Question Micro-Scene "Wedding Date" Discussion Thread

Obviously a few major flaws exist in my story, caused by a lack of information and haste in writing it.

I can't be sure Jericho would have the necessary time for the wedding because I don't actually know when the wedding would take place, but my speculation is that it would happen shortly after summer starts, presumably before everyone Converges on Janine. Or Jericho cancels because he has a friend's life to save.

Overall thoughts?

Wow! This is one of those random scenes that sorta make sense! Congrats!

Well, I wonder what Jadis'll do when he has to cancel, but there's nothing she can do about it...

It'd be interesting if a precog told her he'd cancel, but why that'd happen, I dunno? Jadis predicting her future every so often??

Jericho + Jadis ship, sorta, but Her + Ayla is still the stronger one to me...

Sadly, according to the Charge story "Wine, Women, and Ayla," Jadis and Ayla tried that by accident and decided it didn't work. I think Jadis just isn't into girls. and even knowing Ayla is still "Trevor" inside and has the right equipment can't quite make up for that.

Iwasforger03 wrote: Obviously a few major flaws exist in my story, caused by a lack of information and haste in writing it.

I can't be sure Jericho would have the necessary time for the wedding because I don't actually know when the wedding would take place, but my speculation is that it would happen shortly after summer starts, presumably before everyone Converges on Janine. Or Jericho cancels because he has a friend's life to save.

Overall thoughts?

While I don't know Karadonian Law, Jobe is only 15 or 16. The Betrothal is over Spring Break, and 2 or 3 months is nowhere near enough time to plan and execute a Royal Wedding. Setting this for June 2008 would make more sense.

You forget two key points. A, Jobe is most likely marrying her original Male self's backup clone, and B, Joe Wilkins wants Jobe Ann securely under his thumb quickly. Summer is the perfect opportunity for that, have the wedding early, before Jobe has too much time to kill her fiance, get the line of succession secured, tie Jobe Ann back into the family, and give the kids plenty of time to get used to each other and the idea of being married, maybe even blackmail them into the bedroom so Jobe can get "addicted" whether she likes it or not, and get some kids on the way.

Gah I can't believe this!

It has so much potential, it could be so funny. Especially when someone pisses off Jadis r Dr Dad and they just let Jericho loose (not expecting this to happen but you must admit it would be funny).

But, errrgh, despite canon I still root for Jadis/Ayla, they would be great together. They know eachother, they have similar interests, they both know how to wheel and deal. (I know there is a canon scene that says there is nothing between them but a but there are crackships with way less standing than this).

Iwasforger03 wrote: maybe even blackmail them into the bedroom so Jobe can get "addicted" whether she likes it or not, and get some kids on the way.

Evil thought on Jobe being an elf or fake one?

elves live for tens of thousands of years or even hundreds of thousands !

question! how long is a mom elf pregnant!
9 months or 9 years!?

muhahhaahah

Eh, who knows? Back in the old dnd 3.5 days, Nymphs (which are closer to sidhe than actual elves are) could be pregnant (according to a third party source book) for a variable time of 1-12 months. Actual elves (according to same book) were pregnant for 12 months. While obvious not Whateley, it is a decent place to start from in determining such a thing.

Does a longer lifespan mean a longer period in the womb, or do they (Being half-human hybrids) still only take the standard 9ish months?

Hmmm. Gestation length seems to depends essentially on two variables: size (the bigger, the longer) and r/K selection , that is, how much a species invests on each descendant as opposed to producing as many descendants as possible.

For instance, if you look at this list , the gestation of primates is longer the larger the being... except that humans, who are not as big as gorillas, have even longer pregnancies, since we are a bit more K-oriented than gorillas -- our larger brains, and the time to properly develop it, represent a larger investment on each descendant.

I would posit that Sidhe might be even more K-oriented than humans, so they should have a somewhat longer gestation. But they are roughly the same size as humans, so, not that much longer. You quoted D&D as mentioning 12 months; that's not bad as a ballpark figure, although I would guess a bit lower, in the 10-11 months range.