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RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 04-28-2021 "It's dangerous out there. Here, take this." <grin> RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - robkelk - 04-28-2021 "It's dangerous out there. Here, take this." Well, sure, but what was I supposed to do with a ring with the letter "S" on it? I'd seen this movie - I knew the ring did bupkus. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Skyfire2020 - 07-23-2021 I wonder how Doug would react to the Queen of Wands/Special Circumstances universe. Especially if Doug arrives in the world to find Mrs Everette is waiting for him (possibly with an invitation to the next FLUF meeting). RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 07-24-2021 I'd have to check it out and get familiarity with it before I could possibly speculate. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Skyfire2020 - 07-25-2021 Basic summary - FBI has team of warrior priests and priestesses from various religions to fight demons. The 2 book series is decent enough but I'm not sure how wide an appeal it has outside genre fans. The Tv tropes page is a good a summary as any: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/SpecialCircumstances Mark RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Pyeknu - 08-24-2021 Quick question: Has there been a snippet with Worm yet? RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - robkelk - 08-24-2021 (08-24-2021, 05:17 PM)Pyeknu Wrote: Quick question: Has there been a snippet with Worm yet? I think this one's from that story... (04-10-2016, 12:21 AM)Dartz Wrote: After 6 weeks, I thought I'd started to settle in. Sure this world had it's differences, it's quirks and it's abominable horrors, but something about it just felt right, like I could close my eyes and almost be home. I heard footsteps outside and almost expected Hexe to walk through the door to the workshop. It had the dynamic. It had the heroes. It had the villains. It had the vigilantes lurking in the night. It had that sublime, turn-the-amp-to-eleven feel that only worlds with true metahumans could hope to match. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 08-25-2021 Yes, that one is Worm. It's number 209 in the combined list thread. Also from that list: Number 166: Doug leaned on his motorbike. "Another day, another world." He looked at the nearby city, which appeared to be a normal American port city - that had been hit by several bombs and a tidal wave. He looked at the nearby sign. "Welcome to Brockton Bay." "Time to hit a library." he muttered as he casually brushed a fly from his neck. (by Jinx999) RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 09-14-2021 I paused on my way out of "The Dump" to shake my nominal boss's hand. "I'm calling it a night, Godfrey," I said. He shot me a quick smile. "Good evening, then, Doug, and thank you for all your help getting the place ready for tonight," he replied, gesturing to the newly-opened club. I returned the smile. "Anything for a friend. I'll be back in around noon to help clean up and prep for tomorrow night." I glanced across the room where Irene stood surrounded by her family, and his gaze followed mine. "I suspect you're going to be busy." He chuckled. "Quite." "You sure about what you've gotten yourself into?" I asked. "Irene seems like a nice girl, but after spending ten minutes with her... well, there's an old German word that fits her perfectly: *ditz*." I glanced again at the exuberant blonde. "I wouldn't've thought it'd be your type." Godfrey's smile turned wry. "If you had asked me a year or two ago, I would have agreed with you. But she isn't as shallow as she appears, and even so still has an endearing innocence about her." I shook my head. "If you say so, Godfrey. As long as the two of you are both happy." RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - robkelk - 09-20-2021 I shouldn't complain - after all, the Warriors are used to dealing with weird things happening on a regular basis, and a world with both technology reasonably close to what we have back home and public use of magic is pretty rare. But this particular weirdness could end up killing an entire city full of people, so I felt that I had a right to complain - if only I knew who I should be complaining to. Worse, both the company president and our best spellcaster were missing. In their absence, our onmyoji was in charge. I cornered him in a quiet spot where the girls couldn't overhear us, being careful not to disturb the wards that he had hastily put up earlier. Quietly, I asked, "Ren, what the hell's going on out there?" Just as quietly, he replied, "As I told the others, Doug-san, I couldn't begin to guess." I didn't buy that when he said it earlier this evening, and I didn't buy it now. I'd learned a bit about misleading statements over the decades -- his had all the hallmarks of an attempt to get people to stop asking him questions. "I'm not asking you to guess. I'm asking you to tell me what you know." He sighed quietly. "You've only been here a few weeks and you already know me that well. Itsuki-san was wise to hire you. We're facing a dragon." "Really?" I suppose the mist blanketing the city could be some sort of breath weapon, but otherwise this wasn't like any dragon that I knew about. "Remind me after all of this is over to tell you about the time I punched out a dragon in Romania." The barest hint of a smile played on Ren's face. Considering the gravity of our situation, that was the equivalent of a wide smile at any other time - except that I can't remember Ren ever smiling widely. "This is a different sort of dragon; a more metaphysical one." A metaphysical dragon. I couldn't just walk up to an idea and punch it... although it might be interesting to try. "Tell me more." RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 09-21-2021 Another one I have yet to see... RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - robkelk - 09-21-2021 (09-21-2021, 07:35 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Another one I have yet to see... I strongly suggest you track it down. There's a flashback story set at a-magic-school-that-isn't-Hogwarts that might give you a few ideas for the Harry Potter step (which is why I referenced said step in the snippet). Heck, the rest of the series might give you some ideas for that step, too. Right Stuf has the license. