After having watched The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya last week, I got to thinking about the Fenspace versions of the SOS-Dan, and in a free moment last night whipped up the following. It's very first-draftish, and I'm open to suggestions for changes and improvements. As for wiki markup, I'll do that when I have something close to a final version.
Nagato
Like the other members of the SOS-Dan, Yuki Nagato's history before the dawn of Fenspace is nonexistent. The general consensus among watchers of the SOS-Dan is that she was one of the great hackers, perhaps even of the original Unix generation of wizard programmers, until undergoing a biomod that transformed her into the image of a character from an obscure series of Japanese light novels.
Quirks:
Compulsive Reader: The only time she can be found without a book in her hand is when she's at a keyboard. And sometimes even then.
Code Wizard: Gifted intuitive programmer. Has never encountered a computer in Fenspace running a system or programming language she didn't understand or couldn't use, at least not in sight of witnesses.
Mavis Beacon Goes "Whoa!": Blazing typing speed, to the point of blurring fingers, which she can apparently maintain for hours on end. Consequently, she ignores computer mice because they only slow her down; she prefers to use keyboard shortcuts for everything.
Fandoms:
Tron, The Matrix, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, the work of Dan Simmons, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Tenchi Muyo!, Harry Potter.
Mikuru
Mikuru is famously shy, and is the least public of the SOS-Dan, and correspondingly her role and function within the cadre is unclear. Many believe she is simply Haruhi's personal secretary, while others snidely suggest she has even less importance than that, being nothing but a sextoy for the other brigade members. At the other extreme, certain observers believe that her apparent shyness and timidity are merely camouflage for Haruhi's personal enforcer and assassin.
Mikuru's history before the SOS-Dan left Earth is all but nonexistent. Extensive rumors that she is a former adult model/performer have been almost entirely debunked, but no other information about her background has been found.
Dedicated observers of the SOS-Dan believe that "Mikuru" is actually a set of twins sharing the name, based on several unconfirmed reports of her appearing to be in two (widely-separated) places at the same time.
Quirks:
Crouching Ditz, Hidden Competence: Mikuru is much more capable than she appears, although not to the extremes that some believe of her. She is a skilled administrator, and has demonstrated decent hand-to-hand fighting ability.
When Two Can Be As One: As noted above, some believe that "Mikuru Asahina" is actually a false identity shared by a pair of twins (or possibly a set of Ayanami-like clones).
Please Don't Hurt Me: Mikuru has the ability generate paralyzing guilt in anyone short of a genuine sociopath (or Haruhi) with the quiver of a lip and the glistening of her eyes. This is not believed to be a Handwavium-based "power", but simple emotional manipulation.
Fandoms:
Quantum Leap, Time Trax, Doctor Who, the Bill and Ted films, Twilight Saga.
Koizumi
The diplomat of the SOS-Dan. Unflappable, unfazeable. Even in the rare instances when he has been surprised or become flustered, his agitation looks like other peoples' calm. Appears to be from a wealthy Japanese family, although his personal history, like those of the rest of the SOS-Dan, is either completely obscured or outright false.
Quirks:
Contacts: Koizumi seems to always know someone nearby with useful talents or resources regardless of the situation or location. His contacts range from the 'Danelaw to the outer reaches of the solar system, and it's a running joke among the SMOF that when humanity finally meets another intelligent race, there will already be someone among them who knows Koizumi and is ready to do him a favor.
Charm: Koizumi possesses a lazy, seemingly guileless charm that cloaks the master diplomat and negotiator he really is. He is adept at making new acquaintances think themselves friends even though he seems to have few true confidantes outside the SOS-Dan.
Fandoms:
X-Men, Zenna Henderson's The People novels, the DC Animated Universe (especially Teen Titans), the works of E.E. "Doc" Smith, My Little Pony.
Kyon
Despite being prone to fits of irritation, annoyance and outright anger -- mostly at Haruhi, though frequently at life in general as well -- Kyon is paradoxically the emotional anchor which holds the SOS-Dan together. Together he and Haruhi form the axis around which the the SOS-Dan rotates. While she provides the ideas and the raw energy to drive them, he provides common sense approaches and occasionally can manage to overrule his wife's more extreme enthusiasms.
