Amidala is Queen, but it's an elective office?
What kind of nutso planet elects a teenager to wield supreme executive power? And why would you use the title and costume of inherited nobility for an elective office?
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
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The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Sep 29, 2004 12:50:24 pm PDT #2374 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Betsy HP - Sep 29, 2004 12:52:06 pm PDT #2375 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I mean, there are precisely three kinds of elected Queen/King I'm aware of:
Prom
One-time plebiscites choosing the new hereditary ruler (Norway, Greece)
The Summer King, the one who gets plowed into the fields every year.
I'm voting for #3.
alienprayer - Sep 29, 2004 12:53:31 pm PDT #2376 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
The election takes the form of a beauty pageant, with the winner being the smallest girl who can hold her head highest in the most elaborate headress.
Barry Woodward - Sep 29, 2004 12:53:46 pm PDT #2377 of 10001
I fought the law and I won!
"And you'd think that when Vader ran into C3-PO at Lando's place, he'd at least go, "Hey threepio, how's it going?" considering that be built the fucker."
It's interesting you should bring that up, I actually think one of Vader's actions in Empire could be looked at in a different way in light of his C-3PO connection. When Chewie goes berzerk throwing Stormtroopers around Boba Fett aimes his gun at him and Vader stops him. Why? Maybe because C-3PO was attached to Chewie's back. Plus, before that Chewie was allowed to bring a broken C-3PO into his cell in order to get him working again. And if you don't buy that then you could argue C-3PO and Vader never really come face to face because at the time 3PO was broke.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2004 12:53:58 pm PDT #2378 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amidala is Queen, but it's an elective office?
Her planet is just wacky that way.
Oh, then there were the battledroids of Phantom Menace that were all controlled remotely from a single point.
Betsy HP - Sep 29, 2004 12:54:43 pm PDT #2379 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Oh, and the biggest biggie of them all: Why is Imperial Storm Trooper uniform vulnerable not only to blaster shots, but to blows over the head?
What's its purpose, to attract the chicks?
alienprayer - Sep 29, 2004 12:57:46 pm PDT #2380 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
How about the whole concept of midiclorians? Intead of an order of preists, who train in difficult conditions (I would like to see a Tim written Yoda class) we have an order of xmen, whose power is granted at birth, and developed through training.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2004 1:00:27 pm PDT #2381 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How about the whole concept of midiclorians?
Whenever I encounter the term "midiclorians" my first reaction is to picture a Jedi who can photosynthesize.
Betsy HP - Sep 29, 2004 1:01:22 pm PDT #2382 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Hee. Now that would be a superpower. "The sap is strong within you, my son."
Allyson - Sep 29, 2004 1:02:22 pm PDT #2383 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
What's its purpose, to attract the chicks?
Nah. It's just a plastic burqa.
Or Magic Shell!