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The gist: having read the synopsis of the other series, I imagine that the line where technology stops working would be glaringly arbitrary and be the sort of thing that would give tabletop gamemasters headaches if they were playing with any halfway-inquisitive players. But at the same time I've learned that if you give me enough things I really like, I'll let some really annoying stuff slide. (Like, Stargate. I'm pretty sure that any time they say anything scientific, it's wrong. And there are some ooky undertones about other cultures' myths, and a lot of straw antagonists, and a lot of things clearly done for plot convenience and not integrity. But it was also a series that was genuinely optimistic about the ability of humans to make things better for themselves, and it had a team I loved, and some really amazing dynamics of intimacy and duty, so I could roll my eyes through the cringe-worthy stuff and not be bucked outright.)
So, *shrugs*. I might see if I can pick one up from the library and see if I do resonate well enough with the things I'm likely to – shifts in prosperity, having to be inventive and find new ways of doing things, organizing things, etc. But I guess I'll keep my expectations appropriately managed. *grin*
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The gist: having read the synopsis of the other series, I imagine that the line where technology stops working would be glaringly arbitrary and be the sort of thing that would give tabletop gamemasters headaches if they were playing with any halfway-inquisitive players. But at the same time I've learned that if you give me enough things I really like, I'll let some really annoying stuff slide. (Like, Stargate. I'm pretty sure that any time they say anything scientific, it's wrong. And there are some ooky undertones about other cultures' myths, and a lot of straw antagonists, and a lot of things clearly done for plot convenience and not integrity. But it was also a series that was genuinely optimistic about the ability of humans to make things better for themselves, and it had a team I loved, and some really amazing dynamics of intimacy and duty, so I could roll my eyes through the cringe-worthy stuff and not be bucked outright.)
So, *shrugs*. I might see if I can pick one up from the library and see if I do resonate well enough with the things I'm likely to – shifts in prosperity, having to be inventive and find new ways of doing things, organizing things, etc. But I guess I'll keep my expectations appropriately managed. *grin*