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featherynscaleI finished The Iron Council last night. I will be sending China Miéville my therapy bills.
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triadruid and I spent the ride in discussing a peculiar mark on the fictional body of one of the characters in our upcoming D&D game, what it might mean, and whether or not it might "do" anything. Now, I am the sort of DM that, if you go into a town and there is a bar, I can tell you what the drink specials are, how the bartender got into the business, and whether or not there's a back room, and if so, who meets there. But I think this is a new level of anal-retention, even for me.
Proposed: It would be better if there were two Gods of any given world, and nothing could get implemented unless they both agreed on it.
GOD1: THOU SHALT NOT [INSERT ACTIVITY HERE].
GOD2: ERRR... IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THERE WILL BE NO [INSERT FAVORABLE RESULT HERE].
GOD1: OH. RIGHT. STRIKE THAT LAST.
The platypus project would have never gotten greenlighted. I'm just saying.
Also, the other day (other week? I am lost in time lately), I wrote a chunk of a filk to The Nails' 88 Lines About 44 Women. I'm particularly fond of filling in other lyrics on this one, since it is basically a list, and could be filled with anything. Sometimes it's 88 Lines About 44 Deities, or 88 Lines About 44 Drivers, or whatnot. This time it was 88 Lines About 44 Fangirls. I got a couple of approving comments, and a WTF?, which I expected, but I also got a sternly-worded note to the effect that, when you came right down to it, "Dr. Who" was not acceptable, and the thing always had to be "Doctor Who", spelled out, in any situation. Canon conflicts with AP style, apparently, and the Internet is a funny place.
triadruid and I spent the ride in discussing a peculiar mark on the fictional body of one of the characters in our upcoming D&D game, what it might mean, and whether or not it might "do" anything. Now, I am the sort of DM that, if you go into a town and there is a bar, I can tell you what the drink specials are, how the bartender got into the business, and whether or not there's a back room, and if so, who meets there. But I think this is a new level of anal-retention, even for me. Proposed: It would be better if there were two Gods of any given world, and nothing could get implemented unless they both agreed on it.
GOD1: THOU SHALT NOT [INSERT ACTIVITY HERE].
GOD2: ERRR... IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THERE WILL BE NO [INSERT FAVORABLE RESULT HERE].
GOD1: OH. RIGHT. STRIKE THAT LAST.
The platypus project would have never gotten greenlighted. I'm just saying.
Also, the other day (other week? I am lost in time lately), I wrote a chunk of a filk to The Nails' 88 Lines About 44 Women. I'm particularly fond of filling in other lyrics on this one, since it is basically a list, and could be filled with anything. Sometimes it's 88 Lines About 44 Deities, or 88 Lines About 44 Drivers, or whatnot. This time it was 88 Lines About 44 Fangirls. I got a couple of approving comments, and a WTF?, which I expected, but I also got a sternly-worded note to the effect that, when you came right down to it, "Dr. Who" was not acceptable, and the thing always had to be "Doctor Who", spelled out, in any situation. Canon conflicts with AP style, apparently, and the Internet is a funny place.
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He's credited as Dr Who sometimes, even if he's not that kind of Doctor, and if his name isn't "Who"
Date: 2007-02-09 06:50 pm (UTC)Re: He's credited as Dr Who sometimes, even if he's not that kind of Doctor, and if his name isn't "
Date: 2007-02-09 09:00 pm (UTC)But don't say I didn't warn you.
Re: He's credited as Dr Who sometimes, even if he's not that kind of Doctor, and if his name isn't "
Date: 2007-02-09 09:06 pm (UTC)*off and dreaming of geek girls and fandoms...*
Re: He's credited as Dr Who sometimes, even if he's not that kind of Doctor, and if his name isn't "
Date: 2007-02-09 09:33 pm (UTC)Re: He's credited as Dr Who sometimes, even if he's not that kind of Doctor, and if his name isn't "
Date: 2007-02-09 09:35 pm (UTC)Well, I guess he would be the expert. :)
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Date: 2007-02-09 07:21 pm (UTC)On the other hand, there are no fair use exceptions to trademark law (at least in the US), unlike copyright which does allow for certain derivative works (e.g. parody) ... which is why some of the more draconian content providers come down hard on filk authors/distributors, despite the ton of bad press it gets them.
Now I'm just rambling. Sorry.
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Date: 2007-02-09 07:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-09 07:51 pm (UTC)In other news, H Word would be a fun show. What do you suppose it stands for?
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Date: 2007-02-09 08:00 pm (UTC)uh, no, that wasn't really the first thing that popped into my head. really.
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Date: 2007-02-09 08:05 pm (UTC)BTW, my housemate would like to thank you and
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Date: 2007-02-09 09:03 pm (UTC)(I mean, you're welcome!)
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Date: 2007-02-09 11:20 pm (UTC)Hope you don't mind that I ran a little further with the 44 lines thing over in
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Date: 2007-02-10 12:22 am (UTC)Disappointment!
Date: 2007-02-10 04:27 am (UTC)Re: Disappointment!
Date: 2007-02-10 04:53 am (UTC)