I heard Styx's 'Mr Roboto' on the radio today and had an idea pop into my head.
The song could create a simulcrum of Doug's friend from DW2, Kilroy the Boomer.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin
As I recall, Kilroy the Boomer got his name because Doug took it from the song. That might rule out the song being a "power song" at all...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
It did seem like an obvious power song for DW2, but I never found a place to really use it. Now? I dunno, I'll have to think about it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Well, that's how Doug develops new simulcrum songs anyways, right?
Before he meets the Senshi, the songs 'Flamethrower' and 'Venus' didn't do anything. After the Sailor Moon step, they bring up simulcrums of Sailors Mars and Venus respectively.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin
True enough...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Actually, Kilroy took the name from from the WWII graffito "Kilroy was here" with silly little image. I expect that Styx got the name of the album from the same source. Doug, with the album in mind, then saddled Kilroy with three additional names such that the initials spelled the word "rock."
Quote:He stopped pointing and clicking and froze for a moment, tilting
his head to one side in thought. Then it was if a light had come
on. He grinned broadly. (And believe me, with that particle
cannon behind it, a boomer mouth is mighty broad.) "Call me
Kilroy," he said decisively.
"Kilroy? Why?"
He turned from the screen and looked directly at me, the faintest
hint of a smirk on his face. "Because I'm finally here."
I shook my head. "I don't understand."
"The way I was... before... it was like running my own body at a
distance through a remote control unit with only a few
functions." He laid a hand on his chest. "But I'm not at a
distance any more. I'm here. And I'm in full control."
"Oooo-kay," I replied. "Kilroy it is. You'll need a bit more
than that for the paperwork, though."
"Fair enough," Kilroy responded, and turned back to the computer.
"Got any suggestions?" he asked as he went back to checking out
his options.
"Lemme see." I frowned. What was it about "Kilroy" that teased
at... Oh, right! "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto," I murmured.
"Huh?" Kilroy shot a glance at me without stopping his work.
"What was that?"
I grinned at him. "I'm just remembering the album that killed
Styx. How about 'Robert Orin Charles Kilroy'?"
"A little long, isn't it?" he grunted.
I shrugged. "Yeah, but the initials make it worth it."
Metal-polymer brows furrowed as he looked my way again. "You're
weird, you know that? I'm an ex-killer robot with a conscience
designing a flesh bag to live in so I can pass for human, but
it's you that's weird."
Chuckling, I simply said, "Occupational hazard."
The funny thing is, when I got the idea, I couldn't remember Kilroy's name.
I heard verses like:
I've got a secret, I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling
My brain I.B.M., so if you see me
Acting strangely, don't be surprised
and
I'm not a robot without emotions
I'm not what you see
I've come to help you
With your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a saviour
Forget what you know
And it made me think of a Buma in human guise, and Kilroy's efforts to free more Buma
Then I came home and checked DW2 to find out his name.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin