Quote:On this planet, they called it the monomyth, but it had other names among the multitude of races in the galaxy.  Some called it the "tale of tales", while others called it "the path passing the gods."  But the elements of the story of a hero's journey remained astonishingly similar across nearly all of the races that Dr. Washuu Hakubi had encountered.  And the ones that didn't?  Well, they were all an exceedingly tedious lot, whose cultures' only story tended to be along the lines of "we will gloriously exterminate everyone else."  Dreadfully boring, and boringly dreadful, she believed.

She had first come to investigate this field of inquiry while thinking about Tenchi Masaki, which was the favorite pastime in the household where she had found herself the past few months.  All of the women there, without exception, had a romantic interest in Tenchi, but Washuu additionally had an academic interest, too.  It had started as a scientific investigation, as she assessed how his power had developed.  But as she began reading the literature of his home planet for fun, she began to see similarities in those stories to Tenchi's experiences, and to other stories from distant worlds.  And soon, she found her research reaching deep into the humanities.

Perhaps her research would have stayed in the humanities, if she hadn't noticed the letters.

Quote:[Jenny] heard a crash from the far side of the house. Time obviously being of the essence, she shifted over to see that a DeLorean with some very recognizable customizations had crashed into what appeared to be a 1960s-era London Police Public Call Box - it looked like the car had swerved to avoid hitting two men wearing '60s-era slacks and turtlenecks, an attractive young woman wearing a casual outfit out of the early-1980s, a couple wearing outfits straight out of the Orlando Furioso... and two small ponies, one with gray body fur, a yellow mane, and wings, and the other with light-brown body fur, a dark-brown mane, and wearing a starched collar and a bow tie.

She'd dealt with situations like this before.

Quote:"Khonsu! How's my favorite Egyptian god of travelers, healing, and the Moon doing?"

"You were right about particular words making a difference in spells. 'Escalated Lunar Healing' does work better than 'Accelerated Lunar Healing'."

"I keep telling you to try 'Moon Healing Escalation'."

"And risk a trademark infringement case? No, thank you."

(11-13-2022, 11:44 AM)Norgarth Wrote: what, no pair of teens in late 80s/early 90s clothing standing next to a phone booth? ;P

(11-13-2022, 02:46 PM)robkelk Wrote: As yet, nobody wants to write stories about them... so, no.