Quirks:
The Only Sane Man... Is Not Here: Although he is the center point of sanity around which the SOS-Dan revolves at times, it is only by comparison to the other members. He is, after all, still with them after all these years, and explicitly supports and helps guide their efforts. However, he presents a very convincing front of being a 'Dane -- sometimes almost to the point of being a Dursley.
Tote That Barge, Lift That Bale: Kyon is usually assigned the dirtiest, most difficult, or most inconvenient tasks by Haruhi, and accepts them with only token grumbling. He also accomplishes them, regardless of difficulty; were it not for the fact that he is never very far from Haruhi's side it would be he, not Mikuru, suspected of being Haruhi's secret enforcer.
Fandoms:
Action movies, martial arts movies, mass-appeal Sci Fi films.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Bob Schroeck Wrote:...
Interesting group of people... *G*
Quote:Nagato:
»Nagato? I have seen AIs thinking that Nagato is on of us when they met her first time in an IRC chat. Its hard to believe how fast she can type until you see it... and we had quite a few interesting talks about the design of the Jenga Grid. I like her.« - Cortana in 2019
Bob, for completeness use their full names. Makes it seem all official like.
Specifics:
Nagato - Maybe a bit more on her glasses. Does her wearing them or not imply something?
Mikuru - What about the cosplay? Does she like it? Is it an act so she can spy on people (practising disguises)?
Koizumi - You may want to add something about some people thinking him a bit slimy. Is that also deliberate, or something he's trying to hide under his general demeanor? Perhaps making people suspect links to less than savoury groups.
Kyon - Honestly, I'm not sure what to add here. Maybe his ability to actually accomplish the tasks he does implies enhanced abilities?
Semi-relevent (although how much you can use I'm not sure):
The SOS-Dan are scared of A.C., which is not that unusual a condition in Fenspace (usually among the criminal element), but not for the reasons most think.
During Haruhi’s and A.C.’s first face-to-face meeting at Serenity-Con where the cyborg caused the brigade leader to publically flinch in fright, the cyborgs comments afterwards apparently meant something more to the others of the SOS-Dan.
While Haruhi recovered most of her aplomb and settled on disliking the cyberneticist (seemingly strengthened in their further encounters, where Haruhi’s always come off second best but seemingly benefited unwillingly by doing so), the others are still fairly cautious around her.
Most SOS-Dan watchers chalk it up to the same effect she has on the Professor.
Their official names are already on their FenWiki pages...
Yuki: The book quirk makes her as popular as any of the Yomiko Readmans, amongst bookshop owners. I believe it's already mentioned she's a member of the Hacker Underspace.
Mikuru: The only one of the five that Noah Scott likes, for whatever that's worth. (I originally typed "trusts" instead of "likes", but that's a lie – he doesn't trust any of them.) Mikuru also likes Zipang.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Cobalt, let me see what I can do with your suggestions. As Rob notes, the pages already exist, I didn't have to do markup for the names. On Kyon, you picked up exactly the hint/implication I wanted to send across.
Rob, do you want to do up a proper quote from Noah the way HRogge did for Cortana?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
"Don't let the waterworks and the triple-dees fool you. 'Meeks' is one scary operator. She's got the respect of the Becerra Fen. Chew on that for a bit."
--Tom Dobbs, 2018
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Bob Schroeck Wrote:Rob, do you want to do up a proper quote from Noah the way HRogge did for Cortana?
"Mikuru is a lovely woman, and smarter than she seems... but I wouldn't trust her any farther than Haruhi can throw a fit."
– Noah Scott, 2015
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
... that's pretty far though, Rob.
Cool. I still need to incorporate Cobalt's suggestions. If anyone has anything else to offer, please do so, otherwise I'll try to post these tonight.
And then, if I'm feeling especially reckless, I'll attempt to take on Haruhi. (Unless someone else wants that task.) I'm tempted to simply put "FORCE OF NATURE" in 48-point bold in her entry, though.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Foxboy Wrote:"Don't let the waterworks and the triple-dees fool you. 'Meeks' is one scary operator. She's got the respect of the Becerra Fen. Chew on that for a bit."
--Tom Dobbs, 2018
You mean Ed?
Something like that... or...
