Comments on: Lyiss is only Lyiss http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/ "They had to flee to Mhalwae..." Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Verity http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1124 Verity Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:42:36 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1124 Rabies! Eeek.... we don't have that in Australia either and whenever I see a squirrel I am like "bet that one's rabid... looks cute but it's probably rabid... no stay away... don't come near me you... I don't have any acorns!". My co-supervisor got bitten by a rabid guinea-pig when he was a kid and had to have 12 injections into the lining of his stomach. Urk! But seriously... a rabid guinea-pig... hehe. See even small cute things can be deadly where you live! Rabies! Eeek…. we don’t have that in Australia either and whenever I see a squirrel I am like “bet that one’s rabid… looks cute but it’s probably rabid… no stay away… don’t come near me you… I don’t have any acorns!”. My co-supervisor got bitten by a rabid guinea-pig when he was a kid and had to have 12 injections into the lining of his stomach. Urk! But seriously… a rabid guinea-pig… hehe. See even small cute things can be deadly where you live!

]]> By: Lothere http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1115 Lothere Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:16:17 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1115 I was wondering as I read what sort of crazy encephalitis this is that it would terrify someone from Australia... where anything with less than one or more than four legs has deadly venom and can kill you. But I guess I get the strangeness factor playing in there. My husband is all scared of bears too. And rabies! They don't have rabies in France. So here in Canada OMG everything might have rabies!!! The rabid skunks and raccoons! Oh, and the rattlesnakes and mountain lions! And moose! (which actually are the deadliest land animals, I think I read once...) Or rabid moose! Whatever. :-) But I am sure I would jump 10 feet straight up into a tree if I ever saw a real live scorpion. I was wondering as I read what sort of crazy encephalitis this is that it would terrify someone from Australia… where anything with less than one or more than four legs has deadly venom and can kill you. But I guess I get the strangeness factor playing in there. My husband is all scared of bears too. And rabies! They don’t have rabies in France. So here in Canada OMG everything might have rabies!!! The rabid skunks and raccoons! Oh, and the rattlesnakes and mountain lions! And moose! (which actually are the deadliest land animals, I think I read once…) Or rabid moose! Whatever. :-)

But I am sure I would jump 10 feet straight up into a tree if I ever saw a real live scorpion.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1123 Lisa Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:59:58 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1123 I like seeing new characters. It helps keep the story fresh. I like seeing new characters. It helps keep the story fresh.

]]> By: Verity http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1122 Verity Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:16:16 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1122 Sorry Lothere... I forgot to answer your question about the flower-gathering. Yes... I believe it actually is a Swedish tradition. I am too superstitious to do it though because I would be upset if I didn't dream about my boyf :) I did the flower-weaving last midsummer and made a somewhat lopsided and fally-aparty head dress and we danced like idiots around the maypole. I have to say I couldn't quite get over my morbid fear of ticks to enjoy the flower gathering for the weaving though. I know it is weird... but they have this tick-borne encephalitis here which is really prevalent particularly in the Stockholm archipelago (where we spent midsummers) and I can't help but check every two seconds if I have a tick. People keep telling me that it is super-strange to be so worried about ticks when I come from a place like Australia where pretty much everything can kill you :). But for some reason it is way less scary when it is your own things. I know how to deal with snakes and spiders (I really hate spiders though *shudder* and crocodiles but I would completely lose it if I came up against a bear or something. Or a tick apparently :D Sorry Lothere… I forgot to answer your question about the flower-gathering. Yes… I believe it actually is a Swedish tradition. I am too superstitious to do it though because I would be upset if I didn’t dream about my boyf :) I did the flower-weaving last midsummer and made a somewhat lopsided and fally-aparty head dress and we danced like idiots around the maypole.

I have to say I couldn’t quite get over my morbid fear of ticks to enjoy the flower gathering for the weaving though. I know it is weird… but they have this tick-borne encephalitis here which is really prevalent particularly in the Stockholm archipelago (where we spent midsummers) and I can’t help but check every two seconds if I have a tick. People keep telling me that it is super-strange to be so worried about ticks when I come from a place like Australia where pretty much everything can kill you :) . But for some reason it is way less scary when it is your own things. I know how to deal with snakes and spiders (I really hate spiders though *shudder* and crocodiles but I would completely lose it if I came up against a bear or something. Or a tick apparently :D

]]> By: Devin http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1121 Devin Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:49:07 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1121 Lyiss is beautiful, I can't wait to see more of her. This will be a very interesting midsummer's eve. Lyiss is beautiful, I can’t wait to see more of her. This will be a very interesting midsummer’s eve.

