[Dragaera] The Unrecorded Cracks

[Jon Lincicum]

Mark A. Mandel wrote:
> This is already on Cracks and Shards, although I see that I've left a reference blank and I haven't updated the Contents links on the Cracks main page. See http://cracksandshards.com/misc-cracks.html#Chaz_Tukko .
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Mark A. Mandel
> Proprietor, Cracks and Shards
> a Steven K.Z. Brust fan page
>   
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com>
> To: Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:17:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] The Unrecorded Cracks
>
> On 2/12/07, Philip Hart wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Davdi Silverrock wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On 2/11/07, Davdi Silverrock wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> In reviewing the noble Dr. Whom's archive of narrative inconsistencies
>>>> (and noting some notable absences among them),
>>>>         
>>     
>>> /Issola/, /tLoCB/, & /Dzur/: Who is younger, Tukko or Sethra Lavode?
>>>       
>> I wouldn't call this a Crack.  Esp. since they might both be telling
>> the truth as they see it.  And since it's surely a feature not a bug.
>>     
>
> Well, perhaps.  But that's plaster, or maybe rather spackle.
>
> I insist that even if a crack is obviously deliberate & with malice
> aforethought on the part of Meta:Steven Brust, it is still nonetheless
> a crack.
>
>   
I beg your pardon, but the Chaz/Tukko-related crack to which you do the 
honor to refer on your page is not, in fact, the same as the one being 
cited here...

The crack on this page is in regards to the name of the character (and 
certainly a valid point, as Chaz seems to inherit the name of a certain 
Jhereg innkeeper from /TPG/ at some point along the line) whereas I 
believe the issue that Davdi was trying to draw attention to was in 
regards to the seemingly contradictory statements made by Sethra in 
/Issola/ that Tukko is "Younger than I am." and by Tukko in /Dzur/ 
saying that Sethra is "Younger than I am."

While I am entirely convinced that this is an intentional situation on 
our esteemed author's part, I believe that it is, nevertheless, an 
anomoly worth documenting.

Majikjon