Good Drones Obey: Communism and Kink in Post-Revolutionary America

[RiverDelta]

What a confusing person.

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Bridget or Mars?

 

[Brainarius]

Bridget or Mars?

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Mars. At first I thought she was a bad guy but she seems to be a good guy with some very weird phrasing and concepts.

 

[RiverDelta]

Despite being mildly jet-lagged, Kendra Oswald couldn't stop smiling. The domino mask she'd made out of thin strips of bondage tape stuck to her face, and her Black Cat outfit was precisely as seductive as it would have been on the fictional character—even if the illusion of the wig, mask, and furry-collared jumpsuit was broken by the fact that she was still wearing her glasses. It was unfair that contacts could just vanish, she thought. She took her rum and Coke to her lips and sipped it. "Oh, god, this is some Boylan shit," she mumbled.

Peridot, collared, was dressed as the 2010s professional wrestler AJ Lee, specifically her edgy run as a "WWE Diva". Next to her was Dakota's moody sister, Lena, who wore a black jacket over an olive collared shirt with a fake blue slushie in her hand. She had an actual revolver at her hip, and frankly Kendra had learned not to ask. "That's part of the costume, right?" she asked, looking at the gun.

"JD carries a gun in the movie and both Broadway runs," Lena said. She wasn't drinking.

"Hey, Lane?" Dakota asked, while Kendra walked up to Peridot in her chunky boots. "Hey, how come Dakota isn't dressing, like..."

"Slutty?" Peridot asked, under her breath.

"Yeah, like, I mean, it's her choice, but it's also her."

"She doesn't have to be horny all the time," Peridot said. "I think the early catalogue of Taylor Swift really spoke to her, especially her in the 'You Belong With Me' video."

"Fuego," Lottie said, waving her rune-inscribed staff in her duster.

"Hey, uh, Lottie, I'm not sure if I get your costume?" Kendra said.

"You haven't seen The Paranet Papers?" Lottie asked. "Oh, and Kendra, babe, would you mind mixing me a whiskey sour?"

Kendra got behind the bar and performed the potion-making rituals. "...I haven't, tee-bee-aitch," she said, really leaning into it.

"Well, it's this TV drama I've been watching about a community of hedge mages in Baltimore after the Revolution. There's this side character named Harriet Dresden who's sort of a wizard detective."

"Oh, I think I've heard of that one," Peridot said. "Is that the one where there's that cop who breaks the rules of the People's Militia to fight the monsters?" she asked.

"Well, there's more to the show than that," Lottie said. She turned to Lena. "Hey, who are you going as?"

"JD," Lena said. "I see you also brought a revolver," she said with some amusement.

"Harriet carries a .357. I had to stay true to the source material," Lottie said, taking the whiskey sour from Kendra. "You're good at this."

"Practice makes perfect," Kendra said.

"So, uh...nice to meet you in person," Lottie said, holding out a hand to shake. Dakota picked up on it immediately, and Lottie tried the same for Peridot. Peridot gave it sideways high-five.

Dakota nodded at Lena. "This is my sister, Lena Teague."

"Oh, congratulations on the marriage," Lottie said.

Lottie then went to shake Lena's hand, and Lena tilted her head. "Not into those?" Lottie asked.

"Not really," Lena said. "I'm not married, too, and my last name's Wedekind," she said. She gave Lottie a quick pat on the arm.

"But you're Dakota's sister?" Lottie asked.

"Dakota, our other sister, and me took on new last names. Our dad sucked, it's not a big deal. Just trying to make some distance," Lena said.

Well, that's relatable, Lottie thought to herself. "You sure you don't want a drink?"

Lena cracked a smile, but she didn't laugh.

"Here's the thing you need to learn about Kody's sister. She's basically the Punisher," Peridot said, unaware of any extra meaning her statement might have had. Dakota's eyes darted around a bit.

