#wasteland pony express

[katieaki]

I get intrigued when women look sinister

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[t-hornapple]

Do you have a rec list of fellow indie authors?

my friend @pegglefan69 is writing a really good wizard book that i'm currently beta reading. in the 1970s, an immortal wizard gets trapped in a tree by his evil apprentice and is found later by a goth in 2007. lots of hijinks, lots of gay, and if it sounds like it might be YA because there are wizards + hijinks: NO. absolutely not. you can read the first chapter (for free) on his patreon. he's a really really fabulous writer and i don't say that lightly or just because he's a friend. his narrative voice & skill with creating characters are fantastic.

my friend @katieaki is an incredible artist and author and has spent the last... few years(? a long time) building a really beautiful, queer post-apocalypse wasteland. she's working on a Choose Your Own Wasteland Story which posts live on twitter, and it's interactive, meaning you get to vote for what you think should happen at certain plot points. the current story is Pony Express, which you can read (for free) on her patreon.

like robin, her narrative voice is great, she has SUCH an incredible cast of characters (who all eventually get drawn) and it is really really sure to delight anyone looking for some fantastic queer literature and worldbuilding. she's written other things too, and i think they were up on a gumroad maybe... but i couldn't find that (katie if you see this can you let us know??)

i'm also beta reading for Ladz (i'm not sure if they're on tumblr) and they have two books up for sale right now on their itch--their latest is Ice Upon A Pier, a Lesbianoir fantasy novella about a prolific contract killer in a secondary world inspired by 70s/80s New York. I haven't read it, and i'm not sure what CW/TWs it might need, but i'd check out their stuff! the book i'm beta reading for them right now is really fun and they've got a lot of huge fun big ideas in the works.

if you want some queer gothic stuff, look into @velvettapeworm. he has a book out called So Sang the Riverman, "a story which tells of the primordial world’s destruction after the spirit of growth, Fervor, makes off with the heart in Decay’s grave." I've read a little bit of it and it's very good, but also "i've only read a little" means i can't give CW/TWs for it. he has some shorts out as well, which you can read here on his website. he's also a really fabulous artist.

[gilfrespecter]

tag game

twas tagged by the lovely @cyberstevie . i would say its very hard to choose between my horrid wet beast and my cowboy and my mad scientist and my stoner priest but. that would be a lie its the cowboy.

5 words to physically describe your OC: just a little birthday boy

Who inspired your OC?: OK So. Warbler was made in all of 15 minutes for a Firmament game and their original inspirations were:

*Emerson Codd, my dear friend @captpidge1 's MOTW character from the campagin another dear friend ran, the blog for which can be found @themonstrousarchives

*"Knife Church Shadow the Hedgehog", Knife Church in reference to Katie Aki Presents The Wasteland(everyone go read her various works but especially Pony Express)

*Sweeney Todd

in the year and some months there's been additional influences especially in the other campaign im playing him in such as

*any pronouns george costanza post

*Will Turner POTC

*the general concept of being a weenie

Give me a song to define your OC: Woe, over four hour long playlist be upon you. Technically it's two playlists for two games but i like it all in one spot. The split point is "Let's think about living".

If I met your OC on the street, how would they greet me?: Even at hir worst Billy is a pretty friendly guy but also probably just a nod of acknowledgement? He doesn't know you??

Can your OC be your best friend? Why?: This question vexes me i know not how to answer you

1 adjective and 1 noun to describe your OC: big weenie

i will tag @pegglefan69 @strawberrysalamanders @hagfishslime @katieaki @pesky-limey-expat though anyone else feel free to grab too!

[daywalkers-fic]

Hello! I was so excited to stumble upon your blog because a "queer gothic fiction set in the 1880s american west" is so, so up my alley. I've been out of the writeblr loop for a while--thanks to a certain video game we both love--so I was wondering if there are any western writeblrs you'd recommend I check out? (Or any writeblr really, I'm not picky).

Side Note: Your wip and cast of characters (Célie and Frances in particular) got me like 👀👀👀. Does your rag-tag outlaw gang have a name or are they not into that sort of thing?

hello!!!! I was so happy to have stumbled into your blog as well 💖 I bookmarked your blackwater series to cozy up and marathon through it soon ahhh

I have not been active in the writing side of tumblr and don't know any other western writeblrs ;-; I am a big fan of art-tumblr with darling cowboy ocs. many blogs have short blurbs and excerpts with their characters (found all in this tag). I also love interactive fiction (counts as writeblr? for me anyways!). here are western-themed ones I really adore: Larkin by KC, Wasteland Pony Express by katieaki, Shadows of the Gun by Emma, The Ballad of Devil's Creek by GC Betker

Celie and Frances;;; oh my I am trying not to have favourites but I do have a soft spot for a few of them including these two hehe. My outlaw gang has not a name yet hmm I have not found a good one for them yet :')

@larkin-if / @katieaki / @shadowsofthegun-if / @devilscreekballad

[filmabend]

Stürme im Wilden Westen – Film (1936)

Originaltitel: Winds of the Wasteland

Alternativtitel: Winde der Wildnis

Stürme im Wilden Westen ist ein klassischer Western

In Stürme im Wilden Westen kauft ein ehemaliger Postreiter mit seinem Freund eine Postkutschenlinie, die jedoch in eine Geisterstadt führt.