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 03-23-2022 It was a good thing that being such a seasoned traveler, Grandpa Potts was immune to seasickness and motion-sickness of all sorts. Otherwise the swinging of his hut under the double-dashed flying craft would surely have occasioned a moment of digestive unpleasantness by now. Of course, making sure he didn't fall when the hut's door -- lacking, as it did, an internal latch -- inevitably swung open with its motions was a sufficient distraction. He could be excused for his preoccupation with his safety, and for being surprised -- and double-dashed surprised at that -- by the *knock* upon the door almost as soon as he'd finally secured the blasted thing. Pushing open the door's hinged window, he leaned out over the shelf that formed its sill. "I say, who's knocking at *this* altitude?" A young man -- or so it seemed -- in grey with an absurd helmet rose into view, riding upon some manner of contraption Grandpa wouldn't have been surprised to see come out of his son Caractacus' workshop. Grandpa glanced down -- no ground there, quite. "Excuse me," said the young man, "but the manner of your travel gave me every impression that you might be in the process of being abducted. If that indeed is the case, I just wanted to offer any aid that you may be in need of." Grandpa doffed his pith helmet. "I'd be much obliged." RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Pyeknu - 03-23-2022 Ah, a definite classic there, Bob! RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Shepherd - 03-24-2022 That was nice. It also makes me wonder if this forum's videos thread covered Abney Park's steampunk cover of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A 'search' didn't turn up anything, but it wouldn't necessarily have, if the video link didn't include a description. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 03-24-2022 That's been posted on the forums before -- might be in The Game -- I remember seeing it. But thanks! RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - classicdrogn - 03-24-2022 Hmm... I wonder if the name "Potts" was a subtle reference one way or the other with Iron Man's Pepper - she's been around for a fair while in the comics, but I honestly have no idea how old the movie is or if it was adapted from something. Should Be or Should Not Be, ya think? RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Inquisitive Raven - 03-25-2022 Per Wikipedia, the movie was made in 1968 based (loosely) on a 1964 novel by Ian Fleming (yes, that Ian Fleming). Roald Dahl was apparently one of the script writers. Somehow, I think it's unlikely that Fleming or Dahl would make any kind of reference to American superhero comics. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - robkelk - 03-25-2022 The "unequal match", Child Ballad 109, is named "Tom Potts" after one of the characters in it. I suspect all of the fictional Potts characters are named after Tom either directly or indirectly. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 03-25-2022 Yeah, "Potts" is a genuine and not exactly rare name. And given that the original Chitty book is more of a spy story than the fantastical excursion the movie became (as befits a work by Ian Fleming) there's no reason for a superhero reference. Plus, as Raven just noted the book was published in 1964 -- the character of Pepper Potts first appeared in 1963 and was little more than a token "Lois Lane" (in the Silver Age manner) for Iron Man at the time, and not necessarily a character to throw a shout-out at. (Plus I'd have to check, but I suspect that Iron Man comic books weren't being (re-)published in the UK at the time so it would be unlikely for Fleming to have even encountered the character in passing, not that he'd have an interest in comic books. This is 1964, remember. Comics were for kids and only kids.) RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Dartz - 08-15-2022 Quote:"2X2L Calling CQ" RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 08-16-2022 Oh, I recognized that first line as soon as I saw it... as well as the final one. Nice job, and a world I'm sure Doug wouldn't enjoy being in for a few weeks... EDIT: The interesting question is, would he have the patience to sit things out, or would he say "the hell with this" and go all guerilla wrath-of-god on the Martians while they were still around to be attacked? RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - robkelk - 08-16-2022 One thing that Doug cares about no matter what timeline he's in is other people's lives. Go save some lives, Looney! If Eimi's there, she also wants to know how a tripod walks. RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Bob Schroeck - 08-16-2022 I have to admit on more than one occasion visualizing Doug swooping down on his motorcycle to help the HMS Thunderchild in its battle... RE: NanoSteps Brainstorming 3 - And a Step to the Right - Dartz - 08-16-2022 Thanks. As I said, I'm surprised it took this long. It wasn't my first attempt, either. I just happened to listen to it again last night - just to make sure I remembered something right, elsewhere. |