On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Chris Davies wrote:
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If you think about it, the recent film "City of Angels" can be seen
as a look at self-insertion. An angel -- a being from a higher level of
reality, who can normally only *observe* our lower level -- falls in love
with a human, and in order to truly be with her, must "fall" from grace.
Other things that went into the thought process of this fic include the
music video of Ah-Ha's "Take On Me" (My, aren't I dating myself.) and the
song that we opened with.
I have the video for Take On Me on tape, along with 20 other mid-eighties
songs. And yes, I DO have the video for the song 1999. :)
I guess we're just old.
Well? Would you take the bargain?
Giving up eternity for short term happiness might be worth it if you could
actually trust the person making the deal, but let's face it, any being
who demands your soul as payment can't be trusted to not welch.
Note for example that he doesn't promise you'll actually SURVIVE the first
five minutes of your arrival. So you appear in Sailor Moon S...right in
the path of the onrushing horde of demons erupting from Mugen Gakuen.
Oops, you're dead.
Or that anyone will like you. Or that you'll have any means of support.
Or that you'll be equipped to survive in that universe. Or that Queen
Beryl won't 'spontaneously' declare you public enemy #1.
It's a fool's game because you lose all the benefits the second you die,
and sooner or later, you will die, even if he doesn't cheat. Trading
eternity for a handful of years, especially when you now KNOW you are
trading eternity...especially when there's no guarantee you'll actually
enjoy that handful, is a bad choice.
So, no, I wouldn't take that bargain. It's a fool's game.
John Walter Biles : MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
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Bailesu: But the plot had so many holes, I could fly the Yamato through
it.