Inhalt von Stürme im Wilden Westen (colorierte Fassung)

Amerika im Jahr 1861: Der Postbeförderungsdienst Pony-Express stellt seinen Dienst ein, da die transkontinentale Telegrafenleitung ihre Aufgaben übernehmen soll. Jeder der Reiter bekommt zum Abschied zwei Hengste aus den Beständen zum Geschenk.

Die beiden Kollegen und Freunde John Blair und Larry Adams beschließen, ihr Glück nun mit einem Kutschendienst zu versuchen. Also reiten sie nach Buchanan City in Kalifornien, wo sie eine Kutsche kaufen wollen.

Sie geraten an den Geschäftsmann Cal Drake, der sie sogleich übers Ohr haut...

[incandescent-creativity]

Happy Worldbuilding Wednesday! Tell us about travel. Are there unique dangers on the road, special sights to see? How do people normally get around? How likely is the average person to travel? Is it particularly dangerous, or quite common?

Unique dangers, yes of course!

Bandits, lizard dogs if you’re up near the Wastelands, sites of twisted magic, other predators, natural disasters and exposure, stuff like that.

Special sights, probably! Ruins, natural beauty like rivers or mountains or the ocean, man made wonders like sprawling cities or beautiful temples.

People normally get around by foot, cart, or horse! If you’re practiced in gold/ritual magic, or you’re on good terms with someone who is, you may be able to teleport.

The average person isn’t likely to travel at all! Beyond farming folk making a trip to the next town to sell or trade, travel isn’t common at all. It’s dangerous, time consuming, people don’t have the skills or knowledge necessary, and often don’t have the time to take away from whatever work they do for a living.

The exception to this is the Riders, the Pony Express-ish mail delivery system.

[clearkoalacollective]

Christmas 2019 Game Giveaway!

Ho ho ho! The Christmas season is upon us, and my annual giveaway of Steam codes (from leftover Humble Bundle games) is set to begin! 

Take a look, pick out ONE game you’d like, send me a private message, and I will send you the key. It’s my gift to you, but first come, first served. If you claim something, I ask that you use the code QUICKLY – I will be editing the post to eliminate claimed games, but if someone else asks for a specific game and the unclaimed key is still in my possession, you may lose out!

Happiness and health to you and yours, no matter what (or even if) you celebrate!

-Aesthete Claus

**THE LIST**

11-11 Memories Retold

Aaero

Aaero

Acceleration of SUGURI 2

Action!

Action Henk

The Adventure Pals

Almost There: The Platformer

Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal

Ancient Planet

Anna’s Quest

Anno 2205 (uPlay)

ARMA Gold Edition

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Auto Age: Standoff

Avernum 2: Crystal Souls

Avernum 3: Ruined World

Back to Bed

BalanCity

Bastion

Battle Riders

Beckett

Bezier

Bit Blaster XL

Black Mesa

Black the Fall

Blackwake

BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend

Bleed 2

Blockstorm

Bomb Defense

Borderlands 2 Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Bounty Train

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Standard Edition

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Additional Content

Carcassonne - Inns & Cathedrals

Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics

Chime Sharp

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Chronology

ClusterPuck99

Copoka

Cosmonautica

Crazy Machines 3

Crusader Kings 2: Dynasty Starter Pack

Cthulhu Realms

Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)

Dead Island Definitive Edition

Dead Rising 2

Deep Dungeons of Doom

Defend Your Life: TD

Deponia Doomsday

Deponia Doomsday

Deponia: The Complete Journey

Dimension Jump

DiRT Rally

Distance

Distrust

DreadOut

Dreaming Sarah

Duskers

The Dwarves

Emily Is Away Too

Endless Legend - Classic Edition

The Escapists - Alcatraz

The Escapists - Duct Tapes are Forever

The Escapists - Escape Team

The Escapists - Fhurst Peak

Elder Scrolls Online content: Bristlegut Piglet + 15 days of ESO Plus

ETHEREAL

Evergarden

Everything

Everything

FaceRig

FaceRig Pro

The Fall

fault - milestone two side:above

fault milestone one

Fearless Fantasy

F.E.X. (Forced Evolution Experiment)

Fidel - Dungeon Rescue

Fight’N Rage

Figment

Filthy, Stinking, Orcs

Finding Paradise

Flat Heroes

Flinthook

Forged Battalion

Forts

Fortune-499

FreeCell Quest

Full Throttle Remastered

Galactic Civilizations III

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Gloom: Digital Edition

God’s Trigger

GoNNER - Press Jump To Die Edition

Gremlins, Inc.

