Um... *thinks about what she has just read* So basically... their biggest problem is with queens with male riders? Not just strange queens. *thinks she's got it*
So... would that mean if say, there were a weyrling ice female with a male dragon, they would, in theory want to go after her? *just making sure she understands Kaya's thought process as not to confuse herself and others as she often does when she over thinks things*
So, yes, cross-Impressed pairs for King and Queen dragons is what they have a problem with because it's outside of tradition, not how things are done, and is seen as a way of producing unbalanced leadership, unsupported Queens, or even (*yes this is sexist*) inept KingRiders. The North has a reputation for being headstrong and stubborn, so for example, males raised being told that they're the proper leaders (consider that most Holds have primarily male leadership) they might support that KingRiders (leaders in the Weyr) should be male and even dragon tradition dictates them to be male.
Does that help make it clearer? Though please come up with your own angles, everyone. This isn't just my plot. Ghost started it. xD
What I had for A'mir's history *and this can just be a small fraction of the rebel group*, was that when he impressed Sayurith he wanted to change the bad perceptions of mixed-gender pairs *since I think that's the main issue so far*, but the group he was involved with turned out to be against his cause and imprisoned him and Sayurith. I was thinking that for the riders/handlers that were imprisoned, maybe it would make more sense for the bondeds to be kept one place and their riders to be kept in another.
As for the reasoning, maybe there's someone or a small group of someones that have a reason for disliking the mixed-pairs? Maybe there was one pair that took the position they wanted or something, or maybe they fell in love with a mixed-pair that rejected them idk...something like that. Also, would it make sense if they were against more canon bondeds with mixed-pairs, but also think that all the non-canons were bad too *at least the ones who frequently cross-impressed*
I think it'd be a good idea to keep a running list of the people we have so far for this *with their positions and viewpoints of what is happening* and also maybe terms that will be used like Unnatural Dragon/King/Queen, Cross-impression, and Mixed-pairs? *just thinking out loud too*
So wait, what we need is a motive for why they're being kidnapped and doing all this? I mean, presumably this isn't just the work of one person.
Let's assume there are two to four main people organizing this with the help of others. They're the ones who need to have the motives.
Player A can have your stereotypical revenge-for-lost-love. Perhaps, rather than loving a crossed pair, they were in love with somebody who fell in love with a crossed pair - perhaps a former best friend?
Player B can have had their place usurped - they got a position they wanted or something; lust for power always makes for a good villain. (Hi, all of former DMW!)
Players C and D, should those be incorporated, could also have interesting backstories - perhaps C's brother/sister is a mixed pair and they're irrationally jealous - or they could just dislike them on prejudiced principle. That happens, too.
Also, KIDNAP NICKTA YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH FUN I WOULD HAVE WRITING THAT. She could be seen fraternizing with a mixed couple or something, so that would also give them more motive to kidnap her - not only is she a good bargaining chip as a QueenRider, but she 'supports the opposition', so to speak, which would leave more dire consequences for the bargaining chips that don't get picked up.
The base motive is supposed to be someone's/some group's great opposition of cross-Impressed pairs decides to finally do something about these unnatural, world order disrupting problems. Perhaps demand they no longer be recognized as Queens, since cross-Impressed pairs that aren't Queens are just hunky dory. With some or elses thrown in.
Perhaps they want them not just stated as not being Queens, but moved? That way they are not part of their Weyr, and it's a bit more drastic than just saying "You are no longer a Queen/King." Or maybe they want them locked away and maybe their wings clipped or something so that they cannot repopulate as well? *going into a bit meaner territory here* Later on if it seems to be heading that way, it could progressively get worse. Like first start with just wanting them to be unnamed as Queens and Kings, then they want them out of the Weyrs, then they want them to be clipped and locked away, then they just want them gone period? Might even start another sort of WeyrWar scenario, and could be a reason that they may later on escape to RMW as refugees perhaps?
Well not being a Queen would require making Silverlights sterile.
Weyr War was two sides with dragons.
From the get go they should not want Silverlights around and perhaps the more rational people (er, non violent people?) just want to see them no longer named Queens and made to chew stone.
The base motive is supposed to be someone's/some group's great opposition of cross-Impressed pairs decides to finally do something about these unnatural, world order disrupting problems. Perhaps demand they no longer be recognized as Queens, since cross-Impressed pairs that aren't Queens are just hunky dory. With some or elses thrown in.
There's no reason a group of people with different base motives for hating them couldn't get together and decide that the world would be better without that kind of dragon. No two people are going to have the exact same motive, after all. I think the best think for them to aim for would be a) getting the Weyr to recognize that these dragons shouldn't exist via exile and b) wingclipping. (Tearing the dragon's wing membrane to shreds would work; that's why one of the dragons in one of the original three Pern books can't fly, I believe. Ban the LifeWings from helping and we'd be set.)
I wasn't saying there couldn't be other motives. Your original post on this topic said "So wait, what we need is a motive for why they're being kidnapped and doing all this? I mean, presumably this isn't just the work of one person."
So I restated the original idea that we started with.
So yeah. They have individual motives that lead to an overall motive funded by a belief that they are abnormal and against nature and therefore cause bad things to happen to 'good' people and need to be banished and clipped.
Agrees with Nicole again, and yeah...what about the LifeWings? Also, where are we planning on heading with this? A world war, a civil war, an intervention by RMW what? It helps to figure out what part of the end plan is too.
Honestly I don't see this spreading to the entire world. Wouldn't all Weyrs be in favor of not hurting dragons? The North is isolated enough that those wanting to not be a part of the 'stubborn squabbles in the North' could probably keep out of it. RMW will get dragged in though because they're close allies with ISW