There is an entire group of professional set designers who are really good at recreating an old set from just watching video of the associated TV show or movie.

The ones I remember they had to re-do were: Star Trek, for an episode of TNG, after they discovered the original set had been broken up and sold; and Back to the Future, after the studio dismantled the entire Hill Valley sound stage and destroyed it after BTTF, and it had to be rebuilt for BTTF 2 and 3. And oddly enough, an episode of Larry David's HBO show, when they had a fake "Seinfield Reunion" being filmed within the episode. They had to rebuild the entire Seinfeld TV show set from scratch, because it had been scrapped.

I also remember reading that Star Wars had an issue where some of the scenes on Tatooine had to be re-shot. Except after initial shooting, their contract in Tunisia said that they had to dismantle the set after they were done; and they did. Everything had to be reconstructed using the initial filming footage. The second set, unlike the first, was partially left behind as a tourist attraction.





Even more so when it's someone genuine. Which would be great for Anna, because she's always the same person. Nena is a bit more insular, so you'd have to bring her out of behind her protective wall first.





Noted?





Lara was born with hers. As you might be able to guess, though, it didn't manifest when she was very young simply because she was too young to realize it, and too small to be a decent battery. Around pre-teen or so, she started to realize she can make sparks, but hid it from everyone. Shortly after, started blowing circuits in her family home by touching live wires, and being surprised it didn't harm her. Around 15-ish was the first time she managed a powerful electrical discharge, and by 16-ish she had the power to kill someone by accident her first time out with her new super team.

The power *was* given to her, but at birth, to develop along with her.





She's also a stubborn battery with an attitude, but as long as he's honest with her and not a complete jerk, she'll be cooperative. And she might be even more cooperative if he uses a logical plea instead of a threat.





Lara has always believed that there's no point in making trouble for herself unless it's necessary. See the side note below for more.





For that, Lara might quickly search through her memory and see if someone else she knows in the PV might be interested. Otherwise, she'd just tell VV that she's flattered, but it doesn't work for her. And that she wouldn't mind hanging out occasionally.

A side note to that is Lara believes that friendship is what changes people; not beating the snot out of them and tossing them into a cell. If she had the opportunity, she would have the audacity to bring cookies to a meeting with the Hooded Hood, and try to chat with him about his past.





I'm not sure yet if I'll tie it down, either. I don't think there's enough content there for a tie-in, but we'll see.





That's a lot like the history of why the Trading Alliance is so against fighting a war. In its "future", which is where the Traders novel I'm working on takes place, that costs them dearly as one of their member worlds with a very high and rapidly expanding population becomes aggressive because they need to spread out.

But they all started out as a group of warring factions, until one of them finally dominated the others and won. Rather than enslave them, the dominant faction called itself the Trading Alliance, and offered repairs and trade in exchange for loyalty. The defeated factions found that to be extremely lucrative, and haven't fought since.

All of the core member worlds would look something like Nova in Guardians of the Galaxy, peaceful and ruled by law. They know their worlds are a target; so they have very harsh police forces on-planet to stop things like subversive cults. In space it's a little different. There are fair trade rules, but it's mostly a free-for-all unless the Galactic Government decides to get involved in a particularly ugly dispute. For the most part, that means even corporate Alliance ships are very heavily armed, and some of them own fleets of automated, swarming fighters.


Now, adding replies for today's stuff:

Chiaki would hurt Vinnie badly if he chose to side with these destroyers of the Parodyverse. Then again, she might not have to; she would remind him of the extremely tiny likelihood that these entities are doing this purely for the good of the Parodyverse. That they have to have another motive.

Then she would appeal to his heroic side by warning him that she'll take them on herself, if she has to, whether he helps her or not, and that she doesn't care if she dies in the process. And it's not a bluff.