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

[NeverBeenWise]

Hmmm I never really thought about that before! Do you think the Fool somehow had something to do with Fitz eating the cake?????? oh what a tangled web.....

My goodness, Nuytsia, what an intriguing question--and one I cannot investigate at the moment because my books are in the hands of another person who I am converting into a Hobb fan! Grrr...it is certainly possible. I shall have to reread Fool's Fate as soon as I can.

Actually, regarding the Liveships and the Old Blood, I think Witted ones would find the ships deeply unsettling. Maybe, if they boarded them, even painful, because the dragon/s in the "wood" would sense the Wit and possibly reach towards it. The captain might have to put the member of the Old Blood on a different vessel because of the ship's reaction and discomfort. (I forget whether it was Althea or Brashen who kindly asked Alise to stop speaking to Paragon because she was upsetting him with talk of dragons.)

Continuing in that vein, what about Skilled ones? The level at which someone could understand dragons and liveships might have to do with the raw strength of their Skill abilities. Oh, what I wouldn't give to see a scene between Fitz and Paragon. I think that would be QUITE intriguing, to say the least; we'd get to see how the ship reacts to both the Skill and the Wit, how Fitz reacts to two dragons inside a ship as well as the personality of Paragon himself, and there would inevitably be a discussion of Amber/the Fool (which you might realize is all I care about! ) somewhere in there. And then there'd be the "hey wait the Six Duchies dude looks kinda like an older version of the ship and has the eyes Amber said Paragon should have WHUT HUUUH???" thing going on from the crew as a sort of comic relief...or drama/tension, depending on how it played out.

I can just imagine how effective the contraceptive charms would be if they yelled at people! Alas, however, that is probably not the case, as Etta and Althea apparently were never interrupted so rudely. It might happen if enough attention had been paid to said charms, but I doubt mothers would pass their own on to their daughters unless the family was very open about such things, which probably would never happen in Bingtown. *sigh* But it would be entertaining to see nonetheless!

Mkay. Sorry about the lack of organization in that 'un. Very interesting ideas, Omie and Nuytsia!