From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Wed 04 Oct 2000 - 16:24:11 EEST
Nils Weinander:
> Oh, first mention of Nandan I saw was in a HW draft. Well,
> there goes that theory. Too bad though, I liked it.
Sorry about that. ;-) I'd forgotten about the HW draft version,
you could argue it _ought_ to be more reliable than a semi-liquid
Greg at a Con, but...
The real issue I have with Nandan/Nandan unions, or indeed Nandan/
Mrs Nandan ones, is that if the Birthing Man is taking a female
path, learning women's mysteries, and taking the female role in
giving birth (i.e., actually doing everything apart from pacing
back and forth outside, or having a pint several lodges away),
then isn't an actual male principle required, for the actual
conception? Which would surely most straight(ahem)forwardly be
a man. Unless the quest has a parthenogenic wrinkle to it, or
Mrs. Nandan is on some sort of Heler quest...
I feel slightly dizzy.
Far me it from to to preclude any interesting possibilities here,
just trying to do a quick unreality check.
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