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spowerq wrote: |
anyway i think its amazing that you managed to make a somewhat convincing argument that one of the oldest books ever is a spaceship conspiracy. |
spowerq wrote: |
A good idea for the next chapter would be for walt to arrive home and for everyone there to be tied up and kidnapped by lucky, reason being he doesn't want to take a gamble on something so he is ensuring a way for him to win somehow. |
spowerq wrote: |
i would love for you to get back to Bouncer's fight scene with PriestoCop, that is just to bada** to not go back to. |
Stoat wrote: |
I definitely prefer conspiracy theories to god and the devil, much more exciting |
CF wrote: |
The only major trip up for me was the extremely long sentence at the beginning |
CF wrote: |
At the moment there is enough on both sides for the reader to believe either is true, and to start concocting their own theories within this framework. |
CF wrote: |
I will be more enthralled by the skill of the writer than offended through any beliefs I may hold. |
CF wrote: |
All I can say is... his poor wife! It certainly explains his demeanor towards her when we meet him in the first chapter. |
CF wrote: |
No - something else has happened, I think. |
Smee wrote: |
I'm immediately reminded of an episode of Star Trek : The Next Generation, where Picard finds some tricksy woman alien moving around various primative planets, revealing herself as their god using various technologies to 'fulfil' prophecies, and demonstrate her 'divine' powers. In the end Picard replicates the same powers to convince one planet it's all a sham. |
Smee wrote: |
I'm definately of the view - given the rediculously mind boggling quantity of stars out there - that intelligent alien life being alive is not only possible, but likely. Them discovering our tiny little corner of the universe is significantly less likely but still infinately more realistic to me than some universe-creating divine entity. |
Smee wrote: |
But there's a hole in his theory. If 'They' are out to stop his flight, and are using advance technology to make their attempts to stop him appear like a religious battle. Who are the second 'Theys' who are helping, and why? Are there two species/factions up there, and one wants Walt to reveal all. If so, why doesn't the second simply reveal themselves - done and done? |
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spowerq wrote:
A good idea for the next chapter would be for walt to arrive home and for everyone there to be tied up and kidnapped by lucky, reason being he doesn't want to take a gamble on something so he is ensuring a way for him to win somehow. I can sorta make an option of this but Betty's the only person there and she's outside waiting for Walt on the porch sooooo.... I'd have to adjust the concept a little. |
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Smee wrote:
But there's a hole in his theory. If 'They' are out to stop his flight, and are using advance technology to make their attempts to stop him appear like a religious battle. Who are the second 'Theys' who are helping, and why? Are there two species/factions up there, and one wants Walt to reveal all. If so, why doesn't the second simply reveal themselves - done and done? |
spowerk wrote: |
but if you where to tweak the idea, betty is on the porch, lucky is inside the house, and has been there for some time, already threatened betty, and so on and so forth. |
spowerk wrote: |
could it be possible that the two factions of THEM are in fact involved in a religious battle themselves? if they are advanced enough to send people to earth who have seemingly religious battles, don't you think their society has religions as well? interstellar religious battles are not only intriguing, but were walt to find out this could blow his mind. Also sets up nicely for a bit of religious abduction, to make prophecies come true, much like the Star Trek episode that Smee mentioned. |
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Provided the theories, whatever they may represent, are presented in a plausible enough way, I will be more enthralled by the skill of the writer than offended through any beliefs I may hold. |
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“Oh get OVER it Walter!” Betty sputtered. “The past is just that… the past. And right here… right now… you have someone who loves you very much and who’s terrified that you’re going to get yourself killed. I don’t know how I could go on living without you Walter.” A tear slid down Betty’s cheek. She sniffled, shifting the thick spectacles on her nose.
“You worry too much my dear. Too too much,” Walter said, |
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For one thing, if he wants to keep what's left of his marriage alive, dragging her into his end-life-crisis doesn't seem like the way to go about it to me. |
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