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Mar. 27th, 2010 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabinetzin1. Re: the new Mythbusters episode (and just in time, too, as I am now officially out of episodes on my DVR, except for the Alcohol Myths/Hwacha episode, which I kept for, uh, reasons): Jamie referring to himself as "Mr. Hyneman": cute, or cutest thing evar?
AND POOR LITTLE BABY TORY AND HIS POOR LEG. BABY NO. THAT WAS A STUPID IDEA TO START WITH.
2. Y'all, this story is starting to piss me off- which is pissing me off double, because it's for my own damn ficathon.
So the prompt is, Avon walks into a bar and meets Gibbs, right? And it's not hard to imagine a universe that they're both in, right? You can drop Avon into Washington, no worries; same thing with slotting Gibbs into the Federation.
The problem is that there is no universe where they can possibly be on the same side.
Gibbs isn't a freedom fighter, and he couldn't be, because Gibbs is not the kind of person who sees the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist. Gibbs has shown himself to be okay with people doing criminal things if they have a good goal- of course, for Gibbs, "good" is defined as "helpful to the Marines". And yeah, he's willing to assassinate his wife and daughter's killer, but that's totally a different thing- and again, it's a bad thing that's done for a good reason.
And Gibbs is a cop, y'know? If you put him into the world of Blake's 7, he's siding with the Federation. And yeah, I can see him getting so pissed off at Servalan that he goes to work in some other branch of the government/goes to live on some random planet with Mike Franks; but even then, I don't see him harboring fugitives or giving a fast fuck about Blake's business.
The problem with that is, there's no selfless Avon. There's no Avon with good goals, not at all. Yeah, there's Anna Grant; but the thing about Anna Grant that stops her from being good enough is that the order's wrong. It's not like Avon stole all that money to get her grandmomma an operation or some shit. I mean, ffs, she was his handler, and theoretical Federation!Gibbs might even know that.
And so, if I want to keep them both in character, I don't have any way to stop them shooting each other on sight. FFS. And on top of that, if they didn't know of each other, they totally wouldn't talk to some random dude in a bar.
I wonder if I could give Avon diplomatic immunity. IDK. He's the king of Gauda Prime. Yes, I am terrible. Thank you for noticing.
ETA: 3. So. Uh. Who's gonna help me with this angsty Adam/Tory story that I'm not writing?
AND POOR LITTLE BABY TORY AND HIS POOR LEG. BABY NO. THAT WAS A STUPID IDEA TO START WITH.
2. Y'all, this story is starting to piss me off- which is pissing me off double, because it's for my own damn ficathon.
So the prompt is, Avon walks into a bar and meets Gibbs, right? And it's not hard to imagine a universe that they're both in, right? You can drop Avon into Washington, no worries; same thing with slotting Gibbs into the Federation.
The problem is that there is no universe where they can possibly be on the same side.
Gibbs isn't a freedom fighter, and he couldn't be, because Gibbs is not the kind of person who sees the difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist. Gibbs has shown himself to be okay with people doing criminal things if they have a good goal- of course, for Gibbs, "good" is defined as "helpful to the Marines". And yeah, he's willing to assassinate his wife and daughter's killer, but that's totally a different thing- and again, it's a bad thing that's done for a good reason.
And Gibbs is a cop, y'know? If you put him into the world of Blake's 7, he's siding with the Federation. And yeah, I can see him getting so pissed off at Servalan that he goes to work in some other branch of the government/goes to live on some random planet with Mike Franks; but even then, I don't see him harboring fugitives or giving a fast fuck about Blake's business.
The problem with that is, there's no selfless Avon. There's no Avon with good goals, not at all. Yeah, there's Anna Grant; but the thing about Anna Grant that stops her from being good enough is that the order's wrong. It's not like Avon stole all that money to get her grandmomma an operation or some shit. I mean, ffs, she was his handler, and theoretical Federation!Gibbs might even know that.
And so, if I want to keep them both in character, I don't have any way to stop them shooting each other on sight. FFS. And on top of that, if they didn't know of each other, they totally wouldn't talk to some random dude in a bar.
I wonder if I could give Avon diplomatic immunity. IDK. He's the king of Gauda Prime. Yes, I am terrible. Thank you for noticing.
ETA: 3. So. Uh. Who's gonna help me with this angsty Adam/Tory story that I'm not writing?
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Date: 2010-03-28 08:47 am (UTC)*\o/*
(The extent of my usefulness I'm afraid!)
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Date: 2010-03-28 12:18 pm (UTC)Adam/Tory, huh? That is cool, because I would like to read a well-written story for that pairing so that I can evaluate whether or not I like it as a pairing. Yay! Good luck with it. :)
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Date: 2010-03-28 03:17 pm (UTC)I look forward to your Adam/Tory story, because it's a pairing that I've never really thought about -- intriiiiiguing.
Also: alcohol myths/hwacha is one of the best episodes EVER.
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Date: 2010-03-28 07:18 pm (UTC)Avon and Gibbs could meet on a planet outside the Federation where Gibbs has no jurisdiction. He can't just up and shoot Avon because he'd be arrested for murder. I'd say that they would have to have something the other wanted for them to meet. I'd also say they *respect* one another, even if they are on the opposite sides. Gibbs is aware that Avon is incredibly dangerous but not out of control; he doesn't put bombs in shopping malls or casually shoot civilians. Avon is respectful of the fact that Gibbs isn't corrupt, like every other Federation law he's ever met -- he may even think that one day, Gibbs will have his fill of the Federation and might actually do a Del Tarrant and escape them... though Gibbs would never join Avon even if he did drop the Federation. Gibbs is not loved by the Federation and is aware there are higher-ups who have it in for him, higher-ups whom he does not respect.
This is a complicated scenario you have chosen to write! I can't wait to read it (and if you need a beta who knows both fandoms, please feel free to ask me.)
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Date: 2010-03-28 07:35 pm (UTC)I might have to take you up on that beta offer! It seems like people who're familiar with both are few and far between (and really, why wouldn't they be).
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Date: 2010-03-29 11:41 pm (UTC)You know, Gibbs might have figured out who Sleer really was and found himself on the run because of that!
Here's my B7 icon, newly imported from LJ.
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Date: 2010-03-29 04:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-29 04:27 am (UTC)I can't decide if Avon/Tory would be the best or the worst thing ever to happen.
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Date: 2010-03-29 05:40 pm (UTC)