tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post653443348224119545..comments2023-10-03T18:30:42.773-05:00Comments on Meta Watershed: PYA: CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONEMaggie Jochildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-65619237556118125272010-10-11T23:08:00.344-05:002010-10-11T23:08:00.344-05:00Pyosz is a year older than Maar and two years olde...Pyosz is a year older than Maar and two years older than Abbo. Pyosz was 20 when she came to Pya, it took her and Maar a year to get together and two more years before they had Qux. Qux is two years older than Merrl, who in turn is around two years older than Ngus, now about a year. So Merrl is 3, Qux is 5, making Pyosz 28, Maar 27, and Abbo 26.<br /><br />Moving to the New World was Mill's way of staking out territory separate from Halling but also from the family and Skene. She encouraged and rewarded rebellion in Abbo as a continuation of her own need for space and approval, not seeing how untethered it left Abbo. Of those five kids raised in Cao Manage, the two who most identified with Yoj (and Qen) have become the most successful emmas. I know that's biased on my part but I am The Author.<br /><br />Human beings began as small primates existing in a terrain with large carnivores, and even the herbivores they learned to hunt were usually dangerous. Being removed from that balance has made us arrogant, and we have not always used our extra or leisure in smart ways. Skene threw very modern folks back into an ancient paradigm and offered a chance to do a better job this time around. Depending on your value system, they have or have not succeeded.Maggie Jochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-91471214313610155202010-10-11T21:43:20.875-05:002010-10-11T21:43:20.875-05:00I loved Abbo. This sucks. In a great, novel-y wa...I loved Abbo. This sucks. In a great, novel-y way.<br /><br />Abbo was younger than Pyosz, I think, but I've lost track of how old Pyosz is at this point. Mid 20s?Bluehttp://www.blueox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-67643067737228729512010-10-06T15:28:13.177-05:002010-10-06T15:28:13.177-05:00Poor Abbo. She was always destined to be lev-fodd...Poor Abbo. She was always destined to be lev-fodder. I can't remember how old she was... late twenties?<br /><br />She was a pain in the neck, but I understand why she behaved as she did. To be always measured against more brilliant, responsible, community-focused family members, and always found wanting (even if only in her own mind) must have driven her to extreme behaviour. Much in the way stereotyped peoples embrace and exaggerate the stereotype in a kind of perverse rebellion. "You think I'm like this? I'll SHOW you how!"Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849813398967636905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-19156528597612907592010-10-05T17:38:44.191-05:002010-10-05T17:38:44.191-05:00but it's just people fishing! Not even World&#...but it's just people fishing! Not even World's Deadliest Catch involves lasers for pity's sake.C. Divanoreply@blogger.com