On Beowulf (addendum)

Still sick.  Here's the follow-up comment I promised solmedes .

So as I was working on this meta yesterday, something else fell into place.  Some time ago, when I was pondering the oh-so-controversial Ch 5 conversation between Beo and Lachesis, amielleon  provided a new reading of the text.  As Ammie sees it, the conversation is NOT a means of hooking Lachesis up with her alleged dorky paramour but instead is a request from Beowulf that Lachesis give assistance to Cuan's children.  Which, of course, raises the new question of why devil-may-care mercenary Beowulf, er, cares about what happens with Cuan's kids.
 

( New headcanon, with slightly less crack )