tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 16 06:11:15 1995
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Re: Beowulf
- From: [email protected] (Lance Purple)
- Subject: Re: Beowulf
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 06:10:32 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Lawrence M. Schoen" at Jun 16, 95 03:49:27 am
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Dr Lawrence M Schoen writes:
> [ Beowulf] seems like a fine challenge and a very appropriate thing to
> translate into Klingon. Epic tales, legends of heroes, what could be
> more Klingon? And best of all, Beowulf is in the public domain!
I dunno... The so-called "Honor Danes" sit around *crying* because their
friends died fighting !? Their leader is too old to fight any more, yet
they still obey him?! This implies unthinkable cowardice, from the king
for not having died yet in battle; and from his warriors, since none of
them challenge him for command.
I suspect this story would NOT play well with Klingon audiences, unless
you re-wrote it so that Beowulf is a Klingon, who shows up to help the
pitiful humans fight the monster, and teaches them not to be afraid of
dying in battle. Sort of like the STTNG "Birthright" episode...
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L. Purple ([email protected])