Cupid

roseandheather wrote:

cthia wrote:
Rachel, Theresa and Jeanette are all eighteen and twenty?
Holy Cupids Bow Batman! Fodder for the feelings, Cupists!

Well are ya gonna' pull them bows or whistle dixie?
Falling in love, is such a good living boy.

What exactly are the three of them doing? Any Navy plans?

Rachel's in her third (I think?) year at Saganami Island. Theresa was always the quieter sort, so I doubt she'll be going in, and I think we'd have heard if Jeanette was. So far I think Rachel's the only Mayhew girl with any military ambitions. (I recall hearing that Abigail Hearns is a particular hero of hers!)

Hopefully we'll check in with the Graysons in the next couple of books - we haven't really gotten to spend a great deal of time with them since Echoes of Honor. (Not that I'm complaining too much, since it meant lots more screentime for Haven, but I'd like to go visit them again for awhile!)

I want to see Rachel or Abigail in action so bad I get nervous jitters. I also worry like a parent. Quiteso. If something...untoward were to happen to Abigail in battle, or Rachel, I'm not sure I'd recover.

I'd sure like to see Mac and Mistress Thorn cook up something. I'm not talking culinarily.

One of my niece and I favorite movies is *Parent Trap, with Lyndsay Lohan. The scenes where the butler and the maid fell in love now puts me in mind of The Mac and The Mistress. Has a ring to it too. I'm thinking novella.

*Actually I adore all three versions of Parent Trap.

cthia wrote:I'd sure like to see Mac and Mistress Thorn cook up something. I'm not talking culinarily.

One of my niece and I favorite movies is *Parent Trap, with Lyndsay Lohan. The scenes where the butler and the maid fell in love now puts me in mind of The Mac and The Mistress. Has a ring to it too. I'm thinking novella.

*Actually I adore all three versions of Parent Trap.

...damn it, now I have to go watch that movie again.

Also I cannot unsee that and I do not want to unsee that. YOU BASTARD.

cthia wrote:I think I probably am projecting too much Earth habits onto Grayson habits. I am thinking that everyone has their own duties and if everyone is out on a given day, that would spread the Steadholders guard pretty thin, with the two wives, eight children and Benjamin himself. And the ever present duty of guarding the Palace.

Protector Benjamin is a special case. There is no limit on how many armsmen he can have. For one of the regular Steadholders, there is also the Steadholder's Guard to call on, as opposed to the Steadholder's Own Guard. Personal armsmen are from the Steadholder's Own Guard (the one limited to 50 members), while the Steadholder's Guard is essentially the Steading police force. As far as I can tell, the difference is they teach one set to be bloodhounds and terriers and the other they teach to be rabid-at-need Rottweilers.

cthia wrote:I want to see Rachel or Abigail in action so bad I get nervous jitters. I also worry like a parent. Quiteso. If something...untoward were to happen to Abigail in battle, or Rachel, I'm not sure I'd recover.

How dare you speak of such things!! Do you want me to go through another Lovat?? Because that's damn well what's going to happen if we lose Abby!!! One was - and still very much is, going by the evidence - quite bad enough, thank you!!

Speaking of the Mayhew daughters, though... wouldn't it just give the Conservatives fits if one of the Protector's girls married one of the "darned foreigners" polluting their precious shores? Like... oh... Warner Caslet??

roseandheather wrote:

cthia wrote:I'd sure like to see Mac and Mistress Thorn cook up something. I'm not talking culinarily.

One of my niece and I favorite movies is *Parent Trap, with Lyndsay Lohan. The scenes where the butler and the maid fell in love now puts me in mind of The Mac and The Mistress. Has a ring to it too. I'm thinking novella.

*Actually I adore all three versions of Parent Trap.

...damn it, now I have to go watch that movie again.

Also I cannot unsee that and I do not want to unsee that. YOU BASTARD.

One of these days Rose, youre going to give me a hernia from so much laughter!

KNick wrote:

cthia wrote:I think I probably am projecting too much Earth habits onto Grayson habits. I am thinking that everyone has their own duties and if everyone is out on a given day, that would spread the Steadholders guard pretty thin, with the two wives, eight children and Benjamin himself. And the ever present duty of guarding the Palace.

Protector Benjamin is a special case. There is no limit on how many armsmen he can have. For one of the regular Steadholders, there is also the Steadholder's Guard to call on, as opposed to the Steadholder's Own Guard. Personal armsmen are from the Steadholder's Own Guard (the one limited to 50 members), while the Steadholder's Guard is essentially the Steading police force. As far as I can tell, the difference is they teach one set to be bloodhounds and terriers and the other they teach to be rabid-at-need Rottweilers.

There just seems to be so much going on in Benjamin's household. And you just know that a few of the armsmen sole responsibility is to keep up with all of the different aircar keys.

Anyone seen the damn car keys!?

roseandheather wrote:

cthia wrote:I want to see Rachel or Abigail in action so bad I get nervous jitters. I also worry like a parent. Quiteso. If something...untoward were to happen to Abigail in battle, or Rachel, I'm not sure I'd recover.

How dare you speak of such things!! Do you want me to go through another Lovat?? Because that's damn well what's going to happen if we lose Abby!!! One was - and still very much is, going by the evidence - quite bad enough, thank you!!

Speaking of the Mayhew daughters, though... wouldn't it just give the Conservatives fits if one of the Protector's girls married one of the "darned foreigners" polluting their precious shores? Like... oh... Warner Caslet??

What would give them apoplexy, is if Warner ended up with a harem consisting of one or more of their daughters as well as Abigail.

I wonder if Tom has been sneaking peeps of Eloise.
Peeping Tom. What, another novella?

cthia wrote:

roseandheather wrote:
Speaking of the Mayhew daughters, though... wouldn't it just give the Conservatives fits if one of the Protector's girls married one of the "darned foreigners" polluting their precious shores? Like... oh... Warner Caslet??

What would give them apoplexy, is if Warner ended up with a harem consisting of one or more of their daughters as well as Abigail.

RFC, make it so!!

cthia wrote:I wonder if Tom has been sneaking peeps of Eloise.
Peeping Tom. What, another novella?

Tom would never!! He's far too much of a gentleman for that!!

Eloise, on the other hand...

Can't you see her?? Sneaking a peek at her Secretary of War, and hearing Javier's spirit whispering in her ear, "Wish you'd thought of this when I could have got the benefit of it...."??

(tom/eloise/javier otp)

roseandheather wrote:
Speaking of the Mayhew daughters, though... wouldn't it just give the Conservatives fits if one of the Protector's girls married one of the "darned foreigners" polluting their precious shores? Like... oh... Warner Caslet??

What would give them apoplexy, is if Warner ended up with a harem consisting of one or more of their daughters as well as Abigail.

RFC, make it so!!

cthia wrote:I wonder if Tom has been sneaking peeps of Eloise.
Peeping Tom. What, another novella?

roseandheather wrote:Tom would never!! He's far too much of a gentleman for that!!

Eloise, on the other hand...

Can't you see her?? Sneaking a peek at her Secretary of War, and hearing Javier's spirit whispering in her ear, "Wish you'd thought of this when I could have got the benefit of it...."??

(tom/eloise/javier otp)

Oh, I don't know. It's alright if he peeps. He's the Secretary of War and All's Fair In Love and War.

Cupids Creed:

If you wanna fall in love untie your shoes enjoy the trip.