Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 657 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #30 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 6:17pm Print Post Quote:If she'd researched Jo Fraser properly (as I'm sure someone in a similar role in anything approaching RL would have done) she'd have identified that Jo Fraser was a fraud long before she ever turned up for the interview. So very true. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #31 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 6:33pm Print Post Go, Normandie! *snicker* I do agree about the plot holes making for good fanfic. Star Trek is really hard to write for, and that's because its canon IS set in stone! The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #32 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 6:45pm Print Post Neesierie wrote on Apr 22nd, 2011 at 6:33pm:Go, Normandie! *snicker* I do agree about the plot holes making for good fanfic. Star Trek is really hard to write for, and that's because its canon IS set in stone! "Damnit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a writer!" What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 657 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #33 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 6:52pm Print Post And then are are the fandoms that go, 'Yeah, we know what canon is. Kal-El hails from Krypton and Kryptonians have Superpowers -Oh, you want to write a story where it's Lois that's from Krypton. COOL!' BTW, that particular story is real and is NOT tagged AU. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #34 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 6:59pm Print Post Maybe they don't have the same trolls we do here. The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #35 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 7:02pm Print Post Quote:And then are are the fandoms that go, 'Yeah, we know what canon is. Kal-El hails from Krypton and Kryptonians have Superpowers -Oh, you want to write a story where it's Lois that's from Krypton. COOL!' Creativity trumping canon, say it ain't so! Quote:BTW, that particular story is real and is NOT tagged AU. In other words they give their readers high marks for intelligence? What a unique and novel idea! What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #36 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 7:04pm Print Post I dunno, Matt. It sounds pretty strange to me. *snicker* The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 657 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #37 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 7:38pm Print Post Well, they do admit they had some rocky times early on - like 8 years ago - but they put into place a strict no flame policy (which some considered draconic at the time) and they've been thriving since. Creativity is highly valued over there. (And there are REAL professional writers and journalists there, too. My favorite general editor works for the Seattle Times.) Granted there are some staples that may not work as well in UFO - like the plot untwist (take a random element that undoes the entire story - in the case of Responsibility Seat, Miss Ealand checking on Jo Frazer's references.) Ooh, I think I have July's challenge. But still, nobody disrespects you for things like - Lois and Clark being reincarnated and having their old memories (I have to get back to that one), SHADO saving Superman (they LIKE Straker), Lois and Clark liking sex... : And now you all know what I'm modelling THIS forum after - although we are a much chattier bunch than they are. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Neesierie Colonel Offline Straker, somehow it's always about you. Posts: 990 Location: Fulton, MO Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #38 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 7:44pm Print Post Librarian wrote on Apr 22nd, 2011 at 7:38pm: (they LIKE Straker) To quote Mila in my last story: "What's not to love?" *snicker* The sky is not the limit; nor are the stars. WWW IP Logged
Matt Colonel Offline Everyone at SHADO drinks coffee! Posts: 2391 Location: Coventry, RI Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #39 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 8:17pm Print Post Librarian wrote on Apr 22nd, 2011 at 7:38pm:Creativity is highly valued over there. (And there are REAL professional writers and journalists there, too. My favorite general editor works for the Seattle Times.) Another novel idea! Supported by those who do this for a living, even better! What do you mean, we're out of coffee! WWW IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 657 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #40 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 8:35pm Print Post Well, they won't let you get away with getting things wrong about how a newspaper runs - but considering the subject that makes a lot of sense. Here we may actually have a little more leeway in some things because in the show, they ignored so much RL - like what Straker's career path should have been, what SHADO would have had in place to protect Straker and the other ranking officers, what Miss Ealand's job really was, exactly who was in the know about SHADO's mission... Maybe it didn't occur to them because it was science-fiction and maybe TV writing hadn't really evolved to the point of recognizing that even when you set something in the near future, you still have to account for what RL looks like - people eat and sleep and have jobs and all that. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Write Rat MajorSHADO Research Offline Straker and his coffee. Posts: 356 Location: United States Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #41 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 9:47pm Print Post Quote:people eat and sleep . Straker never sleeps. Ask Alec Freeman at 4 am in the morning. He'll tell you. ED IP Logged
Librarian IAC Member Offline I may be blonde but... Posts: 657 Location: Washington (not DC) Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #42 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 10:11pm Print Post Okay, the real Straker went missing and the IAC replaced him with a robot. If you only have one solution to a problem - you're not trying. IP Logged
Write Rat MajorSHADO Research Offline Straker and his coffee. Posts: 356 Location: United States Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #43 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 11:12pm Print Post Librarian wrote on Apr 22nd, 2011 at 10:11pm:Okay, the real Straker went missing and the IAC replaced him with a robot. Some people erroneously think he is a robot. : Grin ED IP Logged
Write Rat MajorSHADO Research Offline Straker and his coffee. Posts: 356 Location: United States Re: FDK - The Perils of Josephine Reply #44 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 11:18pm Print Post Quote:Yeah, but before she can get the guy with the camera in to take pictures, she had to have a way of getting Straker INTO the hotel room for that idyllic weekend. All she needed was 5 minutes alone, powdering her nose, and make a phone call to Mr. Photographer, give him the hotel location and time, voila. IP Logged
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