(urth) The Guild's Revolutionary
Jeff Wilson
jwilson at io.com
Mon Nov 23 03:30:30 PST 2009
David Stockhoff wrote:
> It used to drive me crazy that the Revolutionary doesn't spin, but I
> agree that the pun solution is unavoidable. However, it's notable that
> Thecla doesn't already know how it works. It may or may not be used only
> on high-ranking rebels, but you'd think some word would have gotten out
> among such people that the Revolutionary awaited them---or else why use it?
It's less of a pun than a Dantean contrapasso, I would say.
> On the other hand, perhaps it is rare that the Guild gets such people at
> all, and therefore it uses the device only rarely.
Like most activities on Urth, "tradition" is probably the largest reason.
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