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Times Arrow, Time's Spiral

Cain and Abel repeat their story with variations in a selection of poorly realized historical periods. I stopped about ten minutes in, at the seemingly obligatory rape scene.

Cast:
Paul Amodeo
Jef Betz
Leah Applebaum
Mort Banks
Andrew Joffe
Rebecca Nice

Date: 2013-02-27 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ritaxis.livejournal.com
I'm sorry, I just have to get this off my chest.
I keep reading the subject line as "Time's Arrow, Time's Squid" and thinking of cephalopod mating practices.

Date: 2013-02-27 04:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doc-lemming.livejournal.com
Someone should write a story called "Obligatory Rape Scene," preferably one that does not contain rape.

Maybe a ghostwriter for some celebrity, and through the discussion of the obligatory rape scene he or she figures out that the celebrity is an alien or a time traveller or something? Have to think about it.

Date: 2013-02-27 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doc-lemming.livejournal.com
Well, a snail penis in at least some species is sort of a drill, so you could manage mollusc mating practices... I don't know anything about squid mating, though. Squids are sort of arrow-shaped, so maybe there's a connection there.

Or maybe my medication hasn't kicked in and I only think there's a connection...

Date: 2013-02-27 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kithrup.livejournal.com
I keep seeing the tag and thinking "set heater to stun!"

Date: 2013-02-27 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com
It can also be read as "Seth eater"...

Date: 2013-02-27 08:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com
AIR Squids have a specially adapted tentacle that the males use to transfer sperm packets and iirc strangle rivals.

Date: 2013-02-27 08:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doc-lemming.livejournal.com
We live in fear of the dreaded Air Squid...flying through the oceans of air, and occasionally letting loose a blast of dark smog. Some say that orignally the earth was entirely lit, and only the clouds of darkness from the Air Squids caused night.

(Yes, I know you meant "As I recall.")

Date: 2013-02-27 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doc-lemming.livejournal.com
Innnnteresting.

(I was thinking more of the Medusans in A Meeting With Medusa but I'm glad to be shown a more scientifically-accurate model.)

Date: 2013-02-27 11:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mcbadger.livejournal.com
Sometimes you make UK spelling seem like no fun at all.

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