#theo waitley

[anonymousdandelion]

Bechimo “the situation has the potential to produce damage. I cannot allow my pilot to expose herself to this risk”

…would be so, SO upset about the TARDIS constantly depositing her crew right smack in the middle of the most dangerous situation conceivable, every single dang time.

(I feel like Theo and the Doctor could get along, though.)

[tryan-a-bex]

Fledgling

Theo Waitley has lived all her young life on Delgado, a Safe World that is home to one of the galaxy's premier institutions of higher le

It’s Theo Waitley day!

This is an entry book to my favourite series of all time, The Liaden Universe by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. A character-driven space opera, it follows a far-reaching pilot and trader family who are known as Dragons by the surrounding culture. Theo discovers that it is her hidden pilot genes that make her ill-suited for her mother’s academic world. But will her parents be able to launch her successfully (while uncovering and surviving a plot to contaminate the research library their scholarly world is founded around)?

Spaceships and dragons, scholars and spies! This series has it all, in a clever, witty prose that never gets old!

(Free ebook at the link above)

[nonenosome2]

Years ago, Kamele Waitley had watched her onagrata, a challenging scholar, stimulating companion, surprising lover, and affectionate role-male for her daughter, demonstrate to that same daughter how a pilot packed for travel.

It had involved one modestly-sized suitcase, and the pockets of a jacket. She had watched, astonished, as first he weeded out those things that could be easily replaced—books, entertainment cubes, favorite teas—before adroitly packing many more than she would have thought possible of those things which were more difficult to replace into that one small bag.

He had then shaken out Theo’s jacket, and placed into the inside pockets the acceptance letter from Anlingdin Piloting Academy, her identification, a flat folder of pictures, and most of her money, leaving enough to buy sundries in an easy-to-reach outside pocket.

“A pilot will also have her license, and a weapon,” he had said, handing Theo the jacket with a smile in his dark eyes. “A pilot ought to always be ready to lift. That means that her essentials are in her jacket, and her jacket is always with her. The contents of the case—even those things that we have just agreed are essential—can be, and sometimes must be, left behind.”

-Daav to Theo (Dragon Ship)

Huh. I read this a long time ago and now I wonder if this is why I pack the way I do no matter where I go.

[ridetheluck]

Just a girl and her spaceship 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[tryan-a-bex]

Happy birthday, Theo Waitley! Jan 22!

Fledgling

Theo Waitley has lived all her young life on Delgado, a Safe World that is home to one of the galaxy's premier institutions of higher le

Free ebook at the link!

Theo Waitley is one of my favourite fictional characters. The Liaden Universe is a family space opera full of strong-willed pilots, and Theo is one of the most wilful of them all. As she is tossed from one unlikely and threatening circumstance to another, she holds firm and grows into herself as an adult, a pilot, and a member of the Korval family. Highly highly recommend!

[nonenosome2]

Volunteer nothing to an official, she'd remembered Father saying then, as he had several times when listening to her retelling of her time on Melchiza. When you're in their power, bureaucrats can be more dangerous than a loaded gun. A gun hits the target you aim at. Bureaucrats are another story.

-Theo Waitley

[anonymousdandelion]

“‘The pilot’s care shall be ship and passengers,’” Theo said suddenly, wondering even as she spoke why she should be quoting the Guildbook now. “‘The copilot’s care shall be pilot and ship.’”

More silence.

“The ship’s care,” said Bechimo, his voice very low, “shall be pilots, and crew.”

“I don’t think that’s in the book,” Clarence said, in quiet Terran, “but maybe it oughta be.”

- Dragon Ship, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller