Re: Fanfiction.net: the good bits
Posted: 2010-11-29 08:44pm
Did you get to the part where the 'heroes' have Draco Malfoy turned into a girl and forced through a magical contract to be a brood mare for Crabbe and Goyle yet?
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With Sky-Perfect Saber-Heart, such an event can in all seriousness be referred to as 'Tuesday'.Night_stalker wrote:Did I just read that? To end the Cold War, she nukes MOSCOW? How does that end the war, and wouldn't that just cause all the Russians nuclear weapons to be fired in retaliation? Talk about jumping over the Moral Event HorizonSetzer wrote:
EDIT: And now I'm at the part where Sibyl Trelawney travels back in time and ends the cold war by using the Imperius curse to make the Soviets nuke Moscow. What the hell...
Eh? skysaber is Lionheart? I'm confused...consequences wrote:With Sky-Perfect Saber-Heart, such an event can in all seriousness be referred to as 'Tuesday'.
He admitted to it on Rorschach's Blot's CaerAzkaban Yahoo group.Darth Yoshi wrote:Eh? skysaber is Lionheart? I'm confused...
I know I'm late, but that's my story! I just wanted to say thanks so much for your kind comments.Murazor wrote:I am in the middle of a major geekgasm right now.
Somebody went and managed to weave a good resolution for Asimov's Foundation series, following the events of Foundation and Earth, by taking elements of the Second Foundation novels written by Benford, Brim and Bear. The narrative flows well, feels highly Asimovian and, at least to me, is far more satisfying a conclusion than what Asimov offered in his last works. If it isn't the best fanwork I've ever read, it still makes it into the top five with no problems.
Foundation's Resolve. Go read it now. Seriously.
I kind of think that was the point of both stories. Especially given the ending of Thousand Shinji.Ugolino wrote:Thousand Shinj and The Open Door are decent enough, but they do tend to come off as a)overstating 40k, b)suffer from Invincible Protagonist Syndrome.
You should perhaps review the calculations that have been done regarding the capabilities of 40k weaponry. The trappings of 40K are archaic, but the actual capabilities of things like meltas and nova cannons and so forth are most certainly beyond current day armies. They don't just use chainsaw swords, after all - they use chainsaw swords that can rip through main battle-tank armor. 40K is widely considered to be roughly on par with Star Wars in raw weapon and armor strength, though certainly not in FTL speed. "Curbstomp" would be an understatement.Baughn wrote:The trouble starts when you combine 40k with another universe, and expect them to beat.. well, anything.
I consider 40k armies to be roughly on par with current-day ones. More hitting power, less accuracy and range. Larger armies too, which is why they'd curbstomp Earth quite nicely.. though is it really curbstomping, when both sides take similar amounts of damage?
Against any similar SF universe?
Um. Yeah, no.
You clearly are only casually aware of the 40k mythos. That's fine, there's no shame in that but you're so wrong on this one its actually a bit comical.Baughn wrote:The trouble starts when you combine 40k with another universe, and expect them to beat.. well, anything.
I consider 40k armies to be roughly on par with current-day ones. More hitting power, less accuracy and range. Larger armies too, which is why they'd curbstomp Earth quite nicely.. though is it really curbstomping, when both sides take similar amounts of damage?
Against any similar SF universe?
Um. Yeah, no.
It still doesn't make the protagonists likable, and ruins what should be a very good story. 40k is generally capable of taking down equivalent forces from other universes, especially with their advantages, but there still seemed to be author favoritism. Why not throw a more balanced enemy at them, have them suffer genuine setbacks, or even make the C'tan seem to be a genuine threat, seeing as it's their justification for being assholes to the multiverse and getting away with it?I kind of think that was the point of both stories. Especially given the ending of Thousand Shinji.
Simple. At that time point in the Open Door they have only 2 planets/solar systems (Bloodhaven in SG-1 and thier version of Earth) under thier control, and as such simply cannot afford the losses of fighting an equal or stronger foe.Ugolino wrote:It still doesn't make the protagonists likable, and ruins what should be a very good story. 40k is generally capable of taking down equivalent forces from other universes, especially with their advantages, but there still seemed to be author favoritism. Why not throw a more balanced enemy at them, have them suffer genuine setbacks, or even make the C'tan seem to be a genuine threat, seeing as it's their justification for being assholes to the multiverse and getting away with it?I kind of think that was the point of both stories. Especially given the ending of Thousand Shinji.