Grey Goo Definitive Edition

Guacamelee! 2

Guild of Dungeoneering

Guild Wars 2 Heroic Edition

Guns of Icarus Alliance

Gurgamoth

H1Z1

Hacknet

Hard Reset Redux

Headlander

Hearts of Iron III Collection

Her Story

Hexcells Complete Pack

Highway Blossoms

HIVESWAP: Act 1

Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!

HoPiKo

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

How to Survive 2

Hurtworld

Husk

Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1

Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 2

Immortal Redneck

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

Infested Planet

Invisible Inc.

The Journey Down: Chapter Three

Jump Stars

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Kentucky Route Zero

Kentucky Route Zero

Kero Blaster

Kimmy

Kingdom: New Lands

Kona

Lakeview Cabin Collection

Lara Croft GO

Laser League

Last Day of June

Layers of Fear: Masterpiece Edition

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

Lion Quest

Loot Rascals

Lost Castle

LostWinds

Love is Dead

Love Letter

Macdows 95

Machinarium Collector’s Edition

Magicka

Maize

Majesty 2 Collection

Marooners

Master Spy

Memoria

Memory’s Dogma CODE:01

Metrico+

Mimic Arena

Minecraft: Story Mode

Minion Masters

Mirage: Arcane Warfare

Monstercat Gold 1 Year

Moon Hunters

Moonlighter

MOTHERGUNSHIP

Mr. Shifty

Mysterium - Hidden Signs (expansion)

Mysterium - Secrets and Lies (expansion)

NAIRI: Tower of Shirin

Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project

NBA Playgrounds

NEKOPARA Vol. 1

Neon Chrome

Neon Drive

NeuroVoider

Nex Machina

No Time To Explain Remastered

Offensive Combat: Redux!

Okhlos

Old Man’s Journey

On Rusty Trails

Outlast 2

Override: Mech City brawl

Oxenfree

Painters Guild

Paradigm

Paratopic

The Park

Passpartout: The Starving Artist

Pirate Pop Plus

Plague Inc: Evolved

Planet Alpha

Pony Island

Pony Island

Pool Panic

Portal Knights

Primal Carnage: Extinction

Project CARS

Project CARS 2

Prototype 2

Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator

Puss!

Q.U.B.E.: Director’s Cut

Q.U.B.E. 2

Rapture Rejects

Rapture Rejects

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

The Red Solstice

Refunct

Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition

Resident Evil Revelations

Restream 1 Year

ReThink

Rivals of Aether

RIVE: Wreck, Hack, Die, Retry

Road Redemption

Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder

Roombo: First Blood (Justice Sucks)

Running with Rifles

Rusty Lake Hotel

Samorost 3

Sanctum 2

Scanner Sombre

Scanner Sombre

Scrap Garden

Scythe: Digital Edition

Seasons After Fall

Serial Cleaner

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

Seven: The Days Long Gone

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

She Remembered Caterpillars

Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom

Silence

SimplePlanes

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

Slime-san

Slipstream

Snake Pass

Sniper Elite

Sniper Elite V2

Sonic Mania

Sorcerer King: Rivals

Soul Axiom

Space Run Galaxy

Spectrum

The Spiral Scouts

Splasher

Squad (early access)

The Stanley Parable

State of Mind

Staxel

Staxel

Steamworld Heist

Steamworld Heist

STRAFE: Millennium Edition

Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition

Styx: Shards of Darkness

Subterrain

Sudden Strike 4

Sundered

Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain’s Edition

Super Daryl Deluxe

Super Rude Bear Resurrection

SuperLuminauts

The Surge

Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon

SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising

Tales of Berseria

Team Racing League

Teslagrad

Thomas Was Alone

THOTH Ticket to Ride: First Journey

Tiltagon

Tiny Echo

TIS-100

Tom Clancy’s The Division + Survival (uPlay)

Tormentor X Punisher

Tower Unite

Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found

Train Valley

Tricky Towers

Tricky Towers

TumbleSeed

Tumblestone

The Turing Test

Twilight Struggle

Uurnog Uurnlimited

Verdun

Victor Vran

Virginia

Wargame: Red Dragon

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

Wasted Pizza

Wasteland

Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut - Standard Edition

We Were Here Too

Witch It

Wizard of Legend

WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01

WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02

WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.03

World to the West

Wurm Unlimited

XSplit Premium 1 Year

XSplit VCAM

Yakuza Kiwami

Yoku’s Island Express

Yume Nikki

YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-

Zero Reflex: Black Eye Edition

Ziggurat

Zombie Army Trilogy

[mojave-musing]

I want to write about a Wasteland pony express now

[engagedtobefree]

I just sent this message through the Tumblr Help Center since @staff doesn’t care about actually reading comments on their posts. I refuse to go down without a fight.

