[Dragaera] random thoughts on recent (or not) Texts

[Margaret Young]

On 07/11/2011 1:28 PM, Jon Lincicum wrote:
> On 11/7/2011 7:11 AM, Alexx Kay wrote:
>>> On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Alexx Kay wrote:
>>>
>>>> but specific individuals exhibit wide variation.  I think it's safe to
>>>> say
>>>> that StY has a more... elastic notion of honor than, say, Morrolan.
>>> Something she picked up from her namesake, perhaps.  I suspect Sethra's
>>> pretty practical, though I don't immediately recall an example.
>> In FHYA, she comes to the capitol to investigate Gyorg Lavode's murder,
>> despite having been banished from the court.  Later in that volume, she
>> has the audacity to suggest to Tortaalik that he abdicate.
>>
>> In _Taltos_, she does some fairly skeezy manipulation (and, arguably,
>> murder) to get Vlad to Dzur Mountain.
>>
>> These are not exactly the same sort of thing that StY does, but may
>> perhaps be taken as influential on StY's character.
>>
>> Interestingly, there is no clearly documented instance of Sethra Lavode
>> *lying*.  She is certainly willing to conceal, obfuscate, and 
>> mislead, but
>> as far as I can tell, she never tells a direct untruth.
>>
>> Alexx
>
> How about this from /Dragon/:
>
> "For one thing," said Sethra [Lavode], "we don't know any thieves."
>
> Seems like a pretty direct lie to me.
>
> Majikjon

I think Sethra would answer that _Sethra_ doesn't know any thieves. She 
makes quite a deal about keeping what one persona knows distinct from 
what the other knows.

mmyoung

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