Also, I can kill you with my brain.

River ,'Trash'


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.

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.


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?