The only way left to go is forward / Discussion

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Welcome to Agent MacLeod's Coldpost Theater!

Agent MacLeod 15 Mar 2017 03:17

Spiritual rewrite of Aftermath. Post-SCP-2217 world where the Foundation is forced out of hiding and the Church of the Broken God becomes a mainstream religion. Same continuity as PoI File #2273/01. Inspired by some stories shared with me by Luther Crackenthorpe in IRC. Seed of the idea can be found here.

Not much else to say, I think.

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Re: Welcome to Agent MacLeod's Coldpost Theater!

Agent MacLeod 28 Apr 2021 16:51

When I wrote the line about Musk making a failed Mars colony I didn't think he was gonna take me up on it and try to make it happen.

Taffeta 15 Mar 2017 04:24

MacLeod I love you but for god's sakes capitalise your titles bby

Agent MacLeod 15 Mar 2017 04:25

as a devout socialist unnecessary use of capitalization is against my religion.

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(account deleted) 15 Mar 2017 17:08

Spa ché

Awesome. Always loved the idea of the Foundation's public face acting like a Starfleef-Starship Troopers hybrid. There's also the whole bridging-now-with-Carl Sagan-planet, which I quite like.

Agent MacLeod 15 Mar 2017 23:01

Ngl I've been trying to understand this comment since I saw it, and, uh… I got nothing.

Edit: Like, I understand that you like the story but wtf does

Spa ché

mean? And where are you getting a Starfleet/Mobile Infantry vibe? Also what the hell is

bridging-now-with-Carl Sagan-planet

?

TL;DR: I am dumb.

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(account deleted) 16 Mar 2017 16:17

A) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MAW2lygZC_4

In case it's still too vague, I fucking love space and I love lots of space-related shit. So I write it fancy-like to imply that. Except, maybe I wrote it too fancy-like so that you didn't understand?

B) I dunno - references to kids becoming cadets, leaving Earth in a pseudo-paramilitary outfit, etc.? It's just a personal thing.

C) I like tales that take place in the period where human civilization is transitioning to a place where interplanetary/stellar travel becomes commonplace - melding the cultures of traditional Science Fiction with those of People.

Tl;dr you're not dumb and i was unintentionally vague as shit.

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Agent MacLeod 16 Mar 2017 17:58

SPAAAACE

Luther Crackenthorpe 17 Mar 2017 21:51

I think Vacuum's comment only works if you instinctively pronounce things in Italian?

Also SPAAACE!

Agent MacLeod 20 Aug 2018 16:53

I find it odd and somewhat disappointing that my early, low-quality works overshadow later passion projects like this.

It's been a while since I published anything; site culture has moved on a bit from my veritable heyday. Would anyone even be interested in a continuation of this universe?