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Addendum to yesterday's post
8 April 2007 08:05 amNinja Replacement Scores of Canterbury Tales, ongoing report:
Knight's Tale: If Palamon and Acrite were ninjas, there's two possibilities: either they'd immediately break out of prison, instead of waiting seven years, and the whole story never happens -- which is good if you don't like it -- or they'd see Emily before they had a chance and we'd get a ninja battle raging through and around the prison, instead of some joust in a tackily decorated list -- which would be awesome. The only problem is forcing the three prayers, particularly Emily's -- clever plotting is needed. I note, btw, that if Emily acted like the Amazon she supposedly is, she'd be functionally equivalent to a ninja. NRS = 2.
Miller's Tale: Cannot be improved by ninjas. Or by any meddling. NRS = 0.
Reeve's Tale: Since the miller's daughter is the only one who doesn't get into the wrong bed by mistake, she's the only one who could become a ninja without ruining our disbelief (hello, ninjas? darkness? -- totally their element) but the story wouldn't be improved thereby. Aside from adding opportunities for more dirty jokes, maybe. NRS = 0.
Cook's Tale: N/A -- not enough tale to evaluate.
Man of Law's Tale: Constance gets into trouble because everywhere she goes, some ninja comes along, kills someone (or one time, everyone), and frames her for it. I'm not making this up. And she just puts up with it. She SO needs to be a ninja herself. NRS = 1.
---L.
Knight's Tale: If Palamon and Acrite were ninjas, there's two possibilities: either they'd immediately break out of prison, instead of waiting seven years, and the whole story never happens -- which is good if you don't like it -- or they'd see Emily before they had a chance and we'd get a ninja battle raging through and around the prison, instead of some joust in a tackily decorated list -- which would be awesome. The only problem is forcing the three prayers, particularly Emily's -- clever plotting is needed. I note, btw, that if Emily acted like the Amazon she supposedly is, she'd be functionally equivalent to a ninja. NRS = 2.
Miller's Tale: Cannot be improved by ninjas. Or by any meddling. NRS = 0.
Reeve's Tale: Since the miller's daughter is the only one who doesn't get into the wrong bed by mistake, she's the only one who could become a ninja without ruining our disbelief (hello, ninjas? darkness? -- totally their element) but the story wouldn't be improved thereby. Aside from adding opportunities for more dirty jokes, maybe. NRS = 0.
Cook's Tale: N/A -- not enough tale to evaluate.
Man of Law's Tale: Constance gets into trouble because everywhere she goes, some ninja comes along, kills someone (or one time, everyone), and frames her for it. I'm not making this up. And she just puts up with it. She SO needs to be a ninja herself. NRS = 1.
---L.