but he does canonically enjoy living it up at Court
I was thinking about that when I put in that bit of head-canon, and I realized that that's always seemed like one of those unreliable bits of opinion that the narrative spins as fact to me. (Doesn't that come from Myles? Who doesn't seem to really like Thom much at all. I'm always sort of wary of such statements given by people who clearly dislike or are angry with someone; it's the contrarian in me.) That, and I know a number of people who can (somehow) simultaneously enjoy "living it up" and still not really be all that fond of people/busy places/etc.
That, and honestly? Living it up doesn't seem to be Thom's thing. I'm trying to imagine what he does around court that'd fit that description, and I sort of break my brain trying. This is the same man who's also described as being perfectly happy in a dark, bare, stone building Alanna finds cold and dark and oppressive, and who seems to be something of a hermit when left to his own devices - when we actually see him.
I also suspect Thom is both very devious and very paranoid. I have never been entirely sure what he was doing around court while Alanna was away, but I've sort of suspected - though it's not quite to head-canon level yet - that he knew/suspected/was incredibly paranoid that Roger wasn't really finished off. Or that an aspect of the compulsion made him linger; the compulsion does no good if Thom isn't around to raise Roger.
...I dunno. Thom is an incredibly problematic character, and he just gets more problematic the more I look at him. It's like he switches character not twice, but three or four times; I need more glue there, or more transition, for those disparate parts to feel cohesive.
It is mentioned in SOTL that younger sons sometimes become priests, which would seem risky per inheritance unless the eldest has already produced sufficient heirs.
Don't remember the mention, but true. Like I said, that's one of those head-canon things that really makes no sense, but just sort of lodged there.
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Date: 29 Dec 2010 07:25 am (UTC)From:I was thinking about that when I put in that bit of head-canon, and I realized that that's always seemed like one of those unreliable bits of opinion that the narrative spins as fact to me. (Doesn't that come from Myles? Who doesn't seem to really like Thom much at all. I'm always sort of wary of such statements given by people who clearly dislike or are angry with someone; it's the contrarian in me.) That, and I know a number of people who can (somehow) simultaneously enjoy "living it up" and still not really be all that fond of people/busy places/etc.
That, and honestly? Living it up doesn't seem to be Thom's thing. I'm trying to imagine what he does around court that'd fit that description, and I sort of break my brain trying. This is the same man who's also described as being perfectly happy in a dark, bare, stone building Alanna finds cold and dark and oppressive, and who seems to be something of a hermit when left to his own devices - when we actually see him.
I also suspect Thom is both very devious and very paranoid. I have never been entirely sure what he was doing around court while Alanna was away, but I've sort of suspected - though it's not quite to head-canon level yet - that he knew/suspected/was incredibly paranoid that Roger wasn't really finished off. Or that an aspect of the compulsion made him linger; the compulsion does no good if Thom isn't around to raise Roger.
...I dunno. Thom is an incredibly problematic character, and he just gets more problematic the more I look at him. It's like he switches character not twice, but three or four times; I need more glue there, or more transition, for those disparate parts to feel cohesive.
It is mentioned in SOTL that younger sons sometimes become priests, which would seem risky per inheritance unless the eldest has already produced sufficient heirs.
Don't remember the mention, but true. Like I said, that's one of those head-canon things that really makes no sense, but just sort of lodged there.