So, Detachability Awareness Day has come and gone. What to say now?

Well, I suppose I could talk about the Boston Marathon Bombing, but so many other people have and I literally have nothing of value to say on the matter. I could say I have sympathy for the victims, but I honestly feel that my sympathy means very little compared to the help that the victims out there actually need. However sympathetic I may be to their plights, one has to get real and understand that it's simply not enough to have sympathy if you can't do anything else.

So, what is there that I can discuss? Well, nothing that really comes to mind, however, I still promised an update of some kind.

Oh well. Let's have a cute video instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-W9ocJnvI

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4534055/

The link above is something that some of my watchers might be interested in. For those who couldn't care less, sorry guys. Maybe I'll find something more relevant to your interests once this blows over.

This is a chance for those of you out there who are capable artists to do an art trade with a modular theme. Go ahead and have fun with that.

The journal needs an update, so I give you a new word we may need to put in the dictionary.

Crassic (Kras-ik): n. A work of literature or other media that is so awful and horrible that it should be a subject of scholastic study in the hopes that one day, we may find a cure. ex: Fifty Shades of Gray is considered by many, especially real life BDSM life stylists, to be a literary crassic.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4381298/

Serena Kitty wants to include the first five male and female characters in a drawing that will take time to produce. Please read the link provided for further details.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4380904/

How to enter:
1. Must be a watcher
2. Post a link to the above journal
3. Use the phrase "I am pawsome!' at the end of your comment to Kittygirl101's journal.

It works to change up my journal.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4133320/

Courtesy of Kittygirl101 All you need to do is watch, post a journal and provide reference and ask for either a Christmas or New Year's theme.

First off, reload your page or hit F5. I have a new avatar.

As for MFF, well, it had a rough start relating to a mixup in hotel reservations leading to stress. Then uncoordinated scheduling because of my commmissions. But overall, I can't say I got much out of the panels, but I had fun overall. ^.^ Sorry it isn't much, but at I had a great time.

When you think about it, nearly all the conflicts between religions (Chriatianity vs. Islam vs. Judaism vs. (we can daisy chain these faiths all day, but why bother) are basically debates over which holy book is better, a more extreme form of basically two furries debating whether The Lion King or Robin Hood is the better film.

Schisms within a faith (Catholic Christians vs. Protestant Christians) are all about how a book should be interpreted, like an argument between two My Little Pony fans debating whether Appledash or Flutterdash is the more canonical ship. (for those who don't get that, preferred relationships are a common source of drama within fandoms).

Fundamentally, religious fundamentalism is a more extreme form of Nerd Rage.

Granted, Nerd Rage usually results in trolling rather than killing "infidels" and "heretics." But when you get right down to the basics, it seems to make sense in that sense. In as much as drama ever makes sense.

https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3842046/

Here is an artist offerring free commissions. Feel free to jump onto this one.

I have just set up the laptop immediately after returning home from a long trip to Illinois. What was I doing outside of Wisconsin and in Illinois? Well, I was at the convention known as Midwestria. It's my first My Little Pony convention.

Yes. I am a brony. I do not deny it. I simply enjoy the show and some of the fan-made media. If you think that is a bad thing, turn away now. The rest of this journal will not appeal to you at all. If you are neutral about My Little Pony, well, I'm sorry to say that not much of this will be relevant to your interests. If you too are a Brony or a Pegasister, you might like to hear from a like-minded fellow.

To be honest, I spent most of my time at the con going after commissions (which I intend to post later). As such, yes, it was costly, but I enjoy seeing the artistic talent of people far better than me. As such, I have not attended very many panels. So I will summarize what panels I have attended. They were all hosted by my brother due to the fact that it wasn't until you got the con book that you had any clue what half of the panels, listed only by name on the schedule on the site, were actually about.

Grimdark -- How Grim, How Dark?: Nearly every brony and pegasister has heard about such gorefest fanfics as Cupcakes (which my brother thought to be a brilliant parody of Hostel), Rainbow Factory and Sweet Apple Massacre. Some were even massively (and understandably) disturbed by the Cupcakes parody Pattycakes. If you never heard of these, count yourself lucky. However, this panel was about how to make good grimdark fics. At the heart of grimdark as a genre, the objective here is to have the vilest acts performed by a sympathetic character, either before, during or after, to horrifying and emotionally stimulating effect. The host has also stated a personal preference for the more psychological forms of grimdark and cites the episode Lesson Zero as a canon example of grimdark, happy ending aside. Much of this panel was taken up by discussing some fairly good examples in fan fiction, such as Immortal Games (formerly Ponies Make War). The panel also sought to explain why it is so popular with MLP fans. Well, for a lot of fans, Equestria seems just a bit too perfect a place, so it naturally sets the gears for some folks to think, "there must be something horribly wrong!"

