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Recognition and death, Recognition and death.
Now that the Wolfriders are going into battle, these two
themes seem to be on many minds... - RP
From: Sh'k'anna Korra'ti
<dewshine@NETCOM.COM>
Yngvar Foelling and I have talked about this a bit in private email, so I'll post here the thoughts I shared with him about who the likely Winnowill Recognition victims are.
Barring some major event to change the situations and locations of events of our characters, the males in the Palace Recovery Patrol seem to be the most likely ones to run into Winnowill in the foreseeable future. So, of these, we have Cutter, Strongbow, Rayek, Ekuar, Mender, Zhantee, Treestump, and Skot (am I missing anybody?).
Now, of this bunch, we have three who are already Recognized: Cutter, Strongbow, and Treestump. (Well, I'm assuming Strongbow Recognized Moonshade and Treestump Recognized Rillfisher unless Richard tells us otherwise.) At the very least, Strongbow and Moonshade have a documented cub, and Treestump and Rillfisher do as well.) While it's certainly possible for an elf to Recognize more than once, I am of the opinion that to have somebody who has a recorded Recognition within recent history Recognize again would be somewhat of a cop-out. So despite my yen to know Strongbow's soulname, and to see him tangle with Winnowill again, I'd have to vote against him. Cutter, as well; he's just already had too much happen to him. And I'm not convinced Treestump's a major enough character to pull off the Big Major Angsty Event that a Recognition with Winnowill would be.
Rayek's got no prior Recognitions to his name, but... well, having Rayek Recognize Winnowill would be almost too easy.
We don't know about Ekuar's past history with Recognitions. Highly unlikely, since he spent so much of his life in captivity, and he hasn't Recognized anybody since Rayek rescued him. On the other hand, there seems to be some concern about whether he'll survive this Second Palace War... but if he does, it might be interesting to see Ekuar finally Recognize. I'd wager he's Winnowill's magical match, at least as far as the strength of his rockshaping goes.
Mender has no prior Recognitions, and he's an up-and-coming character, one who I expect to face a lot of challenges in this conflict. The potential certainly exists for him to finish what Leetah started... if he has the power to pull it off. The only problem I've got with Mender Recognizing Winnowill is that they are both healers - would Recognition consider that too much of an overbalance of magical genes?
Zhantee... again, no prior Recognitions, but then, he's an awfully minor sort of character. I'm not sure if he could pull off Recognition to Winnowill, and not get eaten alive by her in the process.
Skot... *snicker*. Well, I'll just say that I don't think it's likely. It would be funny, but I don't think it's likely.
So... for now, I'm casting my vote for either Mender or Ekuar. Though if it's Mender, I'll have to treat my housemate to sushi.
Sh'k'anna
From: LadyBanjo
<bvanlook@NYX.CS.DU.EDU>
Sh'k'anna Korra'ti writes:
...I'll post here the thoughts I shared...about
who the likely Winnowill Recognition victims are.
Now, of this bunch, we have three who are
already Recognized: Cutter, Strongbow, and Treestump...
While it's certainly possible for an elf to
Recognize more than once, I am of the opinion that to
have somebody who has a recorded Recognition
within recent history Recognize again would be somewhat
of a cop-out.
I tend to concur with this... multiple Recog seems to be the way of things in the past, with the gene pool so limited, but recently it seems that Wolfriders Recog only once in their lives and -- except for Rayek, Zhantee and Skot -- the male warriors are all Wolfriders.
So despite my yen to know Strongbow's soulname, and to see him tangle with Winnowill again, I'd have to vote against him. Cutter, as well; he's just already had too much happen to him. And I'm not convinced Treestump's a major enough character to pull off the Big Major Angsty Event that a Recognition with Winnowill would be.
No, I have to disagree with you here. I think that Treestump has the personality to be the *only* one who could get through a Recog with Winnie and remain sane. Strongbow would probably choose to go mad. Cutter might prefer to kill her. Treestump would see Recog as something that needed to be done, and once it was done, to be *done with* Cutter and Strongbow tend to worry things to death.
What I'm saying is that Treestump would exit the Recog in a mentally/emotionally/spiritually sane state. He's more practical that the other two.
Rayek's got no prior Recognitions to his name, but... well, having Rayek Recognize Winnowill would be almost too easy.
Anticlimactic as hell, I think. It would be far more intriguing for Winnie to *need* Rayek to help her through the Recog. To find she needs *anyone* would be an eye-opener for Winnie.
As for Ekuar...
We don't know about Ekuar's past history with Recognitions. Highly unlikely, since he spent so much of his life in captivity, and he hasn't Recognized anybody since Rayek rescued him.
Which has surprised me, especially with all those females around him, so I've assumed that perhaps (because of his captivity) he may be infertile. So Recog hasn't hit him.
But the whole discussion about Ekuar is moot anyway, because he's going to die. Wendy said so, and *Wendy* (unlike certain editorial personages we all know and gnash our teeth at -- Oh! Hiiii, Richard! *innocent grin*) doesn't fib or pass out red herrings.
(Yaaaaah, show me where Wendy said he's going to die... I dare ya! - RP)
But onward to Mender....
The only problem I've got with Mender Recognizing Winnowill is that they are both healers - would Recognition consider that too much of an overbalance of magical genes?
Actually, I don't think that Mender has the depth of character to survive a Recog with Winnie... hrrrrmmm... you know, I just realized that I don't really like Mender. Huh...
Zhantee... again, no prior Recognitions, but then, he's an awfully minor sort of character. I'm not sure if he could pull off Recognition to Winnowill, and not get eaten alive by her in the process.
Exactly my problem with Mender. But Zhantee's shield seems to be a sort of protection from Winnie, so mebbe....
Skot... *snicker*. Well. I'll just say that I don't think it's likely. It would be funny, but I don't think it's likely.
I have to agree with you on this one. I think it's unlikely because Go-Backs don't Recog. They don't have that capability any more.
Pike would still be a blast, though....
All things considered (great program), I'm casting my vote for Treestump or Zhantee, tertiary for Strongbow (just to find out his &$^%*#^# soulname!)
Wrenwater
From: Kelly Rhodes
<spitfire@BLKBOX.COM>
Just got/read SHARDS #2. I was SO happy to see Two-Edge and his handiwork are back. I can hardly contain myself. Seriously.
Now the elves are on the move again, (with two trolls!), and this means (I think) that we're going to see more of the great Epic scale stuff that characterized the comics that made up the earlier Graphic novels. This is awesome! And the best thing is that my favorite critters (the trolls) got to do something. . .
It seems strange that nobody thought to conceal the tunnel that Ekuar made. I didn't much care, because it gave me an opportunity to see the trolls make good. I'm sure it could easily be explained (or rationalized) as Ekuar being really worn out, maybe even sick. He mentioned being tired a long time before his collapse on the last page. The fight was cool anyway. It was also heartening to see what an inherently good character Ekuar is/was when he refused to deceive the trolls at Rayek's suggestion. I'm keeping in mind that it was Southern trolls - Picknose's own group - that had enslaved Ekuar. Not Guttlekraw. What a dude!
I had always liked Ekuar, until running across the Two-Moons MUSH Ekuar. My opinion has come back to its original state! Ekuar is awesome! <affix official Ekuar approval stamp here>
I can't wait to see the next issue. Its been a long time since I could say that and really mean it. ELFQUEST to me has always been a story about characters that *go* places and *do* stuff.
This issue is why I still read ELFQUEST.
Peter a.k.a. King Clubfoot