Subject: [FFML] Re: Plug Out [CotS][Lain][spamfic]
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Date: 5/2/2003, 1:54 PM
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4.  Now a CotS descrepancy; in that universe, Earth is probably a legend,
being so far in the future.  The Abh probably don't even know or care about
its existance, they're so wrapped up in their territorialism that to go out
of their way would be foolish.

5.  What the Abh are doing when Lain institutes the Declaration of war.
Yet another strike.  Even as the Empress, I have a feeling the Lafiel takes
after her people and would seek to expand the empire she rules.  By nature,
the Abh are the agressive type and therefore the ones who should have been
the ones instigating the fight.

I use those two based off of spoilers I read from the net, for I've not
seen the series at all.  If I am wrong in my assumptions regarding CotS,
then I am sorry.


Actually, by watching the first episode of CotS, it is explained that the
Abh are the only ones with space travel.  More like, they are the ones who
control all space travel in the galaxy.  It is because of this monopoly that
it causes a lot of friction between the Abh and the Humans, even though all
indications that I've seen shows that the Abh were originally humans in the
first place, just genetically modified.  Of course, I'm not certain on that
point, as there is no real explanation as to where the Abh came from.

At any rate, because the Abh have a monopoly on all space travel in the
galaxy, the Jurians can't exist, hell, no mention of any non-human sentient
race was ever mentioned.  And if the Jurians did exist, the Abh and the
Jurians would have duked it to see who gained control of space travel in the
galaxy.

The marriage between Lafiel and Jinto is also rather unbelievable.  It's
mentioned in the first or second episode that the Abh have extended
lifespans, at least twice the lifespan of a normal human.  And it was also
mentioned, later on in the series when conflict erupts, that by the time the
conflict ends or when Lafiel accepts the throne, then Jinto will be long
dead.

The entire Plug Out fanfiction contained a lot of discrepancies, as
Christian Clark had mentioned, but please, if you are ever planning on
writing good fanfics, please, please, please finish watching the entire
anime series or finish reading the entire manga or book the series is from.
Because as far as I can see, this was written because you had an idea, you
needed to base this off of anime, so you grabbed a couple characters from
different anime series, and then shoved them in so that your idea would
work.  This could have worked better as original fiction, because that way,
you didn't have to deal with preexisting storylines that will conflict with
your idea.  It would also have allowed you to create the background material
on your own, which would hopefully, be more detailed and thought out then
this ill thought out fanfic.

--CCMax



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