Talk:Martin van Lustbader

"Loyal Republican" party? Isn't that a misnomer? If they're "Republican", wouldn't that mean they were opposed to the monarchy? If so, how can they be called "Loyal"?

Not necessarily. There's no reason one can't have a representative & democratic republic under a constitutional monarch. This is exactly what the NAL is, and I suppose that the "LR" name reflects this. Elemtilas 11:00, 8 January 2006 (PST)

I'm wondering if Elemtilas had anything particular in mind for Mr. van Lustbader? Is he, for example, supposed to be any kind of a doppelganger for Martin van Buren? Or what? Zahir 17:53, 10 July 2006 (PDT)

Nope, not a doubleganger at all...he's named after a nother Lustbader of my acquaintence. Not sure if anything can be done with the image or not, but MvL doesn't necessarily have to look like the real namesake. The van Lustbader family are famous in the region, as they were early explorers and settlers in the area. Obviously, the Lustbader River (*here*'s Delaware) was named for an early Batavian explorer. A modern descendant of GM van Lustbader is the famous American novelist, Luke van Lustbader. He writes mainly fantasy novels. Other than that, both of them are pretty carte blanche for whoever wants to take them on. (See "Eric van Lustbader" *here*). Elemtilas 20:30, 10 July 2006 (PDT)

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Looks good, Dr Zahir! Elemtilas 02:42, 16 July 2006 (PDT)