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Post by Fortuna_Freeman on Oct 27, 2001 16:53:20 GMT -5
Thought I'd use the first post here to give Melusine a big cuddle and smooch (with tentacles of course ) I shall use the word "Book" here so it's not spam
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Zoras
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Post by Zoras on Oct 27, 2001 20:00:48 GMT -5
Yes it IS Spam! 1. There has been no book written with the name 'Melusine', 'cuddle', 'smooch' or 'tentacles'. 2. This thread does not provoke intelligent/senseless discussion about any known books. 3. This thread does not mention characters from any published book that might warrant a discussion. 4. This thread does not discuss release dates for upcoming publications. --- As punishment, I hereby decree that FF shall be banned from hugging, smooching or cuddling Melusine for 12 hours. All above-mentioned activities shall instead be carried out by yours truly for said period of time. ;D *snuggles, cuddles, smooches, hugs and worships Melusine while he has the chance. ;D*
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Post by Fortuna_Freeman on Oct 28, 2001 5:33:36 GMT -5
Fortunately for me you are wrong. The name Melusine comes from a mythical female who flew away with her kids when her human husband called her a monster
so Nyah sucks boo
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Post by Melusine on Oct 28, 2001 6:27:09 GMT -5
Now, now, boys, don't fight, because I will have to spank you both...*shakes head in disapproval* You were both wrong, actually. Zor, there is a book called Melusine, several actually. Punishment for giving wrong information on Books in Books forum: taking me on a nice little flight - I've never been on the back of a dragon before! FF, she didn't take her kids and her hubby didn't call her a monster, he called her a serpent - which she was, in a way Punishment: you can't use your tentacles to prevent Big Red taking me on a little trip
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Post by Fortuna_Freeman on Oct 28, 2001 6:36:10 GMT -5
Oh well, guess I'll have to use my heat vision and acid spittle then in fact, forget the heat vision - he's a red dragon as punishment for giving wrong punishment I shall take you to Castle Ecstacy forthwith (even if this is not a punishment)
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Post by Zoras on Oct 28, 2001 7:43:26 GMT -5
*sticks out his rather prodigious tongue at FF and lets Melusine climb aboard before soaring away into the dusky sky, straited with clouds tinted red by the sunset, letting her feel the subtle play of muscles beneath his coat of crimson scales, a preternatural warmth seeping through them that keeps her warm and cozy even among the chilly heights at which he flies. Twisting a massive head around to gaze at her with golden orbs twice her size, his voice echoes in her head* Now, since we're alone for a while, my dear... You must tell me the story of Melusine, and these books written by that name. I dislike being wrong, so I don't wish to make the same mistake twice.
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Post by Melusine on Oct 28, 2001 9:02:38 GMT -5
*puts her arms around the dragon's neck, holding on tight* Maybe you would understand Melusine a little, being serpentine in nature yourself. Some say she was a mermaid, some a siren, a nymph, a serpent... She married a human prince, Raymond, who built her a castle named after her- Lusignan. They begot many children, but she set a single condition for the prince before she consented to marry him: he may never lie with her or even see her on Saturdays. After many happy years however, he broke his promise and peeked through the keyhole as she took her bath. In dismay, he saw that her lower body was that of a great fish or serpent. As Melusine found out, she leapt from the castle window and flew away on great raven wings, though she was said to return at night and nurse the youngest of her children. Ever since, when a descendant of Melusine died, she could be seen flying around the tower of Lusignan, wailing and mourning the deceased. That's the short version anyway
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Post by Fortuna_Freeman on Oct 28, 2001 9:24:08 GMT -5
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Post by Melusine on Oct 28, 2001 9:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by Fortuna_Freeman on Oct 28, 2001 9:37:55 GMT -5
couldn't help it, honey I do like those old stories though, tragic or not Bluebeard was a nasty favourite
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Post by Bex on Oct 29, 2001 23:55:06 GMT -5
Maybe you would understand Melusine a little, being serpentine in nature yourself. Some say she was a mermaid, some a siren, a nymph, a serpent... She married a human prince, Raymond, who built her a castle named after her- Lusignan. They begot many children, but she set a single condition for the prince before she consented to marry him: he may never lie with her or even see her on Saturdays. After many happy years however, he broke his promise and peeked through the keyhole as she took her bath. In dismay, he saw that her lower body was that of a great fish or serpent. As Melusine found out, she leapt from the castle window and flew away on great raven wings, though she was said to return at night and nurse the youngest of her children. Ever since, when a descendant of Melusine died, she could be seen flying around the tower of Lusignan, wailing and mourning the deceased. That's the short version anyway neat. it's a gender-bent version of "cupid and psyche," "green serpent," "east o' the sun, west o' the moon" and probably whacks of other variants i haven't read. oddly, when the story involves a peeping thomasina, she manages to make amends and live happily ever afterwards with a no-longer-monstrous sweetie.
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Post by Zoras on Oct 30, 2001 6:30:57 GMT -5
*banks slowly aloft a field of pale pink mist, gliding above the clouds as a boat might glide atop a river*
Most interesting tale, Mel... And even more amazing is that I've heard another version of this story. From Japan.
I forget the names involved, but the story goes that a poor fisherman (aren't they all?) one day comes across a spider trying to flee from a hungry bird. On a whim of compassion, the fisherman drives the bird away and lets the spider go.
He forgets all about the incident, until a week later when a beautiful young woman shows up at his door and asks him if she might put up for the night. In exchange, she promises to weave him a roll of cloth.
The fisherman thought it an odd exchange, but he agreed, and the next morning the woman delivered to him a bolt of the finest silk he had ever seen, such that it shimmered in the sunlight. The bolt of silk fetched a fine price at the market, and the man asked the woman to stay on. She agreed, on the condition that the man never went into her room when she was weaving.
The man agreed to her condition, and eventually the pair fell in love and were married. Even after their marriage though, the woman insisted on the same condition, and the man grew more and more curious about this strange habit of his wife. Eventually, his curiosity got the better of him, and he peeked into the room.
To his horror, he saw a gigantic spider at the loom, weaving bolts of silk taken from its own spinnarets.
The story has two different endings here. One says that the man burst into the room, aghast that he had married a monster and the spider fled, never to be seen again. The other holds that the man suddenly remembered the spider he had saved all those years ago, and he realised that the creature was repaying him for his kindness. Their marriage continued, until one day a local daimyo spotted the woman, and was smitten by her beauty. He ordered his soldiers to have the man slain and the woman brought to his keep. He locked her in a tower until the woman would agree to be his wife, but of course, being a spider, she simply changed her form and snuck out the window.
Again the story has two paths here. One says that the spider simply vanished back into the wilds, never to be heard of again. The other states that the spider crept into the daimyo's room and killed him with her poisonous bite, then threw herself onto the daimyo's sword to join her husband in the afterlife.
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