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I dont think the issue would be Cobie thinking he's right, or whether the Founders are "in the know" but rather the point you hit on when you said "They might take issue with Cobie and Lardy potentially bringing trouble to LW."
There is no doubt that Cobie has kicked a hornet's nest. And there's also no doubt that his actions are going to cause the deaths of millions of sentients.
How do the Founders react? Are they all of one mind supporting Cobie, Lardy, and the LMP's actions or is there a disagreement among them?
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From: Westerly Rhode Island | Registered: Aug 2003
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I have thought about what my main influences are:
1) History, simply because it is my Major. Nasger, where Sebastian comes, and it's neighbor Raltvee is rooted in the Renaissence. 2) Science and Science-Fiction, mostly because of Emily's family and background. Sebastian's also skilled at computers. 3) Religion,I do draw a bit from theology. One of Sebastian's friends back home is possessed by a demon (nobody thinks Miguel is because he's become super-religious). I really like Paradise Lost, Faust, and of course C.S Lewis. 4) Other Literature- Don Quixote, Shakespeare, I guess anything rooted in the Renaissence. And of course Ayn Rand and other philosophers appear here and there.
What do you think your influences are?
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Personally, I don't really write enough to say that I have any overwhelming influences but there are a few things that I like to read or watch that have their hooks into my current story (and the style I've used in roleplays).
The most overwhelming one on my Mobius story is obviously the TV show, "LOST". You know, a non-linear story about a bunch of scientists doing secret time-travel stuff in a place hidden from the outside world. The characters themselves, though, are all based (at least, physically and name-wise) on a classic group of comedians called the "Dead End Kids". I tried to imagine what "Ex" would look like grown up and I came up with the "leader"of the kids, Leo Gorcey. All the other guys - Huntz Hall, Jordan, Halop, Dell, and Punsley - were named after the other kids. Amelita Ward was Gorcey's real-life wife for a time.
From a narrative standpoint, though, it uses two things I've always loved - non-linear story telling and the repetition of symbols (both objects and dialog). Examples that I've liked that jump out at me are things like the films of Tarantino and Aronofsky (especially in "The Fountain"); comics like Watchmen or the Invisibles; and authors like Faulkner, Vonnegut, and the best example that I can think of, and the one that probably influenced me the most, Joseph Heller's "Catch 22".
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I wish to thank Faraway Lad for his contributions in the creation of the Eraser. He's slowly evolving into a three-dimensional villain, and I could never have gotten this far without your help.
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Seriously, though... thanks so much; I had severe misgivings that anybody else would like it because it's sort of "insular". Just one more chapter to go... then I can start getting into the Dark Oval stuff.
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Xcellent ending to Mobius! Great storytelling!
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From: The waters off eastern Long Island | Registered: Jul 2003
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It took about a week longer than I originally planned, but there was a lot of working out details of mythology that went into it!
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