Random questions about Liveships (spoilers Farseer, LST and TM)

[londonlassie]

Some of these questions are incredibly stupid, I know. But I'm the kind of person who fixates on daft things.

I might have to join the club there!

- What would happen if a Liveship that identified most strongly as one sex was given a figurehead carved in the likeness of the other? I'm picturing a beautiful busty creation in wizardwood talking in a deep grufty voice.

I agree with an earlier point which said that the carver would just know which sex to make the figurehead, but with a minor adjustment - if a dragon was not fully dead when it was removed from the cocoon, perhaps an echo of its consciousness remained with the shell as it was carved up for wizardwood. Not enough to talk, or anything, but just enough to make the sex of the dragon obvious. I don't know, maybe it's a silly idea

- Could two Liveships fall in love? Aww.

I suppose they must be able to. It would be adorable if they did. After all, they're part human and humans can love. And they are capable of loving people - Vivacia loved Althea and Wintrow, Paragon loved Kennit. Again, only speculation, but I'd love to find out that they could.

- Regarding wizardwood: could the contraceptive piercings introduced in the Liveship Traders series 'talk'? Because I can't think of a better mode of contraception than a person's belly button suddenly shouting 'Knock that off, you two!'

I doubt it, but someone should make a real life equivalent and market this.

- How would a Liveship feel to one with the Wit sense? It might have said this somewhere in the books but I can't remember.

I think Fitz mentioned he didn't like the magic and wasn't comfortable around it? I might be wrong, it's been a while since I read the Farseer set.

- Although Amber never poured herself into the Paragon the way the Fool did to Girl-On-A-Dragon, she must have left him with quite an imprint. Would the Paragon have felt his old friend slip away when the Fool died?

I imagine that he may have felt it, but would have ignored it, because that's Paragon's mentality. If I ignore it, it's not there/it's not happening. Like a little kid.