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[Tasmen]

ReubenLiew wrote...

Plus in ME, you're a military officer, pretty hard to write stories about someone's who's profession REQUIRES a stick up your ass...

Oh I can think of a thing or two with....oh wait

[Maria Caliban]

katjaki wrote...

As a counter-example, I would like to point out the huge amount of Star Trek fanfic. Personally I don't believe it matters that much whether the setting is scifi or fantasy, after all we're not talking about hard scifi here. Most scifi is just fantasy with tech-oriented names for the magic.

Anyway. Carry on :-)

That's an excellent point. The first 'major' fanficdom was Star Trek and it was mostly gals then too. So 'writing sci fi is harder' or 'ladies don't like sci-fi' wouldn't seem to make sense.

[Sagacious Rage]

Aside from the fact that the assumption of "girls don't like sci-fi because science is too hard for them" is patently misogynistic. It also makes the dangerous assumption that the "science" part of "science-fiction" has anything to do with things actually possible in our universe of Newtonian physics.

[ReubenLiew]

Thats just silly.

Science is too hard for everyone, period.

[TheMadCat]

Since when has science had anything to do with science fiction?

[Sagacious Rage]

I reserve the right to be as silly as I want to be. Ain't nobody gonna tell Rage what to do! >: (

[AdorableAnarchist]

Ya know, Rage, I'm never going to be able to look at those little mole guys on ME the same now. I'll always think of you. In fact, I'll probably say "Ain't nobody gonna tell Rage what to do!" at least once when I see them....... Further convincing Hubby that I am probably waaay too engrossed in these games.

[Sialater]

Yours thinks that, too? Mine thinks I'm nuts.

[ReubenLiew]

I defer to the angriness of Rage *bows*

[ReubenLiew]

TheMadCat wrote...

Since when has science had anything to do with science fiction?

Not since Star Trek and Wars c*cked it up...

[Sialater]

Don't forget *gate.

[Sagacious Rage]

I'm sorry I'm being such a curmudgeon. You see, the other day my l completed the romance with Leliana and since then I've been having trouble sleeping. I'm afraid for my eyelashes.





Dread the day the coffee stops working....

[Sagacious Rage]

Wait, WHAT?

ReubenLiew wrote...

TheMadCat wrote...

Since when has science had anything to do with science fiction?

Not since Star Trek and Wars c*cked it up...

Like WAR OF THE WORLDS or FORBIDDEN PLANET were really hard sci-fi or something?

[ReubenLiew]

Sialater wrote...

Don't forget *gate.

*shakes fist at all the Star (insert item here) shows out there*

[ReubenLiew]

Sagacious Rage wrote...

Like WAR OF THE WORLDS or FORBIDDEN PLANET were really hard sci-fi or something?

*shakes fist at them too*

[Maria Caliban]

ReubenLiew wrote...

TheMadCat wrote...

Since when has science had anything to do with science fiction?

Not since Star Trek and Wars c*cked it up...

Actually, the answer would be 'never.' Star Wars was based on earlier science fiction pulps. In fact, 'adventure' sci-fi is older than hard science fiction and has always been more popular.

Take HG Well's The Island of Dr. Merou. The idea that you could make intelligent animals by vivisection and surgery was ludicrous when it came out, but that's not what was important. What was important was the question of what happens when man plays god and the fragile nature of civilization.

[KnightofPhoenix]

Because Kaidan is not as interesting as Alistair (and I am sasyign this despite my lack of respect for the guy). Likewise, Ashley is no where near being as interesting Morrigan.

[ReubenLiew]

Well most science-fiction is based more literally on fiction, but like most of them they were only fiction until we decided sometime in the future to replicate what they wrote, making them science!

Kinda! Sorta...

[Mary Kirby]

So... wait.  Maria... are you saying that after only three months, Dragon Age wins the internets?  Sweet!

[Sagacious Rage]

Alright then, Mr. Smart Guy, where's my flying car?!



Check. Mate.

[Maria Caliban]

Mary Kirby wrote...

So... wait.  Maria... are you saying that after only three months, Dragon Age wins the internets?  Sweet!

Until ME 2 comes out in 9 days, sure.

The Internets is fickle and rests with no one for long.

[Skydiver8888]

ReubenLiew wrote...

Plus in ME, you're a military officer, pretty hard to write stories about someone's who's profession REQUIRES a stick up your ass...

Heeeeeeeey!  I was a military officer, and i had NO stick!

Which is probably why I'm not one anymore.  hmm.  I was a bit more.......liberal (yeah, that's the word) than my peers.

[TheMadCat]

Not since Star Trek and Wars c*cked it up...

Man, you must have not seen any of those sci-fi movies or read most of the books from the '50's and '60's. Lucky bastard.

Mary Kirby wrote...

So... wait.  Maria... are you saying that after only three months, Dragon Age wins the internets?  Sweet!

Today it's Dragon Age and tomorrow it'll be a dancing cat wearing a top hat and a monicale. Internet is strange like that.

[ReubenLiew]

The remakes were bad enough, I guess. Silly, bad science fiction!

Plus flying cars, coming to a showroom near you!! Yeah, where IS my flying car, damn them! *shakes fist*

I want a dancing cat with a top hat...

[Herr Uhl]

ReubenLiew wrote...
I want a dancing cat with a top hat...

One day, one day.

Maybe it will even have a monocle.