tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post925707469794423437..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: The Laziness of Evil Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-66753054418149648122017-04-05T09:17:18.833-07:002017-04-05T09:17:18.833-07:00Don't worry, Melvina, I totally understand. My...Don't worry, Melvina, I totally understand. My head canon for this series is pretty much a big Yaoi fest. Since Buck and Rayford show considerably more interest in each other than their designated love interests, I've concluded that Buck married Chloe because, well apparently the rule about not eating bacon was overturned Because Jesus! but the one against homosexuality must stand for all eternity. So Buck marries Chloe because she serves as a handy beard and it makes it easier for him and Rayford to sneak around. The existence of a wife (and later, a child) can be used to disprove any rumors circulating about Buck's sexuality, since the RTC subculture believe that a Gay man doesn't produce semen and is completely unable to perform with a woman. <br /><br />Chloe knows about this, but quietly accepts this, because having a husband increases her standing in the RTC subculture where single women are seen as either spinsters or hussies. With Buck, she gets the status that comes with being married, but without a husband demanding too much time with her. And of course, her ties to both Rayford and Buck, aka the most important people in the LB-verse, ranking even above God and Jesus, considerably increases her standing in the subculture, canceling out much of the deficits that being female gives her. <br /><br />I know, I know, the only people Buck and Rayford could truly love, would be a clone of each other, but since Rayford and Buck are pretty much clones, it works out nice. And now I'll go take many long showers to deal with this feeling of sleaze I have about what I've just typed. I'm not sure whether I should say "Poor Chloe" or not. Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-48927588314482323582017-04-04T12:16:16.312-07:002017-04-04T12:16:16.312-07:00Kenny in my head is now done up in full GothLoli. ...Kenny in my head is now done up in full GothLoli. It's all your fault. (That's what the first TOLer he saw was wearing, so he assumed it was their uniform.)<br /><br />"Want to keep an idiot busy for hours? The true secret of salvation is on the other side."Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-5920062348159066042017-04-04T08:57:45.205-07:002017-04-04T08:57:45.205-07:00Ugh, I remember that now... So not only is it the ...Ugh, I remember that now... So not only is it the most annoying plot thread probably ever, but it's one they've reused. Then again it's Ellanjay so I really shouldn't be surprised. Oh... But now I'm picturing that this is going to end the same way Chloe and Buck's plot thread ended. That is to say, I'm imagining Kenny and Abdullah getting married! :) Yeah, I know... Kenny has Kat and Abdullah I'm pretty sure is already married, but...Melvinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990946326200511655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-42679322911499649292017-04-03T23:02:49.613-07:002017-04-03T23:02:49.613-07:00I agree with your assessment (mostly, see the &quo...<br /><br /> I agree with your assessment (mostly, see the "missionaries live in a gift economy" caveat in my writeup), if nothing else because the Millennial Kingdom has to be rightwing-shibboleth approved, so there are various currencies, all of which are gold-backed.<br /><br /> In LBQ, the Omega takes advantage of this by making a big deal of introducing electronic currencies during the peaceful takeover of Pacifica... and focusing the believers' attention on monetary policy, while the actual takeover happens over other issues. Then Angels descend to "liberate" the territory, and the Legion of Light learns why spider tanks are kinda pointless on a flattened Earth, and there is a reasonable amount of rocket punching, but that's besides the point :)<br /><br /> I think that L&J didn't want to make the Millennial Kingdom look too Communistic, even though this was written in 2007.<br /><br /> More possibly-snarky writing in the Millennial Kingdom:<br /><br /> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=left%20beyond LBQ is still available here, of course.<br /><br /> https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11569518/1/Cendrillon by me, stalled right now - I have the outline written but no idea how to flesh it out.<br /><br /> https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12330438/1/Mercy by autumnrose, which is going somewhere interesting if you want to read about TOL being actually competent.spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-31501785860970844042017-04-03T23:01:20.005-07:002017-04-03T23:01:20.005-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-55220365248595354562017-04-03T17:26:56.700-07:002017-04-03T17:26:56.700-07:00spiritplumber, the simplest explanation is that th...spiritplumber, the simplest explanation is that there's a cash economy because Ellanjay can't possibly imagine anything else. It's the same lack of imagination that leads them to make Heaven an even more ramped up version of a gated community. Hence why even though they are supposed to be in paradise and have an infinite amount of time, people still go into work and make remarks about how they're going to have to take some time off to do X. Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-88920400975689029872017-04-03T17:06:42.560-07:002017-04-03T17:06:42.560-07:00There are salaries, so, there's a cash economy...There are salaries, so, there's a cash economy. You never see this mentioned anywhere else in the book, pretty much. How does that stuff work, at all?<br /><br />http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.LBStuff.html So this is what I did.<br /><br />(In TOL or Omega controlled territories, in Left Beyond Quest, people generally make a point of wearing synthetics. It gets a bit silly later on, especially in Misrayim).spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-32875376810685872252017-04-03T12:44:06.766-07:002017-04-03T12:44:06.766-07:00It's not like Ellanjay haven't done this b...It's not like Ellanjay haven't done this before. See Book Two where Chloe spends several chapters in a snit, because she thinks Buck has another girl, rather than, y'know, talk to him! Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-35118507823355112782017-04-03T11:50:57.962-07:002017-04-03T11:50:57.962-07:00Why do I smell a "Everything could be cleared...Why do I smell a "Everything could be cleared up in an instant if two characters would only talk to each but because they don't there's going to be pages and pages of needless angst and drama between them" plot between Kenny and Abdullah? If that's what they're trying to do then I guess it's nice that they're trying to start a plot thread, but... Of course it'd be the most annoying one out there...Melvinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990946326200511655noreply@blogger.com