Annachie wrote:Not quoting WW or cthia, but I think the only person who could really answer if Honor would take the crown in such circumstances is RFC.
Wonder if Nimitz could be persuaded to take it, thus making Honor the royal Pet ;p
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I humbly apologize, Annachie. I missed replying to this post somehow. Even in rereading it, it still has me ROFFL.
Sometimes I wonder if Honor hadn't always been Nimitz' pet, since the day they first bonded. How much of who Honor has become, is as a result of her shared Bond with Nimitz? Without the unprecedented emotional support available to a human—and a woman—how would Honor have turned out? She could have short circuited long ago and gone postal on someone by now. She inherited the same nuclear reactor that powers her father's loins.
I shamefully admit having thought that I saw the telegraphing of a curve ball to be thrown by the author that the MAlign were going to manufacture some elaborate and Machiavellian conspiracy theory causing the treecats to be feared and considered dangerous to humanity and that the Manticorans and Sphinxians are being brainwashed by the cats who subtly encouraged them into war with the Havenites and the galaxy at large. The MAlign could generate enough galaxy wide fear, indecision and doubt within humanity regarding the treecats that it could severely hamper the Manticoran government. Not many people galaxy wide know very much regarding the cats. Some may not know of them at all. Even many at home had their doubts of even their intelligence until quite recently. The MAlign may be able to sow enough paranoia and fester just enough fear within Manticoran society to cause a serious distraction at some appointed and opportune MAlign time.
They can turn this notion of a "bonding" into nothing less than a subliminal brainwashing. The top military strategist is bonded, as is also the second military strategist is bonded—and they just happen to be married to each other. The Queen herself is also bonded.
Humanity is inherently afraid of ghosts and goblins. The proverbial boogeyman lived under the beds and in the closets of every kid and many an adult alike. And he continues to dwell there. The boogeyman is what really defeated the Havenites. Even if he was a woman in boogeyman's clothing—and four meters tall. The MAlign can capitalize off of this inherent human fear.
Check in your closets and under your bed before retiring late tonight if you don't believe me. Remember to check in your closets twice.
DON'T TURN OUT THE LIGHT!