Translation madness, or: The front is a lemon avenue flying straightly.

[rheasilvia]

Have a look at this all-new version of the latest installment of George Lucas' space saga:

Star War III, Backstroke of the West
Courtesy of unknown Chinese bootleggers. Wherein we discover that Obi-Wan (aka Ratio the Tile) and Anakin (the great hopeless situation warrier) are all for the big, that good elephants and the Presbyterian Church are the secret masters of the universe, and much more.

(There's also some transcribed dialogue, plus some additional screenshots by another lucky owner of this bootleg.)

Also, an important news item:
Suspected Language Seized

And not before time! I always thought there were a disturbing number of suspicious languages lurking about.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/solo____/]

Star War III, Backstroke of the West

::blinks::

Is this for real?

*dies...*

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it's for real. :-)

You've seen the captions for two of the LotR movies, right? One of those was evidently a fake, but it was still hilarious.

There was a Harry Potter version, too, but that seems to have been taken off the net... I have it somewhere, though, if you're interested. It's well worth it - Muggles are melons, for example. *g*

[tameiki1.livejournal.com]

After brief grilling, the suspect told his name as...

Yeah, I'd imagine he'd tell them anything they wanted to hear after being grilled for a bit. *rofl*

Thanks. Made my day. :D

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Made my day. :D

Glad to hear it! :-) Yes, a little captioning madness always cheers me up no end, too. *g*

[tameiki1.livejournal.com]

It didn't occur to me until later that I commented on your LJ instead of me_n_thee's because you use the same layout and that you didn't know me from the next weirdo trolling around these parts. :P

I'm relatively harmless if just a bit nuts. ^___^

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

*g* No problem at all! I tend not to write particularly interesting things, and don't update all that often, either, but feel free to comment anytime.

And hey, I like nuts. ;-)

[entanglement.livejournal.com]

(laughs) Bee-yoo-ti-ful. I frequently say that real life is the despair of fiction writers everywhere: because in whose head would you find something quite as strange and varied as this? :P

I've stopped by your Livejournal from your fiction website; I was clicking around for fanfiction this weekend and followed a trail of recommendations to your site, and I wanted to let you know that your "Gift of an Enemy" has to be the best Mulder/Krycek story that I've read. The characterization is spot on. Your Mulder acts like the FBI's former star profiler, the eccentric and moody genius that he's supposed to be, on a level that not even the show could consistently portray. You have the most convincing backstory on Krycek that I've seen, so well-drawn that I'd prefer to think of it as canon, and his mutability and defining characteristics -- especially his lack of certain qualities -- are made wonderfully clear. And their relationship to each other is incredibly dynamic and realistic.

My one quibble is that occasionally the tone of their relationship seemed a little overwrought to me -- but then again, Mulder at least is an overwrought person, and Krycek doesn't have anything like a baseline.

Wonderful writing, a clear and definite style to your words, and a solid plot -- so much fanfiction revolves around relationships or characters and neglects plot that I was delighted and surprised to find an episode-worthy one in your story -- "The Gift of an Enemy" kept me fascinated and eager to read more until the end.

Thus, I hope you'll forgive this random missive from a stranger and perhaps give a little credence to my plea for a sequel? I realize that everyone online has these things known as "lives," but like I said, your story left me eager to know more about the characters and what happened to them, as wonderfully as you drew them, and I would just love to see more in this continuum (and pretend that the last couple of seasons just never happened to boot -- I can replace it with whatever you come up with...).

Yours truly,
entanglement

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for your lovely feedback! Finding the LJ notification of your comment in the mailbox was a wonderful surprise - I haven't gotten feedback for "Gift of an Enemy" in quite a while, since it's been several years since I put it on the web. Hearing that you enjoyed the story would have been great at any time, of course, but there's a little extra "kick" in hearing that the story is still being read after all this time, and that it still works for a "new generation" of XF fans. :-)

(And might I ask which rec you followed, if it's not too prying a question? You don't have to answer, though - it's just the curiosity of an author speaking. *g*)

One of my main goals in writing "Gift" was to see whether it was possible to bring Mulder and Krycek together while keeping both of them in character, showing a believable relationship and *not* ignoring any of the very real - and very important - issues that stand between them. That's why I'm particularly glad that both the characterization and the relationship worked so well for you! It makes me feel like I've succeeded in what I set out to do. :-)

An amusing anecdote: When I started out with "Gift", I actually thought I was writing a short story, or at the very least a *long* short story. *g* As it turned out, though, I couldn't resolve the issues between Mulder and Krycek so quickly, and because it was important to me to show a believable development both in their individual characters and in their relationship, I broadened the scope of the story, bringing in an actual plot for the boys to develop and interact in.

That's where the X-File came in. I tried to use original characters and events to reflect aspects of the main characters and their relationship as much as possible - *without* neglecting the X-File itself. I'm very glad that you feel my attempt succeeded in painting an enjoyable and coherent whole!

And about the relationship being overwrought: I have to agree with you. *g* Mulder is a bit on the melodramatic side at the best of times, and as you say, Alex isn't even remotely capable of being the voice of reason in relationship matters. Also, I've had a look into the novel again to refresh my memory, and I admit that my own style also has something to do with it. ;-)

Thus, I hope you'll forgive this random missive from a stranger and perhaps give a little credence to my plea for a sequel?

Forgive your ego-boosting and wonderful feedback? Let me see if I can find it in my heart to do that. ;-) We-ell, maybe just this once...

I'm afraid I have to say that it's highly unlikely there will ever be a sequel - after I finished "Gift", assorted RL factors conspired to prevent me from continuing the story, and at some point, XF canon left me rather disenchanted. I'd like to be pulled into this particular world again, but unfortunately, it seems unlikely to happen.

and pretend that the last couple of seasons just never happened

If we believe it hard enough, it will be true. I feel this is entirely in the spirit of Fox Mulder, and so entirely fitting. *g*

Thank you again for writing to let me know what you thought!

Take care
Sylvia