So, just a quick post to point out something I've noticed in my last re-read of the books.

I always pictured King Jupiter as being white (cuz it made sense to me) but then I found out that he was actually brown. And then there's Lady Glen, who is black-furred, I believe, and so yeah there's that.

What are these kids that they're supposed to have?

There's Winslow, who is- what color is he?

I don't know, and I don't want to get up and find my book so I can find out. We'll figger it out later.

And then there's Smalls, who is pure white. And then Emma, who is, like, half white half brownish-red, and then Whit, the other brother, who is white and some black.

I don't know much about rabbit genetics, but, at least in human genetics, two dark-skinned people have basically no chance of having a very pale child. Unless, of course, albinism. But I don't think Smalls is albino, because his eyes aren't pink.

If, in human genetics, one parent is dark and the other is light, there is a chance (albeit a smaller one) that they could plausibly have a light child. This is why, when I first learned about Lady Glen being the Queen Mother, I'm like, "Oh, so her husband must be a white rabbit, because that's the only way it makes sense."

(Speaking of which, this reminds me of another crazy theory- what if Helmer is Lady Glen's brother? So Glen and Airen and Helmer would all be siblings? I think it doesn't sound implausible.)

Back to my other point. I don't think that Smalls, plausibly, can be King Jupiter's biological son. It just doesn't make sense. I suppose that there are, of course, things like mutations and recessive traits, but, across the board, none of King Jupiter's "children" look very much like him or his wife. Except for maybe Winslow, who we have yet to examine.

Now, I'm not saying that an adopted child is any less a person's son or daughter, or that an adopted person isn't truly part of a family, or anything like that. I am simply pointing out some interesting observations that I had.

Well, till the Green Ember rises, Causers! Or Green Emberites! Or New Seddletonites! Or all the O'Seddle Family! Whatever we decided!