Aber natürlich.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Some general thoughts:
* I like the idea behind the 'multiple Mikuru' rumors, though I'm a little worried this is an attempt at bringing time travel in through the back door. The whole Haruhi canonicity question aside, time travel's one of those Pandoras Boxes that I'm not entirely sure we should open. That said, the idea that Mikuru is actually twins, triplets or clones is amusing.
* There's something horribly funny about Koizumi being a brony. I approve.
* Out of curiousity, does anyone want to give Kyon an actual name? I ask only because a) the poor dude needs something more than a childhood nickname to go by and b) we're probably never going to find out his 'canonical' real name anyway. (No, 'John Smith' doesn't count.)
A quote for use: "Doesn't anyone have a goddamned
past anymore?" ~ Mal Fnord, in private conversation, 2012
Also, one last thing.
Foxboy Wrote:Becerra Fen
Pick another name. Don't care what, just pick something else.
Mr. Fnord
interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
Okay, here's the latest version, short of changes/suggestions from the last few posts. I've expanded all the bios a bit.
Nagato
Like the other members of the SOS-Dan, Yuki Nagato's history before the dawn of Fenspace is nonexistent. The general consensus among watchers of the SOS-Dan is that she was one of the great hackers, perhaps even of the original Unix generation of wizard programmers, until undergoing a biomod that transformed her into the image of a character from an obscure series of Japanese light novels. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that Yuki Nagato is a known member of the Hacker Underspace.
It is generally accepted that Nagato is the SOS-Dan's intelligence officer, given her facility with computers and her acknowledged system-wide network of Interwave contacts and acquaintances. She has demonstrated an ability to draw all manner of correct conclusions from the flimsiest of datasets. During Operation Great Justice nearly one-quarter of all leads on Boskonian activities came directly from Nagato's analysis of OGJ's inbound data streams.
Although in her early twenties, Yuki habitually wears an aqua seifuku-styled high school uniform with a sweater. While formal occasions have sometimes forced her into stylish dresses or gowns, it's clear that she finds them inconvenient and irritating. She has been known to wear glasses, but has been seen without them as often as with; it's believed that they an affectation since there is no clear pattern to their use to indicate the need for a particular prescription.
She bears a strong resemblance to the standard "Rei Ayanami" phenotype but is clearly not an Ayanami; she is slightly shorter with a less-willowy build, her hair color is closer to purple than blue, and her eyes are violet. Her personality appears to be standard Ayanami, though, being quiet, stoic and withdrawn most of the time, except when on line. However, when circumstances demand, she can become a vitual juggernaut, demonstrating a strength and determination both out of scale for her petite frame.
Quirks:
Compulsive Reader: The only time she can be found without a book in her hand is when she's at a keyboard. And sometimes not even then. Naturally, this makes her as popular as any of the Yomiko Readmans amongst bookshop owners.
Code Wizard: Gifted intuitive programmer. Has never encountered a computer in Fenspace running a system or programming language she didn't understand or couldn't use, at least not in sight of witnesses.
Mavis Beacon Goes "Whoa!": Blazing typing speed, to the point of blurring fingers, which she can apparently maintain for hours on end. Consequently, she ignores computer mice because they only slow her down; she prefers to use keyboard shortcuts for everything.
Fandoms:
Tron, The Matrix, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, the work of Dan Simmons, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Tenchi Muyo!, Harry Potter.
"Nagato? I have seen AIs thinking that Nagato is one of us when they meet her the first time in an IRC chat. It's hard to believe how fast she can type until you see it... and we've had quite a few interesting talks about the design of the Jenga Grid. I like her." -- Cortana, 2019
Mikuru
Voted one of the top ten most beautiful women in Fenspace for three years running as of 2015, Mikuru Asahina has been described as possessing the body of a porn star, the face of an innocent child, and the personality of a terrified mouse. She is famously shy and is the least public of the SOS-Dan; correspondingly her role and function within the cadre is unclear. Many believe she is simply Haruhi's personal secretary, while others snidely suggest she has even less importance than that, being nothing but a sextoy for the other brigade members. (Her apparent proclivity for risque cosplay despite her monumental shyness does add some weight to these accusations.)
At the other extreme, certain observers believe that her apparent shyness and timidity are merely camouflage for Haruhi's personal enforcer and assassin. The critical lack of anyone who as actually died in or near her vicinity has done nothing to quell these accusations.
