michaelsuave wrote:
Ok, I highly disagree with you.
1. Jason has already established that he is not going to overthrow the Faey Empire or society. Heck, we are constantly reminded about the differences between humans and faey. Jason does not want to have to be in charge of the faey any more than he wants the faey to be in charge of him.
Well we can see thats not his plan ....but i assume that the Faey the jury is still out on this one
michaelsuave wrote:
2. There is no way, as a human, that the aristocratic self-centered egotistical faey government and society would ever use a human, somebody not 100% faey, as a rallying point and eventual head of the empire. Think about it, it would be impossible for a human such as Jason to take over the entire system of faey, and besides, why would he want to. (supra, see point 1 and 3)
True unless the Majority of the Faey were unhappy with their current Goverment or their system of goverment ....then all bets could be off
michaelsuave wrote:
3. He, unlike the faey, believes in individuality and freedom. After fighting the battle and walking the fine line between fighting the house ruling terra and fighting the empire, Jason is going to be in no position to take on the combined force of the empire. Further, Jason has already stated in the book that he is going to need the protection of the faey in order to survive the possible onslaught of other more hostile space-faring species.
Not true ...the Faey do believe in individuality and freedom it's just like with us humans some see things diffrently. some Faey see humans as Equals ....and some see humans as Subfaey ,,,Slaves ect. some only see Faey as having rights ...you can get the picture without me having to keep going
michaelsuave wrote:
4. We already know that somebody in the higher levels of the royal government knows about Jason and is protecting him. The royal research department is highly linked with the arms industry that is entirely controlled by the empress. Heck, for all we know the woman who came to visit Jason on earth was A. the empress herself, B. a close connection of the empress. There is a great power out there that is protecting Jason; my bet is on the empress herself.
Aww but the $64,000 dollar question is ....Who and What do they know or think they know......also who is protecting him and WHY! .....is he looked at as an Asset that can build unique things > or does someone know Jason is part Faey ? ......is it trying to Exploit him or protect him ? Greed might have a lot to do here.
michaelsuave wrote:
5. Jason's genetics are against him being an emperor or being a threat. His former house fled rather than fight in the Great War. They chose to not align themselves with either side and became targets from both. They were scientists and artists, not warrior’s spies or politicians.
Don't Forget ...he's also MALE. Typical Faey warrior’s spies and politicians are mostly FEMALE.
I suspect most Faey wouldn't accept Jason just because he is a male.
michaelsuave wrote:
6. The faey are already at war, they cannot afford a civil or internal conflict for fear that the lizard people (I forget their title at the moment) will overrun their entire empire). Further, why should the empress be fearful of Jason when she can just destroy his entire planet if she so chooses? Earth is too important of a planet to the faey from an agricultural standpoint. There is no way she would let the humans get in the way of her own empire's needs, even if that means the gassing and death of all humans on the planet.
Thus, for all of these reasons, and more, I disagree with you when you state that the Empress will be threatened by Jason politically when his house allegiance comes to public light. Jason has already stated that he doesn't want to rule the galaxy/universe, just change it so that there is more equality and freedom for individuals, especially humans.
That’s my stance and I'm sticking to it.
~Michael
Aww ...but I never said she could just destroy Earth. Earth is (as you point out) way too important to the Empire now to do that.
Earth supplys what was it like 20% of all faey food now. Biggest mistake they could make would be to lose 20% of their Vital supply's durring a War.
Which kinda begs the question How long can the Empress allow Jason to disrupt Food shipments before it becomes threating to The War efforts or Empires needs.
As for Empress being threatened by Jason politically when his house allegiance comes to public light.
It maybe Escaping you that the Threat may not be what jason will or could do .....but just the fact that he Lives is the Threat.
If Jason is a member of that Faey nobel house then he has a CLAIM to any asset's Taken from his House by the Empress. .....so just existiing could be threat enough let alone what he might do.
Question then becomes Can she afford to allow them to remain living ?
Politically Jason's DNA is a Bomb Shell waiting to Explode in the Face of the Empress. That alone maybe enough to Gain her Help if it comes to light <snerk> Why does this give me the Feeling we could see one of the old Political Marrages used to Join Kingdoms?.
Phantom