tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454462454354598319.post6097196810979184307..comments2023-05-04T07:00:36.983-07:00Comments on The Kingdom of Naroni: In Which Hollie Is Not the Suitable ComforterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454462454354598319.post-34972720893266637092016-07-14T21:07:35.293-07:002016-07-14T21:07:35.293-07:00Yeah... Camaline's worries are valid enough co...Yeah... Camaline's worries are valid enough considering the times, but you and Hollie are right about her life not being ruined. Hopefully, Camaline will find something to give her life meaning outside of marriage--but even if she does, she might still want to get married. And she probably still will, but now the question of the groom is unsettled.<br /><br />Comforting is hard! Plus sometimes, people don't want comfort and suggestions so much as they want someone to agree that something sucks--which is understandable. It can be tough to tell which someone wants, or if they just want to be left alone.Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09325395792013382406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454462454354598319.post-34873772777284102612016-07-14T16:34:00.746-07:002016-07-14T16:34:00.746-07:00At first I thought Camaline was ludicrously overre...At first I thought Camaline was ludicrously overreacting, and still sort of do, but surely what she fears isn't that uncommon. It's too bad that she considers her life ruined and purposeless if she's not married and to someone she considers suitable, but if she does, then she does. <br /><br />It would be hard to comfort her when the likelihood of any of those bad things happening is so slim. Better to just say 'there there' and 'don't worry' and 'probably not' and hope to leave shortly.S.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15236399168777815648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454462454354598319.post-69512366629125794742016-07-14T14:19:28.684-07:002016-07-14T14:19:28.684-07:00Granted, Camaline had a bit of wedding angst herse...Granted, Camaline had a bit of wedding angst herself if Sparron had rejected her based on her menstrual woes--but, definitely, the Camaline of today wouldn't have been a good choice for this talk. Sympathetic enough... but logical and to-the-point.<br /><br />Hollie and you are right about there being a wide enough pool to choose from. I think Lorn's main concern is avoiding another Rona situation, but he at least learned from that (if only because his relationship with Rona never did quite recover). I think they'll wait for her to process it at first. Who knows? She may want to find someone on her own. But, she might like knowing that she's settled.<br /><br />But yeah--she's not about to be stuck with anyone completely inappropriate.Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09325395792013382406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454462454354598319.post-68717907798555482422016-07-14T11:44:11.018-07:002016-07-14T11:44:11.018-07:00Poor Camaline! (Although, I would have paid good m...Poor Camaline! (Although, I would have paid good money to see her namesake be in Hollie's shoes, if only for the straightforward common sense that would have been laid down.) If she wants another arranged betrothal, Lorn and Leara will be able to find her one. Between Naroni, Dovia, Carvallon, and anyone else sending their nobles to the university, there are suitable matches to be had. The market for a young, healthy, good-looking daughter of a duke and a princess will be wide enough that she isn't stuck with an old man or a young boy. And her parents are considerate enough not to want that situation for her, either. Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869680359163911803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454462454354598319.post-78341909953338821902016-07-11T01:04:58.162-07:002016-07-11T01:04:58.162-07:00Bleh. Thunderstorm season here. :(Bleh. Thunderstorm season here. :(Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09325395792013382406noreply@blogger.com