Well, its not quite a Mystery, and not quite an IMC, but its a more general set of observations, inspired by Arref's Blog entry about Celina. (See Celina's page if you miss the inference)
Moire is on the "screen" only for a short time in the Amber series, in NPIA. And yet the liaison between Moire and Corwin seems to capture the imagination of players in a strong and defined manner.
People just can't resist a child of the two. GMs as well as players seem to enjoy having this singular encounter be fruitful indeed.
Even though Amberites "have not proven to be excessively fertile", it almost seems that every game I've been in or GMed has had a child of Moire and Corwin...
In SB, its Triton, recently picked up by a player again after a long fallow period as a NPC.
In Bridgette's AOR, the callow and young Corbin fills the role.
Even in my one-shots at cons, I've had characters submitted such as Thetis, for Dreams Made Flesh.
It's a popular "meme", to have a child of these two, male or female. I've not seen twins or the like, however. The closest to that would be Arref and Anne's Rebman Twins, daughters of LLewella.
But, now, in House of Cards, its Arref's young Celina who has recently learned that she is indeed of that union. As a lurker (and hopefully one day a player) in Ginger and Michael's Epic, I should have seen it coming before Arref's announcements but my difficulties in getting and reading email meant that I didn't see a lot of HOC turns until recently, a backlog of reading material to enjoy. Still, in any event, I will be eager to see what Arref (and the Gms) do with this.
So even if its not "realistic", I still think its even odds that my next crop of games at ACUS will include a "Corwin and Moire parent" PC. There is an appeal there, the merging of two realms, the dichotomy between two very strong willed individuals as parents. The best C+M Pcs make use of this, explore it, integrate it into their personalities. Gender issues, notions of cross-breeding, and other ideas can come into play. The fact that Celina's origins were masked is a rich theme that I know Arref will play as strongly and surely as a jazz musician.
Posted by Jvstin at October 17, 2003 1:13 PM