Contest: ENTER SF & F Avatar Contest: What a Trip!

[theenglish]

Hi all, Welcome to the new Avatar Contest.

This weeks theme is What a Trip!

What else is April known for? 420, of course! This contest is asking you to post your favorite, least favorite, most intriguing, or downright wacky mind or mood altering substance in SF & F media. It could be your character's favorite Earl Grey Tea, Raktajino or Earth Coffee -- or it could be an alcohol or synthahol drink. It could be an herbal or chemical substance, or something unheard of in our world.

The point is the food or drink, not the show, novel, or comic book. So Star Trek obviously has dozens of examples as do other long running franchises. This is not an endorsement of real world substances so, while I'll accept cocktails or caffeinated drinks, other "real world" illegal drugs are not acceptable, nor are any depictions of addiction or dependency.

EDIT: Thanks to a catch from the G-Man, I should note that cannabis is not considered an "illegal" drug for the purposes of this contest.

I really liked Orac's recent posting rule. It kept me coming back for more to see what people were posting each day. You may enter as often as you wish; but only one avatar a day. I'll make my first post on Friday.

Standard avatar contest rules:

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[Orac]

Fry drinks 100 cups of coffee in Futurama:

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#1

Ma-Ma getting high on her own supply of Slo-Mo; Dredd

 

[Orac]

Kirk drinking tranya in The Corbomite Maneuver:

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#2

Bane gets his physical prowess from the Venom* drug; Batman: The Animated Series



*obviously unrelated to the Marvel character of the same name.

 

[auntiehill]

Blade Runner

 

[theenglish]

#1

Starbuck's Cigar

 

[tharpdevenport]

ONLY ENTRY (maybe:

"Time Trax" (specifically from the feature-length pilot)

If it counts...

So what's happening here is a prisoner who assassinated the world President, is in a high-security prison. He licks an envelope. Mixed in with the sticky envelop stuff is a substance known as TXP -- which stabilizes the body's molecules or some such thing, allowing it to be ready for time travel.



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[Kai "the spy"]

#3

Jem'Hadar warriors get their dose of ketracel-white; DS9: To the Death

 

[theenglish]

#3

Jem'Hadar warriors get their dose of ketracel-white; DS9: To the Death

Did they need ketracel-white biologically or had they become addicted to it.
Regardless, I'll allow this one because it is not promoting drug abuse which was the reason I didn't want to allow addiction in the first place.

 

[auntiehill]

Dean Winchester doing shots

 

[theenglish]

#2

Romulan Ale

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Did they need ketracel-white biologically or had they become addicted to it.
Regardless, I'll allow this one because it is not promoting drug abuse which was the reason I didn't want to allow addiction in the first place.

Well, they were genetically engineered to need it, and there was at least one case of a Jem'Hadar who had a mutation that allowed his body to produce its own white, so there was obviously a biological dependency. We're told, though, that Starfleet technology could not replicate it.

 

[the G-man]

What else is April known for? 420, of course! This contest is asking you to post your favorite, least favorite, most intriguing, or downright wacky mind or mood altering substance in SF & F media...This is not an endorsement of real world substances so, while I'll accept cocktails or caffeinated drinks, other "real world" drugs are not acceptable...

It's your contest and your rules but it seems kind of odd to ban the very substance that inspired the contest from the contest.

 

[theenglish]

It's your contest and your rules but it seems kind of odd to ban the very substance that inspired the contest from the contest.

Good catch--I meant to write "illegal" drugs. (Of course here in Canada, cannabis is legal.)

 

[Nerys Myk]

Good catch--I meant to write "illegal" drugs. (Of course here in Canada, cannabis is legal.)

Legal in many States of America too

 

[theenglish]

#3

Something to Keep You Warm

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#4

Can it be true that I hold here in my hand a bottle of purest green? TNG: Relics