Re: [LoGH] Reinhart's legacy (end of series SPOILERS)
Rosalind L. (rosalind24@rocketmail.com)
Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:52:30 -0700 (PDT)
Of course he didn't plan to die. After all, he built a
palace for himself.
However, I have to say that it's his own fault that he
didn't listen to the doctor at all. Well, we won't be
able to know what Reinhard's actually thinking. The
only person that will know is probably Tanaka.
Rosalind
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> I was reading some of the recent messages, and I
> noticed that one person
> wrote that they didn't like the fact that Reinhart
> went back on his vow not
> to have his son inherit his postition. While that
> may be true, it got me
> thinking at this point, what were his other options?
> There was no system
> in place for a democratic election. He could have
> appointed Mittermeyer,
> but I think a lot of the older noble families would
> have opposed that, and
> it would have eventually ended with another civil
> war. Who else would have
> been held enough power to be respected? The way I
> see it, any other
> sucessor would have quickly ended with a coup or
> civil war. Hilda is an
> efficient administrator, but because she's a woman I
> doubt she would have
> been followed simply as a dowager empress. But with
> an 'heir', giving her
> a position as regent gives her the authority with
> the apparent security of
> knowing that she's a temporary leader and that
> there's a male leader on the
> way. I don't think Reinhart was originally planning
> to die before he
> reached middle age, and probably with more time he
> could have set up some
> kind of stable sucessor. But considering how things
> went, I just don't
> know what else he could have done. Does anyone have
> any other ideas?
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> Jennifer
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> jcaliff@ev1.net http://users.ev1.net/~jcaliff/
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Rosalind L.
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