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I've removed the reference to the possibility of Riley taking the child to sea if it's a boy. This was pure speculation, and on the part of an aviator and is not likely to be directly enacted. Indeed given the situation in Riley's family with his elder brother having only girls, it is possible that a boy child would be raised in the family home as he may well inherit. --[[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 06:51, 6 November 2007 (PST) | I've removed the reference to the possibility of Riley taking the child to sea if it's a boy. This was pure speculation, and on the part of an aviator and is not likely to be directly enacted. Indeed given the situation in Riley's family with his elder brother having only girls, it is possible that a boy child would be raised in the family home as he may well inherit. --[[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 06:51, 6 November 2007 (PST) | ||
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| + | I'm still trying to figure out why that solution hasn't occurred to Riley himself! Harcourt's obviously not interested in raising a boy child, and bringing an infant aboard a naval ship involves certain logistical difficulties, such as the need to bring a wet-nurse as well. [[User:Rose|Rose]] 09:12, 4 December 2008 (PST) | ||
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| + | Forgive me if I'm being a femi-nazi or something but I do not think the section about Harcourt's treatment of the baby is unbiased? Certainly Riley would like for her to sit at home and mother the baby all the time so he didn't have to, but it's not like 'Napoleon-invaded-my-country-and-my-rare-dragon-can-repel-his troops' isn't a valid excuse? Certainly she missed the early fighting and didn't leave her sick bed until everything had gone to hell? She may be disappointed that the child is a boy--obviously--but she does "visit" it Victory of Eagles, and Laurence's narration says Lily is jealous, which makes me think there must be some affection? (This bit is what prompted this rant here, sorry! Seems a bit hard on Harcourt.) | ||
| + | :''Female dragons are not usually maternal, as John Granby once observed to Laurence, and Harcourt's reaction to the child was rather draconic. A bit more than a month after the birth, Napoleon's troops invaded Britain. Harcourt and Lily left the child with Riley and a wet nurse to rejoin their formation on active duty, even though Harcourt was still somewhat frail at the time. She told Laurence that the Aerial Corps could not spare her and Lily, which was true enough, but it might also have been true that Harcourt had little personal inclination to be spared.'' | ||
| + | -- [[User:Strangerface|Strangerface]] 19:59, 16 August 2010 (PDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 02:59, 17 August 2010
I've removed the reference to the possibility of Riley taking the child to sea if it's a boy. This was pure speculation, and on the part of an aviator and is not likely to be directly enacted. Indeed given the situation in Riley's family with his elder brother having only girls, it is possible that a boy child would be raised in the family home as he may well inherit. --Andrew 06:51, 6 November 2007 (PST)
I'm still trying to figure out why that solution hasn't occurred to Riley himself! Harcourt's obviously not interested in raising a boy child, and bringing an infant aboard a naval ship involves certain logistical difficulties, such as the need to bring a wet-nurse as well. Rose 09:12, 4 December 2008 (PST)
Objectivity[edit]
Forgive me if I'm being a femi-nazi or something but I do not think the section about Harcourt's treatment of the baby is unbiased? Certainly Riley would like for her to sit at home and mother the baby all the time so he didn't have to, but it's not like 'Napoleon-invaded-my-country-and-my-rare-dragon-can-repel-his troops' isn't a valid excuse? Certainly she missed the early fighting and didn't leave her sick bed until everything had gone to hell? She may be disappointed that the child is a boy--obviously--but she does "visit" it Victory of Eagles, and Laurence's narration says Lily is jealous, which makes me think there must be some affection? (This bit is what prompted this rant here, sorry! Seems a bit hard on Harcourt.)
- Female dragons are not usually maternal, as John Granby once observed to Laurence, and Harcourt's reaction to the child was rather draconic. A bit more than a month after the birth, Napoleon's troops invaded Britain. Harcourt and Lily left the child with Riley and a wet nurse to rejoin their formation on active duty, even though Harcourt was still somewhat frail at the time. She told Laurence that the Aerial Corps could not spare her and Lily, which was true enough, but it might also have been true that Harcourt had little personal inclination to be spared.
-- Strangerface 19:59, 16 August 2010 (PDT)
