Lol. Unfortunately both the Cox boys and Jayson Carico are here to stay for a bit yet. While it would be lovely to see Miguel lit on fire, (preferably when he, as Annette said, drank a wine shop out of business.) that will give poor overworked Colby even more crap he’s got to do and we might never see Romeo straightened out. Plus like Gollum in LOTR, that poor creature might still have something important to do…

But I’m glad that his innate sliminess came out. Reducing women to a title is a pretty dick move, it wouldn’t be that hard to just learn Tawny’s name…

Thanks, Winter!

I was wondering about the piano, too! Then I was wondering about the fireplace – specifically, whether Tawny could push Miguel into it and light it before he escaped. He’s reminding me of this jerk I used to know, the stepfather of a friend. Besides reeking of drugs, he’s memorable for saying “wife” and “woman” instead of using people’s names. You felt slimy being near him, and reading Miguel also feels slimy. Great job!

Tawny will make more friends soon enough. (Again, lazy, I’m slow at making sims. Generating them is easy enough, but putting them in the game takes me a long time. There’s sculpting and there’s genetics and there’s general appearance and clothes… so I’m basically creating people as I need them.) She needs a hobby and I have one in mind that will introduce her to some people outside the house.

But there are worse people she could keep in mind than Claire.

I’m glad you liked the line, I really didn’t even have that one planned. I usually have some dialog more or less worked out, but sometimes the connecting stuff… Ellan’s comment about the sheep was what is commonly referred to in my house as a waist high fastball. Sarrashire, where men are men and sheep are nervous!

It might give Miguel a boner, but I like my eyesight too much to do it. I don’t even want to decorate his cave because of what it’d do to my eyes, I’d never be able to load the house again if I did it ALL in Borsian style! We’ll just have to hope he gets a boner some other way… Maybe the house just needs pictures of sheep…?

Thanks, Van!

No, the best that Tawny can hope for by not being clever with Miguel is a minorly more peaceful life because Miguel gets pissy when people tell him he’s wrong. If she’s gonna find love, it isn’t going to be with Miguel and his wife.

In part Miguel calls Tawny wife because he doesn’t want to look like an idiot by calling her Monica or Viola (the names of his previous wives.) but part of it also has to do with what Tawny thought when she headed outside (about how the identity of Miguel’s wife will probably overtake hers.) To Miguel, Tawny is more important as Wife than she is as Tawny. Miguel knows what to do with a wife, (treat her badly and blame her for everything) he has no idea what to do with Tawny and doesn’t care to learn. At least not until he has his son, then maybe…

Though that would be some good advice for her to take. But I don’t know if she’s quite there yet.

Considering most of what Masen has done for Lyssa is provide some genetic material, I think that we’ll see a lot more of Annette in her.

As far as working of her Tuck-Karma… I dunno, does having to go down on Bors count as working that off, cause she might have already done most of it… We’ll see Miguel get a few good doses of Bors-Karma, believe me a malfunctioning member is the least of the things that Bors should suffer.

Well, part of the reason that we were spared that fate is sheer lazy. I didn’t want to go blind decorating them, so I haven’t yet… We will see a Miguel room eventually. Tawny doesn’t even have a double bed in her room!

Thanks, Morgaine!

But yeah, I think Tawny should try to remember any stories she might have been told about Claire. She does at least have Annette, who is all kinds of awesome, but alas, is only one person. Hopefully Tawny can find at least a few other friends who can inspire her to keep going.

(Or, if not, yes, how about a lover who is a decent guy and whose children could pass for Miguel’s?)

“Just thinking of all the things that a sheep is good for that a silk worm isn’t.”

…I think that line almost killed me.

Hmm. I know this could be a suggestion along the lines of “sacrifice the many for the few”, but maybe if nothing else can give Miguel a boner, redecorating the place in a more Borsian manner will do the trick? I think it would have worked for the original Bors… :S

Gah, poor Tawny, though. Having to not only put up with that man, but also face the fear of being thrown out on the street. To say nothing of still following her grandmother’s rotten advice. Tawny, your husband doesn’t love you, since he keeps calling you “wife” I’d be willing to bet he doesn’t even remember your name half the time. Don’t worry about him loving you. Figure out how to run rings around him and, if divorce is in your future, take him for all that he’s got.

Or, you know, do what Annette says and take that lover. Speaking of Annette, you know how the first de Ganis wife survived the ordeal? She made friends with strong, clever women, Guinevere and LADY MORGAN in particular. They showed her how to fight her battles, and when she wasn’t strong enough, they fought for her. You may wish to do the same. *hint hint*

Annette was also awesome, as usual. I love how she kept fooling around with Lyssandra to make her feel comfortable. Something tells me that whatever genes Lyssandra got from Masen will be nicely counteracted by the good job Annette is doing of raising her. (Except maybe her coloring — and the good news is, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with her coloring. )

Oh well. A few more brunches like this, and Tawny ought to have worked off a lot of that bad Tuck-karma. Speaking of working off karma, when’re we going to see Miguel working off his Bors-karma? Or is being impotent how that’s working out?

Lastly, thanks for only showing us room that Miguel’s former wives decorated. I’d hate to see the ones that he had the sole hand in!