]]> By: Verity http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1120 Verity Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:18:40 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1120 The last attack was over a month ago. As Lochan mentions in <a href="http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/11/26/lochan-decides/" rel="nofollow">Lochan decides</a> they wanted to set a trap for Cebrien but so far it hasn't worked and they are not sure why. So far they have just had a guy hanging out waiting for him to show up and he hasn't. But then they haven't been trying every night. They have been reluctant as yet to use a female for bait but that is going to change now because they are getting kind of desperate. The reason Kelgar is going with them really is to protect them lest anything happen... so the part about guarding was actually true. Because they still think it is just some psychopath on the loose so they think Kelgar could take him on. And they aren't too worried since it is such a big group. The other thing is that they are really not going far from the castle. The girls are hoping they can find the flowers quite near by as they aren't allowed to go very far into the forest. Nyawe... I don't know... I don't even know how I feel about her. Remember hear we were seeing her from Lyiss' perspective. But things are definitely weird between Nyawe and Garald and we will eventually find out why (I just have heaps I want to do before then :(. And I will get around to poor Arran Barran very soon... I have an idea! You didn't really miss anything Mao except hints that we got from Nyawe in <a href="http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/10/22/nyawe-finds-a-worthy-opponent/" rel="nofollow">Nyawe finds a worthy opponent</a> that her husband wasn't interested in her and also from Garald in <a href="http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/11/26/lochan-decides/" rel="nofollow">Lochan decides</a> when Eallair suggests he should go to bed with his lovely wife and he declines. So something is a bit up there. The last attack was over a month ago. As Lochan mentions in Lochan decides they wanted to set a trap for Cebrien but so far it hasn’t worked and they are not sure why. So far they have just had a guy hanging out waiting for him to show up and he hasn’t. But then they haven’t been trying every night. They have been reluctant as yet to use a female for bait but that is going to change now because they are getting kind of desperate.

The reason Kelgar is going with them really is to protect them lest anything happen… so the part about guarding was actually true. Because they still think it is just some psychopath on the loose so they think Kelgar could take him on. And they aren’t too worried since it is such a big group. The other thing is that they are really not going far from the castle. The girls are hoping they can find the flowers quite near by as they aren’t allowed to go very far into the forest.

Nyawe… I don’t know… I don’t even know how I feel about her. Remember hear we were seeing her from Lyiss’ perspective. But things are definitely weird between Nyawe and Garald and we will eventually find out why (I just have heaps I want to do before then :( . And I will get around to poor Arran Barran very soon… I have an idea!

You didn’t really miss anything Mao except hints that we got from Nyawe in Nyawe finds a worthy opponent that her husband wasn’t interested in her and also from Garald in Lochan decides when Eallair suggests he should go to bed with his lovely wife and he declines. So something is a bit up there.

]]> By: Mao http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1119 Mao Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:13:52 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1119 Don't apologize for the set--I love it! A lot of these medieval stories take place inside so much that it's nice to get a gander outside the castle walls. ;) It's a really good setup, too, so I don't mind looking at it at all. I was a little overwhelmed by all the new names/faces, but I'm one of those few who doesn't transition well. I do like Lyiss, though, and Kelgar makes me laugh! If anything, I hope to see more of them. I also want to know why Garald shrunk away from his ever-so-amorous wife. Did I miss something? Probably. It was an interesting exchange, nonetheless. I feel so bad for Lyiss... she seems so timid and all those men seem so... well, not timid. Don’t apologize for the set–I love it! A lot of these medieval stories take place inside so much that it’s nice to get a gander outside the castle walls. ;) It’s a really good setup, too, so I don’t mind looking at it at all.

I was a little overwhelmed by all the new names/faces, but I’m one of those few who doesn’t transition well. I do like Lyiss, though, and Kelgar makes me laugh! If anything, I hope to see more of them. I also want to know why Garald shrunk away from his ever-so-amorous wife. Did I miss something? Probably. It was an interesting exchange, nonetheless.

