Whoa. Connie, tres powerful.
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
deborah grabien - Jul 26, 2004 1:04:06 pm PDT #5877 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Connie Neil - Jul 26, 2004 1:06:25 pm PDT #5878 of 10001
brillig
I've been having nightmares about that door for 20 years.
deborah grabien - Jul 26, 2004 1:12:01 pm PDT #5879 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You must have really been freaked during "The Body". I'm so sorry. That's one of those horror moments and when they show up suddenly? Ugh.
Connie Neil - Jul 26, 2004 1:17:34 pm PDT #5880 of 10001
brillig
I've seen "The Body" once, finding several reasons to find out what was going on in the kitchen.
Connie Neil - Jul 26, 2004 1:20:11 pm PDT #5881 of 10001
brillig
I should have let him show me the room, it would probably have helped my long-term neuroses, but 20-year-old me was not that well-adjusted.
deborah grabien - Jul 26, 2004 1:22:06 pm PDT #5882 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nutty - Jul 26, 2004 1:52:01 pm PDT #5883 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Kaspar Hauser's Last Letter
I cannot fault you, my dear Benefactor, for allowing me freedom from a guard. I disdain even now the thought of any restraint, a chaperon in the park no less than the lock on my childhood prison's door. Now all chains are loosed: the knots in my red ribbons come undone: and the ties I strove to bind, to memory and family, to birth – alas!
The Almighty demands my presence; I must beg your forgiveness for leaving unread any reply you have sent to my last missive. Lord Stanhope, farewell. In all things, you have been no less kind to me than if I had been heir to the House of Baden.
deborah grabien - Jul 26, 2004 1:55:43 pm PDT #5884 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Nutty, interesting take. I don't know nearly enough about him, beyond the basics - had he attained that level of eloquence by the time he died?
Nutty - Jul 26, 2004 1:58:08 pm PDT #5885 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Yes and no. Yes, he learned how to read and write, and was acclaimed to be "remembering" to speak, instead of learning it for the first time, since he learned so quickly; no, I haven't found any samples of his actual writing, although he did write many letters to Lord Stanhope.
(Stanhope was not so assiduous about writing back.)
deborah grabien - Jul 26, 2004 2:03:25 pm PDT #5886 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
That was the main point of my question: how advanced he actually got. I do seem to recall that they autopsied his brain and found something odd - cerebral atrophy? Cortical atrophy?
In any case, a good drabble, there, on an interesting character. (note: just googled and found that it was actually cortical atrophy, and also that DNA tests performed indicated that he really was related to the House of Baden.)