MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1871

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) I'd do anything, for you!
	by "Kristy Lyseng" <moonshade_noema-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  2) Re: white hair
	by "Liz Blaszak" <blaszael-+AT+-email.dom.edu>
  3) assorted ramblings
	by Rachesqka-+AT+-aol.com
  4) Re: A little introduction and a bit of justice
	by skyfire-+AT+-t-online.de (skyfire)
  5) Sailor Moon & Misty characters
	by skyfire-+AT+-t-online.de (skyfire)
  6) Re: A little introduction and a bit of justice
	by "StarFire K'Vaia" <darkjedi3-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  7) Re: assorted ramblings
	by "Winterstar K'Canada" <fyrechylde-+AT+-hotmail.com>
  8) Elven Chronicles
	by Jeffery Kuebler <jkeeb-+AT+-mindspring.com>

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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 07:24:33 PST
From: "Kristy Lyseng" <moonshade_noema-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: I'd do anything, for you!
Message-ID: <19990209152433.20156.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

Heyla!

   You know, I love spares (especially if you have three in a row to 
spend on the computer! (tee-hee)). So, I decided that, after thoroughly 
depressing myself from the last e-mail, I would grace you all with my 
opinion on some of my favorite misty books. (I can't think of anything 
else to do.)
   Hmm. How do I start? Aha! With my favorite series of all, the Mage 
Winds trilogy. I think those three (except for Winds of Change) are some 
of the best written novels in the whole Valdemar series. Okay, maybe I 
could make an exception and include the Mage Storms (although I was 
bored out of my skull when I was reading them) and the first two in the 
Mage Wars trilogy. I never liked Silver Gryphon. Nothing HAPPENED in it! 
All she did was switch from character to character describing the same 
thing that happened to Amberdrake's daughter (I forgot her name--not my 
fault! I haven't read those books in ages!). It sort of reminded me of a 
book that Andre Norton and another person wrote together called the 
MageStone? I know it's the one right after the Key of the Keplian. 
Anyway, that books was so god-awful boring, I nearly gave up on it! 
    I think I'd better stop now before I start to repeat myself. (I'm no 
morning person.)
    Yay! Good news! I got my grad ring in the mail last night! It's 
really pretty. I picked the Shamrock, even though I'm Sagitarius and my 
birthstone is supposed to be a topaz. I just didn't pick it because the 
topaz was such an awful colour of yellow. (Yuck!)
    Yvonne:
    Hmm. That polar bear idea sounds like a good one<g>! I know I 
haven't been feeding mine lately (I was busy *recuperating* from Exams) 
so maybe if I let it out . . .
    Daine:
    I think it was you that said you were seventeen and were asking if I 
was your twin? I could be mistaken (I deleted all of my misty e-mail 
that piled up over the weekedn). Hmm. If the Princess Bride is your 
favorite movie, what's your second favorite? I LOVE Return of the Jedi! 
(Might as well out the Princess Bride as my second favorite.) 
    <sighs> I think that's all I have to say. Welcome, to all newbies!
Love, Light and Laughter,
    Kristy (a.k.a. Noema, Dewshine, Starsong, and Silverstorm)
P.S.:Hey, Yvonne! Here's a little revenge for the Kippers! <Kristy 
offers a Lutifisk flavoured sheep. "Good eats!"
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."--the 
Princess Bride

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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:11:30 CST
From: "Liz Blaszak" <blaszael-+AT+-email.dom.edu>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: white hair
Message-ID: <199902091706.MAA10375-+AT+-users.qual.net>


Starshadow K'Connecticut wrote:
"I have a question that's along the same lines as Obsidian's. How come a
channel's hair doesn't bleach white? They channel TONS of magic energy that
comes from outside them, like Karal, but I haven't heard of their hair turning
white. Any possible answers?"

Ok, I think that a possible explanation for this is that they are only channeing 
the energy, not using it themselves.  They are conducting it 
elsewhere where it tehn can be used.  Not that I am saying I'm right, 
but that's always been the way I saw it.  

