HIGHLA-L Digest - 2 Jul 2003 (#2003-130)
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Topics of the day:
1. Highlander in the news (2)
2. Swords was Re: HL In The News (2)
3. finances
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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:48:19 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Highlander in the news
Marina--
> Well, you know, *I* could write a spec script for how to get Spike
> on Angel. I could register it. I could find an agent. I could
> submit it to Joss. He might not take it. So there I am with a
> spec script that hasn't been developed. Isn't that fanfic?
If you are a professional writer, then no--it's a rejected spec script. If
you are, well, you--a fan--then it always WAS fanfic. You just crossed the
line & brought it to TPTB's attention. Bad fan!
> actually read scripts and novels by people who wrote and submitted
> them, and had them rejected, then published them in fanzines or
> on the Net. I'd think they count as fanfic.
Sure, if only due to the venue. And--that's pathetic.
>So maybe that's Joss's
> thinking?
I wouldn't know about that. Ask John.
Nina
mac.westie@verizon.net
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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 17:21:06 -0700
From: Pat Lawson <plawson@webleyweb.com>
Subject: Re: Swords was Re: HL In The News
Leah wrote:
>In a message dated 7/2/2003 6:56:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>plawson@webleyweb.com writes:
Uh, no I didn't. That was Mel. :)
> > >Even harder: New identities. It's easy enough to go to
> > >a forger and get a new identity created for you, but
> > >how do you get it loaded into computers and stuff? I
> > >think I see why Mac usually runs his own
> > >buisnesses....I'd hate to have to try and come up with
> > >medical records and stuff like that (credit info might
> > >not be that hard) to get a job working for someone.
> > >I'd much rather run my own buisness. And like someone
> > >else said, being an antique dealer is an easy to get
> > >rid of accumulations of stuff over the centuries
>
>This was dealt with, to some degree, on FOREVER KNIGHT. It was implied that
>one (and possibly more) vampires were specialists at forging replacement
>identities and the necessary paperwork for them to continue their immortal
>existence.
I can see where that's work for FK. OTOH they weren't competing for The
Prize by killing each other. Would HL immies grant a sort of "immunity"
to those with identify skills such as forgers and hackers?
Pat
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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 17:28:50 -0700
From: Pat Lawson <plawson@webleyweb.com>
Subject: Re: Swords was Re: HL In The News
Wendy wrote:
>He could have gone back to breaking into antique stores)
Plus after working for Duncan he'd have a better idea of what to take.
Pat
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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:09:19 -0400
From: L Cameron-Norfleet <cgliser@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Highlander in the news
Marina:
>Not that spec scripts are a bad thing. Melinda Snodgrass's first
>script was a spec script for TNG. Trek fans would remember it...
>it was called "The Measure of a Man"? Got her a job as story
>editor (or some such). Another guy did a spec script that wasn't
>taken, but TPTB on TNG liked it and invited him to pitch some
>ideas. One became "Silicon Avatar".
I have no idea of the title, at this point, but there was an episode
of Xena that was written by a person who started out in
fandom--writing fic--and wound up working for the show. I believe it
(the episode) was a season premiere late in the game.
Lisa
--
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L Cameron-Norfleet ** cgliser@earthlink.net
"I find tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
sermons in stones, and good in everything." Shakespeare: As You Like It
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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:55:17 -0700
From: Pat Lawson <plawson@webleyweb.com>
Subject: Re: finances
beccaelizabeth wrote:
> > Immortals also have the advantage of picking up bits of "stuff" in one >era
>that may prove valuable in the next era (again assuming you can >hold onto the
>bits through moves, wars, border changes, identity >changes, etc)
>
>and needing money now when they're just old versus when they've picked up
>antique value. again, there are far more books, comics etc that I used to own
>but had to give up due to them adding up to meals (and a whole ton that I
>couldnt get rid of even when I tried. How do they know the collectibles from
>the junk? In advance they really dont.)
The difference between collectibles and antiques is time. If you could put
away that "ton I couldn't get rid of" for two or three hundred years it
would be valuable. In 1000 years it would be priceless. No need to
know in advance what would be valuable. Save as much as you can. The
higher the quality the better, but even ordinary household items eventually
have value.
> > Every dead Immortal leaves behind "stuff" -
> >a clever victorious Immortal would find that "stuff" (quickly) and take >the
>best bits.
>
>and get picked up by the police / recognised by friends of the deceased
>
>further you are again ignoring the honesty factor. Some people have actual
>moral qualms about looting corpses that go beyond any qualms they might have
>about self defense.
Grayson was a very old immortal. Likely he'd made most of his money
conquering, killing and looting. He had no family. His ill-gotten wealth
would go to who, the state? Would it be wrong for Duncan to acquire some
of those things against future need? Perhaps as a grubstake for new
immortals?
Pat
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