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I'm sorry I messed a few things up and I had to fix them.
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No, getting artists rendering has never entered my mind, but I'm not opposed to it. I don't know how to go about it though.
Thinking about it, one scene that I would like to see depicted is Joe, on a hiking trail, on his knee proposing to Xara.
May I ask, what is it about the story that you like?
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I have an idea that Shannon is a bit 'softer' than the others and Xara is obviously smaller and younger, but not much more than that.
Do you have any mental images of what they look like?
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The women, Kara, Sharon and Xara are all about 6 ft. tall. About means 6' to 6' 2". Joe is 5' 10", so he has to look up at all of them. Skar-El is about 6' 6" tall and looks like a Greek god. His musculature would stand out in a way that would bring to mind an Olympic gymnast, though much taller.
The women look like busty fitness models with all the feminine curves in all the right places. Their breasts are large but not porn star large. No one would look at them and think they had implants. When wearing something short, or a dress with a slit up the side, and they cross their long legs men's knees go wobbly. Their stomachs are flat . If they slightly tense their abdominal muscles their abs show with an obvious six pack. If they are completely relaxed the stomach looks flat. Here, slightly is a relative term.
When relaxed, when they aren't exerting effort, where effort is another relative term, they look like fit women who work out. Good muscle tone, but nothing that screams body builder. When their muscles are under what for them would be physical stress, they will pop out, and they will look like body builders. Picking up an M1 Abrams tank would not cause the muscles to pop out like that. Going into a dry dock and lifting a supertanker would.
BTW, I haven't explored the limits of their strength too much, it's something I should do. But Xara for certain can lift a supertanker. Not sure about Kara or Sharon.
In normal everyday life they would look strong, but not freakishly strong. When Xara lifts Joe's car so he can change the oil her muscles show, but modestly so. When she lifts a fully loaded supertanker out of the water her muscles seem to explode.
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In my head Kara is particularly tall and imposing like say Uma Thurman. Attractive but not someone most people would want to mess with. Meanwhile I imagine Sharon is a bit shorter and curvier than Kara, less intimidating and more approachable. And finally Xara would be younger and thinner, relatively speaking, a bit more of a supermodel next door.
Oh and I imagine Gloria looks like Michelle Rodriguez, tough as hell!
But of course I could be completely wrong.
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He’s half human and half Galen, which does raise two interesting questions. Firstly given that Humans and Supremes can’t have children how did a human and a Galen manage, since based on Xara they would be ever stronger than any Protector. And secondly what would happen if he ever came back? Could be an interesting source of drama, and it might be nice if he turned up with a couple of buff beautiful redheaded companions , especially if they are a little bit less sex obsessed than the Velorians!
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Xara's father being half human, half Galen is from Shadar, and there was at least one story where her father made an appearance on earth and interacted with Xara. Shadar, did you write that?
As far as how a half Galen half, half human came about ... I don't know. And I don't know if Shadar wrote about how that happened either.
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It's been too long since I wrote about Xara and family. Don't remember. But I will say that, in the style of the great JRR Tolkien, my mythology and history changes over time as I have better ideas.Yes, Joe does get injured a lot. That's my fault
Xara's father being half human, half Galen is from Shadar, and there was at least one story where her father made an appearance on earth and interacted with Xara. Shadar, did you write that?
As far as how a half Galen half, half human came about ... I don't know. And I don't know if Shadar wrote about how that happened either.
Tolkien was always revising histories of characters and other things after publishing LOTR, which is interesting to Tolkien geeks and scholars, but the beauty of conventional publishing is that once it's out there, the revisions are just mental exercises and don't wind up in print.
I also liked the way Josh Whedon developed Inara, the Companion in Firefly, as a high class whore who was the most civilized, kind and intelligent person in the series, and held in the very highest regard on every world they landed on. That tickled my fancy.
The AU's continuously evolving mythology, formed by many writers, importantly Anonxyzus, has variations over time that manifest in new stories.