Finding the Fun Bits: How do you find those three frames of animation, in all 52 episodes, that justify your novel length fan fiction? Well, okay, this panel was a lot less educational and more about just talking about those things in the show that help bronies and pegasisters get ideas for fan fictions. Have you noticed that in Green Isn't Your Color. Photo Finish seems to have a great attraction to Fluttershy when she was most visibly uncomfortable and gotten story ideas from that? For that matter, have you ever looked at Pinkie Pie's inconsistent references to her history and tried to make it all make sense? And what about that smack sound when Rainbow Dash was picking up Fluttershy and the latter's nose was passing the former's lips in the second part of A Canterlot Wedding? Well, if you have, you have just developed bits of your own "head canon" (which most folks just call fanon). That's pretty much the idea of that panel.

Clippety Clop: You know what the problem is with porn? Most of its suckage is quality related rather than of the type you expect in porn. Yeah, that was a bad joke, but this panel, covering the subject of MLP Rule 34 stories, called "clop fics" for some strange reason, was about trying to make your pony porn well written. Basically, use common sense. If you want to write anal sex, pay attention and think about lubrication, because going from zero to balls deep, especially with a horse piece, could very well warrant a trip to the hospital. Also, rape is NOT how you say "Hello." If you want to use rape in your stories, then it should either be in the blackest of black comedy and played for laughs, or treated as the actual genuine trauma for what it is and NOT as just some simple occurance worth only one scene of crying to the love interest. And finally, keep the acts and kinks logical in some way. Want Japanese Rope Bondage? You'll probably need a telekinetic unicorn to do that. Perhaps one with such a talent being the basis of their cutie mark. Yes. This idea did come up. Then that unicorn was given a brother. And somebody started up a parody of the song from Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 3000 before the audience and host was laughing. The panel was running very late too, so everyone was a little silly. Also, as far as shipping goes, make certain that the relationship works out as it would in character. The relationship between an older married couple like the Cakes would be different, more like your parents, than the kind of sexual relationships that could occur between, say, Pinkie Pie and Applejack.

MLP Toon: Not a panel, but a game that was run by someone who was not my brother. Toon is a game that, as the title says, is meant to hearken back to the old Warner Bros. and MGM cartoon classics. And it's actually a fun, simple game too. This was also the first time I played a tabletop game at a convention.

I was playing as Rainbow Dash. Other characters, as chosen by the players, included Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Fluttershy, Scootaloo and Derpy Hooves. Someone WAS going to play as Pinkie Pie, but then the player was called to help in moving out of her hotel room.

The story began when, during a normal day in Ponyville, Fluttershy ran to Twilight's house, frightened by some noises from the Everfree Forest (where she seems to live next to). Twilight got the rest of the team above together. Dashie was trying to teach Scootaloo to fly. Derpy sent a letter and decided to help out. Apple Bloom followed Applejack. Rarity and Pinkie Pie were apparently busy.

First, we tried to go to Zecora's house, because we thought she might know what was going on. It was foggy, and try as I might to clear the fog, it was a no go because the Everfree Forest largely follows real world logic rather than the logic of the rest of Equestria. Mythic monsters aside. After basically daisy chaining ourselves to each other, we find Zecora's house. Knock and no answer. Everypony peered inside, and there seemed to be nothing. Everypony was wanting to break and enter then. Twilight Sparkle tried teleporting. She would up inside the chimney. Derpy tried tpo help Twilight out. Took the chimney with Twilight and her grip slipped. Scootaloo got stuck in a window. Rainbow Dash tried to catch Twilight. Was flattened under the chimney and twilight, though the im pact did break the chimney, freeing Twilight. Scootaloo got out of the window and was all like. "Hey, Rainbow Dash! Did you see that? Uh, why weren't you paying attention?" After a bit more messing around, a roar was heard. Twilight, because she is so well read, was able to identify the roar as a wyvern (a two legged dragon).

We all investigated the roar and found a young wyvern with an injured wing. Applebloom tried to do something to impress her sister Applejack as Applejack tried to lasso the wyvern. They both got tangled up like a ball of yarn. Twilight tried to splint the wyvern's wing, but it wasn't working. Rainbow Dash tries to take the wyvern on, and manages to buck it in the jaw and dodge the retaliatory attack (I was not expecting to come out so lucky as the idea was to get Fluttershy to use her stare on the wyvern by getting Dashie endangered in the most in character way possible.) Applejack manages to lasso the wyvern successfully after getting untangled. Twilight assisted by spinning Applejack arpound the wyvern while trying to manipulate the rope. Fluttershy finally stared the wyvern down so we can all help it in peace. We then took it back to its home and parents and went back to Ponyville. The End. We all had a blast and many laughs.

