I don't remember the specifics, bit when Covenant met Bannor after he had started ageing and needing food, sleep etc, Bannor was helping the Ramen tend the Ranyhyn right?
But, as if Bannor wasn't just there for the hot Ramen chicks.
There is a passage in Lord Fouls Bane (i can't remember it specifically) when Cord Grace had just killed a Kresh, and Bannor walked over and praised her weapon and the Ramen in general, and apparently Covenant thought he sounded a bit lusty.
So, obviously his 'tending the ranyhyn' was just a bit of a follow up to that. I reckon anyway
"I see you keep a bee" - Danny Bhoy
"I'll move on when I'm ready to" - Reservoir Dogs
"Their pheremones fizzled like ice cream and lemonade" - Harvie Krumpet
I feel so loved.
I would just like to say a quick side note about Matrixman, I have always imagined him to be REALLY HOT.
anyway, back to business.
I am no longer a minor, I am 18 (Happy Birthday to me) and I am reading Thomas Covenant again, cos, you know, they are awesome.
So, Hi everyone
"I see you keep a bee" - Danny Bhoy
"I'll move on when I'm ready to" - Reservoir Dogs
"Their pheremones fizzled like ice cream and lemonade" - Harvie Krumpet
Actually I hav a quick question, MM said that he would bring up the "topic of Haruchai again..." well, just how often am I mentioned on this forum and don't know about it?
"I see you keep a bee" - Danny Bhoy
"I'll move on when I'm ready to" - Reservoir Dogs
"Their pheremones fizzled like ice cream and lemonade" - Harvie Krumpet
Haruchai wrote:I don't remember the specifics, bit when Covenant met Bannor after he had started ageing and needing food, sleep etc, Bannor was helping the Ramen tend the Ranyhyn right?
But, as if Bannor wasn't just there for the hot Ramen chicks.
There is a passage in Lord Fouls Bane (i can't remember it specifically) when Cord Grace had just killed a Kresh, and Bannor walked over and praised her weapon and the Ramen in general, and apparently Covenant thought he sounded a bit lusty.
So, obviously his 'tending the ranyhyn' was just a bit of a follow up to that. I reckon anyway
Perhaps a lot of the problems Ramen-Haruchai is resulting of this ´tending the ranyhyn´
I wouldn´t be very surprised to see a result of a ramen/haruchai connection (according to haruchai/merewives/elohim).
Maybe Mahrthiirs strange (for a ramen) passion is such a result
Every human makes mistakes. The trick is to do them, when nobody is watching (P. Ustinov)
Haruchai wrote:There is a passage in Lord Fouls Bane (i can't remember it specifically) when Cord Grace had just killed a Kresh, and Bannor walked over and praised her weapon and the Ramen in general, and apparently Covenant thought he sounded a bit lusty.
An interesting passage:
In [u]Lord Foul's Bane[/u] was wrote:But Bannor stepped over to the dead wolf and pulled Grace's rope from around its neck. Holding the cord in a fighting grip, he stretched it taut.
"A good weapon," he said with his awkward inflectionlessness. "The Ramen did mighty work with it in the days when High Lord Kevin fought Corruption openly." Something in his tone reminded Covenant that the Bloodguard were lusty men who had gone unwived for more than two thousand years.
Then, on the spur of an obscure impulse, Bannor tightened his muscles, and the rope snapped. Shrugging slightly, he dropped the pieces on the dead kresh. His movement had the finality of a prophecy. Without a glance at Cord Grace, he left the hilltop to mount the Ranyhyn that had chosen him.
A) The Haruchai detest weapons. Bannor should have said "The Haruchai need no cords" or something Haruchaish.
I took that to mean that Bannor lusted after the opportunity to kill Corruption's servants. A bit of foreshadowing to what happens at the Grieve.
On the other hand, Covenant is a lusty man who lost his wife too... the way the paragraph is worded is Covenant's interpretation of Bannor's tone. Which reflects more about TC than Bannor.
"History is a myth men have agreed upon." - Napoleon
On the other hand, Covenant is a lusty man who lost his wife too... the way the paragraph is worded is Covenant's interpretation of Bannor's tone. Which reflects more about TC than Bannor.
That is a really good point. I never thought about that before.
Though I must say I chuckled at Haruchai's "he sounded a bit lusty"
I try.
I just want to say, if some dude flexed his muscles and snapped a rope for me, how could you resist?
"I see you keep a bee" - Danny Bhoy
"I'll move on when I'm ready to" - Reservoir Dogs
"Their pheremones fizzled like ice cream and lemonade" - Harvie Krumpet
"A good weapon," he said with his awkward inflectionlessness. "The Ramen did mighty work with it in the days when High Lord Kevin fought Corruption openly." Something in his tone reminded Covenant that the Bloodguard were lusty men who had gone unwived for more than two thousand years.
I took that to mean that Bannor lusted after the opportunity to kill Corruption's servants. A bit of foreshadowing to what happens at the Grieve.
On the other hand, Covenant is a lusty man who lost his wife too... the way the paragraph is worded is Covenant's interpretation of Bannor's tone. Which reflects more about TC than Bannor.
What you say may be true. In fact, I can't imagine what tone of voice Bannor used when he said those words that could have given such an impression!
However, I think an important point is that SRD intended us to remember that the Bloodguard were lusty men who had gone unwived for more than two thousand years.
Haruchai wrote:I just want to say, if some dude flexed his muscles and snapped a rope for me, how could you resist?
Hm, I guess my vacation next week now has a plan: I'm gonna start lifting weights!
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Fist and Faith wrote:However, I think an important point is that SRD intended us to remember that the Bloodguard were lusty men who had gone unwived for more than two thousand years.
That's a good point. And as I think of it, a distant foreshadow of the merewives incident (though he didn't yet have it planned)...
One strange thing about that incident I just thought of... the way Brinn and Cail act about it, it's as if they are Bloodguard. "The longing for the whiteness of our women..." But they have not been unwived for 2000 years. How long were they held captive by the Clave? A few years at the most, probably much less? Then their wives are likely still alive and waiting for them... they could have returned at the end of the Quest. Were they therefore unfaithful? Or is there a Haruchai custom that when the men leave the homeland, they have already given up their wives? (these are surely very lusty women too )
"History is a myth men have agreed upon." - Napoleon
Relayer wrote:One strange thing about that incident I just thought of... the way Brinn and Cail act about it, it's as if they are Bloodguard. "The longing for the whiteness of our women..." But they have not been unwived for 2000 years. How long were they held captive by the Clave? A few years at the most, probably much less? Then their wives are likely still alive and waiting for them... they could have returned at the end of the Quest. Were they therefore unfaithful? Or is there a Haruchai custom that when the men leave the homeland, they have already given up their wives? (these are surely very lusty women too )
Ya know... That's an excellent point! They acted like Bloodguard. And we fell right in step with them, thinking of them as the long-deprived Bloodguard. Now that you point it out, I would expect them to have more willpower than they showed! *hrm*
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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Ya know... That's an excellent point! They acted like Bloodguard. And we fell right in step with them, thinking of them as the long-deprived Bloodguard. Now that you point it out, I would expect them to have more willpower than they showed! *hrm*
