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Poll #19845 Ship names

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Which is the worst ship name on the fleet

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Bloodsport (must be full of psychopaths)
2 (20.0%)

Red Fish (. . . really . . . )
0 (0.0%)

Blue Fish (sad)
1 (10.0%)

Wonderduck (as opposed to the average duck, I assume)
5 (50.0%)

Tourist (the worst kind of people)
1 (10.0%)

Huntress (but not hunter???)
0 (0.0%)

Bishop (for archaic lovers)
0 (0.0%)

First Breath (useless name)
1 (10.0%)

Starstruck (for the hopeless romantic, I assume)
0 (0.0%)

Heron (did you run out of birds?)
0 (0.0%)

Which is the worst ship name on the fleet (part two)

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Blameless (you WISH)
4 (50.0%)

Goldstone (gold is not a stone)
3 (37.5%)

Twin Roses (because that's how botany works)
1 (12.5%)

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

That just seems unnecessarily complicated, but I certainly don't have any insight into how they think.

[dothelokimotion]

I have a little experience with omnipotence and generally, they are rather . . . clingy.

[ Loki, one affair with Jeff Goldblum does not count. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

"A little experience"? That sounds like a story.

[dothelokimotion]

Oh, it is. Though perhaps it is not meant for polite company.

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh. Yes. Well. Another time then. Maybe.

Anyway, I'm not sure we've met. I'm Kara.

[dothelokimotion]

[ If they have, Loki would have no recollection of it. At the very least, this does not seem to be someone who already has an impression — a plus point in his book. ]

I am Loki. A new arrival of sorts.

[takingkarabusiness]

The kind of new arrival that people recognize?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki shrugs loosely. ]

My reputation has been known to precede me.

[takingkarabusiness]

Good or bad?

[dothelokimotion]

[ He squints briefly before relaxing. ]

Bad, mostly. Not that it matters anymore.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, if there's one thing this place is good for, it's a fresh start.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Does he want that? Starting anew would mean discarding many hurts. Many lies. And they mattered. They matter still.

But the people Loki held accountable . . . they no longer exist. So the anger is nothing more than a dull blade that Loki has no interest in swinging. ]

A strange place to start afresh.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's a strange place in general. How long have you been here?

[dothelokimotion]

Around a month so far. Not long by anyone's standards.

[takingkarabusiness]

Still, that's a decent amount of time. I've been here just over two years. It's... a lot to think about, really.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Two years seems short to him, but time affects people differently. ]

What is there to think about?

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, if time is really passing, what I'd be able to do at home during that time, what my sister is up to, how I'm older than her now, how things have changed since I got here. If it's not passing, how strange it is to grow older with no time passing.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Ah. ]

I suppose when you have left your home behind, those questions matter.

[takingkarabusiness]

Haven't you?

[dothelokimotion]

No. My . . . world no longer exists.

[ Loki has lingering affection and loyalty for those left. He won't abandon them easily, but he cannot say he cares. For him, his world is Thor. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ Oh, a topic Kara has practical experience with! she sobers a bit ]

I'm so sorry to hear that. That happened to my birth world, as well. Earth is my adoptive home.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki merely purses his lips tightly. He's still against going to Earth for a number of reasons. He doesn't want to trade one world where he has (to some degree) eked out a bit of acceptance for a world he knows will not. Among other reasons. ]

Yes, well. It was the only way.

[takingkarabusiness]

How do you mean?

[dothelokimotion]

It was a calculated decision.

[takingkarabusiness]

Those must have been some serious circumstances...

[ she's hoping that, you know, he didn't intentionally blow up a planet full of people ]