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Message no. 1
From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: [RA:S Project] Endings (was Re: [RA:S Project] Getting organised)
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:35:41 -0400
Scott Wheelock wrote:

> <SNIP>
> And then there's the other question: do both teams succeed in their
> goals? Obviously, it would be easy for the heroes to win, but is that
> A) realistic given Deus' power, and B) a better plot device than having
> one team succeed and one fail? I've never liked the
> good-wins-over-evil-just-'cause-it's-good angle, and prefer to have a
> little more realism in my fiction. Granted, I could be wrong here, but
> what does everyone else think?
>
> -Murder of One

Actually, I was asking myself the same thing last night because of the
story I want to do. I wondered if a depressing ending (where the team loses)
would be bad, until I realized that the Arc is a depressing place and,
realistically, the team WOULD lose.

--
--Strago

The gene pool in the 21st century needs a deep cleaning. I am the chlorine.

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Message no. 2
From: Strago strago@***.com
Subject: [RA:S Project] Endings (was Re: [RA:S Project] Getting organised)
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:35:41 -0400
Scott Wheelock wrote:

> <SNIP>
> And then there's the other question: do both teams succeed in their
> goals? Obviously, it would be easy for the heroes to win, but is that
> A) realistic given Deus' power, and B) a better plot device than having
> one team succeed and one fail? I've never liked the
> good-wins-over-evil-just-'cause-it's-good angle, and prefer to have a
> little more realism in my fiction. Granted, I could be wrong here, but
> what does everyone else think?
>
> -Murder of One

Actually, I was asking myself the same thing last night because of the
story I want to do. I wondered if a depressing ending (where the team loses)
would be bad, until I realized that the Arc is a depressing place and,
realistically, the team WOULD lose.

--
--Strago

The gene pool in the 21st century needs a deep cleaning. I am the chlorine.

SRGC v0.2 !SR1 SR2++ !SR3 h b++ B- UB- IE+ RN++ sa++ ma++ ad+ m+ (o++ d+)
gm+ M-

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