If you could live in one fictional setting what would it be?
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What it dwarves or what comes out of dwarves? "Harry, call the plumber, there's a dead dwarf stuck in the bowl again.
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
Laspector, you're probably thinking of the dwarves entering Bard's house through the toilet and his daughter having a minor fit over it.
I'd have to say the Undying Lands in Tolkien's works, as an Elf. It's about the safest fictional location I can think of.
The Shire'd be nice but I don't want hairy feet or to be that short. Rank and file on a Star Trek ship means you're liable to die on any given week when the ship's under attack or there's a negative space wedgie. Crew on Firefly makes you liable to be Joss' sacrifice to make the fans cry. Futurama would put you at risk to wacky hijinks or alien invasion or robot uprising or some malicious plot cooked up by Mom, but probably nothing involving mortal danger.
I'd have to say the Undying Lands in Tolkien's works, as an Elf. It's about the safest fictional location I can think of.
The Shire'd be nice but I don't want hairy feet or to be that short. Rank and file on a Star Trek ship means you're liable to die on any given week when the ship's under attack or there's a negative space wedgie. Crew on Firefly makes you liable to be Joss' sacrifice to make the fans cry. Futurama would put you at risk to wacky hijinks or alien invasion or robot uprising or some malicious plot cooked up by Mom, but probably nothing involving mortal danger.
Riceball
Master Member
The beauty of the TNG Trek universe is that you have holodecks which would allow you to live in any other fictional setting out there with absolutely zero risk to yourself, barring the occasional holodeck malfunction but that only seems to happen to the senior staff of the Enterprise and Barclay. Think, want to be a Jedi for a day, or 2, or 3; go to the Holodeck. Want to live in Rohan or amongst the Elves but want to come back home to your modern conveniences; the holodeck can do that too. It would be like having your cake and eating it too.
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
Until they ban you from the holodeck when you neglect your duties to spend all your time in there. Weeks of therapy to treat your holo-addiction followed by getting dirty looks from security every time you "happen" to just pass the holodeck with a longing look in your eyes.
When I went to London a few months ago the gal at the hotel desk asked us where we lived. When she found out it was wine country she was incredulous and asked why we would ever leave there to come here.
Mowsel
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I want to travel through time and space with the Doctor. Burn Threadfall out of the skies of Pern on the backs of Dragons, and wander the halls of Hogwarts between classes. I want to sail the high seas with Captain Jack Sparrow, and fly through the stars with the crew of the Outlaw Star (or the Serenity, or the Normandy). I want to walk to the Misty Mountains, and sit with heroes at the Watchtower.
Hmm, I think I'm gonna go read or something
Hmm, I think I'm gonna go read or something
I'd have to say Coruscant or Cloud City. I would have to have the skills to survive there, oh and lots of money.
Riceball
Master Member
The one problem with the young Peter Quill thing is that although you'd be listening to 70s & 80s music you'd only be listening to one mixed tape's worth, over, and over again for 20 years (give or take).
Yeah. I can recall fitting no more than 120 min of music on most cassettes. I got bored in no time even with a stack of them.
The other thing is the mom-death thing. I'm not sure if it'd be worth it.
In my version I would have 1TB of archived music.
It's a fantasy. In reality I'd be homesick for my old life pretty quick.
PotionMistress
Sr Member
As much as I love Game of Thrones, I sure would not want to live in either Westeros or Essos.
I'd love to live in Harry Potter's Wizarding World (I'd want to own a shop in Knockturn Alley, I think), but I really have to say the Star Trek world (NG/DS9/Voy. era). A future Earth where humans have not wiped each other out almost seems too good to imagine, and after all, anyplace with Replicators and Holodecks would be glorious!
I'd love to live in Harry Potter's Wizarding World (I'd want to own a shop in Knockturn Alley, I think), but I really have to say the Star Trek world (NG/DS9/Voy. era). A future Earth where humans have not wiped each other out almost seems too good to imagine, and after all, anyplace with Replicators and Holodecks would be glorious!
PotionMistress
Sr Member
Frankly, no matter how good the sex was, listening to porn music every day would make me want to kill myself!
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