Jul-05-2010, 06:47 PM (UTC)
Sorry this is so late, but I was wondering about how someone said that Hobb said that there would be some other significance/reason revealed as to why the Others hate and fear cats.
I haven't read Liveships or the Rain Wilds Chronicles. However, I think we're all extremely interested in finding out if/when/how Fitz's story will continue, and if there will be another trilogy to tie off his relationship with the Fool - or just to follow his story again.
Also, Dutiful's Wit coterie will want to serve him when he's King. Pretty much a given. So if Fitzy's story were to continue, what would happen? He's already stayed in the Duchies. He's gone to the Mountain Kingdom and to the Out Islands. If FitzChivalry's story were to continue, there seems only one other logical area that he could go: near Chalced and the Rain Wilds. So there he may very well end up on Treasure Beach again with Nettle's Coterie, the Wit coterie, and possibly King Dutiful (or even Prince Prosper). The Prince would most likely be Witted and strongly Skilled due to his parents' exposure to dragons.
Why do I go off in this vein, you ask? Because Civil is in the Wit Coterie. And he's bonded to his cat, Pard. Knowing Dutiful's attraction to cats, he or Prosper might also have a cat as a bond-beast. If they get to Treasure Beach again, the cats would definitely come in handy. And if they ever come across the newest generation of Elderlings, which they undoubtedly would if they're down in the Rain Wilds and off on an adventure, they could be told exactly why the Others despise cats so much.
I could be going off on a limb, but I don't think this is too far-fetched. The Others are strong and can use Skill commands, so if the Duchies men are exploring Treasure Beach, they'll need cats to hold them at bay. My guess is that Dutiful would stay home. Prosper, if he came along, would be very suceptible to the Others if he's as strongly Skilled as I suspect he will be, so he'd need to be bonded to a cat to keep from being taken in.
I know this is really grasping at straws, but since Thick is so strong in the Skill and since he often thinks of himself as a kitten, wouldn't he be able to Skill-suggest to the Others that he's a cat, and escape from harm that way?
I haven't read Liveships or the Rain Wilds Chronicles. However, I think we're all extremely interested in finding out if/when/how Fitz's story will continue, and if there will be another trilogy to tie off his relationship with the Fool - or just to follow his story again.
Also, Dutiful's Wit coterie will want to serve him when he's King. Pretty much a given. So if Fitzy's story were to continue, what would happen? He's already stayed in the Duchies. He's gone to the Mountain Kingdom and to the Out Islands. If FitzChivalry's story were to continue, there seems only one other logical area that he could go: near Chalced and the Rain Wilds. So there he may very well end up on Treasure Beach again with Nettle's Coterie, the Wit coterie, and possibly King Dutiful (or even Prince Prosper). The Prince would most likely be Witted and strongly Skilled due to his parents' exposure to dragons.
Why do I go off in this vein, you ask? Because Civil is in the Wit Coterie. And he's bonded to his cat, Pard. Knowing Dutiful's attraction to cats, he or Prosper might also have a cat as a bond-beast. If they get to Treasure Beach again, the cats would definitely come in handy. And if they ever come across the newest generation of Elderlings, which they undoubtedly would if they're down in the Rain Wilds and off on an adventure, they could be told exactly why the Others despise cats so much.
I could be going off on a limb, but I don't think this is too far-fetched. The Others are strong and can use Skill commands, so if the Duchies men are exploring Treasure Beach, they'll need cats to hold them at bay. My guess is that Dutiful would stay home. Prosper, if he came along, would be very suceptible to the Others if he's as strongly Skilled as I suspect he will be, so he'd need to be bonded to a cat to keep from being taken in.
I know this is really grasping at straws, but since Thick is so strong in the Skill and since he often thinks of himself as a kitten, wouldn't he be able to Skill-suggest to the Others that he's a cat, and escape from harm that way?
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