Hoven came to in a different place that was almost exactly the same as the place he'd left. The bitch, Winters, and the tattooed man who had tried to hurt the Master, and the negro boy who'd kicked him and a girl he didn't recognize departed down the hall. Meanwhile, soldiers swarmed in, setting up a perimeter; they were distorted blurs of motion, he could only see them out of the corner of his mad eye or when they passed through him-- What was this? Was he dead? Discorporate? He turned to the Master, prone on the floor. No mere shotgun shell could have stricken the Master. He would rise again! He would! But no: the body was dissolving even as he watched. Hoven wondered at the magic of this, what weapon had done this or was this one of Master's tricks? Master was clever. The body melted into sludge. The sludge twisted and swirled upright, an inverted funnel, oil spiraling down a drain but upended. What Hoven took to be the corridor lights dimmed and the sound of distant flutes wafted towards him. 2008-02-18T02:54:22Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/13817 <p>I did mention Simon&#8217;s color in my story: http://ficlets.com/stories/11590, but it wasn&#8217;t one of the main ones.<br />.<br />Also, it doesn&#8217;t matter.<br />.<br />Nice Ficlet, Howie.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=41991 2008-02-18T02:54:22Z Alexa ♥ http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018 <p>To answer <strong>Fyora</strong>: there was no direct reason that <del>Simone</del> would have been African-American just because the boy who summoned her was. Yes, his blood was used to summon her, but… well… blood is blood.</p> <p>And agree with <strong>Howie</strong>, insomuchas Simon&#8217;s racial background <strong>doesn&#8217;t</strong> matter.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23428 2007-11-16T01:48:35Z Nick http://ficlets.com/authors/white1975 <p>Generally speaking, Simon&#8217;s racial background <em>doesn&#8217;t</em> matter, although <strong> CMTKOM </strong> and I have had some side-chats on how it might come up in another story, where a racist character may come into play. In this case, with Hoven being a Nazi and this sequence being told sort of &#8220;over Hoven&#8217;s shoulder&#8221; (notice some of the repeated words as Hoven&#8217;s mind disintegrates), it is something that is significant to <em>Hoven</em>, unfortunately&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23375 2007-11-15T23:37:01Z Howie Amourscow http://ficlets.com/authors/user_396 <p>I totally imagined him as a white boy&#8230;And if Simon is African American, wouldn&#8217;t Simone have been as well, and was that mentioned?</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23372 2007-11-15T22:47:35Z Fyora Cartagan http://ficlets.com/authors/fyoramacragge <p>Well… I did cast Bruce Willis in the role of Blake during that casting couch thing, actually. But we never stated that Simon was African-American?!? I assumed he was and that it was covered ground…</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23364 2007-11-15T21:50:19Z Nick http://ficlets.com/authors/white1975 <p>Of course, it&#8217;s very been stated that Blake is Caucasian. For all you know, he could be part Samoan.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23349 2007-11-15T21:25:03Z Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars http://ficlets.com/authors/user_605 <p>It was never said explicitly. Sort of hinted at throughout the various series that have been written about him or featuring him. When I came up with the character, it was always my intention that he would be African American, but having a character declare his skin color or other physical characteristics is a difficult thing to accomplish without it sounding hokey. Not that it should matter much, if at all.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23348 2007-11-15T21:24:18Z Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars http://ficlets.com/authors/user_605 <p>...I missed where it said Simon is African American. o.o</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23326 2007-11-15T20:36:18Z Fyora Cartagan http://ficlets.com/authors/fyoramacragge <p>Flutes, eh? Perhaps mad flute players surrounding a significantly below average intelligence &#8220;thing&#8221;? Hmm…</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/13817?basename=23308 2007-11-15T18:39:29Z Nick http://ficlets.com/authors/white1975