Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 6 2015, 06:05 AM
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Egg-bearing
How long is the fertility of a queen dragon? I was wondering because Ramoth has been fertile for (without checking dates) 25 to 30 years. Any ideas on how much longer it would be before Lessa has...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 16 2014, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 5
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Lessa's actions
I've been thinking about Lessa's behavior after Fax's death and I just can't make sense out of it. She's just gotten what she wanted and her response is to run away and then rather stupidly climb...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 26 2014, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 564
Views: 305,630
Re: Your Pern Movie Cast
In the books Lucy is clearly identified as blonde, just as Susan has dark hair and is stunningly beautiful. I like the actors to at least try to match the books.
On topic, that's why I changed my...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 14 2014, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 564
Views: 305,630
Re: Your Pern Movie Cast
Let's just say that we hope they do MUCH better with Pern. After all, they have a visual guide to go by!
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 13 2014, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 564
Views: 305,630
Re: Your Pern Movie Cast
I know! How hard would it be to find a blonde to play Lucy or let the actress wear a wig? And Susan! Geez. She's supposed to be a legendary beauty, instead we get a so-so pretty actress with...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 2 2014, 03:27 AM
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Replies: 564
Views: 305,630
Re: Your Pern Movie Cast
Okay, I'm sold. Forget Tamzin, Devon Aoki is perfect. I'm something of a purist and I think the actor should look as much as possible like the character. The casting in the Narnia movies ticked me...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 1 2014, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 564
Views: 305,630
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 1 2014, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 564
Views: 305,630
Re: Your Pern Movie Cast
Here's a pic of Tamzin. I tried to put it in the post but it's too large.
http://opionator.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/rosa-tamzin-merchant.jpg
Anareth, you're not giving her enough credit as...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 31 2014, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 564
Views: 305,630
Re: Your Pern Movie Cast
I could see Mila as Lessa, but Analeigh would not work for the other two. She's way too tall for Brekke and frankly just doesn't have the right "look" for either one. I still favor Tamzin Merchant...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 31 2014, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,932
Re: Feeding your dragon
Skywaterblue Thanks! I love that thread, it really goes into the logistics of weyr life.
Anareth I always took it to mean cattle myself.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 29 2014, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,932
Feeding your dragon
If this has been discussed before please feel free to delete this thread.
I find myself wondering how many herdbeasts/wherries/other animals it takes a week to feed a dragon. How many does a...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 24 2014, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,230
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 24 2014, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,251
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 23 2014, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,251
Re: Fur and textiles on Pern
D.M. Yes, it is ridiculous, just like forgetting plain words like cow and horse. I can see forgetting the word dolphin because they lost contact with them. They did not lose knowledge of cows and...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 23 2014, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,251
Re: Fur and textiles on Pern
I'm beginning to be doubtful of that, D.M. I'd have to go dig out my copy of Dragondrums, but I seem to remember Piemur talk about hair or fur side.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 22 2014, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,230
Re: All the fics of Pern
I'd love to see a longer story where Menolly and her dragon (gold or otherwise) play a part in the overall story of Pern. Aside from Lessa, we really see very little of the queen riders.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 22 2014, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,230
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 22 2014, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,230
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 22 2014, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,230
Re: All the fics of Pern
*nods* Now if I could only find more Menolly as queen rider stories. I've always thought it was a shame she never stood for Impression. She would have been a natural.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 22 2014, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 24
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 21 2014, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,251
Re: Fur and textiles on Pern
There is one scene where Piemur washes his fouled furs in water. I always thought that was a major no-no for fur.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 21 2014, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,251
Re: Fur and textiles on Pern
Ah. Now I was completely unaware of that. They're never talked about in the Ninth Pass books that I can recall.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 21 2014, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,251
Fur and textiles on Pern
I've always been a little bothered by the constant reference to sleeping furs. What kind of furs? The only mammals I know of on Pern are herdbeasts (cattle) and runnerbeasts (horses). When I think...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 17 2014, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 11,597
Re: AU: What would YOU change?
D.M., you're one of my favorite writers. The Day Benden Weyr Went to War is pure gold. I'd love to see you write those stories, though I would hope you'd make Jora a lonely depressed woman, not a...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 16 2014, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 11,597
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 16 2014, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 11,597
AU: What would YOU change?