Now, time to run to class!

Sera and Shea



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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:05:02 EST
From: Rachesqka-+AT+-aol.com
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: assorted ramblings
Message-ID: <9afa0fdc.36c06abe-+AT+-aol.com>

Heyla again everybody!

Kristy wrote:
I never liked Silver Gryphon. Nothing HAPPENED in it! 

I couldn't agree more with ya! It was just Silverblade and Tad running around
in the jungle, throughout the entire book! Sure that would've been fine for a
chapter or two or three, but not the entire book. ::Snore:: My personal
favorite so far has got to be The Last Herald-Mage <3 ::sighing dreamily:: I
should reread it some time, I did love it so. *g* and I love the fact that
Misty keeps bringing Van back!  I'm reading the Mage Winds right now for the
first time, and it's turning out to be really good too. I'm at the beginning
of Winds of Fury currently.

Onto another assorted rambling of mine. My room mate watches Sailor Moon, and
has gotten me into it as well. And, well, the first time I saw the character
Malachite, I was like "Oh my goodness! He's Tayledras!" The guy look so much
like a Tayledras, long silver hair, ice blue eyes, triangular shaped face,
golden skin, so Hawkbrother looking! Has anyone else noticed that? He's a bad
guy, and I find myself routing for the bad guys most of the time because of
him. *G* (Ok... so he's evil, but can you really hate a guy for that? I
mean... he looks Tayledras, so he can't be all that bad.) In the Japanese
version he's shaych, because his lover Zoysite <--sp? is a guy. But in the
American version, they made Zoysite female. (Havens forbid there should be
shaych characters in a cartoon!) Just an interesting tidbit I thought I'd
share. When I found this out and told my room mate she nearly wet her pants
and/or attacked me.

Zhai'helleva,
Starshadow K'Connecticut

P.S. Even though I don't fully understand this sheep thing, I figured I'd just
jump on the band wagon and try it out, so here goes...
Chava-flavored sheep to everybody!
How'd I do? *g*

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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 19:28:36 -0800
From: skyfire-+AT+-t-online.de (skyfire)
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: A little introduction and a bit of justice
Message-ID: <36C0FCE4.DE98C4C6-+AT+-t-online.de>

Lisa Whitman schrieb:

> Finally, in Valdemar, Herald's _are_ the judges.  They are authorized
> to
> carry out sentences. For Ancar's crimes, would he have not been given
> a death sentence? 

I prefer to think they acted in self-defense (although I don't know if
you can act that way on behalf of an entire country). Valdemar
had suffered his atrocities for many years and they knew that he would
not only kill the royal familiy and the Heralds, but probably enslave
the population and do even worse things. And IIRC, Valdemar's troops
were no match for his (in a weird way, killing Ancar was even more
humane, 'cause they avoided getting innocent, conscripted Hardornens
killed in battle by taking Ancar and his buddies out).

So they took every means to prevent that. They defended themselves. If I
learn that someone is out to kill me, I'm determined to do everything to
prevent that, and I mean everything. Even if it means killing the
person. I don't give warnings and I don't wait for a trial. This may
seem a bit oversimplified, but it works for me and my life.

--

Khenta B., Lurker Extraordinaire


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 21:28:04 -0800
From: skyfire-+AT+-t-online.de (skyfire)
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Sailor Moon & Misty characters
Message-ID: <36C118E4.3B5B5746-+AT+-t-online.de>

Rachesqka-+AT+-aol.com schrieb:

> And, well, the first time I saw the
> character Malachite, I was like "Oh my goodness! He's Tayledras!"