Mikuru's history before the SOS-Dan left Earth is all but nonexistent. Extensive rumors that she is a former adult model/performer have been almost entirely debunked, but no other information about her background has been found. Some have suggested that she wasn't originally a member of the Brigade, per se, but a former girlfriend or other acquaintance who was caught up in events against her will. And some dedicated observers of the SOS-Dan believe that "Mikuru" is actually a false identity shared by a set of twins, based on several unconfirmed reports of her appearing to be in two (widely-separated) places at the same time.
Quirks:
Crouching Ditz, Hidden Competence: Mikuru is much more capable than she appears, although not to the extremes that some attribute to her. She is a skilled administrator and has demonstrated decent hand-to-hand fighting ability.
When Two Can Be As One: As noted above, some believe that "Mikuru Asahina" is actually a cover identity shared by a pair of twins (or possibly a set of Ayanami-like clones).
Please Don't Hurt Me: Mikuru has the ability to generate paralyzing guilt and/or pity in anyone short of a genuine sociopath (or Haruhi) with the quiver of a lip and a glistening of her eyes. This is believed to be not a Handwavium-based "power", but expert emotional manipulation.
Fandoms:
Quantum Leap, Time Trax, Doctor Who, the Bill and Ted films, Twilight Saga, Zipang.
"Mikuru is a lovely woman, and smarter than she seems... but I wouldn't trust her any farther than Haruhi can throw a fit." -- Noah Scott, 2015
"Don't let the waterworks and the triple-dees fool you. 'Meeks' is one scary operator. She's got the respect of the Becerra Fen. Chew on that for a bit." -- Tom Dobbs, 2018
Koizumi
Itsuki Koizumi is the diplomat of the SOS-Dan. Unflappable and unfazeable in anything from a private party to pirate attack, Koizumi approaches any situation he finds himself in with a casual savoir-faire and a sly little smile. In the rare instances when he has been surprised or become flustered, his agitation looks like other peoples' calm.
Koizumi acts as the interface between the SOS-Dan and any outside body with which they need to work. This he does by keeping Haruhi away from them, and converting her bombastic declarations and commandments into "proposals" constructed in language more suited to the give-and-take of Fenspace's all-but-anarchic political arena -- and then negotiating as aggressively as he can to see her demands met. Koizumi is a realist and politically savvy, but he is also intensely loyal to Haruhi; he would rather scrap a deal than allow it to be gutted or twisted away from Haruhi's intent.
His success in this arena is frequently aided by the staggering network of contacts he possesses. He always seems to knowsomeone with a talent, knowledge or resources that will help whatever cause he is promoting at the time, often negating an otherwise deal-breakng objection.
The dogged determination with which he pursues his goals has not endeared him -- and by extension the SOS-Dan -- to some Fen. Combined with his unfortunate habit of ignoring other people's personal space, this has given some people the perception that he is too slick, like a country lawyer; some have even characterized him as "slimy", pointing at his network of contacts as evidence of back-room dealings and pay-to-play handshake agreements. He's been investigated twice by Fenspace journalists and once by the Fenspace Convention itself, though, and all three times no malfeasance on his part was ever found. That hasn'tt stopped the grumbling and rumors, though, which have of late expanded to accuse him of criminal connections.
Itsuki Koizumi's speech, apparent eduction, and personal habits all suggest that he comes from a wealthy Japanese family, but like the rest of the SOS-Dan, his personal history is either obscured or outright false.
Quirks:
Contacts: Koizumi always seems to know someone nearby with useful talents or resources regardless of the situation or location. His contacts range from the 'Danelaw to the outer reaches of the solar system, and it's a running joke among the SMOF that when humanity finally meets another intelligent race, there will already be someone among them who knows Koizumi and is ready to do him a favor.
Charm: Koizumi possesses a lazy, seemingly guileless charm that cloaks the master diplomat and negotiator he really is. He is adept at making new acquaintances think themselves friends even though he seems to have few true confidantes outside the SOS-Dan.
Too Close!: Koizumi seems to have no sense of other people's personal space, which can sometimes undermine his efforts as a diplomat and negotiator -- and has gotten him into a fistfight or two with overprotective mates.
Fandoms:
X-Men, Zenna Henderson's The People novels, the DC Animated Universe (especially Teen Titans), the works of E.E. "Doc" Smith, My Little Pony.
