Oh, my god, YES to everything you said in your first paragraph, except that "Gridlock" is my least favorite Year Five Billion story.
"and in the year five billion, traffic jams will last for YEARS! Because everything in the future is just like now, only EXAGGERATED!"
"And if we just move our main character from car to car, he can encounter all sorts of Amusing Personalities and have Wacky Hijinx instead of a plot! Plus we can just re-dress the same set over and over, we'll save a ton of money, and those dumb fans won't even notice because they'll be too busy squeeing over MACRA!"
sigh.
You also remind me that I need to burn the Confidential to CD for my sister, because it is vitally important to share the kitten cuteness.
The fic -- well, I wrote the ending, so now I just have that transitional bit to go, and then I have to go over it again and add sentences here and there, because it feels too sparse to me in spots. Most likely I'll just rip those sentences out again in a couple of weeks, though, once I move into hardcore editing mode.
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on 2007-07-20 11:17 pm (UTC)"and in the year five billion, traffic jams will last for YEARS! Because everything in the future is just like now, only EXAGGERATED!"
"And if we just move our main character from car to car, he can encounter all sorts of Amusing Personalities and have Wacky Hijinx instead of a plot! Plus we can just re-dress the same set over and over, we'll save a ton of money, and those dumb fans won't even notice because they'll be too busy squeeing over MACRA!"
sigh.
You also remind me that I need to burn the Confidential to CD for my sister, because it is vitally important to share the kitten cuteness.
The fic -- well, I wrote the ending, so now I just have that transitional bit to go, and then I have to go over it again and add sentences here and there, because it feels too sparse to me in spots. Most likely I'll just rip those sentences out again in a couple of weeks, though, once I move into hardcore editing mode.