As far as Velorians being too sexual, that's entirely my fault. But when your entire subspecies (Homo Sapiens Supremis) was created from ordinary Homo Sapiens for one single exclusive purpose -- Procreation with an advanced and powerful alien god-like species (whose women are all now infertile due the actions of an equally powerful enemy called the Elders) -- they are going to be really good at sex. To a fault. Every one a nymphomaniac at heart -- by genetic design.
I've always enjoyed the fact that despite their 'narrowly designed' purpose and the Galens' genetic programming, that the Velorians have accomplished what they have. Protecting the galaxy. Founding the Enlightenment to bring freedom and self-determination to all the worlds who belong to it. Or at least, the Terran-seeded worlds. Things the Galen never envisioned for the 'tools' they had created.
(Earth has always been iffy as to whether the Velorians are supposed to be operating here. It's supposed to be a genetic preserve that's natural and wild and untouched by Aliens -- a bit of a zoo -- in case the Galens have other ideas for things they could do with humankind.) To no surprise, Earthbound Terrans are not very fond of that idea. But you know... gods.
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Also you’ve said that both Sharon and Gloria are stronger than normal Scibes/Arions. Does that mean they are anywhere near Kara’s level? Or last least close enough they could put up a fight rather than just lose automatically.
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There are elements of that mythos in many of my stories, going back many years.That sounds like an interesting story, which I don’t think I’ve read. Does anyone have a link to it?
Also you’ve said that both Sharon and Gloria are stronger than normal Scibes/Arions. Does that mean they are anywhere near Kara’s level? Or last least close enough they could put up a fight rather than just lose automatically.
You'll also see some of it in Part Three of The Unexpected Companion, that I just uploaded minutes ago. Once this Sunday's stories come on-line.
As far as Scribes versus Protectors like Kara, the convention was that Protector strength begins at 4,000 NHI, while Scribes begin at 1,000. And Gloria is an Arion, where their Primes start at 2,000 NHI.
So yeah, they could hold their own for a bit, and the two of them together might give Kara a good workout. Of course, Xara is something else as she has some Galen in her. I don't know how to define her power, but I'm sure Anonxyzus does.
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As Shadar first described Gloria, she is a Kella-Prime. More than a Beta and with the ability to transform (?) into a Prime. But I haven't explored that much. For example, I've never addressed the subject of heat vision regarding her.
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Also, NHI refers to Normal Human Index. An NHI of 1 represents the absolute strongest a normal male Terran in exceptional physical condition can become. Think some massive 'roided up male bodybuilder who is already several times stronger than ordinary humans.
There are elements of that mythos in many of my stories, going back many years.That sounds like an interesting story, which I don’t think I’ve read. Does anyone have a link to it?
Also you’ve said that both Sharon and Gloria are stronger than normal Scibes/Arions. Does that mean they are anywhere near Kara’s level? Or last least close enough they could put up a fight rather than just lose automatically.
You'll also see some of it in Part Three of The Unexpected Companion, that I just uploaded minutes ago. Once this Sunday's stories come on-line.
As far as Scribes versus Protectors like Kara, the convention was that Protector strength begins at 4,000 NHI, while Scribes begin at 1,000. And Gloria is an Arion, where their Primes start at 2,000 NHI.
So yeah, they could hold their own for a bit, and the two of them together might give Kara a good workout. Of course, Xara is something else as she has some Galen in her. I don't know how to define her power, but I'm sure Anonxyzus does.
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A thousand NHI, which is what a Companion (who are all Primas) would have, is pretty stratospheric.
Primas are the highest genetic class of Velorians, the ones who the Galens used for Procreators, and who are Companions, and later Scribes and Protectors. Protectors undergo an additional enhancement by the Galen Aphrodite to ensure they can handle to worst the Arion Primes can throw at them.
In the current Unexpected Companion series, Protectors don't yet exist, nor does the Enlightenment (a political and trade alliance formed by Velor), but both are being hinted at and close to emerging in the near future.
I'm focusing the story on the tale-end of the Companion Era when things are starting to go downhill and the Arions are beginning to become dominant, although they are not all-mighty yet.
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