Unless he was heir because he was the nearest male relative to an aging uncle or something.
Heh, OK, good point. (Also, true enough, Susan, we're not aware that his mother is widowed until S7).
I think Fiona is pretty much on the money, though!
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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Unless he was heir because he was the nearest male relative to an aging uncle or something.
Heh, OK, good point. (Also, true enough, Susan, we're not aware that his mother is widowed until S7).
I think Fiona is pretty much on the money, though!
Oh, definitely. All Brits are the nearest heir to someone with a title, and all Aussies ride about in the outback on horses or 4-wheelers (depending on what movies you've watched) and hate 'roos and drink too much and refuse to give up their plum pudding because it's traditional. Australia has no cities except that big one where the Opera house looms over the ocean, and England is all London, except for the pretty bits in the Lake District. New Zealand has no cities at all, and is all wild, green sheep country, except for the parts where the Maori live. I don't believe there are sheep there. Ireland is all misty and sheep-filled and Scotland is all craggy mountain and deep lake.
I think that pretty much sums up what I've learned about my world from popular books and movies. (Don't even try to tell me there are other parts I missed.)
What about the whole "impoverished gentry" dealy-o? Or couldn't he have an older half brother who got the goods and he was left with nothing? (Hey, I've seen Sense & Sensibility).
Hobbits live in NZ, don't forget that.
William had never been shown to have a profession, so there must have been some money somewhere. Not enough for him to have proper clothes for a party, but what can you do?
The fact that, at his age, he didn't work, could mean moderately impoverished gentry, or could mean jumped up middle class with doting mother.
I'd forgotten the hobbits. Sorry.
William had never been shown to have a profession, so there must have been some money somewhere.
Doesn't mean he didn't work. My personal William was a clerk or a school teacher when the family needed a little extra money. In fact, it's entirely possible that my William is Nicholas Nickleby.
Or William Williamson? (I don't know if William has a canonical last name.)
Angus..... Dan's gone!!! I wish all three of them could have won, I think they're all so lovely.
Emlah, I'm just this minute writing an overexcited blog post on the topic! I loved all the final three, but I'm thrilled that a girl's going to win this one.
In fact, it's entirely possible that my William is Nicholas Nickleby.
Am-Chau is me. I forget the episode where he says something like, "Listen, children and learn," but that sealed it for me.