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HH
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killer shrike

Subj: That doesn't stop Earth viewers recognising Klingon or Vulcan cultural habits.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 04:59:45 pm EDT
Reply Subj: That's where I hail from, last I checked
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 03:29:45 pm EDT


> > > Isn't Vaahir pledged eternally to one of the original 9 Caphans?
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> > If this was a classic Earth hero then yes, he'd be cheating. I suspect Caphans - including Kaara - wouldn't have a problem with it. After all this is a culture where Ohanna encouraged Kiivan to sleep with five of the exiled Caphans to ensure he had an heir before going to war.
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> > Vahiir still wants Kaara as his best beloved, mother of his children, most favoured of all his slaves; that doesn't mean he doesn't expect there to be other women in his bed from time to time.
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> > And now we're really deep into fictional cultural mores.