Beating Sturgeon's Law: The last panel. My brother basically gave general advice on how not to suck as a fan fiction writer. Stay in character. Use internal consistency. Respect the language you are writing in. Fairly stock stuff, really.

Overall, I had a blast at the convention. I really did. Commissions and the Toon game were the biggest highlights for me.

Tonight, i will be going to Midwestria and back on Sunday night. It's an MLP convention, and the first one I have ever been to, unsurprisingly given how recent the latest series is.

I will attempt a con report when I am back, possibly with some art commissions to post here. I hope to have fun.

I regularly talk with Aria and here I was sharing some cute pics. I eventually showed a recent fave of mine and that got the ball rolling.

ben_ruffles: Another bit, this one by Kacey (who has such a knack for taking something everyone else just turns into porn, and making it instead something cute and in this case funny}: https://d.facdn.net/art/kacey/13457.....snt_right_.jpg
Aria Rinnin: Ahah!
ben_ruffles: And I can so see this happening if one of my characters decides to try this sort of thing.
Aria Rinnin: "Let me consult the book, this isn't right."
Aria Rinnin: Why can I see Sepp nad Kato? *laughs*
ben_ruffles: I can see Sepp wondering how this is supposed to be pleasurable.

Sepp is an old character of mine and Kato is from an old friend. The two characters became mates, and yes thewy are both dudes. Nothing wrong with love between men. What could possibly be more manly? As for the fantasies in question, Kato and Sepp often loved to imagine each other in various outfits. Sepp's fantasy revolved around Film Noir and Las Vegas stereotypes (he was a gambler) while Kato has various fantasies revolving around Sepp in various jewel-laden outfits. And that was probably more information than you care for.

Aria Rinnin: *laughs*
ben_ruffles: Though actually, a lot od BDSM aesthetic does have a historical basis in the LGBT community. The aesthetic, not the fetishes themselves.
Aria Rinnin: Really?
ben_ruffles: In particular, leather's massive role came from gay biker dudes.
Aria Rinnin: Understandable

Admittedly, I was referencing some information from years ago on wikipedia that may have changes over time. Past this point, it was only the haziest of memories which devolved into me being silly.

ben_ruffles: Furthermore, the scene aesthetic... it's a bit of a chicken-or-egg question I think.
Aria Rinnin: Probably
ben_ruffles: Yeah. Some sources say BDSM got its club scene from the places "where everybody knows your flame", while some sources say the other way.
Aria Rinnin: It makes sense.
ben_ruffles: Yeah. It wasn't like there was only one LGBT period and one BDSM period.
Aria Rinnin: They both kind of evolved at the same time, I take it?
ben_ruffles: Well, I have no authoratative resources to give me any good answers. Though my best guess is that people were digging the same sex long before the invention of "things to tie people up with."
Aria Rinnin: Lol
ben_ruffles: Well, only a guess. Though I suppose ancient species of fish may have found "seaweed"
Aria Rinnin: hehehe
ben_ruffles: Or they could have had twin origins when one microbe said to the another "hey sweet cheeks, how about I bind you with these secretions and we have some wild fun!" Thus the very first sexless on sexless BDSM. But that's just getting silly now.

I found a graphic novel today at a Half Price Books store and at first, I was uncertain if I should pick it up. I finally decided once I saw the $3.99 price tag and in a way, I think it was worth the money. After all, I like foxes. Rabbits are also pretty cool. And the description inside the front cover suggested that it was an allegory to transsexualism, and I have to admit that I need to do a little more to understand that sort of thing just to better myself as a human being.

So, I purchased the graphic novel and I decided that after reading it, I should write my opinion down while it is still fresh on my mind. The story takes about 102 pages, making it fairly short, and there is no dialogue (or any text in the narrative itself), making it a breeze to read through. However, because of it's brevity and speed of reading, I found myself reading quite a few pages again just to make sense of what's going on. There's more to it than a story about an allegorical transsexual. According to Wikipedia, the story also evokes the genocide in Rwanda and Nazi Germany. Due to the brevity of the book, however, this doesn't seem to get much exploration. Really, very little is actually explored but rather is just presented. This becomes a case where I wanted some more to the story.

However, given what is there, I'll make a summary and explain my view on all three of the chapters.

Chapter 1: Fox

We open up on a young, unnamed fox. For the sake of differentiating him, I'll give him an everyman name like Todd. Todd goes to get some rabbit meat for his family, a prospect that, along the way, seems to make him uncomfortable. After all, fox society has a lot of images glorifying violence against rabbits, who are really just as sapient as the foxes. He goes on to the store and gets some meat which he pays for and puts into a bag he is very defensive of, a little secret of his.

