"What Madness Is This?" Volume II: Prophecies in the Dark
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*waits for people to find the reference/meaning behind Wipeblat's name and appearance*
I remembered as soon as it was mentioned he was older 😂 that was a pretty snappy armband he had
And the author William Peter Blatty.
I love useless, weird little references. Some people might not like them all, but it keeps me highly entertained. One of my introductions to true world building of the sort I enjoy was finding out all the pop culture references/tropes in Fallout 3 and New Vegas, especially the ones that didn't really effect the plot but were just weird fun, like one-off little messages and plots on the terminals.Also, the line about Patton's hearing the voice of something mimicking a child's voice was a kind-of reference to an SCP I once read, though I have no recollection of any other details. It's also just a super creepy thing I thought made it more interesting. lol
And another point of interest is while Harding used to be a bombastic, mustache-twirling, "heroic," All-American boy, he has sort of become a grouchy fascist Yankee Yoda crossed with Sam Jackson from Django Unchained, and he's sick of everyone's sick but he's actually totally loyal. Probably the first example of a Steelist vs. Pinnies, as we have seen is coming in the flash-forward chapters. From tiny acorns....
Basically: Warren Harding (Jackson) can't believe Steele tells him he has to put up with Oswald Camelot Cosplay bullshit
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GaspNot super clever, but I did the little Christoph Waltz "That's a bingo" face when I wrote it.And the author William Peter Blatty.
Well, Ukraine is danger
Also the fact Patton's collection managed to disturb Oswald says a lot about the man
I love how everything is really lining up like how I have always crudely envisioned it. The Pinnacle Future will be forged by the survivors of the Wormist Purge and Op:MC. Young men, perhaps too young, rise to power perhaps too quickly. Some of them are Oswald's "Round Table" dagger-holders, purge-proof. If that's not a million times more complex and vastly superior to 1.0, I don't know what is. Hell, I didn't even create the Wormists till last year, and they have gone from a weird sideplot to instrumental to the rise of the Pinnacle Generation. It's pretty damn interesting to me, and I hope you guys feel likewise. It's a narrative that is compelling to me and surprises myself in how complex I have managed to make it. And in stories like that, complexity makes something feel far more "real." The never-ending web of bureaucracy and good old boys marches on. This isn't just a story with villains and mcguffins. It's becoming an episodic story about a wide cast of characters forging a new era in this universe. Some of these characters could make it to 2000, if the world lasts that long. We're in for what I think is going to be WMIT at it's peak.
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Nixon's expression is mixt between "One day i will strangle all of you" and "SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE IS BREAKING IN"
Is Ambassador Molotov the same Molotov who was Soviet Foreign Minister IOTL or a different one?
Good old Harding, the only sane man in the room. His words sound kind of profetic.
IOTL, Himmler reads about Patton and thinks... "he had style... from hell, with love".
He can do both. He’s mother fuckin’
Prophet-President Oswald leading the cavalry charge against Europan lunar colonies, December 1999
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So Hubbard is a (relatively) sane Science-Fiction writer. This is the ultimate Madness!
Zap Zephyr's Pinnacle Future will actually be his magnum opus, and a favorite vacation destination of Oswald's Round Table. *Rubs hands*