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Even a bastard son? An unknown bastard son?

What's great about the compound is that it's already there. You don't have to make it and then magically hide it. To me it adds to the mystery and the reality. Hope this makes sense.

Okaaaaay. I'll withdraw my complaints... sort of. :-)
But my fav is still the Julius Ceasar comment.

Stomping on roaches in a roach motel.

Shooting stuffed elites eating stuffed pizza.

Shooting stuffed elites stuffing stuffed pizza down their stuffed throats. (Hmm. Too much?)

>>In other words, I doubt many gay men were procreating with straight women in the past. To me, that suggests they would be bisexual men, not gay. Few people, if any, would be thinking about the survival of the human race if they didn't procreate. People had kids for personal reasons: kids worked long hours, whether on a farm or elsewhere, to provide cheap labor to support their families; they were also expected to help support their parents in their old age (still true in many countries); and they were a bit of insurance in case disease killed some of them, which was common.

I admit it. I've always just put gay and bisexual in the same boat. You're saying I'm wrong?!?!?! Hmm. Nothing like learning something new. I've heard of hetero men going to prison and doing homo stuff then getting out and returning to hetero. Can't it work with homo men needing to increase the family using women and then doing homo stuff on the side? I was not expecting this conversation!

They may not have been thinking in terms of the human race but like you said in terms of family, tribe, nation. I'd assume family would override almost anything.

Very good points. I liked both stories.

Congratulations on your successful surgery. Be blessed and take your time.

There is much to comment on with everything you wrote. So, I will pick on a couple items:

>A few verses in the Bible?
I found a website claiming 25 verses on the AC. And they are all bad.

You said something a while ago that I've thought about - if I don't like my own story then there's a problem. So, write what you want. But you also taught me to keep audience in mind. I try to do that BUT I at the core of my Tribe story is something which will possibly piss off large swaths of Christendom. I plan to write about it anyway!

> This opens up a world of discussions. It's that what you want?
Heck yes!!! Who wouldn't want their story to generate a lot of discussion?

:-) Oops, you're right, let me rephrase that! You brought up the possibility as to whether or not God created homosexuality. Why then create religions that oppose it? Judaism and Islam violently oppose it. Some Christians have also done the same. The thesis is that God possibly made a homosexual gender. That might turn people off.

I admit that I like the bisexual mix. I can see the AC doing heterosexual behavior outside of marriage and homosexual behavior. The Christ did neither. So, both the AC's actions are anti-Christ. I believe Left Behind has the AC getting a woman pregnant. And I've heard it taught that the AC was homosexual. But you mix it together. Interesting.

>>He's also pissed off that Satan raped his mother for sport so Connor could be conceived, which is what ultimately seals Satan's fate.
I'm of the opinion that the AC is so corrupt/evil/vile that he doesn't give a rip about his mother. Again, this is anti-Christ since Jesus loved His mother to the point of telling John to take care of her when He was on the cross. You take the Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker approach. There's some good inside there somewhere. That could be a tough row to hoe.

And of course, I'm taking this as close to what I believe as I can. And your story is your story. That overrides my opinions. However, I think many people will get turned off. It's hard for me to differentiate Connor with the AC I've expected.

I'll try answering more later...

The spacetime gash allows the path to be seen which I was aiming for. Lasers, lightning bolts cannot be seen without debris or whatever. And I don't know how light sabers work. I'm not really sure what a light saber is! The gash allows you to decrease the power by whatever you want as it progresses. Linear decrease, inverse square? Who cares since it's all made up and you can be consistent about it. The ships can now calculate how much blast hits the targets based on distance. They might want to get just a little bit closer... or further away. Have fun rewriting!

How about firing a lightning bolt or a positron bolt (antielectron)? People see lightning storms regularly, so they won't wonder too much about the physics. If the electron and positron bolts collide at the target, then gamma rays are emitted. Bad.

This is a little similar to Star Trek's photon torpedoes that were composed of antimatter hitting matter and gamma rays were emitted.

But I think we only see lightning bolts because of the atmosphere heating up. Hmm. There would have to be debris in space which might be doable if you're a planet... I guess.