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Question (another one) about Gateways - KRW - 10-01-2008
cobalt79 Wrote:Well, the knowledge some people have!....snicker
I read it in a book. Yeah, that's the ticket!:p
Question (another one) about Gateways - cobalt - 10-01-2008
KRW Wrote:I read it in a book. Yeah, that's the ticket!:p
Sure! And I'm innocent...cough...sputter...cough....
Question (another one) about Gateways - KRW - 10-01-2008
cobalt79 Wrote:sure! And i'm innocent...cough...sputter...cough....
exactly!!!
Question (another one) about Gateways - Kenji - 10-02-2008
Lysistrata Wrote:Minor spoiler below
I searched the forum, but did not find the topic:
Anya is the first Dog Lady we see eating, and she eats only what the plants discard: grains, nuts and fruits. She won’t eat leaves because she doesn’t want to hurt the plants.
And yet, she smokes a lot. Cigarettes are made with tobacco leaves.
So, what does exactly Anya smoke?
Cigarettes are not fruit. Can't eat 'em. So that's okay for her. :hand:
Question (another one) about Gateways - tenebroust - 10-02-2008
I would venture to say this about the topic of this thread;
[SPOILER]If Anya is a sort of "Mother Earth personified" then the very idea of her smoking would seem to be self destructive. Therefore I think it more likely that she is not "just" Mother Earth personified but is instead a metaphysical representation of Earth and humanity and thus she would potentially have all the gifts and vices of humans. That would explain the smoking. As for how she would justify smoking; it is not a far stretch to imagine her having a network of people that she would rely upon to provide her with her needs and if her needs included tobacco that was not sundered from the plants-causing them injury- then she would have access to it. She would have been around for quite some time after all.[/SPOILER]
Question (another one) about Gateways - Legion - 10-02-2008
Lysistrata Wrote:What are your Winston made of?
Actually, its fitting that he gave her a Winston. Winstons are 100% natural. They have none of the additives of other cigarettes. The only ones that are somehow better are American Spirits. That's why they cost so damned much.
Question (another one) about Gateways - Legion - 10-02-2008
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]
I did consider, but kept her smoking anyway because I wanted her to, and hoped no one would notice. Those hopes have been dashed (but it took years and years).[/SIZE]
There IS one way around that little snafu.
[SPOILER]When she was attacked, not only did little Oyv fight to defend her. So did her plants. If her plants loved her THAT much I doubt very much they'd have any problem with dropping her some leaves. Then again, at the rate she smoked it would have to be one hell of a big tobacco plant.[/SPOILER]
Question (another one) about Gateways - Libby - 10-02-2008
Lysistrata Wrote:where does she buy them? who collects them? it must cost a fortune to harvest. And overripe tobacco leaves have to be brown tobacco?
Perhapse she has her own tabacco plant.
Question (another one) about Gateways - Ken Valentine - 10-02-2008
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Why do you imagine I'd lie about something so trivial?Force of habit?
Ken V.
Question (another one) about Gateways - Ken Valentine - 10-02-2008
Lysistrata Wrote:Anya is the first Dog Lady we see eating, and she eats only what the plants discard: grains, nuts and fruits. She won’t eat leaves because she doesn’t want to hurt the plants.Aside from tobacco, grains, nuts, and fruits are future (baby?) plants. They're effectively the fetuses -- feti . . . feteese? -- of what would otherwise become next years plants.
And yet, she smokes a lot. Cigarettes are made with tobacco leaves.
So, what does exactly Anya smoke?
Ken V.