Random stuff, both Firefly related and non-Firefly stuff, feedback would be nice

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:22 AM

I’m trying to decide between what my next fanfic should be about, it will either be about
1. What life is like on the earth that was after the exodus, including plagues, starvation, wars, cults, bandits, establishment of government and order, crazy genetic experiments in hopes of modifying humans as well as livestock so that they can survive in the hostile wasteland, and of course people going insane in the wasteland. There’s also a wonderful period of time on the earth that was right after the exodus which I think I’ll call the Age of Ruin or The Withering or maybe The Putrid Winter. Basically it’s when the earth gets screwed beyond repair. When all those ships blasted off, they blew so much dust, soot, and dirt into the atmosphere that it blocked out the sun, like a nuclear winter, and they expelled so much toxic fume that it permanently poisoned the already unhealthy air. That's not all, the blast off also set just about everything that can burn aflame, forests, remains of large cities, farmland, etc., the fires continued to generate toxic fumes and throw soot into the atmosphere, keeping the earth covered in darkness for months, maybe even a few years. All that leads to mass extinction of plant and animal life so the environment ain't going to be able to heal itself for at least another couple thousand years.
2. Crazy stuff happening during the journey between the earth that was and the new world, people developing loyalties to the societies within the ships which later develops into entirely new nations, possible mutinies, and of course people trying to cure the insanity caused by living in space.
3. The story of how the criminals/workers are terraforming/building the new worlds, most of the workers were criminals, the rest are indentured workers who volunteered so that their families can have a chance to leave the earth that was, they’re considered expendable and lots of people die, their journey to the new earths isn’t nearly as calm as the journey of the others.

I’ve joined a group trying to write a virtual season 2 of Firefly. Here’s the link if you’re would like to help:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/virtual_firefly/

There are two non Firefly related things that I’m trying to work on. One is actually a Batman fanfic set during the early part of his career. Batman will be faced with a very different type of adversary. My idea for the Batman adversary is a telepath who is able to transfer thoughts, emotions, and feelings between people. He becomes head warden/psychologist at Arkham. His ultimate goal is an honorable one; he wants to spread mercy, compassion, and forgiveness. He treats criminals by absorbing their negative thoughts, their anger, their hate, their malice into his own mind and he projects the sadness and anguish of their victims into the criminals’ minds. Basically he literally makes criminals see the errors of their ways and he takes the burden of these criminals unto himself. Many of the criminals he treats are able to rehabilitate more or less completely after only one session but others require repeated sessions for him to siphon off their negative thoughts and emotions. He also treats the victims of these criminals by absorbing their negative emotions and projecting his own mercy and forgiveness into their mind. The criminals he treats generally get released early because their victims will forgive them and sometimes actually petition for their release. How will he become Batman’s adversary? You’ll just have to wait and see, maybe.

The other thing I’m writing is an original creation of my own, I think. Blood Witch, which is a pretty lame name, I’m trying to think of something better, and it’s a superhero type character. She has power over blood, she has limited telekinetic control over her blood or any fresh blood she touches and she can make blood burn and combust. I’ve even built a mythology around her and her power over blood. There’s an order of blood, a secret society of people who preserves the divine bloodline for some secret unknown reason. The divine bloodline can only be

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