Lena walked to Peridot's side and put a hand on her wrist. "That isn't true," she said. The Punisher is never going to die, she thought to herself.

"Uh, sure, makes sense!" Peridot scrambled, skittering up against a wall. She bumped against an end table on the way, and wobbled before falling to the floor with the wooden table falling across her body. Coasters fell like spent rounds. "Oh, crap," Peridot said, "Mistress, can you please get an ice pack?"

Somehow, Kendra thought, watching Dakota stroke her fingers along her toy's face was so much less interesting when she was wearing a baggy t-shirt and plastic nerd glasses. "Hey, what're we all thinking for next year's costumes?" Kendra asked.

"I don't think any of us were thinking about that," Dakota drawled, getting an ice pack from the freezer and putting it on Peridot's back. Lena lifted the table back up, along with the coasters.

"She just likes Taylor Swift. It was an anchor of normality in her childhood," Lena said.

"We don't need to get too deep into it. We've all got real interesting stories," Dakota said. "Lena, I'd really rather we focused less on the past and more on the future."

Lena gave a nod. "Oh, and before anyone asks, we shouldn't invite the other sister to the next one."

Kendra looked at a very confused Dakota. "I don't think any of us were thinking that, man," Kendra said. "I don't know your sister. Maybe your sister's an asshole. Lottie's brother is an asshole. It happens."

Lottie took Kendra's wrist. "Can we please keep this light?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'd really like that too," Dakota said.

Kendra took a long sip of her drink. It was nice and sugary. "Look, my dad gave me some bad habits. It doesn't mean he's a bad guy, but some people have issues, right?"

"Kendra," Dakota said, her accent growing thicker as her voice grew lower.

Kendra got the message. "Hey, Lottie, quick question: Thoughts on hookups outside of the relationship?" Kendra asked.

"I don't think I'm good with that," Lottie said. "Is your sex drive really that high?"

Kendra took Lottie's shoulders and held them tightly. "I am a succubus, babe, my entire existence feeds off of lust and partying and shit."

Lottie's eyes widened. "Well, either you respect my boundaries or we're not an item."

"I am respecting them, I'm just gonna have to cope." Kendra gave Lottie a warm hug. "You're way worth it."

 

[Parzival]

Despite being mildly jet-lagged, Kendra Oswald couldn't stop smiling. The domino mask she'd made out of thin strips of bondage tape stuck to her face, and her Black Cat outfit was precisely as seductive as it would have been on the fictional character—even if the illusion of the wig, mask, and furry-collared jumpsuit was broken by the fact that she was still wearing her glasses. It was unfair that contacts could just vanish, she thought. She took her rum and Coke to her lips and sipped it. "Oh, god, this is some Boylan shit," she mumbled.

Peridot, collared, was dressed as the 2010s professional wrestler AJ Lee, specifically her edgy run as a "WWE Diva". Next to her was Dakota's moody sister, Lena, who wore a black jacket over an olive collared shirt with a fake blue slushie in her hand. She had an actual revolver at her hip, and frankly Kendra had learned not to ask. "That's part of the costume, right?" she asked, looking at the gun.

"JD carries a gun in the movie and both Broadway runs," Lena said. She wasn't drinking.

"Hey, Lane?" Dakota asked, while Kendra walked up to Peridot in her chunky boots. "Hey, how come Dakota isn't dressing, like..."

"Slutty?" Peridot asked, under her breath.

"Yeah, like, I mean, it's her choice, but it's also her."

"She doesn't have to be horny all the time," Peridot said. "I think the early catalogue of Taylor Swift really spoke to her, especially her in the 'You Belong With Me' video."

"Fuego," Lottie said, waving her rune-inscribed staff in her duster.

"Hey, uh, Lottie, I'm not sure if I get your costume?" Kendra said.

"You haven't seen The Paranet Papers?" Lottie asked. "Oh, and Kendra, babe, would you mind mixing me a whiskey sour?"

