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I thought this was Deep 6 FaWtL, not FaWtyLon5?! When did we jump continuities? Everyone always coming to Zathras with problems. Great responsibilities. But Zathras does not mind. Zathras trained in crisis management.
The best take on time travel (which I am not fan of in general) was in Babylon 5 - in big part because it was planned part of the story, thus reflecting the fact that if time travel would happen, the past results of future time travel would be already history and affecting the now from the beginning.Time Travel is only done right as a parody, like in Futurama, because it's such bad writing it exists only to be mocked by good writers.I am required to point out the requisite exception that proves the rule on this, which is of course Chrono Trigger, the best time travel story ever written IMO. You are as wise as a Vorlon. Zathrus not trust you, what with all the eating humanoids and fire breathing and Xanatos gambits (also like Vorlons), but you are definitely wise. I admittedly haven't seen B5, though it's on the list of "things to get around to watching eventually", so I can't much comment on it. You should definitely try to find time to see it. Some of the dialogue is clunky, some of the acting is clunky, season 1 spends way too much time building all the arcs & plot threads, and season 5 is largely unnecessary, BUT! All that being said, the rest of it should be required watching for anyone who enjoys sci-fi and/or engages in world-building & story-telling. Mollari and G'Kar are wonderful, and the aliens (especially the Shadows and the Vorlons) feel alien.
android foundries are probably the calling card of the Azlanti Star Empire (as an aside, there was a pretty cool hinted at plot point in Eberron There was a similar plot hook built into the TV show, Babylon 5: In the first episode, it was revealed that 11 years ago, a first contact between an Earthforce (human) exploratory starship fleet and Minbari vessels goes horribly wrong, starting the Earth-Minbari War. Earth forces were severely outmatched by the technologically superior and zealously vengeful Minbari, and within 3 years, Earth and all of humanity were facing extinction... until Minbari forces mysteriously surrendered unconditionally at the Battle of the Line. Eventually, it's revealed that... Spoiler:
the Minbari scanned a crashed pilot, Jeffrey Sinclair, and were shocked to discover that he possessed the soul of a Minbari. After interrogating Sinclair, the Minbari concluded that Minbari souls seemed to be reincarnating as humans. The Minbari leadership (The Grey Council) ordered an immediate surrender to stop the war and any further killing. "Minbari do not kill Minbari."
How a Minbari soul ended up in a human pilot, and the ramifications of the Grey Council trying to keep their discovery a secret from both humans and Minbari, are major plot points explored over several seasons.
That's sad. I would have liked to hear that explained.Are you going to expand on that?Conclusion: No {smiles} Zathras knows. A Vorlon said understanding is a three-edged sword: Spoiler:
your side, their side, and the truth. No one ever listens to poor Zathras, no, he's quite mad, they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind, has even grown to like it.
We're going to need another Katina.It wasn't... We're down a Katina =0(This is under a flag of truce, I hope... Otherwise I fear it will not end well. Apparently the disintegrate gaze attack against Katina's plot armor failed, but the energies unleashed splintered her into multiples across Time and Servers, evidenced by the Impossible CSR shard that recently appeared here.
Or Indy has been good to Paizo despite trying (instead of succeeding) to kill Cosmo. Yes, Zathras understand: The Shadows believe that for a race to evolve into their full potential, they must do so through a cycle of chaos; growth through pain and struggle, conflict and war. Weak races die. Strong races are made even stronger. With this they developed their First Principles: chaos through warfare; evolution through bloodshed; perfection through victory. Zathras recommends conventioneers and Cosmo's co-workers keep eyes trained to see if Mr. Morden or other minions show up to receive Cosmo's orders.
The Ron Swanson mustache is the wave motion gun of facial hair-based weapons. It requires a dedicated bacon singularity just to power it.
The part about mastering the tech of "an ancient alien empire" intrigues me. I wonder if we will get hints on what empire they are talking about. Maybe Dominion of the Black? Ancient alien empire that built the Starmount ship: Vorlons? Vault Builders: The Shadows?Still badass: Susan Ivanova
Your elven race's low birth rate? Yeah, it turns out those elven souls are being reborn as humans (spoilers!)... so half-elves would be a good first step in getting those souls back, right?
My theory: Aaroden died because of PLAP ("Paizo's Last Adventure Path"). As the world is coming apart at the seams, the Pathfinder Society finds it self as the last, best hope for mankind. They put together a group of PCs to figure out what's happening. Those PCs, in book 6 of the adventure path, travel back in time and are forced to kill Aroden. Ah, Zathros knows, yes, was there and then Zathras was. The adventurers went back in time and used Golarion 4 in the war against the Shadows. Aroden used the chrysalis machine to become an Eldest. No one, ever listens to poor Zathras no, he's quite mad they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind, has even grown to like it.
I'm sure he's not talking about me. Beagles aren't may bag baby, really. There was this one time with a badger though..."Dear Doghouse Forum, I used to think your letters weren't true until one day I met this badger in a leisure suit at Studio 54..." {clucking tongue} Zathras knows. Yes. Zathras only reads PlayNarn for the articles. |
