[LMB] aral, ingrey, and dag, was Winter blahs

[Tzivia Adler]

> 2. Two or more books with a similar subject matter are scheduled, and the
> book discussion leader throws out questions to (they hope) spark 
> discussion.
> I ran one of this type on "college stories", and got an interesting
> compare-and-contrast between the US book and the UK one that I'd chosen.
> Until the sky falls on our heads...
>
> Dorian.
>
beware waht you ask for ...

been re-reading legacy for ... no particular reason :) ... and noticing a 
strong resemblance between the three protagonists. (that would put aral in 
the pre-miles books).  anyone else notice these things?  and how much of it 
is standard hero-ingredients?    can anyone do a matching analasis of 
heroines?  or are they not cookie-cutter enough?  further discussion 
encouraged...

all of them are in very different social and technical levels from each 
other.  yet, they all have similarities.

all lack a certain loquaciousness.

all are able to quickly analize a threat situation and
  - in a related trait, make quick decisions.

all prefer girl-friends with gumption, no faintnig lilies here!
  - yet, they are all significantly older htan said girl-friend.
   (maybe not ingrey?  don't remember)

all come from very different social levesl than said girl-frined.

two have extremely bad reactions from  family members about possible babies
  - aral's father -   you mean you're not going to abort it?
  - dag' brother -   you want your children to be servants of mine?
  - if ingrey had any surviving relatives, they'd surely object to two 
spirit tainted people making babies - you want to curse it before its even 
conceived?

all have physical deficiencies - aral's ulcers, dag's hand, ingrey's 
berserker-ness
  -  did aral ever make bad decisions in canon bec of his bleeding gut? 
miles passing out from blood loss being rather memorable...
  - the hand may have been replaced, but teh extreme depression left a 
lasting effect.
  - temporary insanity counts as a defect in a soldier if its at the level 
that scares his own mates as much as the enemy

despite said physical deficiencies, they all have powerful presence.
   - their girl-friends find them devestating handsome, but that's just a 
twoo wuv thing :)

all have powerful reputations, and both trusted and distrusted by various of 
their own powers-that be - distrust not necessarily meaning that said powers 
are corrupt.
   - its so nice that 'doesn't trust the hero' is not automatically 'evil 
person'.
   - it does quite often mean 'bad guy' in that hero's road is paved with 
problems

ziviya
planning to take a virtual road trip down the river -any time now-.