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jducoeur ([personal profile] jducoeur) wrote2008-04-27 10:18 am
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Congrats to [livejournal.com profile] alethea_eastrid, the new Princess of the East! Duke Darius won the Crown for her yesterday.

(Now all we need is for someone to win for [livejournal.com profile] msmemory, and it'll be an official tradition that the men of House Silverwing wind up as Royal Chew Toy...)

[identity profile] liamstliam.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a traditional my Pelican never thought of.

;)

Silverwing: The House of Concubines.

[identity profile] goldsquare.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I can dig that... actually.

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm out of the jargon loop. What's the Royal Chew Toy?

[identity profile] etherial.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
A person ([livejournal.com profile] liamstliam in this case) married to a Royal, but not reigning with them. I believe we have [livejournal.com profile] liamstliam to blame for coining the term.
Edited 2008-04-27 15:34 (UTC)

[identity profile] goldsquare.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Ironic Justice. :-)

[identity profile] baron-steffan.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ya think? I wouldn't put Kenrick in that category.

Liam, congrats to all y'all. And don't listen to the pessimists rant about the stressful burdens you're both assuming. You're about to have the best SCA year of your lives.

Oh, and I did not invent the rather unfortunate "Chew Toy" thing. My semi-official title was something like Queen's Privy Chamberlain.

[identity profile] alethea-eastrid.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Privy Chamberlain?

...um. I think I might actually like Chew Toy better, aside from some apprehension about what Badger Herald and her crew are going to come up with for Coronation :)

We're working with either major-domo or Social Secretary at the moment, though I'll have to see if I can find a more appropriately period term.
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[personal profile] siderea 2008-04-27 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
*Jaw drop* WOW! Thanks for the news.

[identity profile] alethea-eastrid.livejournal.com 2008-04-27 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
hee. I'll be talking to the Waytes and the Quire, soonest. If your school schedule permits and you happen to feel like visiting the Society again, to attend, say, Fall Coronation, I would be delighted. (and if not, I'll understand!)
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[personal profile] siderea 2008-04-27 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll let you know as things progress. So... where do you hope/expect to have Coronation?

Royal Chew Toys

[identity profile] hudebnik.livejournal.com 2008-04-28 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
I remember discussing this issue with Duchess Deshive when I lived in Caid. She said she would never dream of sharing the throne with someone she was actually romantically (and/or maritally) involved with; there would be no escape from it.

I was at the first Decoronation of Jafar (upon whom the peace and the blessing) and Katherine of the Midrealm. The visibly-pregnant Katherine called up her husband to give him some kind of award, pointing out that "not since the days of Arthur and Guinevere has any Queen been so well served by her Champion...."

[identity profile] lady-cassia.livejournal.com 2008-04-28 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
You and I should talk...

[identity profile] ladymacgregor.livejournal.com 2008-04-30 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going to show my age here . . . but I believe the first time I heard "the Queen's chew toy," it was Sir Wolfgang Krieger (I think that's the right person - looks like Richard Gere?), who claimed that title. He was dating Margaret when she was on the throne with Master Ruslan.