I wrote up a brief little post for Liornung concerning his reactions to the disappearance of the lassies, as this would be something that would effect him deeply.
I know I don't want Leafa killed, but I have to consider just how far I'm willing to let things go with her. For some reason I seem to shrink away from the idea of any defacement, though I know with any other character I wouldn't mind too much. I must sit down a bit and try to work out why I don't want it for her and if it's a real, logical reason to forbid it from happening, or if the aversion merely stems from an attachment to her. It could just be because Helen's not object to Mellonin being scarred, and while it wouldn't be exactly unrealistic for the same thing to happen to two characters, it wouldn't give as wide a scope of emotions.
Righto... let me see now... it actually does seem that both Leafa and Mellonin could be scarred and there could still be a whole range of emotions, considering their different personalities and the way they would react to different things. Yet it seems also that with two characters running up against two different troubles, there would not only be a wide range of emotions, but a wider range of reactions to a wider range of situations.
Let me run along now and think out how I want things to go with Leafa, or at least what I'd prefer the basic to be.
EDIT:
Immy, All I can say is:
That really is 'worse and worse.' I'd have a difficult time reconciling myself to that... I rather liked Gwyllion.