I know I'm not alone in daydreaming different scenarios for Anne's stories. One thing I would change, simply because I feel she got shafted, is Jora's situation. F'lon is hopelessly shortsighted...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 13 2014, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
My bad, sorry. *grins* I'm not up on the terminology, but still the Pernese seemed to do quite well in that area.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 13 2014, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
That makes sense. I think they actually had a fairly good handle on infection. They were pretty good with homeopathic drugs.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 13 2014, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 50
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Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
You're welcome. I still don't buy it. Among other things they'd have to know how to do blood transfusions, how to type blood, etc. I just don't think they had that knowledge any longer.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 13 2014, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
Actually it specifically states in one book (perhaps Dolphins) that she DID have a C-section, which along removing the appendix is the only surgery extant before AIVAS is found. Which frankly I...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 10 2014, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 50
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Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
Toric was somewhat younger than her, wasn't he? I also think she might have considered him another Fax, which would have repulsed her.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 9 2014, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
Ah, but Lessa "blurred" her appearance (don't ask me how that would work) and she kept herself smelly and unappealing. She may also have "nudged" any man who went after her anyway. You do have a...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 8 2014, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
Y'know, if I was trying to win the support of a woman I knew was a schemer who was used to subterfuge and plotting, I would have taken her into my confidence and let her know my plans, not demand...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 8 2014, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
I guess my problem is that I am viewing it by modern Western standards, not Pernese standards. F'lar did a horribly poor job of handling Lessa, both sexually and personally. Lessa should have...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 8 2014, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
I'd have to go look up the passages again, but F'lar himself said that the first mating flight was violent and that he wished Lessa hadn't been a virgin for it. He then said something about it might...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 8 2014, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
Ah, but Lessa had no real power. Her life was still totally controlled, both by R'gul and his boring lessons, and then by F'lar after he became Weyrleader. And it was really Lytol that got Ruatha...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 8 2014, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 25,582
F'lar and Lessa: Why?
Does anyone besides me find Lessa falling in love with F'lar highly suspect? How do you go from being deliberately kept in the dark on policy, what can only be described as rape, and borderline...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 5 2014, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,764
Re: Corana
You know, just because the conspirators didn't mention one, doesn't mean there WASN'T one. I don't think Jaxom exactly let the whole world know about his dalliance with Corana.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 4 2014, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,182
Re: Fandom-Moan-ium
Lily and Kath, a lot of Anne's male characters really didn't seem to see women as PEOPLE. They were convenient lays, at best. Only a select few elite were treated with any kind of respect.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 4 2014, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,764
Re: Corana
Lily, I've always wondered that myself. Honestly, Jaxom is scum. Corana was fine for relief, but the minute he met Sharra, it was Corana who? I'd love to think that she had a son who grew up...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 3 2014, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,182
Re: Fandom-Moan-ium
I can think of one instance where one holder, Jaxom to be specific, had the truth rubbed in his face during a green flight. All of a sudden he's glad and relieved that Ruth has no interest in...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 3 2014, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 26,693
Re: Jora
P'ter, it may well be a matter of status. Even so, compassion and common sense would have had her moved to ground level. Sadly, compassion is almost non-existent in Anne's Pern.
Merfilly made a...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 1 2014, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 26,693
Re: Jora
Kath (and Merfilly), thank you for a brief sympathetic look at Jora. You know, I don't understand why she wasn't allowed to move to a ground level weyr. Honestly, keeping her on the ground rather...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 30 2014, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 26,693
Jora
Fat. Lazy. Afraid of heights. Silly. Unintelligent. Boring. No one seems to have a good thing to say about her, especially F'lon. You know what I don't see said about her? Selfish. Cruel. ...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 29 2014, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 11,871
Re: Would a Hatchling Impress to..
Given that Prideth chose Kylara, I don't think hatchlings are good judges of character. That brings up the question, what DO they look for when choosing?
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 27 2014, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,885
Re: Toric's Personality
Lily, about Half Circle. The kids were sent out to gather berries and other edibles, I do believe. Certainly Menolly had a good knowledge of edible plants when she was holdless. They also might...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 27 2014, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,885
Re: Toric's Personality
I have to admit I don't know what happened to Toric in later stories. What I do know of his personality is he was both ambitious and greedy. The ambition was not bad, he was willing to work hard to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 25 2014, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,332
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 25 2014, 05:26 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,332
Re: Watch whers
I haven't read Todd's work. Are watch whers treated better than they were in Anne's books? In the first scene with Lessa, it referred to clipped wings. That sounds pretty damn painful, and the poor...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 24 2014, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,332
Watch whers
Is it ever stated anywhere in canon where the watch whers are bred and/or how they're parceled out?
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