As he goes on home, Todd comes across some other foxes and follows them on his bicycle until they stop at a movie theater. The foxes show a poster showing a Frazetta-esque (well, thematically speaking) image of a big strong fox atop a mountain of rabbit corpses wrestling off two other rabbits as a vixen in a bikini-like garment clings to his leg. Todd declines on seeing the movie and explains while one of the foxes makes the bunny ears gesture, suggesting perhaps that Todd is not a real fox.

I'm going to interrupt this summary to interpret this with what I thought was going on. Basically, the image is a racist one in this universe, so it would seem that the foxes are suggesting that Todd, being the “white” man (all foxes are shown to be black) who is uncomfortable with oppressing the minority (All rabbits are shown to be white), is somehow not a true “white” man according to the racist “white” men. Another interpretation, playing on gender issues, could be applied to the deliberate “manliness” of the poster. Basically, the foxes might interpret that Todd is not a “real” man because he is uncomfortable with the manliness depicted. The latter interpretation seems to make more sense given what we see later. Now back to the summary.

Not liking the insinuation that he's not a real fox, Todd pushes at the fox making the gesture and it turns into a fight, including his bag being thrown around in an impromptu game of Keep Away. He manages to get his bag back and goes on home, understandably upset.

When Todd gets home, he hides his bag in the bushes and gives the meat to his mom before playing a video game with his brother, some kind of “fox hunting rabbit” kind of game. His little brother plays as a fox and wins. Todd either plays as a fox and fails or he played as a rabbit, gets a power up carrot, and beats the fox. Either way, the kid finds it funny enough to mock Todd when dinner is ready. Especially at the dinner table.

A little family drama occurs and when dinner is finished, Todd cleans his dishes and goes upstairs, getting his bag through the window by the stairs, his little secret, along the way. While cleaning the rest of the family's dishes, Todd's mother gets a phone call from a vixen who looks like the cashier from the store. The cashier tells the mother something that upsets Todd's mother enough that she needs to verify it. And sure enough, she checks in and sees...

Todd. Wearing a bunny suit. Hopping up and down like a bunny in front of a mirror. And there's an “Oh Crap” expression on his face when he finds out his mom is peeking at him with either surprise or a face palm.

This struck me as similar to a comic I once saw on Fur Affinity in which a vixen was checking on her son who was supposed to be getting up for school, only to find him teary-eyed as he wore a dress. Now, in this comic on Furaffinity, the mother is very understanding and goes so far as to offer a day of shopping for clothes, referring to him by a feminine name, and other girly things to try and help him feel better. The story was more complex than that, but if you want to follow that story, page one is here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2219574/

Now, I know that the whole “parent comes across their child cross dressing” is very stereotypical with transgendered people. How often this stereotype actually happens is not a matter for me to comment upon. Actual transsexuals reading this review are, however, free to comment on their own experiences if they want to. No pressure. I just feel that such a statement is better made by someone more qualified. However, this is what cemented, in my mind, that this was going to be an allegory for transsexualism. So, let's see how this is handled in the second chapter.

Chapter 2: Bunny

Open up to a trash can with the bunny suit in it and Todd's family going on a camping trip. This camping trip is going to involve hunting with a really strange device: a gun that fires bear traps on lines that you reel in as if you were fishing. I am not making this up. And I shall move on. Basically, we start with Todd learning how to use these jaws of death on wooden rabbit dummies. From there, the campers go into rabbit territory and go hunting. And by hunting, I mean a full scale slaughter that makes up the wet dreams of Nazis everywhere.

Now, why camping? From a transgender issues standpoint, I think this is because once a boy has decided he would rather be a girl, one likely reaction is to try and convince said boy that he's fine as a guy by trying to take him out to do something manly, like roughing it in the woods or going out to hunt. I must also admit that this chapter was pretty scary. It was supposed to be, however, so it accomplishes that goal. And it goes downhill from there, of course.

Todd eventually flees the massacre/”hunting trip” and finds his way to a rabbit church, where we discover that rabbits are suffering an d hoping in the end for some divine retribution on their oppressors. So basically, bunnies follow the Old Testament of the Bible. Todd falls asleep in a pew and, after a dream about bunnies lifting him up and turning him into a bunny, wakes up the next morning to witness a congregation of bunnies sharing Communion Carrots. Todd accidentally makes his presence known and scares the bunnies. All of them save for the minister. The minister offers a carrot and Todd happily partakes of it. The minster then does some hopping and Todd answers in kind. So far so good.

