So very tentative schedule is as follows. I'll be closing the vote tomorrow during my lunch break (around 12ish but it might move). Following that I'm going to try and get the next update out this weekend.
Also I have a Valentines day non-canon omake more or less completed that will land next week.
Omake review time. This was a fun concept piece of posting what Oswald Loomis's resume might look like. There's a bunch of little details in this that are neat and made it fun to read, even if it arguably had no narrative. I liked seeing this more experimental structure.
Known for transforming "The Uncle Oswald Show" into an international phenomenon
This is actively misleading, he didn't "transform" the show, he created it.
You kind of flip back and forth between calling Oswald's show "The Uncle Oswald Show" and "The Uncle Ozzy Show". This is a mistake I myself have made but it should just be "The Uncle Ozzy show" if we want to be fully accurate to things.
I really like this little conceit to the fact that I didn't definitively pin down a timeline for the quest. It's cool.
Transformed Lightyear Entertainment into a global leader in children's programming from a Maryland base
This is debatable and arguably downplays Oswald's achievements. It can instead be written as "Helped found and led Lightyear Entertainment into a global leader..." to make him sound more impressive and be more accurate to what Oswald did.
So I kind of want to make it clear that this is actually fine. Galaxy Communications was the company that got Oswald fired, and they would be GBS or WGBS, but they did so through spreading rumors about him after he publicly defended Lex Luthor from their smear campaign. I might be misremembering but as far as I can tell this still lands within the realm of canon.
TV Guide's "Best Children's Entertainment" (1985, 1987),
I feel like this should be "TV Guide's "Best Children's Entertainment" award (1985, 1987)" but it might not be the case if the industry doesn't label it as an award.
Ikegami EC-35 electronic cinematography system
So I don't know if the cinematography system is real, but Ikegami is a Japanese companies that makes TV cameras.
I think this is meant to be a riff on PBS or the Public Broadcasting Service (which is a noncommercial TV channel/service in the US), mixed with ABC (which is the American Broadcast Company).
"The Ten Billion Penny Woman,"
I can't tell if you're riffing on "The Six Million Dollar Man", or its spin-off "The Bionic Woman". Common sense says it's the former, but I could see someone being fond enough of the spin-off to make an equivalent counterpart.
I know that this is meant to be "Charlie's Angels" but the name makes me think of something like "Charlotte's Web" crossed with "The Screwtape Letters". I would be curious how the gender-flip works for the show.
"Starsector Convergence."
And I'm pretty sure this is a riff on Star Trek: TNG.
Authored comprehensive safety protocols for pyrotechnics and mechanical effects that were adopted network-wide after the infamous "Flaming Peacock Incident" of 1977 resulted in zero injuries despite setting three sound stages ablaze.
I actually don't know what this is referring to, if it is playing off a specific historical event but it doesn't feel like a one off noodle incident. I am curious about this though.
"The Moderation Patrol," "The C.I.A.," "All-Star Jam," "Tomorrow's Terrors," and "The Quantum Detective."
Might be because I'm tired but I don't recognize any of them, save perhaps "The C.I.A." being an attempted play on "NCIS".
and Assisted in developing new effects systems.
Why is the A in "Assisted" capitalized?
I was curious and did a basic check of the patent office, while I did have to reformulate the patent number a bit, the number corresponds to an electrical scanning apparatus patented by some guy named Stanley Taylor.
Not really relevant to the omake, just interesting.
Transformed Lightyear Entertainment into a multi-billion-dollar global media company
Again "transformed" feels like the wrong word to me. "Built" or "lead" feels better.
All in all a strong omake. I'm perfectly willing to give 500 exp and canonize the omake, however I'll do that when I'm less tired (so sometime tomorrow so I make less mistakes).
