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Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigm
Posted By: Rick BlaineDate: 5/10/02 11:49 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigm (Dan Aris)

: I would see it more as being the other way around--the Jjaro and the
: W'rkncacnter are the projections of these timeless, ultimate opposites
: into our universe. And we are, perhaps, the agent and personification of
: the Eternal Champion, forever striving to balance the evil done by the
: Eternal Foe.

Yeah, Buddy! Take the ball and *RUN WITH IT*!

: OK, that's not a leap I would have thought of...but it's a pretty cool idea.
: Personally, though, I prefer something more along the lines of twins, or
: otherwise siblings, one eternally rebelling, the other eternally cleaning
: up after his sister.

And it makes their battle both a family squabble (greek mythology?) and a civil war. Great stuff, guy!

: The question, of course, is in what realm do these entities reside? Have they
: escaped? Because if so, well, then we know what they are...Durandal told
: us (and was he part of them, too? Was he simply following some pattern
: that his Jjaro-ness told him would lead him beyond the bounds of this
: universe, as that part of him had done, long ago?).

Durandal started out a just a dumb AI door opener. He became 'posessed' because he needed to be posessed, both because he was useful, and because if he's not, then we don't have a story. He was discarded when he was no longer needed by the being inside. Was he posessed by the forces of order, or of chaos? We could argue both sides of this one.

: For parallels, I call your attention to Babylon 5, in which there are two
: ancient races, the Vorlons and the Shadows. They both seek to advance the
: younger races, but the Vorlons do it through order--long peaces, where
: they can grow slowly--and the Shadows through chaos--every 1000 years or
: so, they come out and start a war; whoever's alive at the end is stronger
: because of it. Turns out they are both sort of "children" to
: another alien, the First One.

: Dunno, maybe it's not as parallel as I thought. Oh, well.

: Dan Aris

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Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/9/02 3:38 p.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmarchon 5/9/02 6:39 p.m.
           So what? is right. Marathon is just a game. *NM*Rick Blaine 5/9/02 9:30 p.m.
                 No it's a race...archon 5/9/02 10:41 p.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmJacke 5/10/02 1:46 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 9:10 a.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmPaolo 5/10/02 3:20 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:36 a.m.
                 Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmTru7h 5/10/02 11:40 a.m.
                       Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:56 a.m.
                             Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmMark Levin 5/10/02 12:08 p.m.
                                   Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmB-Sharp 5/10/02 5:41 p.m.
                                         Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmMark Levin 5/10/02 9:31 p.m.
                                               Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/11/02 11:51 a.m.
                                               Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/11/02 2:34 p.m.
                                                     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmMark Levin 5/11/02 5:17 p.m.
                                                           Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/12/02 3:06 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigm•M 5/12/02 9:10 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/16/02 6:35 p.m.
                 Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmpaolo 5/11/02 3:40 a.m.
                       Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/11/02 12:01 p.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmDan Aris 5/10/02 6:29 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmJonah 5/10/02 8:35 a.m.
                 Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:52 a.m.
                 Oh Goodness...Dan Johnson 5/11/02 10:53 p.m.
                       Re: Oh Goodness...Sam 5/14/02 10:44 a.m.
                             Re: Oh Goodness...Dan Johnson 5/14/02 11:07 p.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:49 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/11/02 11:54 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmNeutronBomb 5/15/02 3:16 a.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmJoeDaMac 5/12/02 9:18 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/14/02 9:46 p.m.



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