That stream of unconsiousness brought to you by someone who should be asleep, but isn't because he's not quite right in the head.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DCJensen - May 01, 2005 5:05:03 pm PDT #6828 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Jessica - May 01, 2005 5:09:28 pm PDT #6829 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Personally, I hate expositon about language in Sci Fi.
And I hate sloppy worldbuilding, so I guess we're both disappointed.
Steph L. - May 01, 2005 5:11:48 pm PDT #6830 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The last time someone around you sneezed, did someone say "Gesundheit"?
Actually, no. And Cincinnati is a city with very strong German roots.
But that isn't my point. In establishing the setting in a work of fiction, incongruous elements are bound to make some readers/viewers confused. It's easier, in a way, in science fiction like Farscape or Star Trek where entirely new races/species/languages are created out of whole cloth. They don't have a pre-existing context in the viewer's mind, so they're less likely to trip them up.
t edit Or what Jess said about sloppy worldbuilding. I'm just going to start posting a picture of me pointing at her posts.
I just can't help wondering how many people tuned in to Firefly and wondered "What's with all the Chinese?" It kept making me think I just wasn't understanding the dialogue, that they were mumbling like Seth Cohen, because in a sci-fi show with strong American West overtones, I wasn't expecting any other language. I'd have to rewind and put the closed-captioning on to figure out that I wasn't supposed to understand it.
askye - May 01, 2005 5:20:14 pm PDT #6831 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I didn't have a problem with the Chinese, but I can't remember why not. I sort of hoped that they'd get more into that as the series went on.
I loved the language though. And I kept expecting Mal or Jayne to start talking about people falling out rather than fainting or passing out. I just thought of that because when I went to the CPR training at work I realized that the whole class no one ever said fainted or passed out. Just variations of fell out.
Fred Pete - May 01, 2005 5:22:37 pm PDT #6832 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I missed a birthday?
Happy (Belated) Birthday, D.!
beth b - May 01, 2005 5:26:16 pm PDT #6833 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
So. we had our first house guest - which meant we had to make what will become the music/guest room habitable. unexpectedly, makeing that room habitable has made me fell 100x better about the house. Not sure what is going to happen with the 25- 30 boxes in the gargae, but I didn't know how much haveing a room of boxes bothered me.
DCJensen - May 01, 2005 5:42:29 pm PDT #6834 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Newscaster just now, on local tv:
"Chihuahuas are known for being hunters."
sumi - May 01, 2005 5:46:27 pm PDT #6835 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Bwahahahaha!
beth b - May 01, 2005 5:49:16 pm PDT #6836 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
awww... today I was holding a little tiny chihauhua named annabelle. 2.5 lbs and about 11 wks old. yes, she is a mighty hunter when it comes to liver snacks.
Polter-Cow - May 01, 2005 7:13:53 pm PDT #6837 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Daniel has a new tag. Dong ma?