Favorite Honorverse relationships?

runsforcelery wrote:

Gun Boat Diplomacy wrote:Too lazy to read all the posts but, first and foremost, Honor and Nimitz

You guys are gonna be soooooooo pissed with me when you read parts of Uncompromising. But that's okay. I like living in Montana under an assumed name and raising rabbits.

Don't fret guys - RFC's just winding R&H up

runsforcelery wrote:

Gun Boat Diplomacy wrote:Too lazy to read all the posts but, first and foremost, Honor and Nimitz

You guys are gonna be soooooooo pissed with me when you read parts of Uncompromising. But that's okay. I like living in Montana under an assumed name and raising rabbits.

Easy enough to find you. Obtain the records of the local utilities company and see who uses the most water. We know the result of runsfromcelery. Elementary.

Dammit! Who hijacked my computer!

runsforcelery wrote:

Gun Boat Diplomacy wrote:Too lazy to read all the posts but, first and foremost, Honor and Nimitz

You guys are gonna be soooooooo pissed with me when you read parts of Uncompromising. But that's okay. I like living in Montana under an assumed name and raising rabbits.

Ever get the impression that authors just love throwing grenades at their favorite fans

Don't worry that guy from Raising Arizona will take care of the rabbits for you

https://giphy.com/gifs/raising-arizona-KszG5xyyV6Pxm

Lunan wrote:DAVID. DON'T YOU DARE. YOU CAN KILL ANYONE IN YOUR BOOKS, EVEN HONOR HERSELF BUT YOU DO NOT KILL NIMITZ AND LEAVE HONOR ALIVE OR VICE VERSA. IF ONE OF THEM DIES SO DOES THE OTHER. KILL HAMISH, KILL EMILY, KILL BETH, KILL RAOUL, BUT NIMITZ AND HONOR ARE 1, IF ONE DIES YOU DO NOT LEAVE THE OTHER. ARE WE CLEAR?

See now, one thing you never, ever do is tell The Author to NOT do something . . .

(shudders)

runsforcelery wrote:You guys are gonna be soooooooo pissed with me when you read parts of Uncompromising. But that's okay. I like living in Montana under an assumed name and raising rabbits.

That's what I like about your stories RFC ... the unexpected and surprising twists ... just right and not overdone like last night's porkchop.

filbert wrote:

Lunan wrote:DAVID. DON'T YOU DARE. YOU CAN KILL ANYONE IN YOUR BOOKS, EVEN HONOR HERSELF BUT YOU DO NOT KILL NIMITZ AND LEAVE HONOR ALIVE OR VICE VERSA. IF ONE OF THEM DIES SO DOES THE OTHER. KILL HAMISH, KILL EMILY, KILL BETH, KILL RAOUL, BUT NIMITZ AND HONOR ARE 1, IF ONE DIES YOU DO NOT LEAVE THE OTHER. ARE WE CLEAR?

See now, one thing you never, ever do is tell The Author to NOT do something . . .

(shudders)

I make no promise about Honor and Nimitz's ultimate survival. I did not, however, intend to tie this post to that specific relationship. Or to those specific characters. It was simply an entry in the thread, intended to move the conversation along, and really shouldn't have quoted any previous post. Any implication about the demise of those specific characters was, of course, totally unintentional, accidental, and coincidental. I would never troll my beloved readers into leaping to unwarranted conclusions! Oh my goodness gracious, no!

Somewhat more seriously, however, I do warn all of you that some of the characters who have been around for quite a while won't be around for the final credits. This is military science fiction, and I have always refused to write the kind of splatter porn in which beloved good guys don't also get killed in the senseless cruelty which is part of war. Or die even without combat in the tragedy which is part of life, for that matter.

Ouch !
As a Viet Nam vet and liver in the real world
RFC's post rings tragically true.
Tears will surely fall.
Will the forum hold a wake ?

filbert wrote:

Lunan wrote:DAVID. DON'T YOU DARE. YOU CAN KILL ANYONE IN YOUR BOOKS, EVEN HONOR HERSELF BUT YOU DO NOT KILL NIMITZ AND LEAVE HONOR ALIVE OR VICE VERSA. IF ONE OF THEM DIES SO DOES THE OTHER. KILL HAMISH, KILL EMILY, KILL BETH, KILL RAOUL, BUT NIMITZ AND HONOR ARE 1, IF ONE DIES YOU DO NOT LEAVE THE OTHER. ARE WE CLEAR?

See now, one thing you never, ever do is tell The Author to NOT do something . . .

(shudders)

runsforcelery wrote:I make no promise about Honor and Nimitz's ultimate survival. I did not, however, intend to tie this post to that specific relationship. Or to those specific characters. It was simply an entry in the thread, intended to move the conversation along, and really shouldn't have quoted any previous post. Any implication about the demise of those specific characters was, of course, totally unintentional, accidental, and coincidental. I would never troll my beloved readers into leaping to unwarranted conclusions! Oh my goodness gracious, no!

Somewhat more seriously, however, I do warn all of you that some of the characters who have been around for quite a while won't be around for the final credits. This is military science fiction, and I have always refused to write the kind of splatter porn in which beloved good guys don't also get killed in the senseless cruelty which is part of war. Or die even without combat in the tragedy which is part of life, for that matter.

RFC, I think most of us have already learned that lesson the hard way -- painfully. Poor rose. Poor me!

My lesson is Ragnhild Pavletic... I loved that girl. Why'd ya have to go and pick on her? sob sob

She should have had such a bright and promising future ahead of her. Such a sweet girl. Dammit, I was in love with her. Hers was one of the hardest single deaths, thus far, I had to endure in the Honorverse. (Mueller School Dome deaths withstanding.)

Secondly, I'd say Howard Clinkscales. That Old Dinosaur truly loved Honor and she him.

Thirdly, Timothy Meares. The fact that Honor had to kill him was (doubly painful)³
.

Oh yes. The lesson is etched on my heart.

runsforcelery wrote:
Somewhat more seriously, however, I do warn all of you that some of the characters who have been around for quite a while won't be around for the final credits. This is military science fiction, and I have always refused to write the kind of splatter porn in which beloved good guys don't also get killed in the senseless cruelty which is part of war. Or die even without combat in the tragedy which is part of life, for that matter.

Violent death is always a possibility in military life and more often happens in training or in senseless accidents than in actual combat.

Case in point are the Spec Ops troops involved in yesterday's accident on Fort Bragg NC, or the soldiers and Marines lost in various aircraft crashes over the last week or so.

Bad things happen unexpectedly and then the Chaplain and an Officer from that unit get to pay a visit to family members who may never really understand why their loved one is gone.

You're right David, it's part of military life in combat and in peacetime.