One Foot - Another Multiverse SI
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Ars Poetica
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No, I mean the arc's almost over.
...Well, that too, kind of, but as long as I write a new chapter every night there'll be a backlog. So... no...?
daimahou
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Just, umm, you know, try not to get banned again... Unless you want to move to another site. QQ?
Ars Poetica
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The top four results when I type in Questionable Questing into Google are:
So yeah. No. Not happening. I'm here to stay.
Unless I break the high score again, in which case you'll see me in the big arcade machine in the sky -- screaming.
daimahou
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... Doesn't Google give everyone different results (location, cookies)? It can even make a difference if you are logged in or not to gmail...
Ars Poetica
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Considering I'm not logged into gmail at the moment, these search results are telling.
I'd like to keep away from an author whose name I inadvertently might spout in moments of disgust. And if I want to read underage porn... Actually, no, I'm not finishing that sentence. Why the fuck would the top four results for QQ appeal to me? Nope. Nope-nope-nope!
Seriously, though, no QQ for me. Like, at all. I completely refuse on every level.
daimahou
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EDIT: umm Not just gmail but your whole footprint you have on the net (those that Google has) affects your search.
Okay, there is this nifty "Ignore Forum" there though...
Anyway, chapter. Does this mean that the... "Hero"... plays with the "song of the world" to get everywhere? ... Was he another guy who got a deal and with a similar soul thingie to Poe? Because this spiritual conversion seems like a thing that can go so wrong...
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Krazyfan1
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to be fair, Ack DOES write non....that...fics that are rather good...
...i didn't know about his QQ ones though
Ars Poetica
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I cleared my history, bro. This is au natural... Uh, by that I mean a euphemism for "there's no record of my search history". At least, I hope that's the case... Referring to the hero, the answer is quite simple. You see, [REDACTED].
He writes the same creepy stuff over and over again, spits in the face of the source material, and fundamentally alters all the personalities of the characters he works with in ways that make them feel like shadow puppets. It's not noticeable the first run through, but read enough of his stuff and you start to see it. And it is odorless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid, and is among the more deadlier poisons known to man.
daimahou
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You just have to skim the first few chapters of his stories and you get the niggling feeling that something is very not right there.
Ah, that explains things. Couldn't see him being [REDACTED] though, how would it be when [REDACTED] is still here? Clearly your brilliance knows no bounds. Now if he were [ERROR: FILE NOT FOUND]...
Hmmmm, Would Poe realise from the frequency of the worlds if it was a "pocket" universe or even just a simulation?
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Krazyfan1
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...didn't think "Security" was that bad...
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This.
Maybe? Different worlds and frequencies means that Poe may often be forced to compromise with his abilities. Other times, not so much.
That said, it's entirely possible for him to figure those details out if he catches the right signs. One of those signs being total power failure, which I think should be considered common sense.
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daimahou
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To be honest I read that up to Riley being in the cell, I think, and didn't continue after it.
The premise itself is good but even before Contessa it felt railroad-y, there were other problems of course but we're here for a Foot.
Just an idea, in a "pocket" universe/dimension he feels the repeating frequencies being a bit out of sync with each other but all he gets is a feeling that umm annoying background noises produce. Constantly. It would certainly play havoc with his decision making for a while.
The simulation would either be utterly indistinguishable from the true frequency that it changes nothing or he hears a constant cacophony immediately alerting him that something is up.
... I should go to sleep. Nearly 1 AM here...
Mizu
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Gonna have to disagree with you two. I quite like Ack's stories, and far as I can tell he tries to keep the characters close to canon personality unless the AU would change that. He always seems to check Worm canon for accuracy on story details, too, a thing few people do with fanfic period.
Why do you say his things are creepy, Ars? How's it spit in the face of canon?
Ars Poetica
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Ignoring his clear fixation on explicit details of underage relationships, let us consider his tendency to hand out idiot balls to people who aren't the main character. Then his flawless protagonist solves the problem with barely any effort. He sets them up to knock them down.
People are frowning? NEVER! Le'gasp! Quickly, throw HOPE into Brockton Bay! Automatically improve everything with the least amount of effort!
The Ack school of storytelling is to immediately solve all the problems. It's numb -- the equivalent of the 70's era Jackson Five cartoon, but with sixty percent more concerning creepiness.
No plot, no thought, nothing keeps me attached to the characters, and the one character that Ack fixates on the most is also the character he wanks the most -- fucking Panacea.
Don't get me wrong, she's one of my favorite characters, but he completely ruins her. Everything that makes her who she is, the good and the bad, is warped away into a twisted fascimile. Like a hollow mannequin. Honestly, it's terrifying.
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You know what's really horrifying? A literal Panacea Mannequin, with the ability to use her biokinesis on the insides of each individual habitat that composes her body.
Ack's writing can also be pretty creepy, though.
Mizu
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Hmm. Some interesting analysis, and I think the main complaints are nothing hooks you emotionally coupled with an impression the MC tend to solve issues without problems? Or only minor things not going their way?
Incidentally, how's he wank Panacea? Only thing I know of from the tales I've read are his SI, of which only two exist to my knowledge, try and help her out with solving her home life issues.
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Calling her the Greatest Healing Cape in Worm and creating the fanon idea that people all over the world pay for plane tickets to receive treatments that she gives out for free, from the goodness of her heart, is just one of the many issues. He frequently says it, too! Like blasting that bullshit repeatedly will somehow rewrite canon.
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Mizu
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Wait, that's wrong? Huh. I don't think we ever got anything to say she's the best healer, going by my memories, but neither did we ever get any other healers shown besides one guy who absorbed injuries unto himself...and I think he either regenerated them to healthy over the course of a day, or was stuck with them permanently.
Gods, that second one would suck. A healer, but anything you heal you're stuck with forever.
Ars Poetica
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Okay, so, this made me laugh.
...I feel kind of terrible.
Moving on, let's try bringing this discussion away from Ack and approach something a little more pleasant.
What's the dumbest thing that Poe has ever done? What's the smartest?
Take your time answering; it's just a question to think about until the next update.
Malbutorius
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Smartest? Can't really tell.
Dumbest? Too many to count.
Dumbest? Too many to count.
Mizu
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Um.
*thinks*
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Ninja edited in the hope no one saw that. I just posted...something I shouldn't have by accident.
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Smartest: Treating the SCP Foundation as a legitimate threat.
Dumbest: His 'plan' to defeat Father in Amestris. Stupidest thing he's ever done, especially when canon's ending made actual sense and explained why spilling the beans was a horrible idea.
A new question, given that Wrath has Noah marks does that mean Poe can use the powers of the Noah of Wrath? And does his Innocence have its own personal power?
Dumbest: His 'plan' to defeat Father in Amestris. Stupidest thing he's ever done, especially when canon's ending made actual sense and explained why spilling the beans was a horrible idea.
A new question, given that Wrath has Noah marks does that mean Poe can use the powers of the Noah of Wrath? And does his Innocence have its own personal power?