Kendra got behind the bar and performed the potion-making rituals. "...I haven't, tee-bee-aitch," she said, really leaning into it.

"Well, it's this TV drama I've been watching about a community of hedge mages in Baltimore after the Revolution. There's this side character named Harriet Dresden who's sort of a wizard detective."

"Oh, I think I've heard of that one," Peridot said. "Is that the one where there's that cop who breaks the rules of the People's Militia to fight the monsters?" she asked.

"Well, there's more to the show than that," Lottie said. She turned to Lena. "Hey, who are you going as?"

"JD," Lena said. "I see you also brought a revolver," she said with some amusement.

"Harriet carries a .357. I had to stay true to the source material," Lottie said, taking the whiskey sour from Kendra. "You're good at this."

"Practice makes perfect," Kendra said.

"So, uh...nice to meet you in person," Lottie said, holding out a hand to shake. Dakota picked up on it immediately, and Lottie tried the same for Peridot. Peridot gave it sideways high-five.

Dakota nodded at Lena. "This is my sister, Lena Teague."

"Oh, congratulations on the marriage," Lottie said.

Lottie then went to shake Lena's hand, and Lena tilted her head. "Not into those?" Lottie asked.

"Not really," Lena said. "I'm not married, too, and my last name's Wedekind," she said. She gave Lottie a quick pat on the arm.

"But you're Dakota's sister?" Lottie asked.

"Dakota, our other sister, and me took on new last names. Our dad sucked, it's not a big deal. Just trying to make some distance," Lena said.

Well, that's relatable, Lottie thought to herself. "You sure you don't want a drink?"

Lena cracked a smile, but she didn't laugh.

"Here's the thing you need to learn about Kody's sister. She's basically the Punisher," Peridot said, unaware of any extra meaning her statement might have had. Dakota's eyes darted around a bit.

Lena walked to Peridot's side and put a hand on her wrist. "That isn't true," she said. The Punisher is never going to die, she thought to herself.

"Uh, sure, makes sense!" Peridot scrambled, skittering up against a wall. She bumped against an end table on the way, and wobbled before falling to the floor with the wooden table falling across her body. Coasters fell like spent rounds. "Oh, crap," Peridot said, "Mistress, can you please get an ice pack?"

Somehow, Kendra thought, watching Dakota stroke her fingers along her toy's face was so much less interesting when she was wearing a baggy t-shirt and plastic nerd glasses. "Hey, what're we all thinking for next year's costumes?" Kendra asked.

"I don't think any of us were thinking about that," Dakota drawled, getting an ice pack from the freezer and putting it on Peridot's back. Lena lifted the table back up, along with the coasters.

"She just likes Taylor Swift. It was an anchor of normality in her childhood," Lena said.

"We don't need to get too deep into it. We've all got real interesting stories," Dakota said. "Lena, I'd really rather we focused less on the past and more on the future."

Lena gave a nod. "Oh, and before anyone asks, we shouldn't invite the other sister to the next one."

Kendra looked at a very confused Dakota. "I don't think any of us were thinking that, man," Kendra said. "I don't know your sister. Maybe your sister's an asshole. Lottie's brother is an asshole. It happens."

Lottie took Kendra's wrist. "Can we please keep this light?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'd really like that too," Dakota said.

Kendra took a long sip of her drink. It was nice and sugary. "Look, my dad gave me some bad habits. It doesn't mean he's a bad guy, but some people have issues, right?"

"Kendra," Dakota said, her accent growing thicker as her voice grew lower.

Kendra got the message. "Hey, Lottie, quick question: Thoughts on hookups outside of the relationship?" Kendra asked.

"I don't think I'm good with that," Lottie said. "Is your sex drive really that high?"

Kendra took Lottie's shoulders and held them tightly. "I am a succubus, babe, my entire existence feeds off of lust and partying and shit."

Lottie's eyes widened. "Well, either you respect my boundaries or we're not an item."