This gives us an interesting look into the bunny culture. This is also all the examination you will get into the whole bunny genocide issue. Now, maybe I'm a cynic, but it seems a bit moronic to have the minister being so accepting at this point. I would imagine that being so accepting of someone who comes from a society that actively tries to kill you would indicate being too dumb to live. But then again, with a phrase like “dumb bunny” in our jargon, we probably do not know rabbits for their intelligence.

However, of greater interest here is Todd's dream. There, it becomes clear that Todd's dream is to actually be a bunny. This actually seems similar to what seems to be the definition of transsexualism; the desire to have a body that matches the person's psychological gender. And yes, I know I am not factoring in those folks for whom transgender is just an erotic dream, but the issue here is not a fetish for magical sex changes, but a very real psychological situation that affects many very real people with a very real case of dissatisfaction with their gender and a preference towards being another.

Sadly, these good times are ruined when the campers find Todd, and he must turn and kill, and eat, the minister and other rabbits. End of Chapter two.

Chapter 3: Funny. Comedy Not Included.

Years later, Todd is an accomplished hunter and butcher, and he hates it. He tries to go to bed, but a bunny, or a fox in a bunny suit, draws him out of his house and leads him on a chase, occasionally punctuated by a symbol that looks like a fox head with one long ear. The bunny leads Todd off a cliff, into a river where he then finds a society where foxes and bunnies get along.

To look at this new society in a racial metaphor would be the easiest approach. The first two chapters represents a society that is, frankly, backwater and not the kind of place we would want to go to. The third chapter introduces this Shangri La of an integrated society where it doesn't matter what your race is. Foxes and rabbits get along here and while there are images of violence between the two, they are relegated to fantasy. Todd sees this “funny” society, and it is so great, yet unlike what he is used to that he apparently has a heart attack where he is taken to a hospital. After they get the vital stats on him and he munches on a carrot, Todd is then sent to one of those places where new medical procedures are done before an audience. What is this medical procedure?

Well, sudden transition. Todd gets scared and has to be forced down on the medical slab. I would think, were this a metaphor for Transgender issues, that there would be more time spent on the therapy and overall transition from male to female, or fox to rabbit in this case. But no, Todd gets his transition forced upon him, which strikes me as having a rather unfortunate implication with the idea seemingly present that doctors not only know if you're a transsexual without much indication, but also that if you change your mind, too damn bad! You're going through the whole thing whether you want it anymore or not! The transition itself is represented over a very trippy seven pages before the bandages have to be removed and Todd finds himself quite pleased that he is now a bunny. And the audience applauds. End of story.

So, nothing about how Todd adjusts to his species change past that point? He's become an accomplished hunter and butcher. Even if you hate doing that, old habits and values die hard. But no exploration into that. It's just the end.

Well, to steal a line from Linkara....

THIS COMIC....

Actually, this comic doesn't quite suck. It is an interesting piece, but it's also one that will take more than one read to truly grasp. If you want a copy, check out the link below. It's actually pretty worthwhile to check out despite all the things I brought up.

http://www.amazon.com/Fox-Bunny-Fun...../dp/189183097X

For the last part of the Buster Blitz Journal series, look at this link: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2065589/

Game Info

Street Blitz
(Arcade 1995, Sega Saturn 1995, Playstation 1996)

The Buster Blitz team decided to try something different with their next foray into the Buster Blitz franchise, as much of their staff has been replaced with the goal of revitalizing the franchise. Sadly, this attempt at revitalization was poorly received for a good reason.

The game would have been a standard fighting game, a 3d take on the team mechanics of the popular King of Fighters franchise, but the controls often lagged and the character designs lacked appeal for most folks, being blockier than the original Virtua Fighter in an age where Tekken proved you can do 3d smoothly. The storyline also did not help, as it put an end to any humor from the series in favor of something darker and edgier.

After the apparent death of Doctor Muton, humanity rose up and began to kill off any mutants they could get their hands on. (How, if they were powerless before?) Any surviving mutants, including the Busters, were forced underground in order to survive. (That's how grateful humanity is? That they'd be willing to kill their saviors? What is this, the Marvel Universe?) One man had the idea of a way to bring out the hiding mutants for extermination: By holding a tournament. (How does that make sense?) Eight “gangs” (just to be edgy) fell for this ploy and are now forced to fight to the death. (Well, they're already ripping poorly off of Virtua Fighter and King of Fighters, so why not do a poor rip off of Mortal Kombat while we're at it.)