Yeah, and Zoisite is Elspeth. Who went over to the dark side of the
force... ;)

--

Khenta B., Lurker Extraordinaire, sheeping and running


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:42:39 PST
From: "StarFire K'Vaia" <darkjedi3-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: A little introduction and a bit of justice
Message-ID: <19990209234239.24744.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

In the word of Commander/Grand Duke Tremane, expediency; we are ruled by 
it. (if any of you doubt me P 148 Storm Rising)  But hell it works for 
me, and the end did justify the means in that case. 

another SkyFire K'Vaia

>
>I prefer to think they acted in self-defense (although I don't know if
>you can act that way on behalf of an entire country). Valdemar
>had suffered his atrocities for many years and they knew that he would
>not only kill the royal familiy and the Heralds, but probably enslave
>the population and do even worse things. And IIRC, Valdemar's troops
>were no match for his (in a weird way, killing Ancar was even more
>humane, 'cause they avoided getting innocent, conscripted Hardornens
>killed in battle by taking Ancar and his buddies out).
>
>So they took every means to prevent that. They defended themselves. If 
I
>learn that someone is out to kill me, I'm determined to do everything 
to
>prevent that, and I mean everything. Even if it means killing the
>person. I don't give warnings and I don't wait for a trial. This may
>seem a bit oversimplified, but it works for me and my life.
>
>--
>
>Khenta B., Lurker Extraordinaire
>
>


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 17:17:04 MST
From: "Winterstar K'Canada" <fyrechylde-+AT+-hotmail.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: assorted ramblings
Message-ID: <19990210001704.3499.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com>

***ObMisty***

About Justice Due...

Ancar was insane with power.  That was already a given, of course.  But 
this situation is comparable to the U.S. versus Iraq.  Though some might 
not consider Saddam Hussein to be insane, the U.S. is trying to prevent 
more harm then good.  Though their methods might be less then 
favourable, it is (what they consider) nessesary.  The end result will 
most likely be overlooked by the events that got it there.  I think the 
Heralds were in the right, as the Valdemaran forces were weakening.  If 
Valdemar had lost, who knows what might have happened.  They were 
between a rock and a hard place, and reacted accordingly. 
Any agreements/disagreements/comments in general?

MEANWHILE, BACK IN CRYSTAL TOKYO...  ;)

>The guy (Malachite) look so much like a Tayledras, long silver hair, 
>ice blue eyes, triangular shaped face, golden skin, so Hawkbrother 
>looking! Has anyone else noticed that?  

Hmm... I never noticed that before...  But now that I think of it, 
you're right!  I think, as well, that he's the best of the villains... 

>In the Japanese version he's shaych, because his lover Zoysite <--sp? 
>is a guy. But in the American version, they made Zoysite female. 

Dear gods, no!  Can't subject children to shaych characters!  It might 
pervert them!  (Please note, I am being quite sarcastic).  Sure, there 
might be reasons of propriety (I can't find them), but kids are gonna 
see that sooner or later in their lives, so what's the point in 
'protecting' them?  IMNSHO (in my not so humble opinion), it's like 
trying to put a fit racehorse in a stall and keep it there so that it 
doesn't ever see the track.

Sorry, I needed to rant about that.
Cinnamon heart sheep to you all!!!!
Winterstar K'Canada



"A canter is a cure for every evil."
                      -- Benjamin Disraeli


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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 19:52:02 -0500
From: Jeffery Kuebler <jkeeb-+AT+-mindspring.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Elven Chronicles
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990209195202.006a5bf8-+AT+-pop.mindspring.com>

Heyla Everyone!!
	
	*Short post, I promise* 
	
Kalista Wrote about Father Dragon's story in the Elvenbane. Well, if you
read Elvenblood, a lot more will be explained about the Wizards, the Kin,
and the Elves. However, the ending of Elvenblood still leaves a lot of
loose ends. There are rumors of a third book coming out --hoping hoping
hoping-- I personally loved the Elven Chronicles, and I can't wait for
Misty & Andre to team up again. :)

	*Returns to Lurking*
Darkness, Silence, and Peace be With you Always, Zhai'helleva, 
	~Lady Astreia, 
Proud Knight of Fluff, Bardic Trainee, Spy for CfWD, Keeper of Dragons,
Slayer of Morons, and Princess of Bruhaha and Everything Obscure. 


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