Love Letters and Otherwise [25 Lage - 10 Chirreb, 4385]

[sythyry]

Mirrored from Sythyry.

Of course, I got the following letter from ~mother~:

Dear Ostentatious Offspring,
Yylhauntra, who knows everything that happens with everyone in the family, informs me that that silly political stance you are taking about transaffection either has shattered altogether, or is about to do so. Not a moment too soon! A century too late, even, but we shan’t mention that. I won’t say I disapprove of Sazandigraa. You could do worse than zir. As, indeed, you have done repeatedly. Still, picking someone on the more Enchanting side of the family, or even of the species, would be all for the better, and without zir Mentador and ritual magic and occasional wild adventuring. And without your wild adventuring! Are you still corresponding with that sweet Aethrahacxy, Tsaomineinen’s child, and the grandchild of the Wild and Scaly Llezcaryg? Do go and visit zir. And leave that tacky candelabra skyship behind, and all the crew; they do not do you great credit.
Your loving ~mother~,
Eitharheinen

Which lead to a quick (day-long) exchange:

Dear coz,
Yylhauntra seems aware that we were up to something. Did you tell zir? I certainly didn’t.
Sythyry

And then

Dear Sythyry,
I certainly didn’t either! You are my coz-conspirator, I didn’t breathe a word! Still, my servants know me well; I daresay someone reported my admittedly over-smiling expression of the morning to Yylhauntra, who has been known to make good presents to people who tell him important things about me. There may have been some scrying or time-probing involved. I haven’t your delicate perceptions of subtle magic, or not without four hours for a Kennoc Magiador ritual first anyhow. I’m very sorry — is Yylhauntra causing you trouble or doom?
Dear my love,
Saza

leading to

No trouble from Yylhauntra, but Eitharheinen has been amazingly rude to me — warning me off of you, in effect, and recommending a substitute. If I ever have a child, I do hope I manage to be nicer to zir, or at least less offensive.
Dearly, Sythyry

which was a bad thing to write! Because:

Oh, dear, you truly are throwing yourself into cisaffection, aren’t you? One lay, and you’re already thinking of eggs. I have been trying to steel myself to the prospect for two centuries now, and I might be able to face it in a mere two or three more. Perhaps I am less driven than you.
Dear my love,
Saza

Which I attempted to parry with:

No, no, no! I have not even started trying to think about the prospect! I am in loco parentis (meaning, of course, “pretending to be a parent because I am b*tshit insane) to various short-lives — including Feralan to some extent, though that’s more in loco godparentis.
Dearly,
Sythyry

ending with:

Oh, dear. I have at times felt rather intensely about someone or other. I am relieved that you take a more measured approach! Even about me.
With love and considerable embarrassment,
Saza

Comments

AHA!!!

[allessindra.livejournal.com]

*dun DUN DUUUHHHNNNNNNNN*

THE DOOM!

(that would be in a typeface a couple of sizes larger, but I've forgotten the base html for it. :D )

[rowyn]

OK, I know zie's your ~mother~ but, really, Eitharheinen, would it kill you to have the occasional polite conversation with your offspring? O_o

OTOH, you should let this serve as an example of what not to do: try not to snipe at *-Eyes, especially to Lithia. >:)

[sianmink.livejournal.com]

Seems your ~Mother~ is doomed to disapprove of any and all relationships of yours that aren't officially recommended by zir, or do not happen to coincidentally overlap with said official recommendations. Probably best to simply sigh, shake your head and go on with whatever perverse debauchery-slash-other-embarrassments you had planned, because really, I think your ~mother~ is dead set on disapproval no matter what you do.

[draconis.livejournal.com]

The phrase I would prickle at there is silly policital stance. Yeech. The very nerve of it.

[delight-in.livejournal.com]

I was all panicky for a moment because I thought E & Y knew something we didn't and something terrible was going to happen to traff people in Vheshrame and oh no! But I guess zie just meant Sythyrs playing with Sazie. Whew!

[stormydragon.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, the World Tree penchant for letter writing robs you of certain response options, such as hanging up in mid conversation.

[zeeth_kyrah]

A spell by the name of Unwrite the Letter comes to mind...

