Most loved characters!

r&h,

Ok dinner anytime you like, first flight to Manticore system.
You were close enough. It wasn't that he blew up Tepes it was that he restored faith and wonderment to a broken Tremaine.

Scotty wanted to run up to him and kiss him! Long before Tepes blew!

That was the moment. Everyone actually thought Sir Horace defected.

Sir Horace???

cthia wrote:r&h,

Ok dinner anytime you like, first flight to Manticore system.
You were close enough. It wasn't that he blew up Tepes it was that he restored faith and wonderment to a broken Tremaine.

Scotty wanted to run up to him and kiss him! Long before Tepes blew!

That was the moment. Everyone actually thought Sir Horace defected.

Sir Horace???

Are you sure that's entirely proper?? I'm a Grayson girl, after all!

That really was a beautiful moment, though. Even I thought he'd defected! And then everything goes to Hell for Cordelia Ransom and I cheered so loud my cat didn't speak to me for a week.

Hahaha - you women are doing this forum good!

It had been entirely too male and tech-centric with everyone nitpicking about this approach vector or that number of missile tubes.

DWs other fantastic strengths - especially the emotional sides of his stories kind of didn't get the attention they deserve in my opinion. And the part of his readership who very much enjoy that side of his stories was entirely underrepresented.

It went so far that I was afraid the one-sidedness of the forums might have a negative impact on his stories.

roseandheather wrote:

cthia wrote:r&h,

Ok dinner anytime you like, first flight to Manticore system.
You were close enough. It wasn't that he blew up Tepes it was that he restored faith and wonderment to a broken Tremaine.

Scotty wanted to run up to him and kiss him! Long before Tepes blew!

That was the moment. Everyone actually thought Sir Horace defected.

Sir Horace???

Are you sure that's entirely proper?? I'm a Grayson girl, after all!

That really was a beautiful moment, though. Even I thought he'd defected! And then everything goes to Hell for Cordelia Ransom and I cheered so loud my cat didn't speak to me for a week.

Now whilst Horace is the man I'd want at my back in a bar brawl I have to reserve my love for slight..no lets be honest totally geeky Republican Admirals with a penchant for clumsiness.

Yes I love Shannon.. I think I fell in love at "OOPS"

Highlander1960 wrote:Now whilst Horace is the man I'd want at my back in a bar brawl I have to reserve my love for slight..no lets be honest totally geeky Republican Admirals with a penchant for clumsiness.

Yes I love Shannon.. I think I fell in love at "OOPS"

You Johnny-come-lately. I fell for her at the prisoner transfer when she risked her own life to protect Honor and Nimitz. Up until then I merely respected her, but that act of selflessness is actually a better indication of her character than anything else she does.

Prince Consort Justin!

I don't imagine it to be easy married to a Queen.

Errrr, of course it isn't, I am on the verge of doing the same thing.

All wives are Queens.

It takes a special man to accept that the woman wears the pants.

And Elizabeth does wear pants.

Didn't she wear her mess dress, slacks in Protector's Palace?

Anyways, kudos to Justin!

You just gotta' love him!

cthia wrote:Prince Consort Justin!

I don't imagine it to be easy married to a Queen.

Errrr, of course it isn't, I am on the verge of doing the same thing.

All wives are Queens.

It takes a special man to accept that the woman wears the pants.

And Elizabeth does wear pants.

Didn't she wear her mess dress, slacks in Protector's Palace?

Anyways, kudos to Justin!

You just gotta' love him!

I especially love that the first time they met he gave her a verbal spanking for wandering into places she shouldn't.

...can we have an Elizabeth and Justin novel now?

roseandheather wrote:
Are you sure that's entirely proper?? I'm a Grayson girl, after all!

That really was a beautiful moment, though. Even I thought he'd defected! And then everything goes to Hell for Cordelia Ransom and I cheered so loud my cat didn't speak to me for a week.

I'll have you know Miss Grayson Princess that I was raised an impeccably mannered Manticoran common!

Awwwww...Your poor little cat!

Cheersquad 1.
Cat 9-1

Bruno Behrends wrote:Hahaha - you women are doing this forum good!

It had been entirely too male and tech-centric with everyone nitpicking about this approach vector or that number of missile tubes.

DWs other fantastic strengths - especially the emotional sides of his stories kind of didn't get the attention they deserve in my opinion. And the part of his readership who very much enjoy that side of his stories was entirely underrepresented.

It went so far that I was afraid the one-sidedness of the forums might have a negative impact on his stories.

Why thank you Bruno. That's very gentlemanly of you.

But I am male.

Honest mistake, I know. Someone else in a past-post stated that their brain parses cthia as Cynthia, but it is actually something taken out of Diane Duane's (thanks r&h) Spock's World. It is the Vulcan term for logic.

But everyone in the forum treats it like I am a regular on The Big Bang Theory.

"It means logic in Vulcan. My costume is the doppler effect."

I probably should get around to filling out my profile.

Also I recognize that men have a hard time facing their emotions outwardly...the getting in touch with our feminine sides. Fear not, I've found that she doesn't rub off!

Blame it on my sister. When I was very young, my older sister was turning ten and having a sleepover. My parents home has a large courtyard in the back and my sister and her friends were playing. Being a boy I threw a series of lit firecrackers in their midst. It was so hillarious seeing them scramble like mice. But...

"Mom!"

I was exiled to my room for the rest of the weekend.
I begged my sister to smuggle me in a book.

A Little Princess was all she'd give me.
I complained, but all I got was "Either this or nothing!"
She said I needed to learn manners.

I read it, after resisting. The weekend was long. I cried like a baby on little Sara Crewe. Been dripping tears ever since on a good read.

So I thought the forum could use a few lighter topics. Where one could easily partcipate, that doesn't always require firing neurons and globs of time.

And you said it perfectly. The Honorverse has very engaging emotional content. If a book doesn't evoke intense emotional responses from me it is a failure.

I don't require it to motivate me to frighten my cat but...well...

Bruno Behrends wrote:Hahaha - you women are doing this forum good!

It had been entirely too male and tech-centric with everyone nitpicking about this approach vector or that number of missile tubes.

DWs other fantastic strengths - especially the emotional sides of his stories kind of didn't get the attention they deserve in my opinion. And the part of his readership who very much enjoy that side of his stories was entirely underrepresented.

It went so far that I was afraid the one-sidedness of the forums might have a negative impact on his stories.

Honestly, that's why I didn't join the forum a long time ago-- it was all technical, and I wasn't about to go wading into arguments on that subject. I don't play the simulator or enjoy math. But when the Evergreen thing popped up, I wanted my voice to be heard-- especially since I am a woman.