Mini-thoughts on Amber and food

[zdashamber]

One of the things I never got around to mentioning in my bleak Amber kids game was that I'd decided when Hong, the main cook/housekeeper, had a day off, Gerard was the one who stepped up to cook for everyone, and it was sushi every time. I was thinking that he's not just a guy who runs a navy, but he actually really likes everything about it, fish and lack of fire and all... And I think he's up to all the finicky chopping and arranging and shaking with sesame seeds and all. I'm very much enjoying the image of him in his bathrobe at the counter carefully squishing the sushi roll with the bamboo slat thing.

I'm also amused by the thought that the next generation of Amberites, those that survive, their basic food assumptions are going to be "noodles" and "sushi." When I have to cook something, the most basic default is a slab of meat, with potatoes and vegetables. Silent E, whose parents are of Chinese background, in that exact slot had stir fried rice. I got fancier with stew, she filled that slot with drumsticks and eggs in spiced broth. I'd take time and do lasagna, she'd do dumplings... Anyway, interesting to see what people's defaults are, and where they come from.

Comments

[motleypolitico.livejournal.com]

Gerard in the current game really is just the total tool.

For that matter, he was in the previous game, too. And in just about every Amber game I've ever played in for that matter. Odd, since he *should* be a character who ends up with integrity and a lack of tool-ness, but never seems to quite manage it.

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Well, for a long time I liked Gerard, and I still can't find it in my heart to despise him as I do (say) Martin and Merlin. (And honestly, there are so many takes on everyone that even those two get some slack.) But I can see why Mike hates him... Much like my feelings on Fiona. He turned traitor to his word, he didn't even do it competently, and still everyone thinks he's swell.

Every non-Mike game I've been in (well, HF hardly counts), people think Gerard is great: noble and loyal and honest and brave and nice... Even when, by his actions, he proves this false, people still don't get the change through their minds.