Sounds like he's Early.
(My comment is based on the article in zap2it.)
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sumi - Jun 02, 2004 5:10:16 am PDT #585 of 1424
Art Crawl!!!
Jon B. - Jun 02, 2004 5:28:54 am PDT #586 of 1424
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Early wasn't "disarmingly sophisticated". I can't imagine anyone feeling at ease around him. YEMV.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2004 5:29:39 am PDT #587 of 1424
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd base my not-Early on "The newly created character did not appear in the original series."
Jon B. - Jun 02, 2004 5:30:53 am PDT #588 of 1424
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Right. But I'd say the character's not even Early-esque.
sumi - Jun 02, 2004 5:44:22 am PDT #589 of 1424
Art Crawl!!!
But he fulfills the Early role -- meaning no Early.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 02, 2004 5:48:19 am PDT #590 of 1424
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Was it ever established that Early was freelance, or did they leave it open enough so that he could have been part of an organization? If the latter is a possibility, the new guy could be from the same "guild" (to bring out an old D&D term).
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2004 6:38:51 am PDT #591 of 1424
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Fulfills the Early role? For all we know, he could be Early's brother, seeking him for a duel to the death. I don't think his existence says anything one way or another -- he's just not Early.
sumi - Jun 02, 2004 7:44:42 am PDT #592 of 1424
Art Crawl!!!
That's all I meant -- that if he's there, then it seem unlikely that Jubal Early would be there too.
(If he were Early's brother -- it would be interesting to see if he's as nuts as Early is.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 04, 2004 3:18:32 pm PDT #593 of 1424
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Was it likely that Jubal Early would have been there anyway, given his circumstances the last time we saw him?
Zenkitty - Jun 04, 2004 3:20:58 pm PDT #594 of 1424
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I think Jubal probably had a reverse LoJac thingy on that spaceship, so he could call it to come and pick him up before he ran out of air. That's what I would've done, anyway, and Jubal's at least as smart as me.