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By: warnie

warnie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:43:30 +0000

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime. - Jean Pierre Claris De Florian
nuff said.

By: firegoat

firegoat — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:40:04 +0000

I predict that Maldik will meet his demise by finally suffocating after a life time of having his head up his fundament.

By: JR

JR — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:21:40 +0000

“and he is capable of creative insults, and has given long thought to his venom.” Yup. Should have remembered the ‘practice mirror’/sentry scene from a few pages ago. Jeez, I’m waay too young for these senior moments (at least in my own mind). Oy…

By: reddwarf

reddwarf — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:17:06 +0000

@JEDraft - yes, it’s from “Wyrd Sisters” in one of Pratchett’s great footnotes. I see I missed a bit of the quote - it actually starts out “Involving a red hot poker, a privy,….” It’s fun to figure out which fates befell which royalty - several are historical, a couple fictional or legendary figures, and at least one was an adviser/confidante/(probably much more) to royalty.

By: JEDraft

JEDraft — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:32:25 +0000

Kaila - That was the idea.

hans - Thanks! Glad you approve, but - no, that is not a typo. He hates the very *fact* that she exists. The fact of Yonara of Normos. Her face he’s not too fond of, but that’s not what he’s saying.

MaxBigFoot - Then my work here is done. =D

JR - Many thanks. See above re: “fact” and he is capable of creative insults, and has given long thought to his venom.

Lictre - Well, I try to keep close to the vest. It’s a huge temptation not to, because I have so much already written and I’m impatient to tell the tale. So, when I say that, it’s merely because you’ve presented an idea that’s detailed and may or may not have something to do with what I have plotted out.

Black Ethel - Oh, we’re following Maldik back to the living quarters in the keep, so tomorrow you shall, indeed, see some more of it.

reddwarf - Where was that from? One of the witch books? <|:}

TheLastGarou - Gen eratu.

By: TheLastGarou

TheLastGarou — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:02:14 +0000

Wow….
Just… just WOW.

I don’t know if I’ve said it before, but if so let me repeat myself: I’ve read many a published author that couldn’t make me care so much about their characters. JED HAI!!!!

By: reddwarf

reddwarf — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:02:05 +0000

As for Maldik’s deserved fate, I don’t think you can beat the classic historical fates of royalty — as compressed and purified by Terry Pratchett for the richly deserved sendoff of one King Murune of Lancre: “Involving a red hot poker, ten pounds of live eels, a three mile stretch of frozen river, a butt of wine, a couple of tulip bulbs, a number of poisoned eardrops, an oyster and a large man with a mallet. King Murune didn’t make friends easily.”

By: Black Ethel

Black Ethel — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:00:11 +0000

JED, good job. The emotions you put on a page are incredibly complex. Few story tellers can do that.

Can’t wait to see the outcome from this scene…

By: Lictre

Lictre — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:33:48 +0000

I’m feeling proud of myself, getting JED to say he can’t talk about a comment I’ve made… kinda like getting a ‘I can neither confirm nor deny…’ response from somebody at a press conference.

By: JR

JR — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:38:44 +0000

And JED, I’m in awe of your ability to maintain the threads/timelines of all the subplots and weave in such emotion. Salute!