Space MADNESS
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bloodyrosemccoyOkay, okay, the ginger Klingon is less irritating now.
I could have done without the ginger-Klingon sex, though.
The idea of introducing Pilot to Gypsy, however, has given me an excellent twist for an upcoming Doctors!verse novel. When I return to a sci-fi ruining state of mind,* the medical saga of Shipmonster G. Space!Kraken,** already inspired by an aspect of Gypsy, gets an upgrade. It hasn't made me cackle before now. I love it when I cackle.
Speaking of medical drama, I can't stop writing it even in high fantasy, it would seem. You rarely hear, "There will be a slight delay in our world-saving Quest on account of our hero's recovery from open-heart surgery" in these stories. I'd like to see the Houses of Healing deal with a character whose heart has just exploded. THAT'S RIGHT, YO, MY NOT!ELVES ARE WAY COOLER THAN YOUR ELVES.
Damn, I love this hobby. You wish yours was half so much fun.
*I oscillate between sci-fi and fantasy moods pretty regularly.
**Another placeholder name. It takes me YEARS sometimes to come up with good names.
For the record, the G stands for Gamera.
I could have done without the ginger-Klingon sex, though.
The idea of introducing Pilot to Gypsy, however, has given me an excellent twist for an upcoming Doctors!verse novel. When I return to a sci-fi ruining state of mind,* the medical saga of Shipmonster G. Space!Kraken,** already inspired by an aspect of Gypsy, gets an upgrade. It hasn't made me cackle before now. I love it when I cackle.
Speaking of medical drama, I can't stop writing it even in high fantasy, it would seem. You rarely hear, "There will be a slight delay in our world-saving Quest on account of our hero's recovery from open-heart surgery" in these stories. I'd like to see the Houses of Healing deal with a character whose heart has just exploded. THAT'S RIGHT, YO, MY NOT!ELVES ARE WAY COOLER THAN YOUR ELVES.
Damn, I love this hobby. You wish yours was half so much fun.
*I oscillate between sci-fi and fantasy moods pretty regularly.
**Another placeholder name. It takes me YEARS sometimes to come up with good names.
For the record, the G stands for Gamera.
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Date: 2010-10-18 08:19 pm (UTC)Having watched the entirety of Farscape (and the Peacekeeper Wars), I'm looking forward to hearing more of what you'll think about it as you go along. How far in have you gotten so far?
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Date: 2010-10-18 10:31 pm (UTC)I like that everyone has a dark side, too. "The Way We Weren't" had some excellent explorations of that (Velorek's "I am compassionate! Oh, and after I torture you for your own good, you should experience some slight discomfort FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE" was effectively creepy), and with every Zhaan episode I start expecting her to finally schism and start her own Smeagol/Gollum routine. I think they handle that aspect of self-struggle better than Star Trek.
My sister saw the first episode--she's not a CRAZY SPACE ADVENTURES fan, but she is a Jim Henson fan, so I had to show her the OMGPUPPETS. (She would not believe my claims that the giant space cockroach was adorable until I showed her.) We have decided that the giant three-jawed monster Rygel was bargaining with is the best one-shot character ever, and that after a hard day's selling it goes to a cozy-mystery book club and knits seven-armed orange sweaters for its nieces and nephews between sips of Decaf Earl Grey. Cthulhu is its bridge partner.