Happy Birthday to the best Proton in the world!

[elisi]

I looked up the definition, but it somehow didn't sum you up at all:

proton
/ˈprəʊtɒn/
noun Physics
noun: proton; plural noun: protons

a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron.


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If my brain was awake I'd write meta on this. Instead, all I can say is that I'm glad you are part of MY world. <3

Comments

[owlboy]

oh it was announced like 3 days ago ok

i am very much of the opinion if JMS had been allowed full creative control of the original B5 it would have been a near perfect tv show. he never really got to tell this exquisitely plotted narrative the way he wanted to because of aggressive executive meddling

so this is tremendously exciting yes

[elisi]

Yay! People were going OMG RTD and OMG B5, and I just figured you had seen the latter also.

Hope it is everything you could wish for. (And I might even watch it...)

[owlboy]

[promethia_tenk]

Had a flash of inspiration yesterday which was that the difference between Doctor Who and Star Trek is that on Star Trek the Time Lords would be interesting and not the world's most awkward game of literary hot potato.

Am now trying to think of what staple but uninspired bit of Star Trek would be done better by Doctor Who.

[owlboy]

''we mustn't interfere with other cultures except when i feel like it''

[promethia_tenk]

*snort* There it is.

Prime Directive? I don't know her.

[owlboy]

yeah iirc on star trek there are like, zero real consequences for breaking it? ever?

while the entire moffat run was basically just continually spanking the dr for being a nosy nancy lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9W7pvOLxmQ

''we represent the vegetarian space socialists who are always right''

[elisi]

I LOVE THAT SKETCH.

"You are the worst!"

(At work, so can't watch, but knew it immediately.)

[owlboy]

''Captain I must protest-'' ''shut up I hate you.''

[elisi]

yeah iirc on star trek there are like, zero real consequences for breaking it? ever?
The ONE episode I have watched (it was called The Menagerie I think?) they went to a FORBIDDEN planet (visiting carried the death penalty) and at the end it was all just... hand waved away. Amazing.

[owlboy]

i do love me some trek but oh, the reset button pushing and hand-waving gets so much more egregious than that, lmao

[elisi]

MORE? Wow.

It was very enjoyable though. Might watch more, you never know.

[elisi]

Or: When there are children crying.

[owlboy]

''child abuse = fascist police state'' hell yeah that's my show

[elisi]

That episode just does ALL THE THINGS. Ugh. Now I want to watch it again.