If I'm counting right, the full council has been seen three times, here, here, and here. I first was drawn to this because I got it into my head that the Council seemed to be playing generational politics internally, something that I covered elsewhere.
Something else struck me, though. The first two times, the council members are seated in the same spots, perhaps by seniority? The third time, Rillcreek takes a different spot, moving from the spot next to the presiding officer (likely a prestigious spot) to the extreme right wing (likely one of the two junior spots). His action garners a look of surprise from lady Rose. This leads to a reshuffling of seats as a total of three councillors shift around.
Why? What's Rillcreek's motivation?
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Personally, I took Lady Rose's surprise - if it wasn't just simply attention - to be directed at what Master Rillcreek was saying rather than where he was sitting.
“The mirror may tell us what we are; memory may tell us what we were; but only the imagination can tell us what we might be.” – Donald Keesey
“You go whistling in the dark/ Making light of it/ Making light of it/ And I follow with my heart/ Laughing all the way// Oh 'cause you move me/ You get me dancing and you make me sing/ You move me/ Now I'm taking delight/ In every little thing/ How you move me”
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“You go whistling in the dark/ Making light of it/ Making light of it/ And I follow with my heart/ Laughing all the way// Oh 'cause you move me/ You get me dancing and you make me sing/ You move me/ Now I'm taking delight/ In every little thing/ How you move me”
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BTW, Ralph says that there is no ceremony regarding the position of the members of the council. Rillcreek to that spot because it was closest.
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"You gotta be loose...relaxed...with your feet apart, and...Ten o'clock. Two o'clock. Quarter to three! Tour jete! Twist! Over! Pas de deux! I'm a little teapot! And the windup...and let 'er fly! The Perfect Cast!" --Goofy
"You gotta be loose...relaxed...with your feet apart, and...Ten o'clock. Two o'clock. Quarter to three! Tour jete! Twist! Over! Pas de deux! I'm a little teapot! And the windup...and let 'er fly! The Perfect Cast!" --Goofy
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Um....familiarity with those next to them? Available seating? Warm rock? Any one of a number of reasons.
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"You gotta be loose...relaxed...with your feet apart, and...Ten o'clock. Two o'clock. Quarter to three! Tour jete! Twist! Over! Pas de deux! I'm a little teapot! And the windup...and let 'er fly! The Perfect Cast!" --Goofy
"You gotta be loose...relaxed...with your feet apart, and...Ten o'clock. Two o'clock. Quarter to three! Tour jete! Twist! Over! Pas de deux! I'm a little teapot! And the windup...and let 'er fly! The Perfect Cast!" --Goofy
'cause...it's midnight...and they're all bleary eyed old raccoons (or rac conans, if you wanna be really picky) who wanna be in bed, but are staggering around half awake trying not to bump into each other or fall out of their seats as they nod off?
"Yes, Questor, that is very interes...*YAAAAAAWN*...very interresting but...but I seem to recall...a...charter...passa...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ."
"Yes, Questor, that is very interes...*YAAAAAAWN*...very interresting but...but I seem to recall...a...charter...passa...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ."
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