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CaptainChewbacca wrote: Stuart gets into moods. He's in a TBO mood at the moment, so go read that.

Not to sound too much like a newb know-nothing, but where exactly does one find it? I tried following the HCPA link listed elsewhere and looking around from there, but didn't see it.

A good portion of the TBOverse (Including the title book) are in paperback, Stuart takes them off when they get published.

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Just to try and inject some life into this thread which is currently flatlining like a... well I don't know enough medical jargon to finish that comparison...

I wonder what Halloween is like in the Salvation War Universe. Are angel costumes still popular? Are Deamon/Baldrick ones very popular?

What do Baldricks think of chocolate, are any of them who are roughly human sized trying to get in on the act?

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Jamesfirecat wrote:Just to try and inject some life into this thread which is currently flatlining like a... well I don't know enough medical jargon to finish that comparison...

I wonder what Halloween is like in the Salvation War Universe. Are angel costumes still popular? Are Deamon/Baldrick ones very popular?

What do Baldricks think of chocolate, are any of them who are roughly human sized trying to get in on the act?

It might be considered tasteless to dress up as a demon or angel, given that you don't usually see too many people dressed as terrorists on Halloween.

-Does sayone know what's happened to Author Lord Stuart? I fear for the health of the Fanfics forum if Darth Wong doesn't get his regular fix of Salvation War.
-Seriously though, is Stuart around and busy, suffering from writers block, ...?

He's often busy and his own forum had all sorts of trouble with spammers lately. Plus he's been writing TBOverse stories.

Pelranius wrote:It might be considered tasteless to dress up as a demon or angel, given that you don't usually see too many people dressed as terrorists on Halloween.

Then again I could definitely see people dressing up like demons and angels - in the state they would be in *after* they run afoul of the human military.

And considering Halloween's connections with various festivals and such centered around celebrating, remembering, and/or placating the dead, I can see it morphing into something altogether different that it is now - especially now that we can go and visit the dead (the ones in hell, at least) whenever we want.

And considering Halloween's connections with various festivals and such centered around celebrating, remembering, and/or placating the dead, I can see it morphing into something altogether different that it is now - especially now that we can go and visit the dead (the ones in hell, at least) whenever we want.

So you're saying it'd become something more like the Mexican Day Of the Dead?

Jamesfirecat wrote:

And considering Halloween's connections with various festivals and such centered around celebrating, remembering, and/or placating the dead, I can see it morphing into something altogether different that it is now - especially now that we can go and visit the dead (the ones in hell, at least) whenever we want.

So you're saying it'd become something more like the Mexican Day Of the Dead?

Maybe more like the Hungry Ghosts Festival. Dead people can sort of show up for a little bit (and is Michael going to try to bring Kim Il Sung back into the picture, now that Kim Jong Il has seen the light?)

PS: I just signed up for HPCA. Can only post in the Bar so far. Bloody spammers.

Jamesfirecat wrote:Just to try and inject some life into this thread which is currently flatlining like a... well I don't know enough medical jargon to finish that comparison...

A Hell resident visiting Earth -without- whatever protection they come up with? (I'm thinking they'll call it an Earth suit...)
I'm hoping the Author adds something soon, I'm jonesing like a junkie...

Jamesfirecat wrote:I wonder what Halloween is like in the Salvation War Universe. Are angel costumes still popular? Are Deamon/Baldrick ones very popular?

No idea. I suspect while Demon costumes might be successful, Angel outfits would go over like VC pajamas and plastic AK-47s in the US, circa 1970...

Jamesfirecat wrote:What do Baldricks think of chocolate, are any of them who are roughly human sized trying to get in on the act?

If any of the Demons (I suspect that will be the PC term, as "Baldrick" was coined during wartime.) share amy of our genetic code, they'll take to chocolate like waterfowl to someplace very wet. As for the classic North American tradition (Started in the 1920's.) of "Trick or Treat", I suspect Demons taking up residence in the US will eagerly taking up the custom. I'm thinking that the Demon kids won't even need costumes...

"Trick or treat!"

"Oh, what scary devil outfits, and such cute fake beards!"

"Demon, and the beards are real."

Do the females also have beards?

Pelranius wrote:It might be considered tasteless to dress up as a demon or angel, given that you don't usually see too many people dressed as terrorists on Halloween.

For the record, I dressed up as a suicide bomber one year; it got me refused candy at only one house.

KlavoHunter wrote:

Pelranius wrote:It might be considered tasteless to dress up as a demon or angel, given that you don't usually see too many people dressed as terrorists on Halloween.

For the record, I dressed up as a suicide bomber one year; it got me refused candy at only one house.

Give how people are armed to the teeth in the Salvation verse, it could potentially cause a case of mistaken identity.

Did have a thought,, maybe Hell and Heaven are the same place.
at different times
heaven is on a huge mountain, hell is a caldera.
perhaps an attempt to pipe lava from inside the Heaven-mount to earth results in a vast eruption.

They have separate histories stretching back for millions of years, so that is... extremely unlikely. There's really no reason to expect it to be true.

As a point of inquiry, I was wondering if anyone ever developed an official Seal/Graphic for D.I.M.O.N to represent their organization. I recall Stuart elaborated some on the fact that they were an inter-agency effort that reported to DHS, but has their been any talk on an emblem for their organization? Chewie and I were talking and he tossed out the idea of a point-down sword superimposed over a globe; one-half earth and the other half hell. It's just a thought, but I'm sure some artists out there could come up with something.

A globe, half of it heaven and half of it hell, with a sword cutting through the middle seems more appropiate.

Come on, you artsy types, get crackin! DIMON needs a logo!

I'm on it. May as well put these design programs to good use.

I'm thinking two globes (for heaven and hell) overlayed over a larger Earth, with the sword dividing the two.

Jamesfirecat wrote:What do Baldricks think of chocolate, are any of them who are roughly human sized trying to get in on the act?

Yes, and most likely. From Armageddon?? Chapter 79, in the Minor (human-sized) Demon village:

Stevenson nodded. “Saw it back at Hell-Alpha. Abigor’s people love chocolate. Even the kidlings. Ma’am, is it all right for us to give your kids some candy?”

The female still looked suspicious so the soldier with the bar broke off a piece and ate it himself. Then he broke off another piece and gave it to the kidling who seized it and started to chew. The chocolate vanished with astounding speed.

But what kind of "tricks" would they get up to though?

Update on the DIMON logo progress. My original idea ended up looking... well, it was two spheres and a sword, I don't know how I didn't see it coming. Gonna try the divided sphere idea. I'm modeling it after NASA space patches rather than military units.

Also, the idea of using a sword is a little weird to me, considering that swords and other such melee weapons are the weapons of the enemy. Any more modern suggestions? (I'm thinking a missile and it's exhaust trail dividing the spheres.)

Its like grandpappy always said: "If a sword isn't good enough, use a laser sword" (or even just a plane laser). I figure the more futuristic the weapon the more it represents how science, humanity's main and most powerful weapon, completely blows the baldricks and their "magic" out of the water.

Always seemed to me that a sword would infer that they do fighting, while DiMON seems to be more the R&D/Transportation arm. Maybe something like a circle, where one half is Earth and the other Half is hell, and between the two is a stylized portal?