I strongly urge staff to reconsider their new censorship route. I, and literally every single other user on this site, feel like this situation is not being competently handled. Your entire user platform is being punished because you do not want to properly handle the actual issues on this site. Allow me to explain in further detail below, because it seems that no one over at Tumblr headquarters seems to be able to grasp why this new censorship is wrong.

People have formed friendships, built communities, created safe spaces, and now you’re going to take all of that away from them because you think all sex and nudity is bad? Tumblr is not addressing the actual issues here. Instead, loyal users who have been on here for years are being punished. Instead of targeting the porn bots, nazis, pedophiles, rapists, etc, you are punishing innocent people who come on here for self-expression. Do you think any of us care when we have to scroll past a gif of people having sex? No, we don't. We care about the porn bots in the comments, or being followed by a blog with links like "Hook up with 18 year old girls here."

Listen, I've had to scroll past some furry and My Little Pony porn that I hope I never have to see again, but I, like most users, scroll past these posts and then are done with them. Who exactly are those things hurting anyway? At most, someone may be uncomfortable for a few seconds, but then they continuing scrolling and see other stuff and all is well again. I can say with 100% confidence that I am more bothered by the Republican blogs I see all the damn time making degrading posts about women than seeing someone's naked body. Posts degrading women = harmful. Human with a body ≠ harmful.

For anything and anyone to be successful, they must listen to feedback. This is crucial to their survival. None of us here are being listened to. We were ignored when we constantly complained about the porn bots, and then months later Tumblr said they didn't know about it. YOU WERE TOLD. YOU WERE TOLD 1000S OF TIMES. Then the situation got so bad where the app was taken off of the Apple store, then you were forced to stop ignoring the problem. If the situation had been addressed early on, you wouldn't be about to witness the downfall of your website, a downfall that in the end you will only have yourself to blame for. A majority of users are already planning on abandoning Tumblr once this goes into full-effect. Pretty much all of us have posted or reblogged something at some point that you now deem "inappropriate". And I must add that as a woman and as someone with an Art degree, I am completely appalled at the use of "female presenting nipples." People are not allowed to sexually express themselves but Tumblr staff is allowed to be sexist? You walk into the religious section of any museum and I can guarantee you that you will see Jesus's mother Mary's breasts and nipples. If in the 1500's this was perfectly okay, why in 2018 are we saying women's breasts are bad and inappropriate? We are supposed to be advancing, not taking steps back.

In Jeff's statement, he said that "Our actions are out of love and hope for our community." I think it's pretty obvious that this statement is untrue. If anyone over at Tumblr Headquarters actually cared about this community, they would not be going to these extremes. Once again, I urge you to do something else, something more productive, something that targets the actual issues instead of hurting every user on this site. Listen to what your users are saying, or witness your site become a desolate wasteland. The choice is yours.

[fallout-4-freak]

companions react to meeting courier six for the first time?

Interesting react idea! Sorry it took so long, I saw you(?) sent it again :>

Funny enough, this does happen in my version of Fo4. Courier 6 crosses the country, essentially trying to reestablish the Pony Express.

Glad I’m not the only one who had this idea!

Ada:

Finds Courier Six quite impressive, and even more so once she hears their harrowing tales of woe out west. She’ll ask Sole if she can hang out occasionally with Courier Six, to learn some combat tips from them. They also have plenty of interesting stories to share, and Ada’s a sucker for those.

Cait:

Loves Courier Six, and would probably protect them with her life. Not that they needed her added protection, of course. The Courier is so badass, and even made it across the whole damn Wasteland! 3,000 miles of hell, and this dipwad succeeded? After being shot in the head? Fuck yeah, this is the kind of person Cait wants to know. 

Cait also takes some combat lessons from Courier Six, as they know a few dirty fighting tricks even Cait doesn’t know. 

Codsworth:

Treats Courier Six like any other guest of Sole. He’s polite, and enjoys hearing their various stories! Codsworth also tries to tell some jokes, as the Courier looks like they haven’t laughed in years…

Failing that, Fancy Lads Snackcakes are sure to bring a smile to their face!

Curie:

Is amazed that Courier Six took a bullet to the head and survived with minimal problems. She wants to hear all the details, to write up a medical study! Once the Courier has humored her and complied, Curie simply is awestruck by their presence. She’s also a bit scared, as the Courier is clearly quite capable in combat…

The Courier does their best to put her at ease, though, and is willing to answer any questions she has.

Danse:

Is impressed with Courier Six for all the daring things they’ve done. Danse thinks of them like another soldier, with their discipline and skills... Even if they’re technically a glorified mailman. He loves trading stories with the Courier, as he’s seen plenty of shit himself. Danse and the Courier do teach each other a few fighting skills, and overall they seem to become good friends.

