Re: [LoGH] Reinhart's legacy (end of series SPOILERS)
Bob (gr8scott@airmail.net)
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 23:25:16 -0500
Without beating a very dead equine, may we again pleasepleasplease
remember to put the spolier warnings and sufficient distance to avert
our heathen eyes from holy writ?
It is very easy to hit that reply button but remember, you could be
taking away someone's joy that you experienced when you first went
through the seasons, and that's just not fair.
Thanks!
Josh Yuan wrote:
>
> Ofcouse he didn't have to die. But the plot line say
> he is dead. Ahhhhhh. Or maybe he did have some
> thoughts about dying early. I think he worry about
> being remember as another Rudoph Goldenbamm. And now
> he die young and the universe will remember him as the
> person who ended the nobles, free the masses and
> finally brought peace. Almost like he is the one who
> begin a new and better age for humanity. Darn egos...
>
> --- "Rosalind L." wrote:
> > 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
> > --- Jennifer Califf wrote:
> > > This letter contains spoilers for the end of LOGH.
> >
> > > You've been warned.
> > >
> > > S
> > > P
> > > O
> > > I
> > > L
> > > E
> > > R
> > >
> > > S
> > > P
> > > A
> > > C
> > > E
> > >
> > > S
> > > P
> > > O
> > > I
> > > L
> > > E
> > > R
> > >
> > > S
> > > P
> > > A
> > > C
> > > E
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > > Jennifer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > jcaliff@ev1.net http://users.ev1.net/~jcaliff/
> >
> >
> > =====
> > ù²ïµY¼w L.
> > Rosalind L.
> >
> >
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