#Dependents

[thejoyofseax]

Taking on a Protégée

I have now been a Pelican for slightly over a year. Apart from the polling on who else should be elevated, pretty much everything about being a peer is a matter of tradition and local expectation - very little is set down in writing. But one of the things that most peers do (and which I feel is most of if not the whole point of peerages) is take on specific students. For Pelicans, these are conventionally called protégé(e)s.

On November 18, AS 58 (2023 CE), at Ilchomórtas Coróineád Insulae Draconis, the Principality Crown Tourney, I took on Gabrielle of Dun in Mara as a dependent. We had a ceremony between court and feast, which was well attended by noble witnesses.

The image above shows the text of her indenture, which is derived directly from my own indenture with Genevieve la flechiere. The hand is my own pseudo-calligraphic scrawl, based on the cló gaelach - it's not authentically medieval, but for a working document in English which represents the Irish persona, it'll do. This was cut in two along a jagged line in the gap in the middle, and we each have one part. The seals on it already are marked with the House of Green ivy, and we'll add some Pelican seals in due course. The ceremony also included a reading of the lineage, which stretches back several generations to Merowald Sylveaston, knighted in AS VI.

Gabrielle and myself listening gravely to Master Agnes reading the lineage.

And the actual homage bit.

Gabrielle now has the yellow belt I wore for years, and once she has settled on her own arms, she'll add those above mine, Genevieve's, and the chequey pattern that represents Brand, Genevieve's pelican. I'm still not used to wearing a different belt, so seeing her now wearing "mine" is a bit strange. I reckon it'll settle in after a bit, though.

Gabrielle has already stepped up as Chatelaine for Dun in Mara, so her career is off to a good start. I'm extremely pleased with her.

[gramarobin]

[actuallydependent]

I don’t know how many people will see this as it has been many years since anything was posted on here, but!

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I am open to anyone who wants it :)

[macdenlover]

it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this

[geezerwench]

In Prince's funky name, amen.

[nymphoutofwater]

And why? Cultural norms? Personal schedule? “Cause I’m always late to everything”?

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[loudlylovingreview]

Barbara Crooker: Who Do You Carry?

Still here I carry my old delicious burdens.                    Walt Whitman, “Song of the Open Road” . For years, I carried my mother, though she grew lighter and lighter, letting go of her possessions with every move, until, at the end, there were only her clothes, left to be bagged for Goodwill. Untethered by her oxygen tank, she floated away— Today I carry my son, whose body’s an…

[shortnasties]

2971. Dependents

This is "Dependents." Somebody coming up the stairs again.

Can someone please come finish this piece? I've started it, but have lost the heart. Who really wants to die like this? It's all so fantastically fucked. But cuteness is what prevails. It must. The universe depends, above all else, on the ability to disarm.

[southpauz]

I drew a pretty lady

[some-pers0n]

I'm always entertained by people doing those "canon VS fanon" memes where both are misunderstanding characters to such a violent degree 'cause like

[sylviaodhner]

Cars and Independence

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Update: This comic has received a lot of both positive and negative attention, and I decided to post a follow-up comic to address some of the criticism: Revisiting Independence

[pebblume]

let the old men kiss! (whoa who said that??)

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[fixaidea]

Here's a tough one:

You have to remove an animal from a room. Your equipment is a long stick, a bucket and a hoodie.

[cranberrycore]

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[sunnibits]

just out of curiosity bc some people I know with glasses can just go a few hours or a day without them and be chill but I need them on all the time or I’ll go crazy