Deacon:

He’s tempted to claim that Courier Six is full of shit for saying they traveled cross-country and survived a bullet to the head, among other things... but he knows what lying looks like, and the Courier’s face says it all. Deacon is blown away by all the cool stories the Courier has, and he’ll embellish his own experiences to seem on-par with the ‘badass mailman’. He would anyways, he just adds a bit more detail trying to compete.

Loves hanging out with the Courier— they go drinking together occasionally.

Dogmeat:

Another kind human that Sole introduces him to! He loves Courier Six, because they pet him loads. They also give him a toy, occasionally! Who wouldn’t love someone so nice? 

Dogmeat nearly sprains his tail by wagging it too hard when he sees Courier Six again.

Hancock:

He’s wary at first, as this person seems a tad… off. They’re a cowboy yeehaw mailman, for fuck’s sake. And they look unstable. 

Then again, who isn’t off and unstable in this world...? 

Once Sole assures him that Courier Six isn’t gonna shank him while he’s asleep, Hancock warms up slightly to the Courier. They swap stories and usually can be seen downing ale and/or doing chems, talking about their respective experiences. It appears to be a tentative friendship, but they sure have the same zest for life!

Longfellow:

Is happy to finally meet the famous Courier Six— he’s heard a few tales about them, even all the way over in Far Harbor. He’s impressed by how the Courier made it across the whole damn Wasteland, and is glad to learn some combat & tracking tricks even he, wily old Longfellow, didn’t know. He shares some of his precious booze with them, and the two kindle a lasting friendship full of danger and excitement. And alcohol. Courier 6 definitely didn’t give Longfellow bottles of aged liquor from the southwest.

MacCready:

Impressed with how the Courier didn’t die after getting shot in the head— being a merc, he knows how headshots usually go. Living ain’t it.

He enjoys hearing their stories, and tells his own in return. MacCready also teaches the Courier some sniping tips, and they educate him in knife combat. It’s something he’s always wanted to get better at.

It’s a mutually beneficial friendship, one that they both enjoy very much.

Nick Valentine:

He’s skeptical of how much the Courier really survived, but slowly comes to believe them as he gets to know them. He tells the Courier many stories of his detective life, and in return, Courier Six tells him about their own past. Nick and the Courier enjoy an occasional smoke-and-chat, sharing information with each other. Nick is really curious about the lands out west, and the Courier wants to hear about the Commonwealth.

It’s the type of friendship where they don’t hang out often, but are best friends. 

Piper:

Inundates Courier Six with questions— what’s New Vegas like, how’s life as a delivery person, are they single, how was the trip out, etc. The Courier is happy enough to tell stories, and Piper is quite impressed with how much shit the Courier has lived through. They have a few drinks together, and talks about their respective tales of danger! 

It’s a pretty solid friendship, even if Piper does ask a million questions. 

And occasionally she annoys the shit out of them. Oh well.

Porter Gage:

Thinks the Courier is the coolest mofo in the world. He’s impressed by their fighting skills, but offers to teach them some of his own special, dirty-fighting tactics. The Courier agrees, and teaches him some tricks he’d never seen before! Gage enjoys the occasional story from the Courier, but as he doesn’t like talking much, limits it to two per week.

It’s a tentative alliance, but the Courier grows on Gage quickly.

Preston:

He’s fascinated by Courier Six’s life. They survived so much, and then decided to up and travel over 3,000 miles? Pretty damn impressive! Preston looks up to the Courier, but the Courier also looks up to Preston. This is a (welcome) surprise for the Minuteman. They share stories, and help each other with their respective problems. Swapping advice often, they’re pretty much inseparable.

Preston and the Courier are fast friends— even if the Courier is a bit rough around the edges, they’re a great person and friend!

Strong:

Finds it strange how Courier Six wanted to travel the big Wasteland, actually did so, and didn’t die two hours in. He thinks the Courier is tough (for a human, at least). Strong finds some of the Courier’s more violent tales interesting, but for the most part, he doesn’t interact with them too much. 

X6-88:

Isn’t sure how to feel about Courier Six at first. Yes, they claim to have survived all these crazy things, and supposedly made it all the way from New Vegas. But damn, the Courier sure knew their way around weapons! Even if it seems like some of the Courier’s stories are fake, X6-88 hears them out anyways. He shares his own tales, and the Courier lets him know that ‘they all sound fake too’. Annoyed, but not surprised, X6-88 calls a ‘truce’.

They don’t hang out much, but if they do, they tend to mod weapons and whatnot together.

