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Exploring the Subtextual - Robinton/Menolly in the DRoP series
So. I've been re-reading my Harper Hall Trilogy--yes, I know, shocking! I usually pop up here and beg you lovely people to go look up canon for me!--and of course, while I'm revisiting the books, I'm paying attention to all sorts of things. One of those things is the Robinton/Menolly relationship, and its potential romantic aspects, because it's always been a little bit odd, yet I've never seen anyone put together a comprehensive post on it. So I figured--what the hey! However, for clarification, I'm not intending this post to convince anyone about anything...I'm not looking to convert disbelievers, so to speak. It's more of a fandom-wank thing...goofing around in an analytical nerdy way to see what support the books actually have in a pairing that interests me. It is very clear and supported in the text that Menolly and Sebell is the canonical relationship Menolly is in. So far, I have freshly (as in, the past 3 days) re-read Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums. They are the new YA paperback editions, with the saturated colors and symbollic firelizard icons on front, not the old ones with the pretty Rowena art (unless you count the new covers cribbing the faulty 4-limbed firelizard design from her). Harper Hall Trilogy, Books 1 and 2 The first two, Dragonsong and Dragonsinger are pretty unambiguous; I honestly didn't come across a single line where you could interpret the relationship between Robinton and Menolly as anything other than Master/Apprentice and Teacher/Student. In addition, the same could be said of Sebell/Menolly, only Sebell was shaded as more of a slightly-elder peer. If you really, really wanted to stretch it, you could tag the scene in Dragonsong where Robinton physically picks Menolly up and carries her across the bowl as one using a romantic trope...strong dude carrys helpless maiden out of danger. But given Menolly is written as a child at this time (although McCaffrey HAS had a male romantic partner have contact with their future mates during the women's childhoods in both Damia and Pegasus in Flight), you could equally cast him in the much more probable role of father carrying his daughter out of danger. So, all in all, "Nothing to see here, move on." Harper Hall Trilogy, Book 3 Dragondrums is where things get interesting. Most of the Robinton/Menolly subtext is actually attached to the Sebell/Menolly courtship subplot of this book. So let me touch on that, before we get into the Menolly/Robinton stuff. There are 2 scenes where Sebell drapes his arm over Menolly's shoulders; this seems to be his way of indicating his romantic interest in Menolly. The first scene is located fairly early in Dragondrums, where Piemur and Menolly go to meet Sebell as he returns home from Southern. Sebell gets off his boat, and when he reaches Menolly and Piemur, puts his arms over both their shoulders. This isn't subtext for the Sebell/Menolly relationship; Piemur right out states in his POV that Sebell's making moves on Menolly and using Piemur as a distraction. Page 39 of the US paperback of Dragondrums: Quote:
Next one is page 168 of the US paperback of Dragondrums: Quote:
ANYWAY. Sebell's sexy moves: Putting his arm over your shoulder. Canon text. Robinton's sexy moves: Putting his arm over your shoulder? Subtext? The "arm-over-Menolly's-shoulders" is repeated by Robinton in a scene that keeps catching me with other sources of possible subtext as well. Here's the scene, from page 200 of the US paperback of Dragondrums: Quote:
So while you could absolutely read the scene fairly straight with Robinton's arm truly being all about the teacher/student comfort, to me it has McCaffrey-style romance trigger-words embedded in it that speak of subtext. It's actually kind of weird, because you have to have read her works across several series many times and sort of internalized them to pick up on it, but if you HAVE done that, like me, they pop out pretty strongly in this scene. While other scenes with potential subtext can and have been read by me in a neutral manner, this one actually for years has been read by me with a more romantic twist, much like the scenes that you know are supposed to be read like that such as the ones I quoted earlier with Sebell and his fascination with Menolly's shoulders. ![]() All right, enough with Menolly camping the Hall's front door, pining for Robinton. Let's talk about boats. Remember the mentioned-in-passing-but-never-shown boat scene where Robinton and Menolly get blown off course to Southern and discover Cove? I didn't actually recall it was mentioned in Dragondrums, but it is. Unless they've managed this unlikely feat twice. Here's the reference, page 202: Quote:
(Sorry. Had to say it. What fun is it if I can't make jokes in such a seriously fan-wankish post?) No real subtext per se--aside from this big open gap where you wonder what conversations and scenes happened during that long period of being lost at sea and slowly sailing from literally the east end of the Southern continent to the west end, which presumably takes more than a day or two. Whatever happened during this time, happend between Robinton and Menolly a turn prior to the events of Dragondrums. Let's move on to the firelizards-make-sexy-times boat scene with Sebell and Menolly. This scene has a part that I really don't know how to interpret without subtext, because reading it straight doesn't make any sense to me. Oh wait, here's Sebell being something of a bastard, page 220: Quote:
In his defence, he is apparantly sorry a few sentences later that it's coerced to some extent, due to firelizards. Which is more than can be said for other pairings on Pern. Oh, and in Dragondrums Menolly has sea-green eyes...just like Robinton's wife Kasia in MHoP. That's some hard-core Robinton/Menolly subtext for you! Page 222: Quote:
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So what the heck does this mean? That they love Robinton in separate ways? If they both just had a strong love of their teacher and mentor, it would be the "same" love, more or less, yes? How does Menolly's love differ from Sebell's? Or is it only different in that Sebell won't get jealous that Menolly cares for Robinton? And if that's the case, that there's the possibility of him being jealous over a platonic love, why wouldn't she feel the same, in that she's not going to be jealous of HIS love for Robinton? And what on EARTH (or Pern) does it mean to say, "Hey, I lust for you myself, not just because of Kimi" and then "You always stand back and defer to Robinton, Sebell". I mean...was, like, Sebell waiting for Robinton to make a move on Menolly or vice versa? Was there something active going on there with Robinton and Menolly that he didn't want to disrupt, or was he just not wanting to spoil any potential between Robinton and Menolly because he knew Menolly had some Unresolved Sexual Tension going on there? (Or, that he knew Robinton had some towards her?) I honestly have a very difficult time NOT assuming Menolly's love for Robinton is a bit more than platonic, because if I try to throw that assumption out the window, I really don't know what the heck Anne McCaffrey is trying to convey to us here about these characters. In this instance, it makes more sense to me if we assume that yes, Menolly is attracted to Robinton above and beyond her love of him. There's absolutely no point in bringing up the possibility that Sebell might have issues with Menolly's love of Robinton if it's the same type of love as his is for Robinton. That doesn't make sense to me. But Menolly's love for Robinton IS brought up, so there must be something unusual about it. And what has Menolly wished in that cut-off line of dialogue? To do what they just did before then? Or something else? I don't get it. Stupid Sebell, cutting her off. Here's some more "I don't get what's happening" quoteage on the next page, page 223, a few sentences after the above quote, which they are referring to: Quote:
Or was the thing they'd finally spoken about something else? Here's another question...Menolly's obviously not shy about firelizard-mating-sex. So is it because she's experienced (which makes me wonder about that missing boat scene with Robinton, as he does, after all, have a bronze, and Kimi is flying one year later...I don't recall if queens and bronzes mature at the same time), or because it's Sebell and she wants him? Or is it just Menolly's character? She's a bit of an odd one in that in some scenes she's written very passively, yet in others she has boatloads of confidence. Dragonsong has her pretty assertive at Half-Circle, despite being beaten. Yet Dragonsinger has her written pretty passively the whole way through. In Dragondrums she vacillates strongly depending on the context and company, very sure of herself in some scenes, and very dependant upon Robinton and Sebell in others. I can see her being experienced, given she has 9 firelizards (and 10 in later books) and has had to deal with Beauty rising in Turns prior. The question being, who was the lucky man? This is obviously Sebell's first time with her, and with Kimi rising since he didn't recognize the signs. That damn missing boat scene with Robinton from "one turn prior" in the timeline will forever bug me and make me think of wild things to insert there. Bonus: Robinton/Silvina Robinton/Silvina as a pairing caught me by surprise when The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern mentioned it. But it's canon, even prior to MHoP; there is a scene in Dragondrums where Robinton caresses Silvina's cheek. Yes, she's his Headwoman, but I have a hard time picturing, say, F'lar, doing the same to Manora! Page 112 of Dragondrums: Quote:
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So. That's the subtext I spotted in Dragondrums.