[allessindra.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the letter you want to unwrite is the letter you have gotten, and have the fact that you 'hung up' somehow be transmitted back.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

The more I hear of other people's mothers, the better pleased I am with my own.

And Saza is a major sweetheart, both when zie has time to consider zir response, and when zie replies spur of the moment. Zie's kind, affectionate, sensible and playful - worse lovers could surely be found without much trouble.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Dear Eitharheinen,

Please to remove your interfering schnozzola from Sythyry's affairs, both romantical and non, because going forward as you are, you are certain only to encourage the very behavior that you find so abhorrent.

Also, someone clearly needs to take a political stance re: transaffection in your world, since apparently you and any number of people and cultures have their collective heads up their collective asses about the possibility that perhaps love does not necessarily obey your arbitrary social rules.

In closing, please go attempt to do something rude and yet anatomically impossible.

No love,
HC

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

In closing, please go attempt to do something rude and yet anatomically impossible

I leave that sort of thing to the capable paws (and other body parts) of my youngest offspring.
~E~

[kris-schnee.livejournal.com]

Saza's been entirely nice and affectionate about the relationship, making zir someone Sythyry should want as a very-long-term friend even if nothing more. We're seeing the other side of Zi Ri patience with Sythyry's ~mother~ though. Not "able to wait decades to resolve problems", but "thinking of everyone but themselves as lesser beings".

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

It must be nice to have Gigi's Aunt Alicia as a Mother. (hides)

[redbird]

Parents can be difficult, and as a zi ri you don't even have the common resort of waiting/hoping to outlive them, and in the meantime either saying "Yes, mother" and then doing what you were going to anyhow, or "No, father, I'm still not doing that. How is Aunt so-and-so?"

Enough waiting, and my mother got more reasonable; my father never did. Of course, my mother started from a somewhat more reasonable position.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

It doesn't seem *that* rude. Zie might just be teasing you?

[alex-muridae.livejournal.com]

I don't know, Zie doesn't seem the sort for teasing, judging by how zie treats Sythyrs on a regular basis.

On the other hand, we have an interesting basis for her approval or lack thereof; if Nangbang would have been acceptable, but Saza not...actually, what does that mean?

[xolo.livejournal.com]

the Wild and Scaly Llezcaryg

I've wondered for some time now how the Wild and Scaly Llezcaryg came by his sobriquet...

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Perhaps because zie sometimes goes to unreasonable extremes, and is covered with scales? Is there some subtlety here I am missing?

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

Well, a name like that has to be earned by a specific event that people talk about (or talked about), don't you agree?

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

In the Wild and Scaly Llezcaryg's case, the events are probably pretty clear...

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

I don't quite remember the lore. Do you think you could refresh me, perhaps?

[stormydragon.livejournal.com]

The best way to discourage further meddling is obstructive compliance. Make it look like your taking hir advice, but do so in a way that makes hir wish you hadn't. It appears your mother is primarily concerned with public perception of the family, so in hir case you should take hir advice in a way that causes hir a lot of public humiliation.

Do you have any sort of relationship with Aethrahacxy? If you don't need to maintain a good relationship with hir, I'd suggest arranging to run into Aethrahacxy at some public event and (very loudly) tell hir that your mother suggested you two would be compatible, which suprised you because you were despairing to ever find another traff Zi Ri, and would shi be interested in having a threeway with Inconnu?

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

I am an occasional correspondent with Aethrahacxy. I will not be running into zir at a public event without direct planning; zie has never left home. I'd rather not horrify zir; zie is very mild.

[zeeth_kyrah]

Dear Eitharheinen,

You won't say you disapprove, because you make your disapproval quite clear in other ways. I'm sorry that experiments in "loving people whose hearts are true" are bad for your opinion, but your own attempts at redirection seem... clumsy, if not outright attempting to command. Are you instead trying to subtly encourage what you would publicly discourage?

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

{{Sssh! You can't imagine that a few words of parental approval would count for anything. Parental disapproval, on the other hand, can work wonders. ~e~}}

[(Anonymous)]

[Ack, Bard accidentally posted that from Vicki's LJ]

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

You can delete the relevent posts, and no one but me will ever know what happened!