[LMB] Re: Mark fan art

[Jessy Brody]

On 2/10/07, Jessy Brody <jessybrody at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, very interesting : ) I only read a little of Terinu, but enough, and
> I
> only read the most recent update. I like the set-up, from what I've seen
> of
> it, and I think it's interesting how Mark is acting *so* like Miles, all
> knight errant - is the plot consciously based on 'Labyrinth'?

Royce:
> Not conciously. For one, despite his current situation, Teri is a pretty
> independant fellow.  Any helpful life lessons Mark might want to impart
will
> be summarily rejected. :)

LOL! Maybe he can teach by example, then ; )

> Though there are a couple of distressed
> damsels on that ship somewhere!

Will they do the Princess Leia thing, and be the ones to come up with the
escape plan when their rescuer proves to have not thought that far ahead ; )

Jessy:
> But 'wife'? I have a special affection for Kareen because she's the only
> member of Team Koudelka who *doesn't* get married/engaged by the end of
> ACC,
> which is a bit heavy on the matrimony IMO. I liked how she wanted to
> define
> herself and her relationships in her own terms, not Barrayar's,

<snip>

Royce:
> Ah, I'll have to admit I didn't think about that much.

*shrugs* It's the kind of thing *I* think about. In my brain, marriage
really isn't the default.

> I just thought that Mark and Kareen being married would be a logical
outcome.
> Given the agressively patriarchal nature Barrayar, Mark might want to take

> the step just to insure that if Something Happens Kareen will have full
access to
> whatever legacy Mark is due from House Vorkosigan.

If they got married, I suppose it probably would be for a practical reason
like that. It might depend on how Betan a couple they are, since Mark is, in
effect, multicultural and more Jacksonian than Barrayaran in a lot of ways;
though Kareen might *choose* to do something very *Barrayaran*, to hold onto
her roots, make her parents happy, etc. And the Barrayaran marriage ceremony
is pretty egalitarian, so there's not much for a Betan-influenced member of
the younger generation to chafe at.

> Though one thing I *can't* see Mark doing, at least for a long time, is
> agreeing to have children.  Given the horrible nature of his upbringing, I
> think he'd be pretty gunshy about serving as a father figure to any little
> ones.

Agreed! He can't trust himself very much. I wonder what he's like around his
niece and nephew ...
He'd make a good curmudgeonly uncle who gives cash on birthdays. And when I
say curmudgeonly, I'm thinking of Ekaterin's first impressin of him.

> And of course with Nicky and the other two children, there's no worry
> about producing an heir just in case Miles and Kareen get crushed by a
> falling lightflyer or something.

I wonder if Nicki actually is in the line to inherit the Countship. I mean,
in a pinch, maybe, but not with half-sibs and Mark and Ivan, assuming
nothing Mad Yuri-esque happens again.

JLB
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