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by unlucky caz » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:29 pm | |
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While listening to HFQ I noticed that the ships name that was to get thirsks family out was named "Mary Jane". Was this a joke about drug smuggling as the capitan was a known smuggler?
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by saber964 » Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:57 pm | |
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IIRC the ship was smuggling a large quantity of whiskey. |
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by Loren Pechtel » Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:31 pm | |
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That wouldn't make much sense. It's either legal or nonexistent. They had plenty of control, they could have kept anyone from bringing seeds if they wanted to. |
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by evilauthor » Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:49 pm | |
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It's a joke, but it's a joke in the same vein as people being named "Kent Clark" and "Norman Bates". They're in-jokes meant to appeal to the reader but has absolutely zero meaning to the people of Safehold. Also, I wouldn't put it past the terraforming crew to include genetically engineered marijuana that ups the medicinal value while reducing the addictiveness. It's become part of the standard Safeholdian healer's kit. I believe anesthetics have been mentioned in the text... mostly when groups run out of them. |
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by emeye » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:53 pm | |
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Still, nothing beats the Rennaisance Factor "Board of Directors" meeting: the reader groans, and keeps groaning for the whole page. Perpetrated by the same miscreant, figures |
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by saber964 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:39 pm | |
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What if the Mary Jane was captained by Pytahr Pahrkyr as a in joke. |
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by USMA74 » Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:46 pm | |
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SNIP
"What if the Mary Jane was captained by Pytahr Pahrkyr as a in joke." There are certain crimes against humanity and common decency that require the full application of the punishments found in the Book of Schuler. This is one of those. |
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by saber964 » Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:24 pm | |
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RFC is always slipping in in-jokes, like in EOH the planet Lois in the Clark system and StateSec commander White and PN commander James Olsen. Or the reference to Silence of the Lambs in We Few. |
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by unlucky caz » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:53 pm | |
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Wait was the captains name actually Peter parker? I'm going to have to go back and take a look. These little "in-jokes" with the reader are always a lot of fun to find.
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by Undercover Fat Kid » Sat Jan 16, 2016 9:56 pm | |
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I keep waiting for the "Thunder Child" to make her last, gloriously suicidal stand against an overpowering foe.
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