"I am respecting them, I'm just gonna have to cope." Kendra gave Lottie a warm hug. "You're way worth it."

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So, apparently, a Dresden Files fan-fic with a genderswapped Harry Dresden as a side character is apparently a very popular show in this universe. Why.

 

[RiverDelta]

So, apparently, a Dresden Files fan-fic with a genderswapped Harry Dresden as a side character is apparently a very popular show in this universe. Why.

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Why not?

A version of Archie Comics with cults, murder, extreme crimes, and time travel (Riverdale) is a popular (if goofy) TV show OTL. That's without the death of IP laws and the massive wave of AU-fics turned original stories that would come from it.

I guess it just doesn't seem that out-there to me?

 

[Parzival]

Why not?

A version of Archie Comics with cults, murder, extreme crimes, and time travel (Riverdale) is a popular (if goofy) TV show OTL. That's without the death of IP laws and the massive wave of AU-fics turned original stories that would come from it.

I guess it just doesn't seem that out-there to me?

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Fair enough. I'm not saying that it's out there, it's just that the thought fills me with nerd rage.

 

[Ulmicola]

Fair enough. I'm not saying that it's out there, it's just that the thought fills me with nerd rage.

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It is, at least, a step up from the movie industry of the average socialist state in real life - the mere fact that directors can inflict their awful fan fiction on the masses without having to fear the all-seeing eye of the Party. Right now, socialist America is going through a phase of teenage rebellion, since the experiment is kind of new, but a more mature version of the same polity might be able to find a middle ground between greenlighting Uwe Boll-tier insanity in the name of freedom, and cancelling nearly finished and promising movies in the name of tax cuts.

 

[Vadrigos]

Fair enough. I'm not saying that it's out there, it's just that the thought fills me with nerd rage.

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I hope there's millions of warhammer fans seething because there's a popular 40k AU where guilliman married Yvraine and the Tau are now a major power.

 

[Chloe Sullivan]

I hope there's millions of warhammer fans seething because there's a popular 40k AU where guilliman married Yvraine and the Tau are now a major power.

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Can you give a Link?

 

[Terra Allias]

I hope there's millions of warhammer fans seething because there's a popular 40k AU where guilliman married Yvraine and the Tau are now a major power.

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Isn't that almost the nobledark Imperium?

 

[Vadrigos]

Can you give a Link?

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I meant ITTL.

 

[RiverDelta]

"Monster", a Narrative Poem by Adalwolfa Bosch
Written on the Mexican Front

i made a demon of my own creation
i built my sin into a plague
i am haunted by the thing's retribution
i am haunted by this black masquerade

"How are you so brave?" Corporal Lewis asked Corporal Bosch.

"Oh, I know how I'm going to die, so I don't fear it," Adalwolfa said. They stood on base, rifles at the ready. The sun was hot. Acapulco was mostly secure. The dry wind in December chapped her lips. Her hair was greasy and unkempt. She was scared to go in the shower alone. Her own thoughts were razors.

"Does anyone know how they're gonna die?" Lewis asked, his finger stroking the trigger guard.

"I do. My niece is going to come down here, and she's going to shoot me." Adalwolfa was open about it, as it didn't matter either way. The Foxwoods Sniper always got her target, one way or another. The fact that it hadn't come sooner only implied that the Foxwoods Sniper had it down to the most trivial detail.

"Aren't you worrying about all the other people who might shoot you first?" Lewis asked.

