The eagle has landed…
The flight back to Toronto…
This boy does NOT like us checking his teeth…
One of Sharky’s favorite spots in Montreal is the Station Cafe. They are exceptionally Sharky-friendly…
Sharky samples some Montreal steak…
I find this as relaxing as he does…
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Subject/Heading: A darker “continuation” twist: The Fürlin Mandate
”Hi Joe! Huge fan of your work and your dedication to the gate-family. With the new series on the horizon, I’ve been rewatching SG-1 and had a realization about the one big ‘unfinished’ mystery: The Furlings.
We’ve spent 20 years joking about ‘furry’ aliens, but what if that was a phonetic translation error for The Fürlin?
Instead of Ewoks, imagine the Fourth Race as a Muscular, Industrial, and Authoritarian Empire. They weren’t the ‘cute’ members of the Alliance; they were the Enforcers.
The Concept:
Industrial Dread: Think Man in the High Castle meets Andor. Their tech isn’t ‘crystal and light’ like the Ancients, but dark steel, heavy cogs, and brutalist architecture. The Spore Symbol: Looking at the Heliopolis glyph, it looks less like a leaf and more like a bioweapon dispersal unit. They were the masters of ‘biological order,’ using spores to ‘purify’ worlds—which is why the other three races eventually had to exile them. The Conflict: This gives the new series a ‘technocratic military’ threat that feels modern and high-stakes without being preachy. It’s Earth’s grit vs. an Empire that thinks it’s the ‘rightful heir’ to the galaxy.
Would love to see the Furlings finally revealed not as a gag, but as the ‘Great Mistake’ of the Alliance. Thanks for all you do for the fans!”