[thespookydoor]

FREE THE FUTURE Starlight Glimmer: I couldn't care less what "rights" you think you have online... If there is money anywhere in cyberspace, we will take a cut. Twilight Sparkle: Your plan won't work the way you think it will, just like how your "Link Tax" failed in Griffonstone and Yakyakistan! Starlight: A hundred years of tacked-on laws and fees and middlemares will not be denied! Your "free & open" internet caused the downfall of our analog business model! Now your precious internet will have to play by our rules! Twilight: Your Byzantine guilds and arcane entitlements ran out of purpose now that anypony can go directly to their audience. It belongs in history books, not headlines. If you won't listen to reason then I will show you. See for yourself where your "Creative Future" leads... Starlight: But what happened to the vibrant digital ecosystem we envisioned? What is this wasteland? Twilight: This is the future. Your future... They tried to frame their obsolescence as "Big Tech" vs "creators" but it was just a smokescreen distract ponies from Hollywood Accounting and Major Label Math... Which turned out to be the real "Value Gap" all along. All the while, they talked about "their slice" but fought any ways to bake a bigger pie, even as they took ever more of everpony else's No matter how big or small... Their censorship machines came to occupy the entire internet. Public domain, non-commercial, free open source, fair use, parody and commentary, educational use... Resistance was futile. All art and expression was to be assimilated and monetized. Or else wiped from the internet entirely. Their agents would come, hiding behind independent creators... but they were not what they claimed to be. Along with upload filters, they brought Shadow Regulation to every corner of the internet... Nightmare Moon: License All The Things! Nopony shall read, watch or listen to anything without paying us for every little thing! Twilight: The only winners of the Copyright Wars were the lawyers. ...While the Censorship Machines paved over the entire internet. Between "Blurred Lines" and "Moral Rights" between Permission Culture and Digital Restriction Measures (DRM), between rampant DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) abuse and censorship... Independent creators were driven out of their homes and forced back into indentured servitude under the Majors. Infinite copyright, decades of orphaned works, formed a black hole in the heart of literature, music, film, gaming, science... until there was nothing left to draw from. Starlight: But why? Why is your precious Public Domain so important? Tell me! Twilight: The Public Domain, the creative commons, is the wellspring of all art and culture. Everything builds upon the foundations of what came before. They tore down those foundations, and still couldn’t couldn't see past their old ways to understand the drought that withered their unsustainable ecosystem. The world has moved on, it's time to let go of the past and build new digital possibilities. There's still a chance to save it. The participatory culture we all know and love... Starlight: Perhaps you're right... but is there still time? Next week, the EU Parliament will be playing with fire, revisiting proposals that could burn down the free and open internet we all know and love. :( Article 11 (the Link Tax) was already attempted in Spain and Germany, and were qualified disasters, yet someone wants to see it befall an entire continent. Article 13, the "Censorship Machine" upload filters, would turn the entire internet into Youtube, with its rampant DMCA abuse and censorship, pre-censored submission process, and all of its issues with Public Domain works, remix culture, Fair Use (such as commentary/documentary, parody/satire or educational use), and even major corporations' own collateral damage against their own sites and affiliates. :| An entity as large as the European Union engaging in this level of corporate censorship will ripple across the rest of the cyberspace, diminishing everyone's freedom of speech and expression, which is why it needs to be stopped here and now, before the avalanche starts, and it becomes too late for the pebbles to vote. Before the big media corporations can reduce the unlimited tubeworks of the internet back to the one-way feeding tube of analog media. FULL SIZE: https://www.deviantart.com/shadesmaclean/art/MLP-Free-the-Future-763022206

[katieaki]

My post-apocalyptic Lesbian Cowgirl Mailman choose-your-own adventure has just updated! Read it here, for free on my Patreon! This is only the third installment of PART TWO, so it's still a great time to hop on board!! I just made a summary of the first part, here, which tells you basically everything you need to know about Lou, her unrequited(?) love, and the ill-advised journey she is beginning as of this update.

In the previous update, we found out (kind of) what the object of Lou's affection wrote to her in that heavily, heavily perfumed letter. In this update, she has to deal with what she learned. Her traveling companion/special delivery, Holliday, is being... quite nice? At least, comparatively? They have a bit of "And There Was Only One Bed" going on, in that they're sharing a tent made for one. That's fun, right? Sleepover!!

Excerpt under the cut!

“I’m sorry to have been the bearer of such bad news, Lou, truly I am,” she said. She stroked the back of Lou’s hung head. Lou was surprised to find she found the gesture comforting, not condescending or overly familiar.

“It’s not all bad,” Lou said, her head still resting face-down on her knees. Her voice sounded pinched and nasal to her own ears and her throat felt almost too tight to speak. The knees of her jeans were thoroughly soaked through with tears. “She said she loves me.”

“Oh,” Holliday said, her brows knitting together. She held her other hand to her chest. “Oh, you poor thing.”

“She said. Right? That she loves me back?” Lou said. “She did say.”

