Despite our interest in escaping the restrictions of our world - why do we imagine these fantastical things otherwise? - we are human, and humans work best in a realm of limited possibilities. We're comfortable, we know what to do with ourselves, we know how to think in that box. We are problem solvers - innovative ones even - but we of necessity operate within the box of physics as they are defined for the universe in which we are interacting. No matter how much I wish it, I am not a civil engineer mason residing at Metamor. But my interest in imagining that character (within the limits as he is constructed in my mind - which create his appeal) as valuable without the limits of metamor is nonexistant. <div>
<br></div><div>When there is superman, it doesn't matter how great a fireman I am, or fighter pilot, or news reporter. When there are nanobots doing the construction, it doesn't matter how great a mason I am.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Violating the constraints of Metamor would break the appeal of Metamor, which (perhaps unintuitively) is rooted in its limitations. Indeed, I would say if you did that it would be NotMetamor. Metamor 2.0. Metamor Castle. Metamor not the heck where I am. But Metamor Keep? I know how that place works pretty well. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm against it absolutely. If I wanted unlimited wish fulfillment and science fiction fantasy, I'd be reading/writing in a universe that has those things.</div><div><br></div><div>David</div>
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Skylos</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM, christian okane <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrisokane@optimum.net">chrisokane@optimum.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Been pondering this for a long time. Been considering dropping the long standing rules against Crossovers from other story universes and no travel to other dimensions. These are not exactly huge changes but I wonder what everyone's opinions are on this.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Chris<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Lurking Fox<u></u><u></u></p></div>
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