Street Blitz even phoned in the finishing moves, even though one could perform one at the end of the round, making them three times more common than any previously released fighting game that boasted them. They were all completely unoriginal, and suffered from a lot of cutting and pasting, with 24 characters sharing from a pool of about 10 fatalities total. Japanese releases dummied out that feature as it was not as fashionable in that country.

Overall, Street Blitz was an under-performer and the black sheep of the Buster Blitz Franchise. It was also perceived as it's death for a long time.

Fandom History

America Buys The Busters

Following the disaster known as Street Blitz, it was acknowledged by the Buster Blitz team that the franchise has run out of life. The team has disbanded to work on other projects, but the head of the team, Toshiro Sato, still held the legal rights to the franchise, only to have forgotten about it until 2008 when his lawyer received a phone call from an American game developer who was looking to do a reboot of the franchise. Mr. Sato was informed and sold the rights in exchange for a fair chunk of money and a role as a consultant in the game's reboot. This lead to the creation of the game known as Buster Blitz 2011.

Game Info 2

Buster Blitz
(Also known informally as “Buster Blitz 2011.” Playstation 3 2011, Xbox 360 2011, Nintendo Wii 2011).

Heralded as a true return to form, this game was a reboot of the Buster Blitz franchise after 15 years of not seeing any use. This was an American production, with the Japanese creators serving as consultant executives. The story was an expanded reproduction of the first game, with extended backstory following Professor Gene and Doctor Muton, with occasional levels where the perspective would flip and players took control of villains instead of the heroes.

The game itself maintained the humor that got the original game its fans and even went for a feel not unlike a cartoon in terms of what kinds of gags they would throw in, which had a tendency to get rather jarring now and then when combined with realistic graphics. They did not actively exploit toon physics, but there was plenty of fun had with the fourth wall during cut scenes and especially during gameplay tutorials.

As far as gameplay was concerned, it was a one player affair where a second or third player could join in at any time by plugging in a controller and pressing start. Players could swap around characters during the game in a manner not unlike the Lego Star Wars games. Having all three players present also made Pack Attacks (from the second game) possible with any two characters although many critics have decried the game's controls as being a bit on the shallow side, but just as many critics have mentioned this as a good thing in a game where you want to shut off your brain and mash buttons.

Whether or not the Buster Blitz series will continue from this game or not is still up in the air, but the title itself does include unlockable ports of the first three arcade games as bonuses for beating the game once, twice, and three times respectively. Though Street Blitz has been deliberately left out at the insistence of the game's developers.

I have a couple of friends who are doing commissions and in need of money for various reasons. I figured maybe a journal for them would be a good thing.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3181000/ ZarelTheWindDragon's problem is in the link. He's opening commissions to fix said problem.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3099336/ Devilduk's water is out due to financial troubles. His electric is also at stake. Here's his commission prices.

I hope this helps them to get customers.

I went and stole this from Lucian Summers/Zarelthewinddragon.

Twilight Sparkle:
[x] You have a huge collection of books. [Especially role playing games]
[] You value your alone time.
[x] You have trouble making friends. [The hard part is more with people I can't help but find that rub me the wrong way, so I will have to say to some extent that I am at some fault here for being so hard to get along with.]
[x] You are very intelligent. [This is a catch 22. If I say yes, I sound like a jerk. If I say no, then I turn down something I have heard from some of my friends... Ah the heck with it. I'll say yes.]
[] You write letters regularly.
[] You find a lesson in everything.
[x] You have trouble doing things “the old-fashioned way.”
[] You’ve recently moved to a new town.
[x] You’re rather sarcastic.
[] You’re often accused of being a know-it-all.
Total: 5

Pinkie Pie:
[] You’re the black sheep of the family.
[] You’re majorly hyper.
[] You love to siiiing!
[] You’re known for throwing great parties!
[x] You’re great at baking. [With the right instructions...]
[x] People sometimes don’t get your jokes. [Major offender here.]
[] You’re a prankster troll.
[x] You’re a super-intense personality. [Though not in such a fun way as Pinkie Pie.]
[] You have strange pets.
[x] You are known to go to extremes. [In terms of opinions, yes. Hint: You do not want me to discuss politics with you.]
Total: 4

Applejack:
[x] You’re very stubborn.
[] You find great joy in working.
[] You prefer the country to the city.
[] You speak with an accent.
[x] You HATE cheating.
[] You have freckles.
[x] You prefer casual wear rather than formal things.
[] You wear your hair in a ponytail(s).
[] You have a large family.
[] You have trouble lying.
Total: 3

Rainbow Dash:
[x] You love winning.
[] You like sports.
[] You have a funky haircolor.
[] You have fangirl tendencies.
[] You have no problem speaking your mind.
[] You will give up anything for your friends.
[x] You like being recognized for good things.
[x] You have no problem defying traditional gender-roles.
[] You act now, think later.
[] You’re very brave.
Total: 3

