Hmmm...that's funny. I got the impression they were surprised (temporarily). The cousin who came across her originally who prompted them to begin the ruse certainly was shocked. The Magus was all like, "What the heckity heck is going on?" when she told Gen to rest his head on her lap. I also always thought part of Relius's wariness of telling Attolia was not just because Gen had been involved in the abduction of the Magus, but because his intelligence had missed this monumental piece of information.
I also don't think the members of Eddis's court ever thought her and Gen would marry. Which is why I say they were surprised temporarily, because I've never really thought the Eddisians believed this for very long. Most of them probably knew they were spreading a disinformation campaign from the beginning. So, I don't think that it actually did affect the politics of the Court (at least not for long), but I think Gen's annoyance over the situation in the beginning is because he doesn't like how it reflects on him...or her, for that matter. And while those in the know would realize the rumor was false, the rest of the country did not. Probably part of the reason the common people of Eddis aren't too fond of Gen anymore (as is implied in ACoK). You have an affair with one Queen and then marry another, it doesn't cast you in the best light. There are implications a situation like this makes about the people involved that would be hard to do away with later. I think this makes more sense in my head than it does when I type it...
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Date: 4/22/11 07:55 pm (UTC)I also don't think the members of Eddis's court ever thought her and Gen would marry. Which is why I say they were surprised temporarily, because I've never really thought the Eddisians believed this for very long. Most of them probably knew they were spreading a disinformation campaign from the beginning. So, I don't think that it actually did affect the politics of the Court (at least not for long), but I think Gen's annoyance over the situation in the beginning is because he doesn't like how it reflects on him...or her, for that matter. And while those in the know would realize the rumor was false, the rest of the country did not. Probably part of the reason the common people of Eddis aren't too fond of Gen anymore (as is implied in ACoK). You have an affair with one Queen and then marry another, it doesn't cast you in the best light. There are implications a situation like this makes about the people involved that would be hard to do away with later. I think this makes more sense in my head than it does when I type it...