[Artemisia] more on Court - Longish

[Femmehippiegirl at aol.com]

again with my few cents...

i think that we occasionally treat our royalty with an unhealthy mix of 
condescension and fear.  (my spell check tells me i typed 
"condensation"...hmmmm....)  

i for one am willing to go out on a limb here and say that these worthy folks 
are not idiots for pete's sake.  if one tells them honestly, "loved your 
court your majesty but those gift presentations get a bit long, dontcha know" they 
will listen with the same respect they accord everyone else and probably not 
shout "off with your head!"  no need to hide opinions and put on pretty smiles 
 in order to play the game.  weighing what's worth talking about and what's 
not is always wise. (imagine all the frantic, heated conversations you could 
avoid if you'd just kept your mouth shut about whether or not whatchamacallits 
were period or just fun!)  however, no royal personage worth their weight in 
ferrets is going to bestow a peerage on someone or, conversely, banish them from 
the kingdom for expressing a well thought out opinon in a respectful and 
interested manner.  

courts are, of course, ultimately run by those in the expensive seats.  
they've earned the right to be there and should play that to the hilt while it 
lasts.  i for one love a good reign.  it makes things fun to watch.  but our 
royals are not immune to the opinion or the requests of the populace.  if they 
were, award recommendations would mean nothing and no one would be bored at court 
because it would be a vast an empty wasteland.

i'm absolutely positive that we all know who's running the show.  who would 
have it otherwise?  it's more fun with reigning royalty and no one has ever 
suggested that they don't deserve their proper due.  but i have a feeling that 
even though every reigning personage has an idea about how they'd like things to 
go, that fresh and interesting ideas are always welcome.  

ramona...packing for thailand...




Naquiba Raym bint Qasim al-Andalusi
Once and Future Geek