“Oh, honey,” Holliday said. She cupped Lou’s chin and tilted her face up, searching her face for something, but Lou didn’t know what. Her hand was not as soft as Lou had expected it to be since everything else about her was so refined. “Bless your heart.”

Something about having to meet her eye made the tears start back up with renewed vigor. It hurt. It hurt bad. She wanted to say that it wasn’t fair, but that wasn’t how these things worked and frankly, Venus was right. That only made it hurt more. She couldn’t even gnash her teeth and wail against the injustice of it all. Venus was right, she was never around. She was always away. She was unpredictable and unreliable. She’d been so happy to be a rolling stone, gathering no moss for so long and now it was biting her in the ass. Turned out, girls liked when you were a little mossy.

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TMNT S02E03 - It Came From Beneath The Sewers

Which is not technically true, since what we see comes from the sewers, and not really any lower down. But “beneath” sounds so much more sinister, doesn’t it?

So the Turtles are back to searching for the next part of the Eye of Sarnath, and presumably hoping that this one doesn’t have horrifying near-fatal effects on them.

What kind of front seat holds five people?!

Donatello’s tracker makes R2-D2 noises at him, which apparently means something. They head off to a relatively deserted area... which has a carnival in it. I guess it had to fall somewhere, so why not a carnival?

April is horrified that they plan to just stroll in, reminding them that they’re turtles and thus likely to attract attention. But they seem pretty relaxed about the idea, pointing out that they can just claim to be part of the sideshow or something like that.

“Is there a carnival dress code?” Well, not being practically nude is probably expected.

I have to wonder, whose idea were the monogrammed belts? Did Splinter have trouble telling them apart, or is it just the easiest way to keep their stuff from getting mixed up?

Meanwhile, Krang has finally gotten sick of his answering machine being filled up with whiny demands, and agrees to help Shredder find the next fragment of the crystal. Also, Baxter threw the first one away, somehow. I’d suggest he did it passive-aggressively, but someone who addresses Shredder as “master” all the time probably doesn’t have enough spine.

And despite never having seen the crystalline tracker or the Eye of Sarnath, Krang is able to zero in on the energy... in the Caribbean.

“I’ve located it, in an area outside the city!” Outside “the city.” Gotta love that even the alien brain-creature has that New Yorker state of mind, where there’s just New York and then the Mad Max wasteland outside it. Apparently Shredder already knows that that’s where a carnival is located, which raises the question of whether he had been there before.

So the Turtles and April sort of wander around, with Michelangelo winning prizes and Donatello getting fleas. But the crystal is found first by two small boys who hope they can trade it for more ride tickets. The Turtles are a bit offput by the idea of mugging small children, but they’re dragged off by the carnival boss who mistakes them for clowns. No, I’m not sure why.

April tries to bribe the kids, but they won’t pony up for only three bucks and/or a credit card. Does she think they have a card reader?

If you need proof that Shredder’s really come down in the world, the mighty and deadly ninja is about to mug two small children.

So after the Turtles are railroaded into doing a clown act (yes, really), 

April milks Michelangelo of all the cash he has apparently been keeping in his invisible pockets. But she’s too late, because Shredder has managed to grab the crystal, get kicked in the shin by one of the kids, and sent the thing flying only for it to be grabbed by Baxter.

“You must admit, I do have soft hands.” Did anyone dispute that?

But things get icky when they head back to their hideout to analyze the crystal, and it bumps into Shredder’s foot, which has some kind of slime on it. The slime is apparently some kind of Dimension X plant matter that Shredder stepped in when.... he was inside the Technodrome. And he decides that a giant plant will obviously be a great way to kill the Turtles, because... uh... Little Shop of Horrors.

The Turtles are kind of upset that they bumbled the whole getting-fragments thing twice in a row, especially since the batteries are running out in the crystal tracking device.

If you need proof Donatello’s a nerd, look how deliriously happy he is at the sight of alien batteries.

Just then giant green vine-tentacles come breaking through the wall, and immediately grabs Michelangelo, who seems to be the natural target for tentacles in this series.

As if it weren’t weird enough, the plant says “ow” when cut, before grabbing April and Raphael, and finally withdrawing after too many nasty jabs. Donatello figures out that it’s not from this planet... which is a bit of a Captain Obvious, since last time I checked killer vine-tentacle plants don’t exist here.

Also, where did Splinter go?

April, having nearly been dragged off by a killer plant, whines because they’re leaving her behind. Maybe they want to keep their rescuing to a minimum? So she ends up in her apartment with her friend Irma, who is thinking of (what else?) men. Wait, apartment? She must have gotten another one incredibly fast; this is only the third episode of season 2, and season 1 featured her apartment being devoured by Mousers. 

Anyway, it’s a note supposedly by the Turtles, with an address on it. A smarter person would wonder why they didn’t just call her, like they said they would, or would verify that they left a note. April just charges out the door without wondering if this might be a trap.

