The rant I was not going to write
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:32 am
So I'll try to keep it short. Well, that didn't work, so rant it is.
My RL, especially my business, has kept me very busy. Yesterday I had a lull, and came to look around. I realized that every "active" Cyberian was a Shirithian. I also realized that my heart was not into trying to raise the dead. So I left, rather than imitate Napoleon III. Sorry, Mike, but I thought it more respectful to leave than to do that.
I love Nelaga, and especially Maraguo, but I simply don't have the time to participate in more than one country, if that.
There has been a lot of talk about community, and whither Shireroth. Well, at least there IS a community in Shireroth that discusses things. Heck, a lot of discussion regarding other countries takes place IN Shireroth, so why not limit myself to Shirithian citizenship, where my particular version of insanity is tolerated to a degree, and rebellions and coups are part and parcel of the landscape and culture?
.....and if I was going to limit myself to Shireroth, why not seize the Throne and decree myself silly? I mean the legalistic Gordian knot that Shireroth is tying itself up in is traditionally best cut by an insurgent Kaiser, who, by definition of Kaiserish-ness, has the power to do so.
I mean one major house? Better several duchies, and s..t-can the dukes who consistently ignore the Landsraad.
..........Mors VI means well, but things are becoming reminiscent of Letifer III. At lest that's as good excuse as any to launch a coup, and even a failed coup stirs things up.
I'd prepared one of my off-the-cuff manifestos suspending the Charter, and restoring the Duchies and the Old Flag (which would have alienated several factions, but hey, it's what I do.)
So I was winding myself up for that when I realized that I don't particularly like being told to f... myself, and if Mors VI is going to be over-thrown, then Erik is better qualified to do that, and that RL is still busy, and if I was successful, then how in PRH was I going to be able to handle the job anyway?
So I un-resign my citizenship, because even when it sucks and the Kaiser does things I don't like Shireroth is still worthwhile, and the castle in Jacob-La-Ville isn't a bad place.
I do resign as Arbiter, with thanks, because I can't handle legalism.
I await events.
Meow.
My RL, especially my business, has kept me very busy. Yesterday I had a lull, and came to look around. I realized that every "active" Cyberian was a Shirithian. I also realized that my heart was not into trying to raise the dead. So I left, rather than imitate Napoleon III. Sorry, Mike, but I thought it more respectful to leave than to do that.
I love Nelaga, and especially Maraguo, but I simply don't have the time to participate in more than one country, if that.
There has been a lot of talk about community, and whither Shireroth. Well, at least there IS a community in Shireroth that discusses things. Heck, a lot of discussion regarding other countries takes place IN Shireroth, so why not limit myself to Shirithian citizenship, where my particular version of insanity is tolerated to a degree, and rebellions and coups are part and parcel of the landscape and culture?
.....and if I was going to limit myself to Shireroth, why not seize the Throne and decree myself silly? I mean the legalistic Gordian knot that Shireroth is tying itself up in is traditionally best cut by an insurgent Kaiser, who, by definition of Kaiserish-ness, has the power to do so.
I mean one major house? Better several duchies, and s..t-can the dukes who consistently ignore the Landsraad.
..........Mors VI means well, but things are becoming reminiscent of Letifer III. At lest that's as good excuse as any to launch a coup, and even a failed coup stirs things up.
I'd prepared one of my off-the-cuff manifestos suspending the Charter, and restoring the Duchies and the Old Flag (which would have alienated several factions, but hey, it's what I do.)
So I was winding myself up for that when I realized that I don't particularly like being told to f... myself, and if Mors VI is going to be over-thrown, then Erik is better qualified to do that, and that RL is still busy, and if I was successful, then how in PRH was I going to be able to handle the job anyway?
So I un-resign my citizenship, because even when it sucks and the Kaiser does things I don't like Shireroth is still worthwhile, and the castle in Jacob-La-Ville isn't a bad place.
I do resign as Arbiter, with thanks, because I can't handle legalism.
I await events.
Meow.