Next up? The White Dragon. I think that's the one where the Robinton/Menolly subtext gets louder, because Robinton gets jealous Jaxom is flying off to Southern where he will be alone with Menolly. |
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Maybe the bit about deferring to Master Robinton means that although Sebell wanted to take his relationship with Menolly to the next step, he thought Master Robinton wouldn't approve for some reason? That it might be unprofessional? I had more to this thought but now it's gone...
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The way I've read it is that Menolly absolutely adores Robinton in every way possible, but that he's always (or HAS he...?) maintained the professional and paternal form of their relationship above other possibilities. I'm sure he fancies the pants off her, but sees himself as a little of a seedy old man who'd be power-tripping if he ever indulged himself on that score - he knows how much she loves him, but perhaps feels that the sexual side of things is driven more by a crush coupled with the rest of their relationship dynamics than by a genuine attachment that could blossom into a long-lasting relationship. Besides, he knows that Sebell likes her too. I can SEE Anne writing their relationship with this in mind, because it keeps the alpha-male in the driving seat, as usual, with or without any actual sex taking place. *sigh*
Another factor is the changes Robinton is trying to bring to Pern, and the teacher-pupil relationship. What Menolly's position does for emancipating other women on Pern is hugely useful to him - but if he breaks the teacher-pupil relationship taboo, she's less than she was before, just a Master's bit of fluff in some eyes, and not a good example for allowing women into Serious Crafting. This, I think, is one of the major intervening factors preventing a relationship - they both have to keep their respective professionalisms whiter than white. |
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There are many forms and degrees of love. Robinton was Menolly's hero. He rescued her and provided her with a life she had dreamed of but never expected to achieve. Of course she loved him. Robinton loved Menolly because of her youthful exuberance and her dedication to the things he also loved.
I don't see much point in assigning any great significance to the incident at sea. There were a lot of different pressures on both of them at that time. I honestly always believed he saw her as the child he should have had if things had gone differently for him. As for Sebell's deference, I think most everyone considered her Robinton's special protege and naturally would have to be respected in much the same way as some Lords sought to talk to Lytol regarding Jaxom's possible matching with their own offspring. Traditionally on Pern, parents (or Guardians or Masters) are always deferred to in such situations. So, I guess you'll have to count me as a non-convert. |
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I think there was something else in The White Dragon that happened on the boat. I just can't remember what exactly it was. Some thing about a longing that would never be. Some thing to that extent. I wish I knew where my copy of the book was.
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I always thought of this topic as silly, as I never looked at their relationship that way. I always thought that Menolly viewed Robinton as a fatherly figure, because of everything he had done to her - to her, he was a lovingly father who respected her wishes and, more importantly, supported her with her dreams - something she never had before. It's only natural, I think, that she had such strong emotions towards him, a feeling of love (father - daughter love, mind you), respect, gratitude, and, I think, she was ready and willing to do and go through everything for him. I always thought that Robinton could understand what Menolly went through with her father, as his relationship with Petiron wasn't good either. Ok, Petiron didn't strike him when he would compose, but, like Yanus, never respected Robinton's talent and talked to him about it.
So he could probably understand that Menolly needed someone she can truly trust and rely on, who would understand her and respect her dreams and help her best he could to make them come true. For the scene where Sebell throws his arms over Piemur's and Menolly's shoulders, and Piemur thinking if Robinton knew what he knows... maybe he meant, if Robinton knew about Sebell's feelings towards Menolly and if she shares those feelings, because he's so close to both of them and knows them pretty well, and if they had perhaps told him something... The later scene where Sebell repeats his move, and Robinton does so later as well could just be translated as a friendly gesture, something someone who cares about you and your feelings would do if he felt you need a friendly hug because you were down on your luck or your worried or something. And the leaning thing... again, maybe it's just a thing you would do with a friend or a person you view as a fatherly figure when you're worried. ''Slender''? If she's described as a boy, I would expect her figure to be small and skinny, and if her shoulders are slender (for it's her shoulder that are described as slender) I would expect no less from a girl who looks very much like a boy. About the boat scene between Sebell and Menolly... like I said before, Menolly has very strong feelings for Robinton (they don't need to be romantic, mind you), and maybe she was always trying to find a way to pay him back for everything he did for her and thought that everything she did wasn't enough. And she probably knew (people talk, so must have picked thing up in the Hold) about his past and maybe felt sorry for him and thought that she needed to do something for him to make it easier - she maybe saw it as her duty. As for Sebell - he probably knew, and must have saw it, how much Menolly means to Robinton, and he to her, and maybe felt that he has no right to come in between them, to ruin that, to push himself in... The mating flight was a good chance for them to finally say how they feel about each other. And maybe that was her first time, but she wanted Sebell and wasn't afraid of it. It wasn't forced (well, sort of). And at the end, the Robinton/Silvina scene? You can't deny that Robinton and Silvina were together years before, and they have a son. Is it hard to imagine that Robinton still has feelings for Silvina, or that they're just like those old couples that have been together for so long and just show their feelings that way? They're not married, that's true, and maybe his feelings for her aren't strong as they were for Kasia, but they loved each other, and they remained friend years after it, support each other and the likes. To conclude, I don't think there is sexual love between them. Robinton might view Menolly sometimes as a pretty, young girl, but that doesn't mean he wants to bed her. Of course, like you said, you might need to read all of McCaffrey's works to notice it, as I didn't, but I never view that this way, although I see through fan fiction that many people do.
