Space MADNESS

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Okay, 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.

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[westrider.livejournal.com]

Speaking of medical drama, I can't stop writing it even in high fantasy, it would seem.

Did you ever see Ursula Vernon's story fragments about the Elven veterinarian? It had some of the most amusing romance scenes I've ever read, too, after he heals an Orc, and they start falling for each other, very awkwardly.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

We all love it when you cackle.

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?

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

Alas, the ginger Klingon tends to be one of the more sexually active characters in the series, though part of this is because he's in a relationship with Chiana. And Chiana is... well, Chiana.

D'argo can be counted on to do one of two things in an episode, at least in the first season - have sex with someone immediately after saying he will never forget his wife, and get put in chains or imprisoned right after saying he's sworn he'll never get put in chains again. But slowly he starts to get caught up in Crichton's insanity, and it all gets better from there.

I could totally see Zhaan doing a Smeagol act, but suspect that Stark has that covered for her.

[shadesofmauve]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who uses place-holder names for years. I get very odd and particular about whether a word feels right (it's why I haven't gone far with my con-langing), and I end up with /domain/ or /protagonist's-dad/ and stuff like that. There's a list of placeholders at the top of all my stories so I can do a find-and-replace when the right name FINALLY occurs.

Also, hooray for fictional medical emergencies. :)

Personally, one of my goals in fantasy is to work in entirely non-magical, inconvienient natural disasters. The flood does not just mean you cannot cross the river to reach the village; it means the village just went past you. On the river.