Charlotte - Jack can damn well guess why any society that's reached planetary contact wouldn't have heard of Ferrzen, and he doesn't want to be a bummer with it.
Yeah. He's had to handle more than a few survivors of tragic events (and is one) and just -- trying to pull that shit without warning would have been incredibly rude
That night started so fun, but then he didn't get to have sex with the sexy fire bird and ended up having sex on the beach with a lovely lady he called a monster, had a slight PTSD episode which he got beat up twice for and ruined his relationship with Jon while making Gilia cry
Charlotte - I said that the last transmissions he viewed were early 1963, but aw man, that means he misses so much good stuff by like less than a year.
He can manage 'won't kill you' and 'has enough spice and appetite suppressant in it that you won't know what it's made from, and you won't want too much of it'
Debuted: Doctor Who, Astro Boy, Outer Limits. Beatlemania starting to gear up -- Ed Sullivan in early 64. (They're probably starting to catch the first bit of it on Ferrzen.) Kennedy Assassination.
The human-enthusiast culture on Ferrzen is probably very early-rock, elvis, and mod focused. Do they emulate the mod/rocker rivalry? I don't know, hmm.
I do vaguely regret locking myself in on a year, but I like the poetry of them teetering on the edge of their own precipice, and being secondhand witness to another culture on the edge of its own.
Jack's just here to be a gentle, optimistic, sexy balm on everyone's soul. (So when we finally hit the buttons that make him break, it's gonna be great)
Alex - Explaining part of his educational issues and/or tragic past to yet another person. Throw in some undiagnosed learning disabilities, some head injuries...
And one big, sturdy one.and is one) and just -- trying to pull that shit without warning would have been incredibly rudeOr admitting that he doesn't give a fuck about her friends shhheart-wrenching backstorykinda-city.So when we finally hit the buttons that make him break, it's gonna be great)