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I never understood why anyone saw any subtext at all. So I guess I agree this topic is silly. If there's any wording that might be taken as indicative of romance because it was used that way elsewhere, coudln't that just be because McCaffrey also wrrote romance and used those phrases or actions out of habit?
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I don't think there's any subtext in the series. There is of course, the scene in The White Dragon where they share the kiss on the trip to Cove Hold after the heart attack and that was definitely filled with romantic tension in my opinion but that seems to be the only time after Menolly had grown up that they both let their guard down in that manner. Before then Menolly was too young, and after that Menolly and Robinton accepted that Menolly and Sebell were a match made in heaven so to speak.
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When I read the Harper Trilogy, many, many turns ago, I remember feeling a bit surprised when Menolly paired with Sebell. Not that I thought Robinton and Menolly would ever have a serious, long-term sexual relationship, but because Sebell had seemed so . . . not right? Somehow?
Robinton struck me as a bit conflicted in regards to Menolly. He loved her like a couldabeen daughter, but I wouldn’t have been surprised if Anne had mentioned a few, brief, occasional fantasies of something more. Doesn’t a pretty, feisty, adoring, young girl make an older, experienced, heart-sore man feel younger than he is? Wouldn’t she, especially if she reminded him of Kasia in any way, inadvertently reawaken those younger desires? I took it as a sign of immense strength that Robinton didn’t act on any private fantasies he might have had; he was, after all, a pragmatist, always looking at the long range effects of any course of action. And Menolly loved Robinton as should have been able to love her father. But, he wasn’t her father, and I wonder if she might have had a few fantasies about such a loving, caring older man. As far as Sebell ‘deferring’ to Robinton: He too was a pragmatist, and certainly didn’t want to harm his mentoring relationship with Robinton by courting Robinton’s almost daughter without permission. About the ‘missing boat scene’: Hmm, is there any fanfic on that topic out there? I should think it could either be very sweet and touching, or very gross and demented. My own opinion is that if the fire lizards caused need in either or both Robinton or Menolly, any encounter would have been loving, kind, and probably chaste! It is possible to scratch an itch quite satisfactorily without removing one’s clothing, ya know? And I think they would both have realized the impracticality of such a relationship. Hmm, I feel a fanfic forming. Gotta change the subject, quick! On F’lar and Manora: why not? If Manora were closer to F’lar’s age or younger, and if Lessa didn’t exist, and if his father hadn’t bedded her already, maybe Manora would have been Weyrwoman of Benden Weyr! She has the perfect personality for strong, respectable leadership, and she is loving and kind and organized and realistic. Though, I don’t think the story would have been near as interesting as with Lessa. Oh, gotta find those books! Robinton and Menolly’s relationship would be a wonderful fanfic (after I finish the current one). |
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She also the mother of F'lar half brother, F'nor. too.
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Robinton and Silvina had a relationship, which resulted in the birth of Camo. but for some reason, he blames himself for the birth accident that resulted in the baby's disability...
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I think it may be in People of Pern. I remember reading somewhere that Camo's disability was the reason he never had any more children - he was afraid the same thing would happen.
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Wasn't that in the Master Harper?
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I couldn't find anything in MHoP, but in Dragonlover's Guide it says, speaking of Robinton and Silvina, "They produced one son, Camo, who turned out to be retarded. Robinton could not bring himself to father any more children, lest they all turn out to be like the first." Of course, DG predated MHoP.
