TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 So would that make Fortuity the Master and Steelheart Rassilon? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 So would that make Fortuity the Master and Steelheart Rassilon? Of course. And David is David Tennant. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 And Megan would be....Rose? Oh my gosh, this makes too much sense. 1
Pathfinder Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) And Megan would be....Rose? Oh my gosh, this makes too much sense. I don't know, I think Amy Pond would be more applicable functionally as well as personality wise. edit: mixed companions up, i mean Clara Oswald Edited June 24, 2014 by Pathfinder 1
Kobold King he/him Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 I don't know, I think Amy Pond would be more applicable functionally as well as personality wise. edit: mixed companions up, i mean Clara Oswald Name of the Doctor spoilers: My personal theory is that Megan is actually Shallan after she leaps into Hoid's timestream on the planet Braize.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 I think this whole conversation probably happened in-universe. Whovians must've gone insane.
Swimmingly he/him Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 All over Newcago businesses are signs with little single-digit flip charts. They read, "x days since an Epic killed someone here" 7
Pathfinder Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 All over Newcago businesses are signs with little single-digit flip charts. They read, "x days since an Epic killed someone here" For some reason, no one bothered to add any digit flip cards higher than one. Mysteriously, this never became an issue....... 5
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 All over Newcago businesses are signs with little single-digit flip charts. They read, "x days since an Epic killed someone here" For some reason, no one bothered to add any digit flip cards higher than one. Mysteriously, this never became an issue....... It did, actually. The day someone decided to add a spot for decimal points for extra accuracy. 2
High prince of geeks he/him Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Law and order took a curious turn after epics took over. The cops always lost.
Pathfinder Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 So here is a thought. Lets say Steelheart read The Hunger Games. I think a cannon sounding every time a person dies would be right up his alley. Would be a rather grim world to live in, where you hear a cannon go off daily, knowing it means another person's life cut short. Hell a person wouldn't even have to actually die all the time, just sound it off, to help the propaganda machine instill fear in the populace. 5
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 25, 2014 Author Posted June 25, 2014 So here is a thought. Lets say Steelheart read The Hunger Games. I think a cannon sounding every time a person dies would be right up his alley. Would be a rather grim world to live in, where you hear a cannon go off daily, knowing it means another person's life cut short. Hell a person wouldn't even have to actually die all the time, just sound it off, to help the propaganda machine instill fear in the populace. Wow. I think that alone is evidence Steelheart never read The Hunger Games. Actually, under him, it was probably banned because of its themes of revolution against oppression. And that is one case where a self-absorbed main character would actually make it less appealing to the ruthless dictator, because Katniss' example would send the message that simply protecting yourself and your family could start a revolution. 1
Swimmingly he/him Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Immersion/Fan Fiction/Dystopian: A reality-warping Epic that changes the 50 km or so around himself into the setting of any book he's read, complete with characters, landscapes, even languages. The only things unaffected by the change are humans. The thing is, though he can't precisely control the actions of every character, he can trigger plot events in the future, and the characters will do what is necessary to bring that about, even if they seem like kind, good, nice, or even heroic people to the real-world people they meet. The Epic himself can posses any one of them any time he wants to, of course. He particularly likes ten-minutes into the future novels - it can be nearly impossible to tell who's a character and who's a person in that case, leaving everyone open to suspicion. 3
Kobold King he/him Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Immersion/Fan Fiction/Dystopian: A reality-warping Epic that changes the 50 km or so around himself into the setting of any book he's read, complete with characters, landscapes, even languages. The only things unaffected by the change are humans. The thing is, though he can't precisely control the actions of every character, he can trigger plot events in the future, and the characters will do what is necessary to bring that about, even if they seem like kind, good, nice, or even heroic people to the real-world people they meet. The Epic himself can posses any one of them any time he wants to, of course. He particularly likes ten-minutes into the future novels - it can be nearly impossible to tell who's a character and who's a person in that case, leaving everyone open to suspicion. I really can't express how much I love this Epic concept.
Pathfinder Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Wow. I think that alone is evidence Steelheart never read The Hunger Games. Actually, under him, it was probably banned because of its themes of revolution against oppression. And that is one case where a self-absorbed main character would actually make it less appealing to the ruthless dictator, because Katniss' example would send the message that simply protecting yourself and your family could start a revolution. Honestly I think if he read it, he would just sneer and go "stupid norm, you never give them even a CHANCE to win. The only winner of the hunger games, should be those that die QUICKLY" 6
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 26, 2014 Author Posted June 26, 2014 On that note, Steelheart banned all war protest songs, up to and including "Sunday Bloody Sunday," even though Bono claims it isn't a protest song. Can't have anyone thinking "we can be as one tonight," now can we?
Swimmingly he/him Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 Nononono, he requisitions songwriters to put Steelheart propaganda to all the tunes, then plays the revised versions over loudspeakers so nobody can hear them without thinking of the Steelheart version first. 4
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 26, 2014 Author Posted June 26, 2014 Calamity's fires, that sounds worse than Kidz Bop. 2
Pathfinder Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 Rage Against the Machine-Know Your Enemy -> Bow to the Machine-Know Your Sovereignty Pennywise-*expletive* (please tell me THAT is not skirting the rules) Authority->Pennywise-Praise Authority Sex Pistols- Anarchy in the UK->Sex Pistols-Order in Newcago Frank Sinatra-New York New York->Frank Sinatra- Newcago Newcago (Will add more as I think of them lol) 1
High prince of geeks he/him Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 Steal heart records brining you great hits since the appearance of calamity. We have recently outsold (destroyed/killed) artists like Justine beiber, and lady gaga. The newest hit is an od remix called hey they're Faultline by the plain white tee's. Recently Steel heart records has taken on an ambitious project, rewriting the musicale Les Mis with epics! Jarvert will never catch the dashing epic Jhon val jhon as he takes down an entire (non epic based) empire and rebuilds it into something better. Along the way he kidnaps a young girl and mind washes her into thinking she is his daughter, and uses her as a bargaining tool with one of the leaders of the revelation. Come to the reeves playhouse to se. Lees Miserables 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 I wonder how Steelheart felt about Christmas. Did he try to make it all about Santa to placate the people who wanted to celebrate it? Or did he ban it outright because he didn't like the idea of a God more powerful than he was? Or did he decide that the Bible was full of fairy tales and laugh it off? The things I think of when I'm trying to sleep…. 2
Kobold King he/him Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 I wonder how Steelheart felt about Christmas. Did he try to make it all about Santa to placate the people who wanted to celebrate it? Or did he ban it outright because he didn't like the idea of a God more powerful than he was? Or did he decide that the Bible was full of fairy tales and laugh it off? The things I think of when I'm trying to sleep…. He sees you when you're sleeping. He can travel the world in a single night. Santa was probably reimagined as an Epic, with morality tales written about him slaughtering "naughty" civilians. 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 He sees you when you're sleeping. He can travel the world in a single night. Santa was probably reimagined as an Epic, with morality tales written about him slaughtering "naughty" civilians. So the "Jolly Boots of Doom" song from Invader Zim was the only Christmas carol Newcagoans were allowed to sing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP1thwtnKtk
Pathfinder Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 Well there is always Krampus he could endorse. According to the legends that dude really DID slaughter those who were not "good" 2
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