"Myfather'smountedguard"

Son of Witz · 20 Nov 2008, 17:41 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:41:27 +0000
Subject: (urth) "Myfather'smountedguard"
Message-ID: <W27272752696011227202887@webmail38>


>
>As for the issue of the Old Autarch being Thecla's father -- he cannot be
>her or Thea's biological father, as I've said before, and recently. It's
>this simple: Thecla is an exultant; the Old Autarch is decidedly not. He is
>a little guy, scarcely taller than Cyriaca. One must be *born* an exultant,
>of exultant stock. See the first appendix to CLAW.
>
>One born of the mating of an exultant and common person is taller than the
>average commoner, but notably shorter than an exultant. A person of such
>mixture is regarded as a bastard, such as the fat guy outside Agilus' cell.
>
>>>The date of the unmanning of Appian is probably crucial here. How much
>older is Thecla? How long back was Appian unmanned?<<
>
>He was unmanned not too long before Severian was born, then opened the
>whorehouse about the same year Sev was born. See chapter XXIV, CITADEL.
>
>The best determination I can make of Thecla's age is that she is a little
>older than Sev, but not a lot older. Maybe 23-25.
>
>-Roy



Okay, I'll buy that Roy.
Man, that Solar Labyrinth has some wacky ideas.
just read his idea about that oversized baby in Baldander's castle being Severian and Juturnas baby from mating in the Lake of Birds. lol.
sure. why not?  but it adds approximately squat to any deeper meaning.
~witz

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