Hidey Ho. Been reading the Walk for while, and finally decided to sign up on the forum to comment on it (as opposed to ending up dumping more e-mail in Bob's inbox like I did with my comment on the similarity between Doug's motorcycle designs and MASK...)
First off, I'm curious--is Doug going to be fated to make at least one knee-jerk reaction that he really should be smacked in the head for in *every* universe he visits? Granted, the issue has been pushed mostly to the side by the problem with Mara right now, but his reaction to how Chris and family were dealing with Megumi's new advanced-TL knowledge just seemed...wrong to me, given Doug's background.
1) While it's doubtful that he's dealt with it under the 'Prime Directive' name, I'd have thought the Warriors/UN would have *some* rules about not letting the mad-scientist uber-tech being released willy-nilly to the masses (if nothing else, someone, probably Skuld, should make a rather pointed comment about how the grav-drive that sparked off this situation started out as a *weapon* itself...)
2) I'm not sure how to look at his reaction to Megumi being 'pressed into service', especially with the 'Soldier' thing..on the one hand, he could be equating it with Arcane's virus (in particular, the concerns about free will)...but on the other hand--in a way she's being offered a chance to join up with the local equivilent of the Warriors. ;-)
On a tangent...doesn't Doug still wear his wedding ring around his neck? I'd have thought Mara would have picked up that...
And on a *different* tangent...I know you're never going to release the Valdemar story, but as a Lackey fan myself, I *have* to wonder what time period it was set in--mainly because I can't exactly see Doug's views on deities surviving too well in that environment. I mean he was hanging out with *Alberich*--and that poor guy hasn't just brushed with deity, he's had his nose rubbed in it. ;-) Not to mention the Companions themselves and *their* little secrets, given how well Doug's magesight picks up these things...
And back to the original comment a bit--it is kind of a shame Doug didn't pick up on the 'Prime Directive' aspect and end up going into a righteous fury frothing about them acting superior and treating mortals like children, finishing up with something along the lines of 'And who up and elected *you* God to make decisions like this for humanity?!?'....followed by a beat of silence...followed by Chris pointing at Skuld, Belldandy pointing upwards, Urd facepalming, Keiichi looking confused and going 'Ummm...', Megumi having a 'I can't believe he just said that' expression...and finishing up with Skuld whacking him (lightly) in the head with the Mallet and a comment of 'Idiot.' (Possibly followed by Doug, muffled by his head being One With The Floor, commenting, "Okay, poor choice of words...") ;-)
And on yet another tangent (I tend to move in non-Euclidian directions anyway)...I thought Peorth *was* the fourth?
First off, I'm curious--is Doug going to be fated to make at least one knee-jerk reaction that he really should be smacked in the head for in *every* universe he visits? Granted, the issue has been pushed mostly to the side by the problem with Mara right now, but his reaction to how Chris and family were dealing with Megumi's new advanced-TL knowledge just seemed...wrong to me, given Doug's background.
1) While it's doubtful that he's dealt with it under the 'Prime Directive' name, I'd have thought the Warriors/UN would have *some* rules about not letting the mad-scientist uber-tech being released willy-nilly to the masses (if nothing else, someone, probably Skuld, should make a rather pointed comment about how the grav-drive that sparked off this situation started out as a *weapon* itself...)
2) I'm not sure how to look at his reaction to Megumi being 'pressed into service', especially with the 'Soldier' thing..on the one hand, he could be equating it with Arcane's virus (in particular, the concerns about free will)...but on the other hand--in a way she's being offered a chance to join up with the local equivilent of the Warriors. ;-)
On a tangent...doesn't Doug still wear his wedding ring around his neck? I'd have thought Mara would have picked up that...
And on a *different* tangent...I know you're never going to release the Valdemar story, but as a Lackey fan myself, I *have* to wonder what time period it was set in--mainly because I can't exactly see Doug's views on deities surviving too well in that environment. I mean he was hanging out with *Alberich*--and that poor guy hasn't just brushed with deity, he's had his nose rubbed in it. ;-) Not to mention the Companions themselves and *their* little secrets, given how well Doug's magesight picks up these things...
And back to the original comment a bit--it is kind of a shame Doug didn't pick up on the 'Prime Directive' aspect and end up going into a righteous fury frothing about them acting superior and treating mortals like children, finishing up with something along the lines of 'And who up and elected *you* God to make decisions like this for humanity?!?'....followed by a beat of silence...followed by Chris pointing at Skuld, Belldandy pointing upwards, Urd facepalming, Keiichi looking confused and going 'Ummm...', Megumi having a 'I can't believe he just said that' expression...and finishing up with Skuld whacking him (lightly) in the head with the Mallet and a comment of 'Idiot.' (Possibly followed by Doug, muffled by his head being One With The Floor, commenting, "Okay, poor choice of words...") ;-)
And on yet another tangent (I tend to move in non-Euclidian directions anyway)...I thought Peorth *was* the fourth?