I've been struggling over this for a while now. The Shadows are very hard to write for with a number of the topics we've had. Representatives of vastly powerful ancient alien races don't talk about their flaws, for example. I don't really want to give them up, but I'm just not able to consistently answer the topics for them at the moment ( Read more... )

Write a ficlet on the theme of "trust".//I don't think, even after all of this time, that I'm ever going to understand Humans ( Read more... )

If you could do one totally irresponsible or even bad thing with absolutely no consequences, what would it be and why?

//Of course, you notice how many beings from younger races felt it necessary to point out that *dramatic pause* there are always consequences ( Read more... )

Write a ficlette based on the word: beautiful. (Alternate topic for Alice In Wonderland)//Alice in Wonderland? Isn't that one of those pornographic recordings Garibaldi has on his data crystals ( Read more... )

Describe your what your 'happily ever after' would be like.

//Isn't that what they have in those human stories?//

\\Fairy tales? Yes -- they all live happily ever after. The evil witch is destroyed, the princess marries the prince, and everything is perfect.\\

//Humans are so funny.//

\\Yes, they are.\\

( A Shadow Fairy Tale )

What's the furthest away you've ever been from the place you were born/created? How did you get there? Why did you go? Did you return or even want to come back to where you came from?//Do you think they meant far as in physical distance ( Read more... )

What would a description of your *exact opposite* be like?

The two Shadows preen, admiring their shimmering black skin and glittering spines; the long dextrous claws of their hands; the terrifying spikes of their legs. Their sectioned, glowing red eyes strike a primitive terror reaction into even the most rational creatures' minds; but to those ( Read more... )

How do you handle disappointment?//Who are we disappointed in? Is it someone we like, or someone we don't care about ( Read more... )

What do you regret losing most?

//There's really only two things we've lost...//

\\...and one of those gave us an opportunity that we wouldn't have otherwise had, so it's not really a lossOf our losses, only two are truly difficult to bear -- one is the destruction of part of our homeworld by Captain Sheridan's attack. Many of our people were ( Read more... )

The world will end tomorrow. What will you do today?//Which world? Our homeworld ( Read more... )