Author's notes.
(1) La Cage aux Folles (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077288) is a classic French comedy that features the misadventures of an aging gay couple who run a nightclub. In the film, they must pass themselves off as heterosexual. It was remade in America as The Birdcage. See the French version. It's priceless!
(1a) Lunatic Plot Contrivance (of the week). A phrase coined by Danny at http://www.toughpigs.com. Danny writes commentary on Farscape episodes, so it came in handy when describing some of the stuff that goes on in that great show.
(2) This is an actual fortune cookie that I got while writing this story. Cool, huh?
(3) An old joke goes: How do you find out if a guy is gay? Just say "Clang Clang Clang". If he says "Went the Trolley" he's gay. Evidently all gay men have a knee-jerk love of Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. g
(4) http://www.dragon.org/chris/ouroboros.html Symbol used in the TV series Millennium and it's also Dana Scully's Tattoo. http://abacus.best.vwh.net/oro/ouroboros.html
(5) The Boy Scouts gained notoriety by banning gay members.
(6) Kiss of the Spider Woman (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0089424) with William Hurt and Raul Julia. Great movie! Must see for slash fans.
Regarding mini-people in general: Modern audiences know about "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"! Tod Browning's The Devil-Doll was what I really had in mind. Other works: Jack Arnold's The Incredible Shrinking Man and Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants.
I also figure if Invisible Man writers can give me Invisible Sasquatch (er, Predator?), then the gloves are off, and I can put whatever nonsense I want into my fan fic.
(1) La Cage aux Folles (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077288) is a classic French comedy that features the misadventures of an aging gay couple who run a nightclub. In the film, they must pass themselves off as heterosexual. It was remade in America as The Birdcage. See the French version. It's priceless!
(1a) Lunatic Plot Contrivance (of the week). A phrase coined by Danny at http://www.toughpigs.com. Danny writes commentary on Farscape episodes, so it came in handy when describing some of the stuff that goes on in that great show.
(2) This is an actual fortune cookie that I got while writing this story. Cool, huh?
(3) An old joke goes: How do you find out if a guy is gay? Just say "Clang Clang Clang". If he says "Went the Trolley" he's gay. Evidently all gay men have a knee-jerk love of Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. g
(4) http://www.dragon.org/chris/ouroboros.html Symbol used in the TV series Millennium and it's also Dana Scully's Tattoo. http://abacus.best.vwh.net/oro/ouroboros.html
(5) The Boy Scouts gained notoriety by banning gay members.
(6) Kiss of the Spider Woman (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0089424) with William Hurt and Raul Julia. Great movie! Must see for slash fans.
Regarding mini-people in general: Modern audiences know about "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"! Tod Browning's The Devil-Doll was what I really had in mind. Other works: Jack Arnold's The Incredible Shrinking Man and Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants.
I also figure if Invisible Man writers can give me Invisible Sasquatch (er, Predator?), then the gloves are off, and I can put whatever nonsense I want into my fan fic.