"Look, I like the SOS-Dan. They've got the fire and drive to do great things, amazing things. They're changing the world for the better. And they're good kids -- even Haruhi, who I'll admit can be a bit abrasive. But there's something about Itsuki Koizumi that creeps me out, just a little." -- Bob Schroeck, 2014
Kyon
The SOS-Dan's resident cynic and snarker and -- to many eyes -- Haruhi's personal manservant and lackey. Few outside the Brigade know that the two are actually married, and fewer still understand the dynamics of their relationship.
Despite being prone to apparent fits of irritation, annoyance and outright anger -- mostly at Haruhi, though frequently at life in general as well -- Kyon is paradoxically the emotional anchor which holds the SOS-Dan together. Together he and Haruhi form an axis which defines the SOS-Dan. Where she generates the ideas and the raw energy to drive them, he provides the common sense needed to ground them in reality, as well as the intelligence to help "debug" her plans and turn high-flying fantasies into achievable realities. And when Haruhi gets too extreme in her enthusiasms, Kyon is always there to puncture them and bring her back to earth.
In return Haruhi appears to treat Kyon as a personal slave, bossing him around and ordering him about. Few realize that he permits her to, and if he cared to could make her act less brusquely to him with just a few words. However, both enjoy the byplay between them, and wouldn't change it for anything. Beyond that, Kyon is Haruhi's trustworthy and dependable right-hand man, whom she knows from years of experience can handle practically any demand she makes of him. To his credit, Kyon lives up to her expectations.
Kyon is alone among the SOS-Dan in that his background can be traced farther back than the Brigade's launch into Fenspace. He comes from a middle-class Japanese family living in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, in the Kansai region. Known relatives include his parents and a younger sister. After the rise of the SOS-Dan in Fenspace, they quietly sold their home and vanished; attempts to locat them since have failed.
Quirks:
The Only Sane Man... Is Not Here: Although he is the center point of sanity around which the SOS-Dan revolves at times, it is only by comparison to the other members. He is, after all, still with them after all these years, and explicitly supports and helps guide their efforts. However, he presents a very convincing front of being a 'Dane -- sometimes almost to the point of being a Dursley.
Tote That Barge, Lift That Bale: Kyon is usually assigned the dirtiest, most difficult, or most inconvenient tasks by Haruhi, and accepts them with only token grumbling. He also accomplishes them, regardless of difficulty; were it not for the fact that he is never very far from Haruhi's side it would be he, not Mikuru, suspected of being Haruhi's secret enforcer.
Running Commentary: Kyon has a habit of "narrating" his life under his breath, often engaging in long stream-of-consciousness monologues. The other members of the SOS-Dan tend to ignore this behavior, and even though Haruhi occasionally interjects her own comments and responses, Kyon does not appear to be aware that he does this.
Fandoms:
Action movies, martial arts movies, mass-appeal Sci Fi films.
"That poor son-of-a-bitch!" -- Most outside observers
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
M Fnord Wrote:Also, one last thing.
Foxboy Wrote:Becerra Fen
Pick another name. Don't care what, just pick something else.
Clancy, U.N.C.L.E., whatever we call our SOOPAH SPAH Fen. No skin off my nose. *shrug* Just... trying to come up with something that combines the cold war spy games paranoia and blatant lechery is hard.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
One for Kyon:
"How does a nice guy like him end up with a gobshite like her?"...... Raymond Garret, overheard in the Drunken Harlock, before the SOS-Con announcement.
And for Haruhi and Kyon together: "We dumped 'em on Stellvia, get paid, and that's the last we ever have to hear about them thank God," ...... Anne Devlin, also pre-SOS con
And Jet would be able to tell a story of receiving a critical data-drive to transport from Mikuri..... spending hours being chased by the Boskonian Vulture Squadron across fenspace with it..... only to arrive at her destination to give it to Mikuru. Which, is the only tale provably false. Mikuru hitched a ride in secret with the real data, knowing the mission had been compromised by a leak in GJ beforehand.
"Well.... you want to scream and shout. But you just can't get mad at that face, can you?"
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
M Fnord Wrote:* There's something horribly funny about Koizumi being a brony. I approve.
Well, the ponies
are all espers (of the telekinetic type)...
