|
Mordel's Bar & Grill |
|
  |
» |
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
StarRaven
Federated Suns
Leftenant General
Joined: 01-Jun-2004 00:00
Posts: 1138
Location: United States
|
 Posted: 23-Dec-2004 22:36 Post subject: Interrelations between Houses |
  |
|
I find these to be rather interesting. "These" being the various recent family trees of the Five Great Houses. A cursory look at them reveals that all five Houses are interrelated. Does anyone else find that strange?
Edit: Word change. Wasn't quite saying what I meant to.
[ This Message was edited by: StarRaven on 2004-12-24 00:30 ]
_________________
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close semblance to the first."
- Attributed to General Aleksandr Kerensky
|
|
| Back to top |
  
|
Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
Kommandant-General
Joined: 03-May-2002 00:00
Posts: 2214
|
| Posted: 23-Dec-2004 23:55 Post subject: RE: Interrelations between Houses |
|
|
You can't just go about marrying peasants when you aspire to be the First Lord, can you? Enemy Houses may be enemies, but at least they're almost as well-bred as your own. Taking a spouse from their family may be political at times.
Just like the European Royal Houses are more or less related, no matter how many wars they've fought in the last 300 years. 
_________________
A tree fall in the forest, and no one is around, and it hits a mime. Does anyone care?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
StarRaven
Federated Suns
Leftenant General
Joined: 01-Jun-2004 00:00
Posts: 1138
Location: United States
|
| Posted: 24-Dec-2004 00:42 Post subject: RE: Interrelations between Houses |
|
|
Hmm.. I suppose so, though I never really thought of it that way. I suppose it just doesn't fit with the image of these people as having been enemies for centuries. Especially since troops are often referred to with the ruler's surname. It takes some of the "two sides who hate each other" element out of a Davion vs. Kurita fight if you can look at someone named Davion-Kurita.
_________________
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close semblance to the first."
- Attributed to General Aleksandr Kerensky
|
|
| Back to top |
|
mud
Draconis Combine
Tai-sho
Joined: 23-Jul-2002 00:00
Posts: 1618
|
| Posted: 24-Dec-2004 03:19 Post subject: RE: Interrelations between Houses |
|
|
It's a matter of class. Autocratic rulers depend upon one another to keep the lower classes in their "place."
Kali Liao has the potential to do lots of damage 
[ This Message was edited by: mud on 2004-12-24 03:21 ]
_________________
"The enemy's gate is down."
|
|
| Back to top |
|
SaberDance
Federated Suns
Colonel
Joined: 07-May-2004 00:00
Posts: 837
|
| Posted: 30-Dec-2004 22:30 Post subject: RE: Interrelations between Houses |
|
|
Minor addition: among the European Houses, the woman had no claim to her father's territory. If her father died, her husband could make a claim. The woman, however, joined her husband's family.
This is, for example, why Henry IV-VI of England could justify war against France, and why Catherine, a German, could rule Russia.
I imagine something similar is going on here. All the women are simply changing sides. The men still hate each other.
Steiner and it's pentient for women Archon's would tend to muddy this idea...
_________________
"Politics is the Art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, misdiagnosing the problem, and applying the wrong solution."
-Groucho Marx
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
| |
» |
All times are GMT-05:00 |
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
|
|
|
|
