hero in training
Got a situation on Diane Duane's page that I'm not sure how to handle.
- Dolphins, Dolphins Everywhere (in Dark Mirror)
- Possibly a homage to one of Gene Roddenberry's discarded concepts for the Next Generation. As in this book, a dolphin would have been used for navigation because they're used to navigating in three dimensions.
- Mysteriously, the reference is to one of the early Trek: TNG guides (semi-canon? demi-canon? — "a demi-cannon. / What, up and down, carv'd like an appletart?"... well, never mind.) in which Rick Sternbach, an old friend, suggested that Starfleet was using dolphins for deepspace navigation research and analysis, including subspace navigational research. I thought the idea was too good to lose, and expanded on it a little. Some of Rick's artwork of dolphins in space suits can still be found on the Net: I had Rick's art in mind for that character. Is the dolphin of a very similar name in Deep Wizardry a relative? ... :)
- Possibly a homage to one of Gene Roddenberry's discarded concepts for the Next Generation. As in this book, a dolphin would have been used for navigation because they're used to navigating in three dimensions.
That third bullet point was just added by Diane Duane to the article. It looks to me like Thread Mode, but it's interesting information which (AFAIK) is only available right here; I hate to delete it. Is there an established procedure for when an author drops some Word of God on the wiki?
edited 14th Oct '11 4:29:03 PM by ComputerSherpa
The Periodic Table of Storytelling: Tropes in three characters or less.
I see the Awesomeness.
Word of God on the wiki doesn't count since accounts are free and not checked, so we only have Word Of Someone Claiming To Be God. We need to be able to point at something outside the wiki if we want to claim Word of God. Unless standards have changed.
Fight smart, not fair.
Nemesis
Diane's a Facebook and Twitter friend; I'll go ask her for verification 
Nemesis
Verification was forthcoming. It indeed was Diane Duane editing her page.
A brighter future for a darker age.
I see the Awesomeness.
Okay, just trying to make sure.
Fight smart, not fair.
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
On a similar topic, what's the official line on adding your own work as examples on the appropriate trope pages (obviously in a non-gushing fashion)?
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Lost in Space
Again, fine, as long as the trope fits and you aren't Gushing.
edited 30th Oct '11 12:14:26 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Cutmaster-san
And the work actually exists in a form where other people can read it. No pimping something that only exists on the hard drive of your computer.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
That's what I thought. Thanks.
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Okay. That's what I'll do, then. Thanks, Madrugada! :)