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Don Carlos

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:31 pm
by Cristiona
Come clean, Ross... this name was you being clever, wasn't it? :D

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:42 pm
by Ryme
Eh? Clever in what way? I think the odds are good the answer is yes (and by policy I'm happy to encourage people to always assume so :) ) but I'm not sure which particular facet of cleverness you're thinking of at the moment.

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:54 pm
by Cristiona
Carlos Castaneda wrote some books mentioning Naguals. In it, there was a guide named Don Juan Matus. Portmanteau?

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:59 pm
by Ryme
Oh, that? Sure. Well, and my Dad introduced me to those books, and his name translates to Carlos in Spanish, too. It's a double-whammy, and a personal inside joke in one. That's the best kind of clever.

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:04 pm
by Ryme
Devant wrote: That's a lot of weirdness packed into a single person...Oo This means that everything we know, all the training we got, comes from the alter ego of your father? Oo
Is not one who trains and teaches you essentially like a father or mother anyway? You say it like it's a weird thought, but metaphorically it's an ancient and very traditional way of looking at things. (Just like the nagual would recognize, too.)

Ding! Point for Ryme!