The Bachelor -- Justino Togas

[History Guy]

Got to watch out for girls who can beat up generals...

By the way, did I mention that Isabella can COOK? How many Queens can do that, eh?!

[Togas]

I'd like to have each of the women who would be Queen of Spain answer these three questions:

1) What is your finest quality?

2) How would you serve the people of Spain if you were their Queen?

3) How many children would you have and what would their names be?

--Togas

[History Guy]

Here comes Isabella:

1) My dedication to my family. As Queen, my extended family would be all the people of Spain.

2) As a mother guides her children, so would I guide my people. I would accompany my husband where he allowed me to go, and would be the country's matriarch.

3) As many children as I might possibly have. Hopefully, I'd give the King a son. Of course, I should allow the son to name his heir. However, given a chance, I should like to name some of my sons and daughters after the great saints of the church.

Lady Isabella de Calamari

[ruby_maser]

Originally posted by Togas
1) What is your finest quality?

2) How would you serve the people of Spain if you were their Queen?

3) How many children would you have and what would their names be?

Isabelladonna:

In answer to your questions:
1) I would venture that my finest quality is a flash of demure ruthlessness. I have been told by most everyone that it is a charming characteristic to possess. There was one noteable exception, though, when a lowly commoner tried to court me and in the course of flattery told me that he saw nothing of ruthlessness in my character. By and by, I had to let him in on the secret... gently

2) I have a hands-off approach to government; its the only way to ensure gridlock in policy-making. The people would be best served by keeping up appearances -- I appear to care for them and they appear to love me for it. Otherwise, we may have to resort to more drastic measures along the lines of my answers to question 1.

3) I have always been fond of the name Caligula for boys or Caligubella for girls, and I believe a great multitude of children are a joy and a blessing. The more there are, the greater competition for dominance in the pack and the greater chances or a fine despot emerging from them.

Isabelladonna

[History Guy]

Caligula? The next King of Spain with the name 'Bootsy'? The daughter 'Bootsette'?

Uhhhhh-ohhhhh...

[Aidun]

As long as the girls have never been married before, I can bless every marriage between the King and any girl.

Pope Aidun I

[Nuclear Winter]

Hmmm Caligule? I am not even sure such a name is aprooved by the church! Wasn´t this Caligule an emperor that ruled before the fall of Luxia that brought corruption and decay to all Lux?
Should such a pervert name keep on history?

[History Guy]

Nuclearius...

Yes, and what's worse, he was a total pagan! He was also married three times, and killed several of them. He also bashed a priest on the conk during sacrifice, and he had some artwork smashed up. He got stabbed, though. Caligula shouldn't be a name that could be considered.

Try something more...how shall I say it?...Catholic. How about...Calixtus?

Cardinal Calamari

[Nuclear Winter]

Or Calamari... oh wiat that is already in use. well, we could name the lil king Felip (or Felipe). Then Felip the third (yes, skip Felip the 2nd, something tells me this is not a good name....)

[ruby_maser]

Isabelladonna:

Caligula would be a name that would be given if I were to be made queen of España; your names may be remembered for less fortunate reasons if you come between that

[Aidun]

Originally posted by Nuclear Winter
we could name the lil king Felip (or Felipe). Then Felip the third (yes, skip Felip the 2nd, something tells me this is not a good name....)

[ooc]Philip II (Valladolid 21th of may 1527 - Escoriaal 13th september 1598) was governor of the Netherlands from 1556 until formally 1648. He lost the Eighty Years' War in which the Netherlands became independent. It is known that the Spanish made several serious military faillures. The most important ones were the Battle of Nieuwkoop near Dunkerque in Belgium and the sea battle in which the Dutch and English navies defeated the Spanish Armada twice.

Philip II was a clever man, but he was a bad military strategist and also bad in domestic politics.

Not a very good name for a king.

Aidun
[/ooc]

[Nuclear Winter]

[ooc]That is why I said to avoid the 2nd
He was evil to his people, he spent lots of money, he was not good at all at diplomacy and he was terrible at military planing (got beaten by the dutch! Outrageous! )
He was good at nothing besides killing inocent and invading nice calm countries like Portugal(and he ruined Portugal with his dumbnes).

[Hot Mustard]

* Heras Dejon fetches Denise to come and answer the questions

Why do I have to answer questions? This is silly. If he wishes to get to know me, he should spend some time with me.

* Denise Dejon reads the questions

What kind of questions are these? With these, he'll pick whoever demonstrates the most ego, salesmanship and willingness to be a heffer, suckling as many as possible!

* Denise Dejon throws down the questions and starts to leave. Heras Dejon stops her and pleads her to at least answer the questions, however she likes.

Ok, fine.

1) What is your finest quality?

To spot BS. Whether from my macho brothers, belligerent customers, or other, unexpected sources.

2) How would you serve the people of Spain if you were their Queen?

Since I have yet to actually meet the King, and he is already commanding that I answer these questions, I suspect that I wouldn't have a great deal of say in the matter, and would be commanded about like any other servant of Spain.

If I could serve Spain how I wished, and could affect change, I might try any number of things that I cannot think of off the top of my head. Spain is wonderful, but there is always room for improvement. Some of our cities have buildings that others lack. Sometimes there is a considerable delay before new cities commence trading the standards luxuries of Spain. Situations like these should be eliminated or improved. If I had the power, I would see that such inequities are solved, wherever possible and prudent.

3) How many children would you have and what would their names be?

Only God himself knows the answer to this question. I look forward to having children, as many as the Good Lord sees fit. However, I will not become a house-ridden nanny that sees her husband once every nine months. As for names, I have not thought about it, and will not, until the magical event(s). Children are the product of the hearts of two people, and their naming should also come from the hearts of those people - spontaneously, not planned.



OOC: Bit of a shrew, ain't she? (But lovable!)

[History Guy]

[ooc]Dejon, where is Richard Burton when ya need him?[/ooc]

Oh dear. I do hope Isabelladona is not threatening the Holy Mother Church and her leaders.

As I remember, though, Caligula had some good qualities. For example, he broke a lot of idols. But he then replaced them with pictures of himself as god...so scratch that one. Perhaps there is a very slim chance that he might have been saved, though. But I doubt it. In fact, scratch that too.

Philip is a lovely name, actually. But I rather prefer Charles! Yes, or James, after the great Santiago! How about Hernan, after Spain's first saint? A lot of good Saint's names floating about.

Cardinal Calamari

[Nuclear Winter]

Charles! James! What then? Thommas? George? Richard?
I sugest we stay to good old traditional names. So what if I am going towards Nuclearis Winterius the IV ? One Nuclearis keeps on teh job of the other!
Dear King, as you may know, I have a sister,17 springs already, most beautifull and nice, but she refuses to come here and answer. well, I am sorry, but maybe I can convince her to come here. She says she is in love with another boy form one of the lords, but since when does she knows what her heart tells her?