is to know more about THEM
what are we working with. what have we got. does babs have mommy issues or daddy issues.
is there analysis to be done connecting the Third House cavalier primary their counterparts on the Ninth? to Glaurica, who was terrified for her son and drove herself mad worrying over him? or to Mortus, who apparently stepped off that chair into that noose without a second thought for his offspring?
thinking through Babs and his apparently competitive background: are we dealing with a Spartan parent figure who threw their child into service and won't bat an eye when they hear he's died because that was right? or have we got a Toddlers in Tiaras situation with a nightmare stage parent who knows the sacrifice will play well with the crowd but is gnashing their teeth over the golden goose getting slain?
they only had one kid. this is a Resurrection-pure family line responsible for providing cavs to the crown and they only made one kid apparently and that kid, to our knowledge, did not make more kids and now they are at a dead end unless... what? is there a woman approaching menopause being informed at the last second that actually she needs to cook up one more? is there a man giving his kit a nervous glance as he's told he needs to replenish the stock? with the fertility issues in this empire? in this economy????
it's a SUCCESSION CRISIS. cue the soundtrack. what are we working with? my heart and mind sings for a cavalier-style Shiv Roy with a Third House-equivalent Tom Wambsgans attached, but until I know!!! until I know!!!
i swear to god i could be so patient and so good for the whole of alectopause if i just. knew.