Adalwolfa cracked open a Rip-It. "I taught her." The wind smacked against her uniform.

i sought in pride to make her strong
the lioness doesn't fear the sheep
birthright bullets sing her song
one day i know she'll sing me asleep

Adalwolfa found herself laying on her bunk. Her body, fit as it was, still ached. This Red invasion was a death sentence. The lights were off, the footlockers were closed, and she wondered why she was still alive. She had a rough face. She felt it with her hands. She thought to herself that she ought to savor what moments of life she still had. Nonetheless, the creaking beds didn't imply much to savor. Still, the monster she made was born of good intentions.

this girl that has turned into a plague
i pushed her too many times
the one that slays those who i have saved
she will kill me for my crimes

Adalwolfa dreamed of her niece, of the scared little girl running from paintballs through the forest. She dreamed she was that scared girl. She dreamt a paintball hit her in the back and killed her.

there is burning hate in her heart
i injected it like a cancer
"will she survive" was the question
i already know the answer

Adalwolfa Bosch tasted the coldness of the grave. In truth, she wasn't entirely sure that she hadn't already been killed by her niece. This Mexican heat was as hot as she imagined Hell was, after all. Nonetheless, she sipped her too-bitter coffee. She was a survivor.

broken bones and bodies sinking
she killed my best friend and his firstborn
no more power, no more thinking
her killing spree: i can only mourn

She'd asked Specialist Cortez to look up the Foxwoods Sniper on the internet. After all, there was only one person who the killings pointed to, only one person who would follow John and Mary into Hawaiian enemy territory just to make the shot on an unremarkable black-ops organizer. The attempt on Bridget, John and Mary, the Miami and Christers shot dead, it all pointed to Lena.

i cannot escape her sight
the virus has no cure
i cannot feed the monster
my death coldly secured

Another nightfall, a shower, coldly racing thoughts like slime running down her back. She clutched the divider, trying to hold onto it so as to ground herself. Her body ached and cried, her mind running wilder than the Amazon rainforest:

running hoping hiding coming it comes it comes it always comes i know you're coming i know you're here i know you're going find me i know i hurt you i know i cut you ii know i taught you i know i made you i know you are death you are death i am dead you are death death death comes for everyone and you will never stop chasing i am already dead

it's only a matter of time
i've duly accepted my fate
it's what i deserve for my crimes
it's what i deserve for my hate

dedicated to john, mary, priyanka, daisy, hank, marjorie, lauren, blake, and madison. i know i'm next

where are you?​

 

[RiverDelta]

Hey, I think we're getting to the natural end of this story after the next few updates. I have two options for readers:

Do you think we should just close it off here, or do you think we should do a timeskip far into the future and start a more properly sci-fi sequel thread, with some characters persisting and some characters not?

The sequel would hopefully be approachable for those unfamiliar with the first thread, but I get if y'all aren't really here for spacefaring sci-fi stories.

 

[Yoyomir]

im good with any

 

[pheonix89]

Hey, I think we're getting to the natural end of this story after the next few updates. I have two options for readers:

Do you think we should just close it off here, or do you think we should do a timeskip far into the future and start a more properly sci-fi sequel thread, with some characters persisting and some characters not?

The sequel would hopefully be approachable for those unfamiliar with the first thread, but I get if y'all aren't really here for spacefaring sci-fi stories.

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Whatever floats your boat.

This is good shit and I love spacefaring sci-fi culture-focused stuff.

 

[RiverDelta]

Thank you both for your feedback, and I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on whether they'd like this timeline to end soon or whether they'd like to see a sequel project in this timeline's distant science-fictional future.

 

[Terra Allias]

I'm definitely interested in a far future thing, and a world map

 

[freeaim]

Would Calliope ever get her comeuppance at least? Even if she doesn't get justice, at least have her killed by a rival Russian mercenary or something!

 

[RiverDelta]

Would Calliope ever get her comeuppance at least? Even if she doesn't get justice, at least have her killed by a rival Russian mercenary or something!

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This thread isn't quite over yet, don't worry!

 

[RiverDelta]

"Author's" Notes: Finally, a good movie from the Worldwide Republic, at long last.

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Kendra Oswald Q&A and By Faith Alone Release Thread​

Hey, everyone. This is the official HOF Q&A for the new movie By Faith Alone, with a screenplay by Power Rigby and with Lottie Cross and Aya Courtney in the leading roles. Shoot me some Q's and tell me how great you thought it was.