M Fnord Wrote:* Out of curiousity, does anyone want to give Kyon an actual name? I ask only because a) the poor dude needs something more than a childhood nickname to go by and b) we're probably never going to find out his 'canonical' real name anyway. (No, 'John Smith' doesn't count.)
Unless anybody else has a better idea:
When he got married, he took his wife's name, so he's officially "Kyo Suzumiya." "Kyon" is merely an affectionate (if childish) alteration of his given name.
(At least, that's the direction I'd run with this hot potato.)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:I like the idea behind the 'multiple Mikuru' rumors, though I'm a little worried this is an attempt at bringing time travel in through the back door.
Well, given that the write up says nothing either way, if necessary, she really
is twins. And one is former special forces, while the other is the mouse, leading to the disparity in people's evaluation of her skill level.
Quote:"Doesn't anyone have a goddamned past anymore?" ~ Mal Fnord, in private conversation, 2012
Great quote, but it doesn't seem like a fit to any particular Brigade member's write-up.
Quote:Out of curiousity, does anyone want to give Kyon an actual name?
I'm going to leave it unspecified. If someone else wants to edit the wiki entry after I post my work, well, that's what a wiki is for.
Quote:Clancy, U.N.C.L.E., whatever we call our SOOPAH SPAH Fen.
I changed it to "Tom Clancy and Bourne fen". Sound okay?
Quote:And Jet would be able to tell a story of receiving a critical data-drive to transport from Mikuri.....
Mm. I don't think the write-up pages are good places for anecdotes. But they really do belong in the wiki with the writeups somewhere. Maybe we hang a "Fen stories about..." page off each one and put the anecdotes there?
Okay, I've already done a near-final edit pass on the material. I'm going to wait a couple hours, and if no one has any more suggestions/additions I'll post it all to the wiki before crashing tonight.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Bob Schroeck Wrote:Well, given that the write up says nothing either way, if necessary, she really is twins. And one is former special forces, while the other is the mouse, leading to the disparity in people's evaluation of her skill level.
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Quote:Great quote, but it doesn't seem like a fit to any particular Brigade member's write-up
Ah well, they can't all be winners.
Quote:I changed it to "Tom Clancy and Bourne fen". Sound okay?
Mr. Fnord
interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
In that case, up it all goes.
Edit: Done.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Bob Schroeck Wrote:Mm. I don't think the write-up pages are good places for anecdotes. But they really do belong in the wiki with the writeups somewhere. Maybe we hang a "Fen stories about..." page off each one and put the anecdotes there?
Write them up as short-short stories, put them in the Story Archive, and link to them from the character pages (just like any other story)...
Well, that's what I'd do. YMMV.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I'd hesitate to create a whole page around three-four line snippets, however. Maybe it might be something to add to the discussion page?. Or a dedicated 'anecdotes' wiki page with segments that can be linked to. Similar to the DW nanosteps thread.
Was there a thread about this before.
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Quote:Great quote, but it doesn't seem like a fit to any particular Brigade member's write-up.
Since it applies to all of them, I just stuck it on the SOS-dan page.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Dartz Wrote:I'd hesitate to create a whole page around three-four line snippets, however. Maybe it might be something to add to the discussion page?. Or a dedicated 'anecdotes' wiki page with segments that can be linked to. Similar to the DW nanosteps thread.
It isn't as if we're running out of pages on the FenWiki...
Dartz Wrote:Was there a thread about this before.
I don't recall one.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
robkelk Wrote:It isn't as if we're running out of pages on the FenWiki...
True! I just loaded a whole ream of webpaper into the wiki when I added those pages.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Something I'd like to add, seeing as I was busy all fraggin' day...
Quote:"Mikuru is a lovely woman, and smarter than she seems... but I wouldn't
trust her any farther than Haruhi can throw a fit." -- Noah Scott, 2015
"Dunno, Noah. Out of that entire rabble, I think I'd rather have her on my base. Nagato's too good with computers, Koizumi is too damn slippery for my liking, Kyon's so pussywhipped by Haruhi that only Skuld knows what he'd try and pull, and Haruhi herself is banned for life because the last time she was on Atalante she damn-near had Grue's minions snapping to her very whim. Mikuru, on the other hand, is too damn timid to try something in person. Hell, with her I gotta let my Tenchi Masaki Syndrome go to work to even get more than 'Eeep!' out of her." -- Benjamin Rhodes, same conversation, 2015