Undine's nature

David Stockhoff · 17 Oct 2011, 23:05 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:05:28 -0400
Subject: (urth) Undine's nature
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On 10/17/2011 7:00 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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>
> > I've heard that theory before but it is quite a minority opinion I 
> think.
> > I think it has merit because there is the sexual attraction between
> > Severian and Juturna which I find a necessary requirement for 
> identifying
> > Severa. I think the complete absence of sexual attraction, along with
> > some other evidence, rules out Merryn .
> Ruling out what most consider the most likely candidate for Severian?s 
> putative sister, simply because he does not note that he is sexually 
> attracted to her, seems a perverse reading in every sense of the word. 
> (Most certainly the converse does not apply, or half the women of the 
> Commonwealth must be Severian?s sisters.)
I wouldn't assume that Sev is not attracted to Juturna, nor that an 
attraction is not returned. However, consummation seems 
impossible---make of that what you will.

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