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« on: February 26, 2005, 01:04:01 PM »
Countess--- There is no reason someone would not be able to go to a point in the future after she/he has died (except that there's no such thing as time-travel). I'm not sure what the reason would be. It seems to me that this is like saying you can't go to France because you're not there already. The astral-projecting thing obviously wouldn't work, since your body doesn't exist in the future, unless you arrive in that somewhat non-corporeal state that Julia arrived in, in 1897. If you happen upon a staircase that bops you around in time (lucky you), then this difficulty is avoided. Go with my blessing.
Gerard--- I enjoyed your scenarios. Personally I'd love storylines where some genuine, obscure details of history are included, such as Petofi and Lord Kitchener, so the liberty ship reference (I don't even know what that is) sounded good to me.
As for Petofi... until the last couple of years, since I got hold of my DS tapes, I'd thought ever since childhood that Petofi had resurfaced in the "present". I could picture in my head scenes where the 1970 (or so) Collinses were dreading some great disaster for the world should Petofi get his hand back. Anyway, my fave villain. Such a gregarious, infectious laugh. So what, if the character was undermined by the bodyswapping with Q business. (They didn't even try to sound like each other.)