My take on Geister society: bees. Granted, I've thought that for awhile and said it before, so I'm pre-biased in favor of that perception, but the daughters-not-sons thing, the rigid roles, the inability to think very creatively even presented with the facts in advance...they all make me think of a hive.
I've wondered for some time if they're not a mixed race full symbionts with the wasps. My take for some time is that somehow Lu got herself linked into something that allowed her to shanghai the Giesters for her own purpose, stepping into the Goddess role.
I don't know if she just lucked out and had the right vocal frequency to match their Lady's natural voice, or if something else went on. But... I still think the Geisters have a lot in common with bugs.
And, yes. The cheese. Reminds me of a story of my great grandmother and a blue-bottle fly in the soup. She was very unhappy to learn about that fly just a bit too late.
Re: Geisters
My take on Geister society: bees. Granted, I've thought that for awhile and said it before, so I'm pre-biased in favor of that perception, but the daughters-not-sons thing, the rigid roles, the inability to think very creatively even presented with the facts in advance...they all make me think of a hive.
I've wondered for some time if they're not a mixed race full symbionts with the wasps. My take for some time is that somehow Lu got herself linked into something that allowed her to shanghai the Giesters for her own purpose, stepping into the Goddess role.
I don't know if she just lucked out and had the right vocal frequency to match their Lady's natural voice, or if something else went on. But... I still think the Geisters have a lot in common with bugs.
And, yes. The cheese. Reminds me of a story of my great grandmother and a blue-bottle fly in the soup. She was very unhappy to learn about that fly just a bit too late.