I’ve finished my Rumbelle is Hope drawing, well finished it to the best of my ability anyway. That’s a relief because I’m getting sick. Why can’t I get more than a few hours notice about when I’m going to be ill? Honestly my to do list is crazy long and I’m already feeling grotty. It’s likely just going to be a cold and so I shouldn’t grumble but it still sucks, it just saps all my energy.
Earlier I was writing some Rushbelle, I hoped to have it posted on Friday but that might not be happening. It’s going to be a long oneshot and I still have a lot to write. You know what the hardest part about writing Rushbelle is – the science babble. This is from what I was working on earlier:
“One last question Doctor Rush,” the
assistant organizer said soothingly, eyeing him warily.“INSERT INTELLIGENT SOUNDING MATHS
QUESTION.”
“Well
… you see erm … the INSERT INTELLIGENT RESPONSE,” Rush stammered.
I did alright at maths in school but I only took it to GCSE, that would be probably junior high for the Americans? I was 16 anyway and that was a decade ago, so I’ve forgotten a lot and I never knew advanced stuff. Actually I take it back, the other really hard thing about writing Rushbelle is how snarky/insulting Rush is because I don’t know how to insult people’s intelligence, it’s not like I’ve ever had to do that.
I have five upcoming Rushbelle fics I think, that are in various stages of progress. So I hope that I find a way round these problems, or I’m going to have a lot of *insert something sensible* littered throughout the fic 🙂
anneelliotscat replied to your post:I’ve finished my Rumbelle is Hope drawing, well…
I can supply your math needs… What kind of science is he working on? The maths might even make a little sense!
Erm *cringes* deciding that would probably be a good start wouldn’t it?
Heh I just found the advanced applied mathematics journal and yikes, I think I need a dictionary and that’s just for the titles. I have no idea what any of that means. You know I watched every episode of Numb3rs, I really liked that show but Charlie always did cute little analogies, rather than explaining what the squiggles on the board meant.
Basically I just want it to sound good. It’s not an attack on his work either, it’s just an intelligent question that shows she was paying attention. Although I do have another fic where she points out an error, I think I just made some vague statement about reversing the conditions there.
Anyway, sorry I’m not being helpful and you are being wonderful. I really don’t know what he would be working on. This is pre-stargate program, but it makes him look like a good recruit (spoiler alert, he gets recruited at the end of the fic) so something space related maybe?
anneelliotscat replied to your post:I’ve finished…
Okay. Do you need actual equations or just technobabble? I’m sure they used lots of “Monte Carlo Method” while solving the gate puzzles. Also “frequency analysis”. “Polynomial methods” would not be helpful; but “Galois theory”, and “abstract algebra” would. You could have them argue about whether “field theory” or “group theory” would apply. I don’t think the Riemann Theorem would be helpful, but Wiles’ Proof of Fermat’s Theorem would be. And, of course, everyone is always talking about algorithms (usually about which one is better / more efficient / more elegant) and transformations.Particularly when things are getting laid across multiple dimensions. Hope this helps.
Technobabble and *jaw drops* wowzer – wow, I’m speechless. That is just wow, so impressive. You are my hero! I’m going to tag this post so I can find it repeatedly, no scratch that I’m going to copy it out into a notepad file and keep it in my Rushbelle folder. Thank you so much! Seriously you are a superstar 🙂