Subject: Thoughts on Babylon 5 Minis?
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Posted on: 2010-04-20 00:10:00 UTC
I didn't see Minis for Babylon 5 on the Wiki, and I've got a B5 mission coming up that's going to involve them. So far, I've considered...
Mini-Vorlons
Mini-Shadows
Mini-pak'ma'ra
Anyone have any other ideas? (Even people who aren't Babylon 5 fans, do any of the names sound good?)
Mini-Pak'Ma'Ra is just awkward to say and to type, although admittedly mini squid-cthulhu sarcodines would be cool.
Mini-Shadows is a pretty good compromise between Mini-Vorlons and Mini-Pak'Ma'Ra.
Oh, and ninja-laser-kudos for writing B5 missions. I couldn't find any badfic for them-
Obviously I wasn't looking hard enough.
I check the archives for the marysues LJ community. That's where I found these gems.
There isn't much B5 badfic. Probably because it aired before most idiots had found the internet.
And, um, many virtual glomps to you for writing B5 missions. I don't know if I'd dare. (*glances down* Marcus? Really? I mean... Marcus? I think my brain just broke.)
Are you writing a B5 mission? That would be awesome.
If you aren't writing a mission, then there really is no need to create the Mini at this point, leave that for whoever is writing a B5 mission, that is part of the fun.
As for my thoughts:
Vorlons and Shadows are nigh on God-like. They would need to be nerfed drastically to be a mini.
Pak'ma'ra, however, are just about the most awesome idea ever, ever.
One as a section of my multi-part timeskip mission, and one for my other set of agents. Both fics are...brain-breaking, to say the least. I've only gotten through the first five pages of the longer fic, but I've already found two Minis.
I'm leaning towards the Mini-pak'ma'ra. Fun could be had with carrion-eating Minis.
A shortish fic involving a vampire (this one's for the time skip, because Agent Moon has history with noncanonical spacefaring vampires) and a very long...thing with a planet of magical unicorns. I kid you not.
I can dig out the links, if you're feeling masochistic.
And this is for B5?
The vampire one isn't horrible--I mostly chose it for its similarities to the fic Moon came from. And it suffers from "this victim is exsanguinated, there must be vampires" syndrome, despite the fact that Babylon 5 characters would think of half a dozen explanations before latching on "vampire."
But the planet of magical unicorns, complete with names out of Mercedes Lackey, who magically resurrect a major canon character (and all this in the first chapter)? Yeah, it's every bit as bad as it sounds. Probably worse.
Who do they bring back?
Marcus. Who then becomes the shiny Chosen One of the magical unicorn aliens.
Argh. I might have known. Poor guy--it's because he's so eye-candy-ish, of course. If necessary, I'm sure Nurse Mirrad would be happy to help out on that one, being a former Ranger himself.
~Neshomeh
...Pak'ma'ra will eat anything, as long as it has been dead for a week.