EAisticle: Lion Loopholes
It has reached certain ears – and we must admit they were not pointy Elven ears, but plain human ones, and not the cleanest – that Aganzir, the Woman of the Secret Shadow, has been accepted to the Tol-in-Gaurhoth team as a midfield, and she partially earned this position because of the myths floating around (not exactly like bubbles in a bath or logs in a pond, but more like anchors thrown off a ship) that she is a werecat, aka a werelion. According to some, she can also transform herself into a crocodile, but this theory has no scientific support whatsoever, and is totally irrelevant. Others say that her other other skin is one of a vixen, which is more believable, but just as irrelevant to this topic.
This year the T-I-G team is limited to only four werewolves because, according to some brainy people, wolf forms give the team an unfair advantage over others. The above-mentioned Aganzir is registered as a wight on the above-mentioned team. However, if she chooses to become a lioness, would there be a ban to stop her? There were no lions on teams before; therefore the restriction does not mention any. Will T-I-G make use of this mightily convenient loophole?
Now the above-mentioned grimy human ears collaborate with a mouth, and that mouth is full of teeth and opinions clean enough to quote. “A human is a human, and a lion is no human,” the ears heard that opinionated mouth say. “Four wolves are enough! They have to understand us Homo sapiens too. They will. Any human will. It’s only humane – haha! humane humans!” What the ears and the mouth did not realize is that the rest of the team is also not human: they are wights. Undead. Not human.
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