January 2006 Archives
Elayne writes:
You were the first person I ever heard talk about Firefly, and I wondered what on earth you were so het up about. Then I saw the movie Serenity, and someone said, "Yeah, it's based on the series Firefly," and I went "ooooooooooooh," and rented the first DVD of the series. The next day, I went out and BOUGHT the entire first series, and have been cultivating a stalkerish one-sided love affair with Mal Reynolds (that's right; I'm in lust with the character, not the actor) ever since. I don't know if you've seen this, but I checked your "geeky fanboy" archives and didn't see anything - a reader of my blog just posted a link to Joss Whedon's Firefly, Season 2 - apparently a fan-club is trying to work out a way to get a second series. I don't know what the odds are (or whether the actors, writers, Joss Whedon, etc are aware of this/willing to do it) but I thought I'd drop you a line anyway in case you somehow missed it, and also to apologize for all those times I thought "What on earth is he even TALKING about?!" (c:
I love that I've turned even one person onto the show. I love that people bring stuff like this to me. Just gives me a happy. :)
This Is the Title of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times in the Story Itself
Sentence fragment. Good device. Snicker.
The (genius) Teresa Nielsen Hayden presents Stupid Plot Tricks.
Best. Tool. Evah.
Here's what I got on my first run though it:
Main Evil Guy: If I decide to hold a contest of skill open to the general public, contestants will be required to remove their hooded cloaks and shave their beards before entering.Main Good Guy: If one of the Bad Guys manages to kill my Mentor, I'm clearly not prepared to immediately avenge him; I will retreat and develop my skills.
Aux Bad Guy: While you're pulling guard duty, if anyone shows up with a prisoner transfer or maintenance job, and you don't know about it, arrest them on the spot.
Aux Good Guy (true love of the main hero): If I catch the Hero in a compromising situation with another woman, I will give the Hero the benefit of whatever doubt might reasonably exist.
Further Evil: I will never attend an auction of an Ultimate Weapon. If it's truly as good as advertised, the auctioneer would already be the Evil Overlord.
Plot Twists to Add -- from Murphy's Laws of Combat:
1. Once you open a can of worms, the only way to recan them is to use a larger can.
2. For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
3. Fortify your front and you'll get your rear shot up.
4. The most delicate component will be dropped.
Tell me yah couldn't make a good story out of that.
(via Randy. Thanks!)
Blue Sun's domination of the 'verse has begun ...and it all starts with biodiesel fuel.
To quote Mr. Universe, "how weird is that?"
