Then there would've been no park or sundial back then, either.
Why not? The current Main street could be only 20 or so years old, but the park much older.
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§ ita § - Aug 23, 2006 8:07:30 am PDT #694 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vortex - Aug 23, 2006 8:14:09 am PDT #695 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Why not? The current Main street could be only 20 or so years old, but the park much older.
exactly. think of how much a typical suburb can change in 20 years, much faster if scientist keep blowing stuff up.
Lee - Aug 23, 2006 8:20:51 am PDT #696 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Or maybe when the point of your deathray is mutually assured destruction, you don't really care that much about Main Street.
Strega - Aug 23, 2006 8:30:23 am PDT #697 of 10001
If the story/characterization/timing/etc are all good, hand-waving is easy and fun.
Unless you're me, and then characterization can be handwaved a lot more easily than plot can.
I suspect it's for the best that my DVR mysteriously failed to record last night. Maybe it was acting in self-defense.
DXMachina - Aug 23, 2006 8:49:43 am PDT #698 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The town was built specifically for as a place for the scientists to live, which to me means the main parts of town would've been built first. And even if they weren't, why would they then stupidly build Main Street right over the doomsday weapon in its silo.
Liese S. - Aug 23, 2006 9:02:42 am PDT #699 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
means the main parts of town would've been built first
But lots of towns change which bit is the "main part" over a few decades.
They probably sold it to developers for extra money because of its security features.
Ailleann - Aug 23, 2006 9:11:03 am PDT #700 of 10001
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Maybe it was a matter of where there was room under the ground, rather than what was on top? After all, world go boom, not care so much about Main Street.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2006 9:20:14 am PDT #701 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hadn't everyone forgotten the Doomsday weapon? Wasn't that the problem?
Vortex - Aug 23, 2006 9:22:28 am PDT #702 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And even if they weren't, why would they then stupidly build Main Street right over the doomsday weapon in its silo.
but, didn't they forget all about it?
bon bon - Aug 23, 2006 9:33:06 am PDT #703 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Maybe they tunneled it into place.
What am I doing? There's no explanation, it just is. While on the subject, though, why does that town have one scientific problem-solver? There's one engineer?