Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) virgin brideDid you notice Soul Catcher referring to Lady as the Dominator's virgin bride? Did she stay virgin into the ground? If so Croaker may have been her first....
Scott,
"Did you notice Soul Catcher referring to Lady as the Dominator's virgin
bride? Did she stay virgin into the ground? If so Croaker may have
been her first...."
_Shadow Games_, p. 73:
"Shh," she said. And that was the best thing she
could have said. But she could not leave it there.
She had to add, "I never ... I never did this...."
Well, shit. She sure knew how to distract a man,
and put a thousand reservations into his mind.
I think we can take it as presumptive that Lady never took it into her
head to lose control of her body to her emotions, in the presence of
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) When did "Lady" fall in love?
You have to think about the position Lady was in. She was, for all practical purposes, queen of the world. Everyone would bend to her will and was deathly afraid of her. Add to that fact that she was effectively cut off from everyone but this motley crew of madmen (and women).
Enter Croaker. He's a simple soldier with a romantic streak. An honest man that tells it like it is, even in the face of old evil. Lady wanted him to tell the story of Charm as it was...and he did it. After Soulcatcher was "killed" he remarked that he would have killed Lady if he thought he had the strength. But he's not afraid to speak his mind later. At the end of Shadows Linger he basically stands up to her and says "Hey! We did everything for you and you let your people screw us. To hell with you."
Love is a slow process, it grows with time. Personally, I think it was when Croaker lived up to his promise to take Lady to the Gardens in Opal. For once, she was a regular person with her "knight in slightly dented armor."
That's just my opinion...I could be wrong (and probably am)
