I was just re-reading some of the old minis, and at the remove of a few years now, I still can't decide which line gives me more of an instinctive fuck-yeah-if-I-do-say-so-myself response: "An' when ye get to Sto-Vo-Kor, tell yer ancestors that Mad Ned Teach sent ye!" or "Captain Hroth... let them have the Black Smoke!"

--G.
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I'd say of the choices, I'd go for the Black Smoke, but there's also a certain frisson in that same story from "Lancers of Mars, raise your machines!"

For myself, it's definitely the black smoke line. The entire Honor of Mars mini gives me that feeling.

Adding my voice in favor of the Black Smoke line. The Honor of Mars has always been one of my absolute favorite UF stories.

>I was just re-reading some of the old minis, and at the remove of a
>few years now, I still can't decide which line gives me more of an
>instinctive fuck-yeah-if-I-do-say-so-myself response: "An' when
>ye get to Sto-Vo-Kor, tell yer ancestors that Mad Ned Teach sent ye!"
>or "Captain Hroth... let them have the Black Smoke!"

Apparently I'm odd in favoring Mad Ned's line - although "Lancers of Mars, raise your machines!" beats both of them.

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"V, did you do something foolish?"

"Yes, and it was glorious."

>Apparently I'm odd in favoring Mad Ned's line - although "Lancers of
>Mars, raise your machines!" beats both of them.

Also on the shortlist, as is Captain Hroth's callout to - of all things! - the '80s War of the Worlds TV series. I never understood what the hell the Martians actually meant by "To life immortal," because that show made virtually no sense, but what the hell, it's a good battlecry. :)

Regardless, here is a true thing: There will probably never be an audiobook version of The Honor of Mars, because I can't read it without getting a little... overwrought. I rarely attempt tragedy, because I generally don't much care for it, but, well...

--G.
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I'm not even sure it was supposed to make sense - though I will admit the body-snatching/face grabbing thing freaked me the hell out as a kid.

As to the audio, I can understand that - it really is a powerful piece. Though it almost makes me want to try recording one myself...

I'd have to vote for anything from the Honor of Mars.

As for the audio, understandable. Though the idea comes to mind that if Gryphon ever wanted to try a full audio play of something like Honor of Mars, I might actually know someone who could do that.

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>As for the audio, understandable. Though the idea comes to mind that
>if Gryphon ever wanted to try a full audio play of something like
>Honor of Mars, I might actually know someone who could do that.

Hmm. That's an interesting notion, though I'm not sure how a story as narration-heavy as The Honor of Mars would work as an audio drama. It's probably doable, but I don't know enough about the medium to have much of an idea how the conversion would work.

That said, it or a story like it would be a good candidate because of the general ease of casting it - there are no Regular Characters in it, so no need to worry about being consistent about them.

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It probably would work well if you got the right narrator, or possibly multiple narrators, with different voices for different contexts. And yes, that's one of your best pieces IMHO.

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>Apparently I'm odd in favoring Mad Ned's line

Let's be odd together, then; I liked it (and him) as well. That's someone else I'm looking forward to seeing again when the relevant muses let us have another chapter. :)

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>That's
>someone else I'm looking forward to seeing again when the relevant
>muses let us have another chapter. :)

The problem with the storyline Teach appears in is that it's tricky to avoid either giving away developments that will have happened in between the OOTR/DS "present day" and its setting the following year, or leaving big obvious holes where they should be given away.

(This is already kind of an issue with Mr. Midshipman Tenjou, as it leaves almost completely unaddressed what in the universe can have possessed Utena to abandon her family - which, from Captain Kerwin's dialogue, she still has - and go join the Salusian Navy. I mean, she explains why she's doing it, but not how she ever reached the conclusion that it was OK.)

That said, I've had the basic framework for the next piece of it in mind pretty much since the first part came out, and it is lately stirring a little, probably because of Miniskirt Pirates. And if it does come to pass, Teach has a pretty prominent role.

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>That said, I've had the basic framework for the next piece of it in
>mind pretty much since the first part came out, and it is lately
>stirring a little, probably because of Miniskirt Pirates. And
>if it does come to pass, Teach has a pretty prominent role.

...The peculiar mental image of Teach attaching himself to Marika - in the absence of the correct pink-haired slip of badass - is really rather amusing.

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"V, did you do something foolish?"

"Yes, and it was glorious."

>>That said, I've had the basic framework for the next piece of it in
>>mind pretty much since the first part came out, and it is lately
>>stirring a little, probably because of Miniskirt Pirates. And
>>if it does come to pass, Teach has a pretty prominent role.
>
>...The peculiar mental image of Teach attaching himself to
>Marika - in the absence of the correct pink-haired slip
>of badass - is really rather amusing.

KANE
Uh, Captain... what is that?

MARIKA
I don't know, he followed me home. I think he's harmless...

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>>>That said, I've had the basic framework for the next piece of it in
>>>mind pretty much since the first part came out, and it is lately
>>>stirring a little, probably because of Miniskirt Pirates. And
>>>if it does come to pass, Teach has a pretty prominent role.
>>
>>...The peculiar mental image of Teach attaching himself to
>>Marika - in the absence of the correct pink-haired slip
>>of badass - is really rather amusing.
>
>KANE
>Uh, Captain... what is that?
>
>MARIKA
>I don't know, he followed me home. I think he's harmless...
>

KANE
I suppose we can keep him, Captain, but a...a
huge... bearded... Salusian... is a big responsibility!

Peter Eng
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>(Utena) explains why she's doing it, but not how she ever
>reached the conclusion that it was OK.)
>

I hadn't really thought about it, but it seems likely that Anthy had a hand in that decision.

Peter Eng
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>>(Utena) explains why she's doing it, but not how she ever
>>reached the conclusion that it was OK.)
>
>I hadn't really thought about it, but it seems likely that Anthy had a
>hand in that decision.

Wouldn't surprise me, Anthy's good at causing people she cares about to realise when there's something they need to be doing. Sometimes without actually doing anything herself.

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>
>Wouldn't surprise me, Anthy's good at causing people she cares about
>to realise when there's something they need to be doing. Sometimes
>without actually doing anything herself.
>

Upon thinking on it further, I have this image in my head of Utena looking at where her rose was, and observing, "Point taken, Anthy."

Peter Eng
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Also, a number of Azula's lines in Desolation Angel, particularly, "... Back in business." and "Darling, why does nothing we attempt ever go according to plan?"

--G.
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