Rarity:
[] You love being the center of attention.
[] You have a cat.
[] You sew well.
[] It’s well-known that you’re somewhat vain.
[] You love the excitement of the city!
[] You will overwork yourself to do something nice for your friends.
[] You wear makeup.
[/] You’re prone to whining. [Well, prone to feeling like I'm whining whenever I tallk about my problems with people.]
[] You have original taste in fashion.
[] You enjoy bonding with your besties
Total: 0.5 [/ = half point]

Fluttershy:
[] You HATE being the center of attention.
[x] You struggle with sharing your mind.
[/] You love animals and help them however you can. [Well, the first part. I would have no idea how to actually help the animal.]
[] You’re graceful.
[] You’re very quiet or soft-spoken.
[] You have a secret mean-streak.
[] You’ve been told you could model.
[/] You’re the eldest of your friends. [Well, older than a lot of them, so I've been told.]
[] You like wearing your hair loose and long.
[] You’re very nurturing
Total: 2 [/ = half point]

So I'm basically Twilight Sparkle, followed closely by Pinkie Pie, and then a tie between Applejack and Rainbow Dash, followed by Fluttershy, and I am the least like Rarity.

I had a twisted, creepy, sad little thought this morning, if you care to read about it. I know it's kinda random.

Okay. First, a little bit of background so this makes sense. Under "Uncanny Valley", in which something that seems human bit clearly isn't tends to come across as creepy, there's a little bit of discussion about how some types of sex dolls (such as real dolls) seem like horribly unnatural corpses. Even the mention of how a house full of them can seem like the slaughterhouse of a very clean serial killer. Having read about that, and basing a bit off how the Uncanny Valley is typically a concept relating to robots (If a robot seems too human without quite matching humans perfectly, he might seem rather creepy), i had an odd thought for another gynoid, a rather tragic one.

"The Pale Vixen", created by an artist who wanted to demonstrate just how creepy a living sex doll can be by exaggerating the characteristics. As the name implies, she is pale and corpse-like, with the smallest waist possible to support some unnaturally large breasts, hips and buttocks. Her movement was programmed to be jerky and disconcerting, and her voice made to have a hauntingly hollow ring to it. Her eyes are very still and lifeless. Oh, and she's fully functional and aside from the creepy proportions, anatomically correct. And sadly, this has pretty much given the poor girl a bit of a complex. She knows that while made an exaggeration of conventions of beauty, that this makes her hideous, and she can't help but think that the people who find her sexy must have something wrong with them. And of course, it's not like anyone will love her for who she really is, beyond just an artistic confrontation against some of the things that are wrong with the sex/porn industry.

She would love to have a body that looks, moves, and sounds much more natural. If she can find someone to make a much more natural seeming alternate body, she might fall in love with that person.

I found this on the page of one of the ladies I watch. I don't normally do memes, but I needed to do an update for a while. So here's...

♥To every guy that said, "Sex can wait"

♥To every guy that said, "You're beautiful"

♥To every guy that was never too busy to drive across town to see her

♥To every guy that gives her flowers and a card when she is sick or down.

♥To every guy who has given her flowers just because that's how he rolls

♥To every guy that said he would die for her.

♥To every guy that really would.

♥To every guy that did what she wanted to die for.

♥To every guy that cried in front of her...

♥To every guy that she cried in front of...

♥To every guy that holds hands with her.

♥To every guy that kisses her with meaning..

♥To every guy that hugs her when she's sad.

♥To every guy that hugs her for no reason at all.

♥To every guy who would give their jacket up for her.

♥To every guy that calls to make sure she got home safe.

♥To every guy that would sit and wait for her for hours just to see her for ten minutes

♥To every guy that would give his seat up...

♥To every guy that just wants to cuddle.

♥To every guy that reassured her that she was beautiful no matter what.

♥To every guy who told his secrets to her.

♥To every guy that showed how much he cared through every word and every breath.

♥To every guy that thought maybe this could be the one.

♥To every guy that believed in her dreams.

♥To every guy that would have done anything so she could achieve them

♥To every guy that never laughed at her when she told him her dreams.

♥To every guy that walked her to her car and opened the door

♥To every guy that gave his heart.

♥To every guy who prays that she is happy even if you are not with her.

Not many girls appreciate nice guys anymore...
And because of this, there are not many left out there...

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2174087/

A friend of mine is trying to get story commissions so that he can pay for a college class he is looking forward to (that has finally become available).

I would have commissioned one myself, but I do not yet have a Paypal account, and that is the only way he can take the money, preferably paid as soon as possible given the emergency nature of these commissions.