I feel so bad for Lyiss… she seems so timid and all those men seem so… well, not timid.

]]> By: Lothere http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1118 Lothere Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:11:41 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1118 Heehee seven flowers gathered in silence, I happen to know it can lead to romantic evenings. :-) I think I read that it was some kind of Scandinavian tradition actually, maybe you know. How long has it been since the last attack? Is it just me or are these kids crazy for going outside of the castle at twilight? :-o Not that kids have ever been clever when it comes to such things. Lyiss and Arran Barran would so obviously be so cute together! Both shy like that. Of course he may still be grieving... I don't know, I still don't feel too sorry for Nyawe. Even though her husband is so obviously gay *or* so obviously totally in love with another woman. I would hate to be Lyiss though, stuck between those two. And don't be shy about showing your castle courtyard, which I still love, and don't worry about showing inside the heads of new and random characters, either. I think it's more fun... the story is still being told, right? The more POVs the more chances you have of seeing something in a unique way. But I would *love* to get a chapter from Arran Barran's POV. He's so pitifully adorable. Heehee seven flowers gathered in silence, I happen to know it can lead to romantic evenings. :-) I think I read that it was some kind of Scandinavian tradition actually, maybe you know.

How long has it been since the last attack? Is it just me or are these kids crazy for going outside of the castle at twilight? :-o Not that kids have ever been clever when it comes to such things.

Lyiss and Arran Barran would so obviously be so cute together! Both shy like that. Of course he may still be grieving…

I don’t know, I still don’t feel too sorry for Nyawe. Even though her husband is so obviously gay *or* so obviously totally in love with another woman. I would hate to be Lyiss though, stuck between those two.

And don’t be shy about showing your castle courtyard, which I still love, and don’t worry about showing inside the heads of new and random characters, either. I think it’s more fun… the story is still being told, right? The more POVs the more chances you have of seeing something in a unique way. But I would *love* to get a chapter from Arran Barran’s POV. He’s so pitifully adorable.

]]> By: Verity http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1117 Verity Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:25:02 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1117 And sorry for the complete over-use of my castle setting... but it is like the only thing I have apart from the the two peasant cottages (almost three when Hepsie, Steen and Thaell move out to theirs). Oh... and the ship which I am thoroughly sick of. Oh right... I forgot the ruined church and the being-built church. But apart from that (my argument doesn't seem so good now actually :) ) And sorry for the complete over-use of my castle setting… but it is like the only thing I have apart from the the two peasant cottages (almost three when Hepsie, Steen and Thaell move out to theirs). Oh… and the ship which I am thoroughly sick of.

Oh right… I forgot the ruined church and the being-built church. But apart from that (my argument doesn’t seem so good now actually :) )

]]> By: Verity http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1116 Verity Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:13:14 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2008/02/29/lyiss-is-only-lyiss/#comment-1116 Hi guys... sorry to be introducing such a large amount of new characters in this post. I think it is the first time I have done one from the perspective of a non-original Mhalwae character. But I love Lyiss (I wasn't planning her at all... when I made Garald I rolled to see what a baby girl from his parents would look like and got her and so I had to have her in the story) and I wanted to do something a bit fun for Midsummer. The next chapter is going to be from Kelgar's POV so I am heading into new territory here... I was planning to only let characters have a POV once they had been in the story for a while (I mean we haven't ever got to peek into Arran's head yet but I want to do one soon so hopefully). So I hope you are happy about the character addition and not sad that I am not focusing more on the ones I already had. I will try and focus on everyone! Hi guys… sorry to be introducing such a large amount of new characters in this post. I think it is the first time I have done one from the perspective of a non-original Mhalwae character. But I love Lyiss (I wasn’t planning her at all… when I made Garald I rolled to see what a baby girl from his parents would look like and got her and so I had to have her in the story) and I wanted to do something a bit fun for Midsummer. The next chapter is going to be from Kelgar’s POV so I am heading into new territory here… I was planning to only let characters have a POV once they had been in the story for a while (I mean we haven’t ever got to peek into Arran’s head yet but I want to do one soon so hopefully).

So I hope you are happy about the character addition and not sad that I am not focusing more on the ones I already had. I will try and focus on everyone!

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