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I don't think MHoP has any explicit reference but it definitely has a section involving Robinton struggling over the issue of Camo having a bad birth (umbilical cord was around his neck I believe, cutting off oxygen to the brain leading to his mentally deficient state) and his subsequent issues with fatherhood--wishing Camo to be more proficient, but with Silvina's advice coming to view the apprentices of the Harper Hall as his children and accepting Camo for who he was rather than endlessly wishing for him to be someone he was not.
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Or can we explain his subsequent childlessness as a Benden-wine induced case of Brewer's Droop...? ![]() Oh my. The drunken plotbunnies. Harper Hall's best kept secret... |
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The holders tended to want large families to help work the land so that they didn't have to hire outsiders, and also to claim more land. Since presumably the contraceptive potion was something they'd have to buy, they probably use it to space out the births rather than prevent them altogether. That's assuming it was a widely-known remedy --- Petiron was apparently abstaining from 'what he might not have' before they went to Pierie. Maybe it was made from a rare herb and cost too much for most people. |
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Plus, with between being readily available for the powerful sections of society, there's no drive to develop any alternative contraception/abortifacients. |
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I thought only dragonriders used between for that. But, come to think of it, I see no reason anyone else wound't use it as well.
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I'm sure certain holders knew enough to get their daughters conveniently fostered to other holds via dragonback if and when the need arose, depending on whether the hold was more in need of bastards-of-the-blood or unsullied, marriageable assets at the time... though it would appear to have drifted out of plausible fashion by later Passes.
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In my opinion, and that is only recently formed (from like the 20th time I re read the series)...i dont think that there is anything other than a deep and abiding "brotherly love" between Robinton and Menolly; but here's the thing, isnt it odd that she is SO very hated by her father Yanus,is it ONLY the disparity between what a woman should be and what Menollly is and can achieve? and ahd doesnt really physically resemble her siblings,does she?(think I remember remember reading that in Dragonsong, her being so tall and lanky, and isnt robinton himself discribed that way over and over?) and Petrion sure is devotedly kind to her, could it be....that Petrion is Menolly's Father? and that would make Robinton her half brother, Of course that would make it akward for her being Married to Sebell then wouldnt it? because isnt he some sort of half cousin twice removed or somthing to Robinton on Robinton's mother's side? (refeance MHoP) if I am off base and reading something into this that isnt there, please-redirect my thinking into a different tract, although, like I said I dont think there was anything other that platonic love and deep friendship between Robinton and Menolly.
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He was also afraid something like what happened to Camo would happen again.
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The theory awmotb just posted was that PETIRON, not Robinton, was Menolly's father. So Robinton's feelings on having more children are beside the point.
However, I don't think the maths add up for it to work. It wouldn't make any relation to Sebell that awkward as he and Robinton aren't closely related. Just about the ONLY universal incest taboo is parent/offspring, with even certain sibling pairings being permissible (though not common.) The idea that first cousins are too close for marriage is fairly recent and not always even backed up by genetics. I don't think the Pernese worry too much about cousin crosses. |
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The books read to me as The Writer isn't sure which way she is going to go with Menolly, and until the entire story played it's self out in her mind, and thru the different books to us, the readers. She had her showing concern, caring, and feelings, for all three of the majof influences in her "new" life.
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Something to keep in mind: before Pern, Anne was a romance writer, so something of the subtext that Domini pointed out is going to be there. What's remarkable is the fact Anne DIDN'T subcom to temptation & turn the Harper Hall trilogy & that 'Lost' incident mentioned in TWD into another typical Harlequin romance! Kudos to Anne for some real maturity there!
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on Earth it dos, but Pern is an totaly different matter
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Don't tropical storms follow pressure fronts and wind currents? If the winds over the appropriate region blow west-to-east, wouldn't the tropical storm also flow west-to-east as a result?
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Well, there's always BASS (Because Anne Says So)--but let's remember, Anne said that Pern is supposed to be Science Fiction, not Fantasy. And she even drafted a few scientist friends to do beta reads for her
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And we know Pern has the same rotational direction as Earth because of the time zone indications, so logically, Pern would then have the same general make up of air currents. Am I understanding that correctly?
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