the Trojan Wars are supposed to have happened around 1200 BC.
It probably would have been cooler with spaceships anyway.
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esse - Nov 11, 2006 2:02:36 pm PST #3544 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
DXMachina - Nov 11, 2006 2:11:16 pm PST #3545 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Especially if the spaceship is shaped like a giant horse.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 11, 2006 3:07:18 pm PST #3546 of 10001
What is even happening?
[eta: And one more nitpick -- encephalitis is a collection of symptoms, with many and varied causes, not one virus. So a species-wide "immunity" to it is just silly.]
Yeah, but it's often caused by viruses. If there was a virus, carried by rats, that caused Lymphatic Encephalitis ::jazz hands jazz hands:: the species could have become immune to it.
Jessica - Nov 11, 2006 3:20:10 pm PST #3547 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And if the phrase "lymphatic encephalitis" wasn't a contradiction in terms to begin with.
(If it's lymphatic, it's affecting the lymph system. If it's encephalitis, it's inflammation of the brain. I'm sure there are viruses out there that can do both, but apparently the BSG producers don't watch enough House to have the name of one handy...)
Topic!Cindy - Nov 11, 2006 3:40:02 pm PST #3548 of 10001
What is even happening?
Yeah. I think they probably threw 'lymphatic' in there to shore up their point that there couldn't be a cure, because it affected the immune system, and yet it was also an encephalitis because...it was.
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2006 4:07:49 pm PST #3549 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm a little confused by this week's issue. Are they planning to run until the Cylons get bored with killing them? I don't know if there's an "enough" that they can kill that'll make them safe, not if they need Earth too. The weight of M.A.D. might do it, but you're not fighting human psychologies here.
Well, not until they're infected--Sharon's totally gone, Caprica's fighting it, and Deanna just got a touch of the fever.
WindSparrow - Nov 11, 2006 5:13:35 pm PST #3550 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I think they probably threw 'lymphatic' in there to shore up their point....That, or it rhymes with 'emphatic'.
DCJensen - Nov 11, 2006 6:53:41 pm PST #3551 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Especially if the spaceship is shaped like a giant horse.
Or a giant Bunny.
tommyrot - Nov 11, 2006 6:56:21 pm PST #3552 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Now I wanna see a giant bunny launching vipers....
DCJensen - Nov 11, 2006 7:00:46 pm PST #3553 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Especially if it does a fast burn into the atmo, launches vipers, then jumps to hyperspace.