MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1838 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Talia today, by Gisela Vazquez 2) Stuff by "Oceania Angels" 3) Due to death I have to leave. by "Kalen [One In Black]" <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> 4) ADMIN: who knows why it did _that_... by Melanie Dymond Harper 5) RE: Perfect Vanyel by Tyche ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:30:43 -0500 (EST) From: Gisela Vazquez To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Talia today, Message-ID: Can any one else see Talia as a healer, oooops,! I mean, doctor? When Davin asked what the valdemar chars would be today, I saw that Maybe because of the way Misty portrais her. She's so gentle and she has empathy, though I don't know how that would help. I mean no one would listen to her when she talked about what the person was "feeling," they wouldn't believe her. I can't see any one in religious orders. Someone else said they couldn't either, but can't remember who, sorry about that!! They just don't seem to be the type, perhaps because they're all so self reliant. What was it that Misty said in Magic's pawn. Let me look! Oh yes, she said Heralds preyed only as a last resort. It was when Savel couldn't think of what to do with Van, right before she decided to take him to the Hock Brothers. I think that's why it's so hard to see them in religious orders, even the nonheraldic chars. I'm done for tonight Bright be thy day and wind to thy wings, gisela ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 22:30:32 PST From: "Oceania Angels" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Stuff Message-ID: <19990108063034.29131.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> Heyla all! Windstar wrote: >That actors name is Michael Praed. Havens! ~looks shocked~ he does look a little bit like Van doesn't he?! Wow. I didn't think I'd ever see _anyone_ I could say that of. Especially considering how picky I am about who would look right. I think I might possibly be able to tolerate seeing him play Vanyel. Davin wrote: >Someone suggested a new topic - I have one. If Vanyel, Stephan, >'Lendel, Talia, or any other Valdemar character were to be alive now, >what would their job be, what religions would they follow, and what >about other things? I still would think Stephan would be a musician >of some sort, but I don't know about the rest. Any ideas? I think Talia would be a psychiatrist or counselor or something like that. Vanyel could be a superhero don't you think? ;) And Tylendel could be his sidekick.... Amythystfire wrote: >Are you tallking about Forever Knight? You're thinking of Vashon (sp?) aren't you. My mom thinks that he could be Vanyel (She also thinks Hugh Grant could do it), but I don't agree. Of course, I have every intention of being very picky about who gets to play him. Angie wrote: >I _like_ his selfishness, his pouting, his flaunting, his vanity. He >is more _human_ than van in that way. He has his faults, and i like >his character for that! Umm...could you please explain how Firesong is more human than Van? I don't quite get what you're saying. My Lady Dax Goddess of Unicorns and Elves wrote: >At the Midnight Misty Bedtime Story we heard Chapter One of >Owlflight, the beginning of the next Tannim book >(Tempest Fugit, maybe?), and the middle of the next Bedlam Bards >book, which totally ends the Kory-Beth-Eric triangle and sets up >Eric, it seems, as Di's Guardian replacement! Another Tannim book? Goody! I wanna see more of him! Can't wait to get Chrome Circle! She's breaking up the Eric-Kory-Beth thing!? Hey! I _liked_ that! ...I hope she didn't kill one of 'em. I hope she didn't kill _two_ of 'em! Stars light your path, Sorana S. Stargem Herald-trainee, %-+AT+-"So free for a moment High Priestess to the Goddess%-+AT+-Lost somewhere between the earth and of Unicorns, %-+AT+-the sky Goddess of Flions, %-+AT+-So free for a moment Knight of Amber and Marigold,%-+AT+-Lost because I want to be lost Knight of the OOUH %-+AT+-Don't try to find me" -+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+-%-+AT+---The Martinis ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:53:54 GMT From: "Kalen [One In Black]" <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Due to death I have to leave. Message-ID: A very sombre Kalen enters the Hall of Mist: Due to my mothers death I am going to have to sign off the list for at least a few weeks. I'm going to have to deal with a load of bureaucratic &$%! with regards the house and getting legal guardianship of my youngest sister transfered to me and my oldest sister. The safest bet is to sign off otherwise I may crash the university system by getting too much mail. If anything interesting happens on list feel free to send brief summary to either: savagedsoul-+AT+-hotmail.com or uthro-+AT+-hotmail.com I hope to find a cyber cafe to check those accounts while I am back in Swansea. Until I return. May the Goddess grant peace to all. Kalen Kalen.One In Black Champion Of the Ladies In Green 95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk uthro-+AT+-hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7701/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 18:15:06 GMT From: Melanie Dymond Harper To: mercedes-lackey Subject: ADMIN: who knows why it did _that_... Message-ID: <199901081815.SAA19214-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> Hi folks, Due to Listproc getting its knickers in a knot earlier on today, I've temporarily set all of your subscriptions to ACK, rather than any of NOACK, DIGEST or POSTPONE. Those of you who were on ACK before -- which is the setting where you get each mail as an individual message, including your own -- need do nothing. Those of you who were on other settings, and would prefer to have those back, will need to follow the instructions below. If you run into trouble, you can mail me on lackey-owner-+AT+-herald.co.uk, but bear in mind that it is currently 6pm on Friday and I will therefore be going home in the not-too-distant future. Reading the instructions and following them carefully will therefore be an advantage. ---start instructions--- Start to write a mail message to listproc-+AT+-herald.co.uk. 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If you don't get a message back at all after, let us say, 24 hours, something is broken; mail to lackey-owner-+AT+-herald.co.uk. --- end instructions --- This will, as it happens, allow me to clear out a batch of defunct addresses at the same time, but I could wish that Listproc hadn't been quite so cavalier... Mel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 15:32:20 -0800 From: Tyche To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: RE: Perfect Vanyel Message-ID: <2.2.32.19990107233220.0068beb4-+AT+-postoffice.worldnet.att.net> Hi all-- Newbie/Lurker de-lurking for a moment here. I HATE the descriptions on the backs of the books! ALL of them! A year or two ago I kept picking up Magic's Pawn, thinking it looked ok, based on the inside cover, but geez, it sounded horrible! Finally a friend shoved MP into my hands and said READ THIS. I ended up reading the entire Valdemar series. Moral of the story: Get better people to summarize the books instead of idiots who didn't even attempt to skim through the book, much less read it!! JMHO. Re-lurking, Tyche At 02:48 PM 1/6/99 GMT, you wrote: >>Did the back cover of Magic's Pawn make anyone else wonder who writes those >>things? > >Yes! This drove me crazy! Nuts! they obviously didn't read the book >at all. Grrrr..... > >I'll try to braid next time....sorry. > >Davin > ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1838 **********************************