*sigh* No, Ed wasn't consulted. He may not approve. Honestly I kind of hope he doesn't, because I'm making a point here.
Ed's posts in the Candle thread, as well as other posts in the old BT roundrobin subforum, are part of the composite character "Anthony Edwards." Most of the final version of the character comes from the Shrine of the Mall Ninja, as well as research done on modern American fascism. The entirety of Edwards's rant is paraphrased or directly verbatim from actual fascist rhetoric found by me in the usual places you find this sort of thing, for example.
Anthony Edwards and the people who follow him represent two things. First, they represent the "exterminate the brutes!" attitude a number of the old roundrobin posters expressed when that thing was still theoretically a going concern. Second, they represent fandom's eternal struggle with - and occasional capitulation to - the authoritarian mindset that drives things like fascism. It's not super-deep material or anything, but it's something Candle allows us to explore a little more than we might be able to in canon Fenspace.
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Ed's posts in the Candle thread, as well as other posts in the old BT roundrobin subforum, are part of the composite character "Anthony Edwards." Most of the final version of the character comes from the Shrine of the Mall Ninja, as well as research done on modern American fascism. The entirety of Edwards's rant is paraphrased or directly verbatim from actual fascist rhetoric found by me in the usual places you find this sort of thing, for example.
Anthony Edwards and the people who follow him represent two things. First, they represent the "exterminate the brutes!" attitude a number of the old roundrobin posters expressed when that thing was still theoretically a going concern. Second, they represent fandom's eternal struggle with - and occasional capitulation to - the authoritarian mindset that drives things like fascism. It's not super-deep material or anything, but it's something Candle allows us to explore a little more than we might be able to in canon Fenspace.
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Quote:Does anybody else find it foreshadowing that one of this cabal's starters'/leaders' names is identical to the Starfleet Academy no-win scenario?Actually it's a The Usual Suspects reference. Remember Keyser Soze's agent, the guy who recruits the Suspects for the boat job?
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"