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mightbelate (mightbelate) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-04-10 12:07:00

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dirk strider, duo maxwell (au), ianto jones, jack harkness, jean-luc picard, martha jones, rose, rose tyler, roxy lalonde, sookie stackhouse, spencer reid, zatanna zatara

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[Rose can be found sitting in the middle of the pet cafe. Despite the fact that she's got a passel of kittens crawling over her, one on her shoulder and is cuddling one in both hands, she looks miserable. She's obviously been crying a lot and fairly recently. There's a definite pout & mope sort of expression to her face. When she speaks, her voice reflects her expression.]

Doctor's gone.

I was thinkin' 'bout gettin' a kitten.

[Before he left actually, but she thinks it's an even better idea now.]

Call him Doctor. Maybe John Smith or Oncomin' Storm. Y'know. Somethin' like that.

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tea_earlgreyhot
2013-04-19 01:44 am UTC (link)

I suppose a better term is liberated -- by Starfleet. However, she had opportunity to return to them and chose not to.

[Curiosity is something he can appreciate. He is ever a student of the Universe and such requires a curious mind.] Oh yes, quite fascinating in theory. Quite -- terrifying in practice. They've destroyed entire civilizations, races and worlds. They take away a person's individuality, their freedom of speech and thought and action. A person is made into a drone, one of a hive of drones, a single mind, millions of drones with one, singular thought: Assimilation of supposed inferior species.

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mightbelate
2013-04-19 02:52 am UTC (link)

That's the space program you're part of back home, yeah?

[She's not absolutely certain that 'space program' is the proper term, but she doesn't know what the proper term is.]

There's a race called Cybermen back home. They're sorta like that. They want to upgrade humanity. They take the brain and pop it into a metal robot body. There's no emotion, no individuality. Don't think they've got a hive mind, but it's sorta similar.

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tea_earlgreyhot
2013-04-19 02:13 pm UTC (link)

Oh, yes. Starfleet Academy is where those who are interested in a military career learn whatever craft they so choose. The United Federation of Planets is an interstellar federal republic, a group of planets of a single purpose universal liberty, rights, and equality, and to share their knowledge and resources in peaceful cooperation and space exploration. Earth is one such planet in the Federation. And I, of course, followed a career of exploration. But there are numerous other paths one can take through Starfleet.

[He nods slowly.] Yes, I would say that is quite similar. However, with such a singular mentality, they oftentimes fail to fully grasp what it is to have freedom of thought. It is difficult for such narrow-mindedness to think outside of the box, so to speak.

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	:: video mightbelate 2013-04-19 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	[Rose nods, following along.] So it's more like the military than a space program. That makes sense. And everyone in your world knows 'bout aliens and they're all right with that? [Because in her world, everyone is still mostly in denial. She smiles at his assessment.] Sorta usually how they end up defeated. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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tea_earlgreyhot
2013-04-19 04:28 pm UTC (link)

Oh yes. As of first contact in 2063 it would be difficult for anyone to deny the existence of alien lifeforms. Thus Starfleet was founded and, for the most part, humanity has set aside petty differences to focus more of that energy on bettering themselves for whatever might lie ahead.

[He can't help but grin at that, a bit ruefully in fact. It's a smile that makes him look much younger.] Interesting how a disdainful underestimation can give one the upper-hand, is it not?

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	:: video mightbelate 2013-04-19 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	Guess we had first contact in 2005. Everybody chalked it up to pranks and film promotions. That sorta thing. Good to know we get it right in the future though. [The smile is a good one. She can't help but smile in return.] And yet everybody just keeps underestimatin' others. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-20 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	I must admit, I've a distinct aversion to people who turn a blind eye to what is laid out right in front of them. Not that I cannot understand the need to feel safe and the fact that change can present a certain amount of fear in some. I suppose it's more of a personal aversion than a general one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video mightbelate 2013-04-20 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	No, I think you and me are a lotta like there. I understand it as a society, individually though...I guess I'm more curious than anything. I want to know more and how and what. I don't understand people who don't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-22 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I would agree that you and I are very like-minded, Ms. Tyler. The important thing is to never stop questioning, never stop learning. As Einstein said, curiosity had its own reason for existing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video mightbelate 2013-04-22 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	Way too much out there to see and learn and do to stop questionin' and learnin'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-22 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	Quite right. Now time travel, such as what you say your Doctor specializes in. That must be more than enough to sate any and all curiosities you might have. Or perhaps with such endeavors there can only, and perhaps rightfully so, I might add, amass even more curiosities. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video mightbelate 2013-04-22 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Some people might sorta think that it would answer all my questions, but when you see a little part of it, it makes you realize how massive the univer and time is. It just makes you want more. I've seen the end of the Earth and the beginnin' of planets. I've met Charles Dickens and Queen Victoria and I just...I want more, y'know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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tea_earlgreyhot
2013-04-22 11:44 pm UTC (link)

Oh yes, I do indeed. To play witness to such pivotal moments in history, to hold conversations with such historical figures. I certainly would find such a life appealing and I can share your own excitement over it.

Throughout our travels we've experienced a number of phenomena in which timeline derailed, so to speak, in one manner or another. I've found each case most curious but have never dedicated myself to examine them further as such is not the primary mission of the Enterprise.

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	:: video mightbelate 2013-04-22 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	[Jean-Luc gets a big smile out of her on that.] Doctor always says there's certain bits of the timeline we can't muck with. They go wrong and everythin' goes wrong. Don't understand it, but he did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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tea_earlgreyhot
2013-04-27 05:42 pm UTC (link)

Oh, I agree whole-heartedly with this Doctor of yours. My theory is that there are certain fixed points in time that are fixed and in which the timeline diverges into many different scenarios depending on the outcome of that fixed point in time. One could think of all the defining moments in their lives where important choices were made and consider how many roads were not taken. The possibilities are... innumerable.

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	:: video mightbelate 2013-04-29 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that's sorta how he explained it too. [She likes Jean-Luc more all the time.] All those moments create parallel worlds. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video tea_earlgreyhot 2013-04-29 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Can your Doctor cross timelines or is he restricted to one specific path in which he can go forward or backward in time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: video mightbelate 2013-05-01 02:20 am UTC (link)
	He could cross timelines. Sometimes parallel worlds were a bit sticky, but never timelines. What 'bout your experience? Crossin' timelines or one specific path? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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