible to bond to two at the same time?
Would the ex-C simply not Choose another and just live in the CField the
rest of it's life?  (Kind of unlikely, it smacks of "Whoops, sorry, we
need your Chosen.  You can't do anything important anymore, better luck
next time you come back")

Why would the GB usually pick one already Chosen though?  There are just
too many loose ends to tie.  Maybe because the Herald is already known to
be trustworthy and if the Herald is good enough to be MO, he prolly got
picked early on in life?  But that doesn't explain Elcarth and Teren being
picked late.  (I'd count Kero and Daren, but they never went into Valdemar
before that war)  It just seems a little complicated.  Why can't they just
go and pick someone unChosen?


Mylee

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M. Ejercito
rejercito-+AT+-wesleyan.edu


	If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

	COROLLARY:  If you are given a take-home test, you will forget
		    where you live.

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