The sponsor thing makes sense. It hadn't occurred to me that the person running this race might actually be "people" and that those people wouldn't all have the same goals. I don't like the idea of rich people playing with our characters like mice, but I'm probably meant to feel that way.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Stephanie - Apr 23, 2007 6:29:13 am PDT #6020 of 10001
Trust my rage
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 6:31:30 am PDT #6021 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Remember about a month ago how Donald Trump and Vince McMahon had a bet going over a boxing match and the winner would get to shave the loser's head? I think the race sponsors are like that, but on a bigger scale.
Jesse - Apr 23, 2007 6:32:26 am PDT #6022 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would have been a wrestling match, no? And what ever happened with that?
brenda m - Apr 23, 2007 6:32:34 am PDT #6023 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hee. Exactly. The 32 million is just the purse - I'm guessing the insider stakes are a lot bigger (and less straightforward).
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 6:34:23 am PDT #6024 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Right, wrestling. IIRC, Vince's guy lost, and so The Donald got to shave his head on TV after the match.
Vortex - Apr 23, 2007 6:35:23 am PDT #6025 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Remember about a month ago how Donald Trump and Vince McMahon had a bet going over a boxing match and the winner would get to shave the loser's head? I think the race sponsors are like that, but on a bigger scale.
yes, exactly.
Kevin - Apr 23, 2007 6:40:36 am PDT #6026 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Seems like a different (and much more compelling) game that way, given the stakes involved.
Yeah, but then you have the whole issue of why don't the sponsors just send somebody to shoot and run over the other compeitors. Although maybe they will.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2007 6:40:56 am PDT #6027 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I hope that the finish of the race is actually up in the air rather than fixed the way wrestling is.
Polter-Cow - Apr 23, 2007 6:41:26 am PDT #6028 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There's not some Platonic ideal of race whose rules they'd be breaking.
Well, not Platonic, but if you're mapping from horse racing, where you bet on particular horses based on their talents and skills and do not interfere during the race itself, it's not unreasonable to intuitively see the Race in the same way. Since the sponsors clearly are interfering, you have to assume it's A) cheating or B) part of the rules or C) both.
Jessica - Apr 23, 2007 6:41:36 am PDT #6029 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And, you know, less rigged than professional wrestling, or people wouldn't be trying to kill each other over it. [xposty]
I also think the sponsors are probably not political or industry leaders -- there's a line in Brief Lives about "people so rich their names never show up on any Ten Richest People In The World lists."