I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.

Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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 - Dec 03, 2004 8:34:32 am PST #3320 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Is the longer time to apprehension related to a longer span between crimes? It seems like it would take longer to court, marry, kill, rinse, repeat than it would to just kill all the nurses in the Philadelphia area or something.

Excellent point. Same goes with have baby/murder baby, which, for obvious reasons, has a minimal 9-month time requirement.

Is it technically serial killing if you murder, say, 6 husbands? What's the def of serial killing?


Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:34:51 am PST #3321 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

HARRIET WAS INNOCENT.


Consuela - Dec 03, 2004 8:35:14 am PST #3322 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Guh, Boston Creme Donuts.

Sorry, temporarily derailed by the thought of yummy goodness.

I have to say, I'm a little worried by this premise, not because I don't think Tim can do a good job, but because it sounds so grim and depressing. I mean, the characters can't be jolly, although they probably indulge in black humor, and the weekly plots will all involve grisly death of one form or another. Yeah, yeah, I loved H:LotS too, but I can't watch CSI: NYC or L&O: SVU.

Where's the dividing line between "engrossing but grim" and "too dark to watch"?


§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 8:35:15 am PST #3323 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's the def of serial killing?

More than two, extended period of time, reverting to normal behaviour inbetween.


DXMachina - Dec 03, 2004 8:35:22 am PST #3324 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Is it technically serial killing if you murder, say, 6 husbands? What's the def of serial killing?

Depends on if you kill them all at once, or one at a time.


Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:35:58 am PST #3325 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Sorry, temporarily derailed by the thought of yummy goodness.

Yummy arsenical goodness, don't forget.

More than two, extended period of time.

Henry VIII!


DXMachina - Dec 03, 2004 8:36:32 am PST #3326 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

HARRIET WAS INNOCENT.

Shouldn't you white-font that?


Consuela - Dec 03, 2004 8:36:37 am PST #3327 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Adam Baldwin? Sweet!

let him be funny let him be funny let him be funny


DXMachina - Dec 03, 2004 8:37:26 am PST #3328 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Henry VIII!

He only killed two, no?


Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2004 8:37:31 am PST #3329 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Yeaaaa! I really like the idea of AB breaking out of his mold.