May-18-2010, 04:17 PM (UTC)
(May-18-2010, 06:30 AM (UTC))Lord Punctual Wrote: About the whole idea of a person's nature as not being something he or she can change, I've always been a little bit enamoured of the fable of the Fox and the Scorpion.
Ah! I don't know where you heard it, but I'm immediately going; Star Trek, Voyager, when Chakotey explains to the captian why the Borg will definately betray them in the end. Love that episode.
LOL Farseer, about you not being able to hate them anymore, that made me laugh.
Lord Punctual, I completely agree with what you're saying about Althea and her way of life on her father's ship. And the worst thing is, Kyle does try to explain it to her but because of her own one-way thinking and her own stubbornness she doesn't listen. Reminds me a lot of Harry Potter having to take lessons from Snape in book five... exactly the same happens there.