Today in the Trinity Universe: this is the noise that keeps me awake

[aberrantangels]

Remember these? Yeah, me neither.

April 7
[Aberrant] Matt Dawson (mdawson@opcom.sydney.au), Tom Miller (novamanic@opsource.bos.us) and The Lightkeeper (lightkeeper@opcom.melbourne.au) talk about nova group Australis on the NovaWatch OpSite discussion boards.

This is the money quote from Miller's post, which went up at 20:05:56 GMT:

I don't get the problem Australians on this site seem to have with their own novas. I mean, c'mon, Australis is a good team, and they've done a lot for your country, even if they aren't Team Tomorrow. I think the idea that every country should have its own Team Tomorrow is ridiculous, why can't you be happy with the novas you have?

At 22:44:37, Dawson explained that it's because Australis are wankers whose job is to "look good and pose for photo ops". He explains that Australia has "a fine, long-standing tradition" of hating its celebrities: "The higher you climb, the harder we'll try to pull you down." (Can any of my Australian readers tell me whether this is accurate to OTL Australia?)

That's why any Australian nova with an ounce of brains gets out of the country as soon as possible. Why the hell would you want to stay here and become the "hero" of the godforsaken Outback when you can join up with Team Tomorrow and become a media darling or sign on with DeVries and make scads of money? [...] I'd rather scan old newsvids of Team Tomorrow than watch a live feed of anything Australis is doing, unless it involves Michelle Medford getting naked.

At 23:17:40, The Lightkeeper quotes the sentence about any Australian nova with an ounce of brains as a lead-in to eir reply:

That may be true, but isn't that why Australis exists in the first place? To keep all our local novas from just flying (or teleporting or whatever) off to Europe, Africa and the rest of the world? [...] If there's a disaster in Sydney or Melbourne, you can bet it'll be Australis and not Team Tomorrow that shows up first and does whatever it can to help out.

E ends by wondering why T2M A/P is located in Indonesia rather than Australia.

Comments

[schwereviper.livejournal.com]

"(Can any of my Australian readers tell me whether this is accurate to OTL Australia?)"

Mm-hm. Tall Poppy Syndrome is what it's known as.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

[amrin-20012002.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if you were going to do more of these. :-)

Speaking of Trinity Universe canon, have you seen ">this post by Ian Watson? I'm rather fond of his explanation, and I was wondering how you'd feel about adopting it as 'canon' for Milliways.

[aberrantangels]

Given that I'm the one who gave Ian the phrasings "perpendicular time" and "conscious manipulation of linear time", I think I'd be more or less honor-bound to adopt it just on general principles. Even modulo that, of course, some of the specific principles (like use of the Uncertainty Principle to explain the places that would've fallen under the purview of Project Argonaut) make sense to me.

(Also, I DL'ed a copy of Jackson Creed's Awaiting Inspiration, and I heartily approve of it.)

[amrin-20012002.livejournal.com]

I'm not familiar with Awaiting Inspiration, I'm afraid. What is it about?

I wonder what Daredevil's would 'look' like to a Nova using the appropriate sensory abilities. Do they seem any different from ordinary humans? The AU I proposed where Annabelle Newfield didn't die in the 1930's has been attempting to take over my creative brain, so I've been pondering that question and other matters. I suspect there's going to be a lot of 'it runs on phlebotonium' on my part where Annabelle and Jake's abilities and gadgets are concerned.

[aberrantangels]

It's about the new Inspired who started appearing in the wake of Trinity's Venezuelan Phenomenon, including some new Knacks suitable for use by the exemplars, mentalists and optimals of the Unity Era. It's available for download here.

As I recall, the only way to detect a difference between a daredevil (or exemplar) and an un-Inspired is to see the daredevil's Knacks in action; presumably, the quantum and subquantum energies that make up the daredevil's probability-bubble mask each other. I'm going to assume that this applies to nova senses too (even Michael's).

I suspect there's going to be a lot of 'it runs on phlebot[in]um' on my part where Annabelle and Jake's abilities and gadgets are concerned.

Either that or nonsensoleum. (-8

[amrin-20012002.livejournal.com]

*Face-palms* I think I've actually read that, but didn't recall the name. In any case, thank you for the link and explanation.

The masking makes sense, and has the added bonus of allowing a Daredevil to catch a Nova by surprise. After all, one or two normal humans aren't generally much of a threat. It would also make it easier to hide from the various conspiracies and power brokers that haunt the Trinity Universe, though Jake doesn't seem to be very concerned about hiding.

Seriously, the name change to 'Jake Danger' isn't a very good attempt at hiding his identity, especially when he makes his living hunting Aberrants. *eye-roll* I'm guessing that the folks in charge of Æon decided he wasn't a threat, or that Whit was pulling strings to protect his former teammate.