FS Out of Character Chat

[Bynw]

I have not dropped a bombshell,  honest,  I have been hinting at it from day one.  LOL

And I've been waiting for the reveal since very shortly after day one. I mean, it was obvious who she was from her character profile, and her bestie happens to be a midwife....   

Oh I knew who the character was. Just didn't know she had a babe with the one encounter with Washburn.

[Laurna]

Truth be told, I did roll dice for her to have a baby way back when she and Wash had their one night, and then I rolled dice for boy or girl.  Evie and Jerusha knew about it, at least I think I told them.  It had been Jerusha's idea at the time to bring Ellia/Amarylis more into the plot line. But I admit that I did not announce my rolls because DFK brought our wonderful Fiona to joined our group right after that and my Ellia then was no longer a prime character for that story. I changed Ellia's nickname to Amy when Jerusha had a character named Elspeth, which was too close a name to Ellia.  Therefore, she became Amy instead.  And I am glad she changed her nickname.  I like Amy better.

[Evie]

I have not dropped a bombshell,  honest,  I have been hinting at it from day one.  LOL

And I've been waiting for the reveal since very shortly after day one. I mean, it was obvious who she was from her character profile, and her bestie happens to be a midwife.... 

Oh I knew who the character was. Just didn't know she had a babe with the one encounter with Washburn.

This does make me wonder whose baby you thought she had given up, since she mentions her son at least twice in this game (off the top of my head, I remember her mentioning to Airich that she never wanted to have to give up a child again, and I think she even mentions his name in a scene with Elspeth). Unless I'm misremembering, Ellia/Amy was a virgin when she had her encounter with Wash, so unless she decided to go wild and crazy with the local lads in the months after that, it's at least heavily implied that she had Wash's child.

And as for them only having that one time together, it only takes one little swimmer encountering one little egg at just the right time ... 

[Nezz]

And you've gotta figure that Wash's little swimmers are just as heroic as he is. The big surprise is that we've heard of no other little blond by-blows toddling around.

[Laurna]

Now ladies, Wash has been very discreet in his younger adult years.  He had to be, knowing his position in court. I presume he did have  a fling or two but likely with older widows. I have written a scene where Fiona does ask him before she says yes to his proposal, if he thought he had any natural-born children, and he answered her truthfully that the few women he knew have not had any children. But for one time, before he knew Fiona, he had always been very discreet. (I Do hope Fiona will forgive him after he finds out about this. Which I suspect is still a ways away.)

[Nezz]

Don't worry, we know how to keep a secret. Fiona doesn't need to know about for a very very very long time, if ever.

[Evie]

Don't worry, we know how to keep a secret. Fiona doesn't need to know about for a very very very long time, if ever.

Yeah, maaayyybe, but that really doesn't seem like the sort of thing one wants to take the chance of having get back to one's wife without having given her a heads-up about the possibility beforehand. At least if Wash wants the course of true love to continue to run smoothly, but hey, what's a story without a little conflict...?   

ETA:  Annnd I see he's already covered that base just in case. Good for him!

[Laurna]

First Feyd and now Bishop Bernard! And it wasn't even Terce yet!

LOL,  I know how Iain does love to get himself into the thick of where trouble is brewing.  but I do love his rejoinder about the situation that is thrust at him.

[DerynifanK]

I have not dropped a bombshell,  honest,  I have been hinting at it from day one.  LOL

And I've been waiting for the reveal since very shortly after day one. I mean, it was obvious who she was from her character profile, and her bestie happens to be a midwife....   

Oh I knew who the character was. Just didn't know she had a babe with the one encounter with Washburn.

Considering the shape Washburn was in, near death, I find it hard to believe that he fathered a child with the woman who focused on keeping him warm and helping him survive. I just can't see that happening.

[Nezz]

...I find it hard to believe that he fathered a child with the woman who focused on keeping him warm and helping him survive. I just can't see that happening.

That's what he said...

[Nezz]

...I find it hard to believe that he fathered a child with the woman who focused on keeping him warm and helping him survive. I just can't see that happening.

Seriously though, why not? Would all his little swimmers be dead? Or would he have been unable to pass any of them on to her? Heaven knows women conceive and carry children when they're under extreme stress, why would a man not be able to make a contribution under extremely stressful circumstances?

[Evie]

I have not dropped a bombshell,  honest,  I have been hinting at it from day one.  LOL

And I've been waiting for the reveal since very shortly after day one. I mean, it was obvious who she was from her character profile, and her bestie happens to be a midwife.... 

Oh I knew who the character was. Just didn't know she had a babe with the one encounter with Washburn.

Considering the shape Washburn was in, near death, I find it hard to believe that he fathered a child with the woman who focused on keeping him warm and helping him survive. I just can't see that happening.

As I recall, he was needing consolation at a very desperate time in his life when he was clinging to survival, and Amy/Ellia's compassion for him led her to both keep him warm and also give him some hope and happiness in what limited way she was able to, under the circumstances. Sometimes extreme circumstances also bring people together emotionally, even if only for a very short time. I think for some people a threat to survival also stirs up the desire to preserve continuity of life by attempting to reproduce, which might not be a very rational response to the circumstances, but it can be an instinctive drive.

One example of the phenomenon I'm thinking of IRL was when Christie Brinkley was in a helicopter crash while still married to Billy Joel and she developed feelings for one of the other crash survivors, who she ended up leaving Billy Joel for. However, that second marriage didn't end up working out--little wonder, if it was based mostly on adrenaline-heightened emotions--and it ended only months later. Had she never experienced the crash, she might have still ended up divorcing Billy Joel eventually, but survival instinct plus hormones can do weird things like temporarily intensify emotional bonds between two people caught up in a traumatic situation.

[Laurna]

Hello DFK.
This revelation is not a betrayal of Washburn's love for Fiona, I can assure you of that. And if he does discover the truth, he will first be protective of Fiona's position and thoughts. Know that he will never lie to her, he loves her too much for that.

[Evie]

Hm, I do hope Airich meets up with Wash sooner rather than later. He needs those extra memories assimilated properly ASAP.

[Bynw]

Hm, I do hope Airich meets up with Wash sooner rather than later. He needs those extra memories assimilated properly ASAP.

Or simply removed. That can be done too by a skilled practitioner that is already in the city.