Chrome
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Post by Chrome on Apr 17, 2009 0:18:31 GMT
I'm looking at that armor suit, and then I'm looking at Thorn. I can guarantee you those broad shoulder-guards would've only worked on someone of Thorn's rather impressive stature. Chances are, that's his suit. The helmet seems to suit him as well, in a fun sort of way. I think Eggers just had to build his own suit to fit his requirements. It's probably like the Jedi when they build their own lightsabers - he might've had to build his own gear as a rite of passage.
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Post by Babble-jargon Bill on Apr 17, 2009 0:32:40 GMT
I hope we get to see the real Sivo sometime in this chapter. We don't know what Sivo the guy was like at all, only how he looked. I have to wonder if Rey was speaking with his voice while in the body, or Sivo's. I always picture Rey's voice during chapter 3, only much more louder than when he is the wolf plushie.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 17, 2009 5:12:53 GMT
I hope we get to see the real Sivo sometime in this chapter. We don't know what Sivo the guy was like at all, only how he looked. I have to wonder if Rey was speaking with his voice while in the body, or Sivo's. I always picture Rey's voice during chapter 3, only much more louder than when he is the wolf plushie. Tom said here that Rey's voice changes depending on what body he's in, but the voice always sounds recognizably Reynardine-ish. In spite of this, Plushy-Rey has a completely different voice in my head than Sivo-Rey or Full-Sized-Wolf-Rey.
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Post by Scheherazade on Apr 17, 2009 5:13:33 GMT
Jones mentions in chapter 14 that Ysengrim is going insane. It could be that the new body of his is affecting his brain and in turn it's ability to control his movements. I recall Rey saying somewhere (I'm way too lazy to find it) that the mind is a plaything of the body? So he's going to have his own psychological quirks because he changes bodies so often, and Ysengrim has different ones because he's forced his body into an unnatural shape (ironically enough, given the medium). We don't really know what either was like before they got their new powers, so we can't really say - not on Rey's part, at least, not until we get more information.
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Post by Casey on Apr 17, 2009 6:30:50 GMT
I recall Rey saying somewhere (I'm way too lazy to find it) that the mind is a plaything of the body? Page 415.
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Post by Babble-jargon Bill on Apr 17, 2009 12:16:50 GMT
I hope we get to see the real Sivo sometime in this chapter. We don't know what Sivo the guy was like at all, only how he looked. I have to wonder if Rey was speaking with his voice while in the body, or Sivo's. I always picture Rey's voice during chapter 3, only much more louder than when he is the wolf plushie. Tom said here that Rey's voice changes depending on what body he's in, but the voice always sounds recognizably Reynardine-ish. In spite of this, Plushy-Rey has a completely different voice in my head than Sivo-Rey or Full-Sized-Wolf-Rey. Ah, thanks. I didn't know Tom had actually answered that.
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audacity
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Post by audacity on Apr 17, 2009 14:42:34 GMT
He was given a gift from a powerful God that he himself is not powerful enough to control completely. That is why he shakes, it's a struggle to keep the power in control. It is parallel to the power Reynardine got and the trouble he's had with it. Gods are powerful beings, carrying powerful tools of office. Mortals, or even other supernatural beings will not easily wield them. But Reynardine and Ysengrin AREN'T mortals. I don't know if they're supernatural beings, exactly—they're beings from folklore, but I don't think they have any particularly special powers other than the power of speech. Reynardine has a particular role as a trickster, like Coyote. I think its much more likely, as was stated earlier, that their problems with the powers given to them by Coyote aren't caused by their inability to handle them, but by Coyote's personality. As a trickster, Coyote is extremely powerful, extremely prideful, and though very clever he can also be extremely naive and foolish. He states himself that he doesn't know why Reynard and Ysengrin have the problems they do, and it seems to be because he never really understood his own powers (not because they aren't gods and so can't control them).
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