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== Fan Fiction ==
* Star Trek Voyager - ''[http://trekfanfiction.net/voyager/macedon/the-rose-and-the-yew-tree/ Rose and the Yew Tree]'' is a bomb raid of anvils dropped ''well'': Civilized does not mean moral. Tolerance repaid with prejudice breeds resentment. The enemy is no different then you. Principles guide us when we lack data. Live in the now. Stories are important... That and much more. Oh so much more. Anvilicious because it's told. Effective because it's shown. Possibly best fan fiction ever written. Required reading for anyone who can tolerate SF.
* In the ''[[Daria]]/LegionOfSuperHeroes[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' crossover ''[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23667&p=329264#p329264 Bird With Black Wings]'' (set in the [[Crapsack World]] that is the shared-world series ''Daylight'', set after a [[Apocalypse How|civilization-extinction level event caused by massive solar flares)]], the members of the Legion get into an debate on [[Utopia Justifies the Means|whether they should revoke their rule on killing]]. The discussion is turned by [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Julia Carlyle]], who gives a [[Patrick Stewart Speech]] on how she, as a military officer, [[Humans Are Warriors|has it in her job description to kill]], but [[What You Are in the Dark|how others expect the Legionnaires to hold fast to their standards, even in the toughest of times]]. She even paraphrases [[Tom Clancy]] in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] at the end of her speech:▼
 
▲* In the [[Daria]]/LegionOfSuperHeroes crossover ''[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23667&p=329264#p329264 Bird With Black Wings]'' (set in the [[Crapsack World]] that is the shared-world series ''Daylight'', set after a [[Apocalypse How|civilization-extinction level event caused by massive solar flares)]], the members of the Legion get into an debate on [[Utopia Justifies the Means|whether they should revoke their rule on killing]]. The discussion is turned by [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Julia Carlyle]], who gives a [[Patrick Stewart Speech]] on how she, as a military officer, [[Humans Are Warriors|has it in her job description to kill]], but [[What You Are in the Dark|how others expect the Legionnaires to hold fast to their standards, even in the toughest of times]]. She even paraphrases [[Tom Clancy]] in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] at the end of her speech:
 
{{quote|'''Julia Carlyle:''' “There’s a passage I read in a book long ago. I’m paraphrasing just a bit – but the meaning is something I’ve always remembered. ''`So we don’t have a choice. You can name any reason you want, but it all comes down to the same thing; we have a [[Title Drop|debt of honor]] to the man who brought all of us together, and the people who believe that we stand for something more. If we don’t defend that principle, we don’t defend anything. And nobody will trust us, and nobody will respect us, not even ourselves. If we turn our backs on them by deciding to kill, then we are not the people we say we are, and everything we’ve ever done is a lie.’''”}}
 
 
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