Whoa. Very dark. Very cool. And strangely, I can believe the Ancients might have a section like that, which, of course, they'd keep hidden away in the dark. Awesome.
am pleased you enjoyed it. But I'm all done. If you'd like to use the Black Room in a story of your own, feel free. am not possessive. thanks for the comment!
The city could hold so many dark secrets such as this. For all the Ancients were technologically advanced, I don't think they were particularly kind or even good. This was an excellent example of just how ruthless they could be.
I don't think the Ancients were particularly kind/good, but I don't think they were evil, either. They were just people, as complex (morally or otherwise) as all people are.
And, yep, they could probably be very ruthless, though I suspect they would think of it as being "efficient" -- after all, if you were going to interrogate anyone by using torture, the most efficient and humane thing would be to break them as quickly as possible and to cause as little actual physical damage as possible....
Very creepy and very neat. So very easy to visualize. And imagine someone not like John. Someone with a darker soul in control of that room. ::shudders::
Oh yes, you're so right. Think of Kolya from The Storm....
On the other hand, think of John. Can you think of a situation where he's faced with an enemy and a time limit to get information out of him, and all of Atlantis is at stake, and he remembers the Black Room? What would he do to save his people?
Or even, still, think of John -- he doesn't want to use the Black Room, but Elizabeth orders him to, and he even sees the logic in it....
Or think of Rodney. John promised him he'd never have to go in that room again. Bullshit. That's not a promise he has any way of keeping for sure. Again, suppose Rodney has to go in there to save Atlantis? To be tortured again? Or --if he's gotten the security program to recognize him as having the right to be there -- having to torture someone himself, if, say Major Sheppard is being held hostage by an enemy and there is a time limit before the Major will be killed....
The Black Room gets scarier every time I imagine it...
God..now I'm totally freaked out about it. ::in a good way::
But..wow. You need to do like all those versions. I'd love to see Shep go against Elizabeth in using the room and she gives him no choice. That would mess with him and mess with their persepective positions and leadership relationship.
And with Rodney having to torture someone himself because of Shep being held hostage. Wow.
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Excellent story.
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I don't think the Ancients were particularly kind/good, but I don't think they were evil, either. They were just people, as complex (morally or otherwise) as all people are.
And, yep, they could probably be very ruthless, though I suspect they would think of it as being "efficient" -- after all, if you were going to interrogate anyone by using torture, the most efficient and humane thing would be to break them as quickly as possible and to cause as little actual physical damage as possible....
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Fabulous story
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On the other hand, think of John. Can you think of a situation where he's faced with an enemy and a time limit to get information out of him, and all of Atlantis is at stake, and he remembers the Black Room? What would he do to save his people?
Or even, still, think of John -- he doesn't want to use the Black Room, but Elizabeth orders him to, and he even sees the logic in it....
Or think of Rodney. John promised him he'd never have to go in that room again. Bullshit. That's not a promise he has any way of keeping for sure. Again, suppose Rodney has to go in there to save Atlantis? To be tortured again? Or --if he's gotten the security program to recognize him as having the right to be there -- having to torture someone himself, if, say Major Sheppard is being held hostage by an enemy and there is a time limit before the Major will be killed....
The Black Room gets scarier every time I imagine it...
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But..wow. You need to do like all those versions. I'd love to see Shep go against Elizabeth in using the room and she gives him no choice. That would mess with him and mess with their persepective positions and leadership relationship.
And with Rodney having to torture someone himself because of Shep being held hostage. Wow.
::Hint hint::
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