Spoiler: it’s a trap, and Baxter and Shredder are waiting there for her. So Shredder calls the Turtles to notify them that he’s kidnapped her, because apparently the incredibly fast-growing and dangerous alien plant isn’t filling the entire sewer system fast enough.

“That’s April all right. I recognize her mumbles.” This is only the eighth episode, and already they’re used to her being in peril.

Since Michelangelo has a one-track mind, he’s hungry when they get there, much to the disgust of the others. 

But that gives them the idea to disguise themselves as pizza delivery boys, because apparently they have those costumes AND pizzas just rattling around in their van.

“It’s four green pizza delivery boys.”

“I don’t remember ordering any pizzas, especially green ones.”

Gotta love confusing grammar. 

Also, does that mean that people CAN see that they’re green when they’re in disguise, and they just don’t assume there’s anything weird about that unless they specifically know that they’re turtles?

So the Turtles burst in and start assaulting Baxter and Shredder with weapons and pizzas, and of course free April. In about five seconds, the bad guys flee the scene.

So... what was the point exactly of this little cul-de-sac? Capturing April didn’t actually serve any purpose beyond producing another fight scene and filling up a few more minutes. And it will never really be referenced again. Did the episode run a little short, and they put this in to fill it out?

Anyway, the TV happens to be on and they see the monster plant sprouting from the street and causing mayhem.

The plant is apparently big and strong enough to wave around multiple cars at the same time, which means it requires FRICKIN LASER BEAMS just to drive down the street.

But it’s nearing time for the boss battle to ensue, which means that the Turtles using FRICKIN LASER BEAMS attracts the attention of the main plant. Which kinda looks like a multi-eyed hand puppet.

It also starts eating their car, which raises interesting questions about what its roots are feeding off of, since plants generally get nutrients that way. They attack it, but get an embarrassing smackdown before the thing retreats back underground.

They just sort of abandon their van in the alley, and jump down to ask Splinter what they should do. Splinter’s advice is the same kind of wisdom that anybody who’s ever weeded can give you: tackle the root of the problem, very literally. Fortunately the plant is.... bleeding, so they can track it that way.

And it leads to... a solid brick wall.

Um, does that mean the plant broke through, went through the wall, and then replaced all the bricks exactly as they were before? Because otherwise I’m not sure how the trail can lead there.

But it’s all irrelevant anyway because it bursts through again.

It drags off Donatello, which means that it’s time for the others to break out their secret weapon:  drag!

Not kidding. They actually put Michelangelo in a lady plant getup, which he hates of course. Today they’d be taking so many pictures so they could always remember this delightful occasion.

And the plant drops Donatello because it’s.... um... I think it’s meant to be horny. Which isn’t really how plants work; they just sort of have pollen and male-female parts, which insects and wind handle for them. Of course, this IS from an alien world, and technically all it needs to do to count as a plant is to photosynthesize, so... I guess the idea of a horny plant isn’t technically impossible, just very unlikely.

Yeah, my expression mirrors Raphael’s.

The other three tease Michelangelo for the remaining three seconds that he can stand being groped by a horny plant that is making kissy lips at him. Then he busts out the nunchucks and starts beating the plant with them.

Leonardo then brainstorms Splinter’s advice in a veeeeery literal way by stabbing the plant in its... stem. It’s meant to be the root, but roots tend to be underground. And despite being so huge, the plant fortunately is VERY sensitive and immediately shrivels down to a green slop.

So that evening, still not having the fragment, the Turtles celebrate with an all-meat pizza, and April brings them a venus flytrap apparently out of sadistic amusement.

VERDICT

Not bad at all. Not perfect, but it’s a big stronger than the last episode in that none of the characters had massive brain farts for no adequately explained reason... well, except maybe Baxter, but I remain unconvinced that he didn’t do that on purpose.

Anyway, it starts off a bit slow’n’silly with the whole carnival focus, and the kids who talk a lot and appear a lot for about two scenes before vanishing completely. It really kicks into gear when the whole giant plant story starts moving, especially since it provides some interesting insights into how the Eye of Sarnath is supposed to work. But I guess it was too short to actually fill out the episode, hence the April-gets-captured plot cul-de-sac.

And it has a monster-movie focus to match the monster-movie title, even with one scene of Michelangelo exclaiming that he saw this in a movie once (which wouldn’t surprise me, given that there are actually a lot of sci-fi references in this series). It’s not complicated, focusing instead on just being pretty entertaining with the straightforward story it has.

It is interesting, though, that the Turtles consistently fail at getting the fragments despite having a tracking device that exists to do nothing else. It’s also interesting that Shredder doesn’t try to use this latest fragment more than once, since presumably the crystal fragment would also create killer plant monsters with Earth plants. Giant killer rafflesias? 

GRADE: B