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Were the shots of women's feet necessary for the plot this time?

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Categorically, yes.

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How do you feel about The Anglo-American Zombie War?

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Hot dogshit.

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Were you afraid that By Faith Alone's complex themes of identity wouldn't translate well to the silver screen?

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They actually translated really well, in my opinion.

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Shut up, you proggie nerd.

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Kendra, what's it like going from making blockbusters fifteen years ago to making lesbian pornos now?

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...There aren't any sex scenes?

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I mean the kissing and heavy petting.

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That's your standard for pornography?

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Softcore pornography, sure, when there's two girls.

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War criminal Thomas Picano, please stop watching my movies.

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Can I cite that?

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Go for it.

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Kendra, you really should get Power Rigby on here. If it wrote this movie, it has real talent. This lesbian goth camp space horror jellyfish movie is brilliant. The things it says on the human condition alone are incredible.

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I just liked the robot-based fake necromancy fight scenes, and I want the Queen of Bones to step on me.

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The Queen of Bones is a childishly sadistic all-powerful techno-necromancer!

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Yeah, and I want to hit that. Kendra, do you want to hit the Queen of Bones?

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Babe, I am hitting the Queen of Bones, multiple times a week.

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Maybe more, if you'll stop asking me to watch the Stepford Wives remake.

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The Stepford Wives remake is a classic movie.

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It's not even the original Stepford Wives? Why the remake?

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It's probably because the original one has the women replaced with robots, while the 2004 remake has them turned into robots. /kfcb+1

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Kendra Oswald's poorly hidden fetishes count has now increased to 6.

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Ha ha, very funny.

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She truly is the second coming of Tarantino.

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Anyone got any more questions?

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Who did the visual effects? They looked amazing, so much better than the old CGI.

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Communal Effects, generic name, great collective.

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Are you ever going to make a movie for guys?

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Yeah, it was called Captain America: Red Skull.

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I mean, that one was for bull lesbians. Like, are you gonna make a Jack Ryan kind of thing?

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Get fucked, Tom.

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Someone please report the war criminal.

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No, seriously, you're pretty good at making movies. Weird fetish lesbian movies, sure, but if you dropped that and made a good action flick people would like it.

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I can't believe Adolf Hitler is in this movie thread.

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Hey, buddy, my best friend's first wife was Jewish.

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He's really more of a pogrom-encouraging douchebag bigot Russian Tsar. Anderson's more Hitler.

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You don't know what either of us went through.

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Don't care!

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RealTomPicano has been banned.

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Get soaked, nerd.

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[pheonix89]

Lamo at the pissing match.

The you don't know what we went through / don't care exchange was excellent.

 

[Terra Allias]

RealTomPicano has been banned.

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Maybe it's because standards have changed, but this feels more like a 10-25 point infraction and maybe a tempban at worst. But now that I typed this out he's probably a repeat offender like I was before I got a 6 month temp ban.

 

[Vinegrape]

There's something karmic about Tom being reduced to an Internet troll.

It's kind of the perfect position for a self-serving asshole who claims to believe in nothing.

...though he might have done this back during the war, too.

Also: please don't take this as a critique because this is 110% a me problem, but every time Aiah Hirsch shows up, my brain reads it as "Alex Hirsch", and I have to go over it again to remind myself this isn't a Gravity Falls fanfic.

 

[Terra Allias]

Aiah Hirsch shows up, my brain reads it as "Alex Hirsch",

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Maybe they're related.

 

[sirenensang]

Maybe it's because standards have changed, but this feels more like a 10-25 point infraction and maybe a tempban at worst. But now that I typed this out he's probably a repeat offender like I was before I got a 6 month temp ban.

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i really hope that in the near future, it is not normal to house basically Hitler on your web site and basically Hitler just gets banned for being basically Hitler instead of hemming and hawing about technicalities.