#ooc

I think it's easier for her to show affection there. And animals don't feign affection back.

If a dog LOVES you, they just do

IF a dog loves you? Dog loving you is their ground state.

truth

So Dagmar has had better luck with dogs than people.

And she loves nature.

...ok, so maybe she is a Varich

(I don't know!)

Well, Aesin love Nature too

... and are MUCH easier to get along with....

Depends 😉

true!

But I don't know if any Aesin would undergo the changeling way

they have very clear noble/common divides

They do

meanwhile... Bachdion is going to have August illuminate erotica. This should be fun

ha!

Oh dear.

Switching...

Rob Roy on Hulu.

This movie is good changeling fodder.

oh?

Talk of honor, what it means. Nobles playing games where one strives to tarnish the name of another. Ambitious villains seeking to seize advantage and who cares about the folks caught in it? A man of honor with a righteous vengeance, and his wife braver than any would know.

cool

My stomach just gurgled while wee grey tiger is purring and petted and she is now ALARMED.

HA

I got a definite "What the hell was that!?!?" look.

ha!

Son: Father, will the MacGregors ever be kings again?

Robert Roy MacGregor: All men with honor are kings. But not all kings have honor.

Son: What is honor?

Robert Roy MacGregor: Honor is...

[Mary looking on]

Robert Roy MacGregor: what no man can give you and none can take away. Honor is a man's gift to himself.

Son: Do women have it?

Robert Roy MacGregor: Women are the heart of honor, and we cherish and protect it in them. You must never mistreat a woman, or malign a man, nor stand by and see another do so.

Son: How do you know if you have it?

Robert Roy MacGregor: Never worry on the getting of it. It grows in you, and speaks to you. All you need do is listen.

sigh

Sigh?

mmm

Women as passive angels, honor as a man's thing

well, for the time period.

yeah

Good movie, but yes, it is hard on the ladies. there's abuse of power, rape, abandonment and more. But Rob's wife knifes a man in the throat for endangering her family, so there's that

Yeah

Braveheart is pretty awful, too. A LOT of medieval/renn movies are.

Or they overcompensate with Action Girls!

See, the latter actually bothers me a bit more. I know there were some women who fought, but having every milkmaid and princess be a master of the blade in a historical period movie makes me twitch

That's not to say every woman should be a passive helpless damsel, even those without miltant power were not to be crossed depending on their station , influence and talent.

And I did think MiLady De Winter of the 70s three musketeers movies (And books) was scary as hell!

I agree on DeWinter

And all hollywood can think of to show a "strong" woman is "Oh, she can fight better than the men, except for leading man!"

Yup . And such ladies did exist in different periods of history. And the greatest pirate leader i history was a woman in china.

My favorite movie medieval woman is Eleanor of Aquitaine in the Lion in Winter

She was awesome

Smart, anything but passive

Working within the political limits of her time

Or acknowledging when she broke the rules (and oh, did EoA break rules)