Contest October-November 2024 Short Story Contest (entries close Nov 6th)

I will so laugh if literally every story involves Dawi-Zhaar in some capacity.

I will double the laughing if every story involves Dawi-Zhaar getting humiliated in some capacity because that would be the ultimate monkey-paw moment for you.

 

That would be a problematic scenario, as I'd have to read each and every story in full prior to bestowing my blessing (vote).

Then...

 

Or maybe that might mean I'd have to enter a true Chaos Dwarf story in the future... which would cascade into a pseudo-paradox whereby @Scalenex 's golden rule would be shattered.

 

Which is the lesser evil to you?

Edit: Dangit, why'd this one argue with me so much?

 

The Dawi-Zharr can be made to lose (as they are villains)... but humiliation, that's going too far! That's an easy choice.

 

By the will of Chotek I can. This week has been so mad. AGHHHHH

 

You only feel that way because you haven't fully thought it through. You've underestimated my ability to inject chaos into the mix. There might just be variations of situations that have eluded your attention.

 

I view it as more of a Q versus Picard dynamic.

 

Shh... that's what I'm slowly building myself to become in this dynamic...

 

You're not looking at it from a Tzeentchian angle... Sisko was just another plaything for Q. Just another unwitting tool to be used to spread chaos.

 

Up until the fist to his jaw. Notice that Q left Sisko alone after that. Too intimidated by the physical prowess that was Benjamin Sisko.

 

I think you should re-watch the episode.

Q: "You hit me. Picard never hit me"
Sisko: "I'm not Picard"
Q: "Indeed not. You're much easier to provoke. How fortunate for me."


Q could kill them all with a snap of his fingers... but what fun would that be? Not very chaotic. They're all just puppets.

 

Indeed.

On a personal note, I find the Q and Picard back-and-forth to be the most interesting element in all of Star Trek. His interactions with Sisko were limited. His interactions with Janeway were fun, but never even close to approximating his exchanges with Picard.

 

Yes, I know... I was just chuckling at how the writers then never brought Q back into DS9, which kind of gave an air of "I'll make it sound like I am entertained before I strategically retreat". Intellectually, I know they probably didn't bring Q to help keep DS9 different from TNG and later Voyager, but if you know of the behind-the-scenes reason for Q's not returning, please share, because I am genuinely curious about that.