You also get s free illustration for every 2,000 words!

He'll write just about anything as long as you are old enough for it!

Godspeed, Fern. Godspeed.

For the last part of my continuing series on the game franchise that never was, Buster Blitz, here is a link: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2003542/

Game Info

Buster Blitz III
(Arcade: 1992, Sega Genesis: 1994, Super NES/Famicom: 1994)

In another couple of years, The Buster Blitz team made a third game for the series. This one was not ported for the NES/Famicom for some reason. This time, following almost directly where the second game left off, Doctor Muton has created an army of creatures called Chimera (mutants that combined features from more than one animal) to seize many parts of the world.

The plot was actually a video game adaptation of the Japanese television series following the second game, but with an odd little gameplay gimmick: A one player game only had the player facing four levels before the final one. A two player game gave the players eight levels, and a three player game gave everyone 12 levels before the final thirteenth. This was explained as the other levels being taken on by non-present characters. The final level would have the unplayed characters appearing and controlled by the computer, though they seemed to have AIs that were lacking and were quickly dispatched. The gimmick was also quickly overriden by another player joining in, leading to shorter multiplayer games. A re-release took the approach of only allowing players to join in before the first level was played, much to the dismay of many arcade-goers.

The console versions just let you play the whole game regardless of how many players there were, and the SNES version was finally able to incorporate both Ricky and Viki, retooling Ricky to be a mostly-balanced character favoring speed and Daniel to be mostly-balanced but favoring strength. This version also supported Four-player gameplay with the aid of a special plug-in from Nintendo itself.

Fandom History

Reaching Out to American Fans

In America, a small group of fans and comic book artists in 1992 were given permission from the developers to begin work on an American comic book based on the Buster Blitz video games. This series has not gained much popularity due claims that it was just a knock off of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Schedule slipping didn't help matter either, however the series did have a run of three years, with an average of one issue every month. The run was eventually canceled after the group went bankrupt.

Another attempt to reach American fans was a chance taking in the Role Playing Game industry. A small company called Grey Coyote Game Arts wrote in for permission, in an attempt to follow a similar attempt from another game company to create a role playing game based on a video game. They received permission, but it quickly became a cast of GCGA not caring so much on getting facts right, and making up a lot of stuff despite being given plenty of material to work with. And also, the editing was terrible, including the exclusion of whole sections of the rules. GCGA eventually made an errata and sold it as a sourcebook, citing it as being supposedly cheaper than a revised edition of the game. This also fell flat in America. But in Japan, they translated the game, with errata incorporated, and it was pretty popular for a few years, complete with a few supplements written only in Japan, while the American version never got any support beyond the errata and one book of five adventures.

For the next part of this series, look here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3436654/

One way a show will be brought back is by twisting things around to be darker, edgier, and more depressing. Sometimes, this works (As is the general fan opinion of Battlestar Galactica) but most of the time, it tends to fall flat. (The first live-action Casper movie....)

However, as aiming for the grim and gritty has become a dead horse that writers just can't stop beating. And so, here we have a game for you guys.

I'll start with a facetious idea of a gritty reboot. Somebody presents an answer, and they must wait to have their correct answer confirmed. Then, they may place up an idea for a gritty reboot of a series on their own. There are a few restrictions on what you can reboot, however.

1: It has to be something you can relate to the furry fandom (the means it must have animal characters that demonstrate some human qualities). After all, you are on a furry site.

2: You can't just say something to the effect of "I put X on the project" with X being somebody known to make darker and edgier shows (good or bad). That's just lazy. Now, if you want to put Joss Whedon on the project, you can get around this by placing your thoughts on how Joss Whedon would change things. The idea is to think on things."

3: Make a pitch, but don't use the title. Describe your reboot and present it like a combination of trailer and synopsis. Be vague enough that you don't just give the answer away, but be specific enough that clues exist as to what your show is.

4: Don't worry about plausibility. While it is true that there will never be a Road Rovers reboot where the dogs are all gun-toting psychopaths with a tendency to drop cluster F-bombs more often than the Angry Video Game Nerd, that shouldn't limit your vision,

5: YOUR ideas, please. "The monsters are real" has already been done a few times for Scooby Doo. Repeating somebody else's ideas is just plain lazy.

And here's how the game itself is played:

1: I set up the first reboot and wait for a reply. The reply must contain a guess as to what I am pitching a reboot for.

2: I will confirm whether the answer is correct or not. If the answer is correct, the answerer (is that the right word?) may then pitch their idea for a gritty reboot (as a comment) and wait for somebody else to answer.

3: Whoever answers correctly (according to the pitcher) mat then pitch their own gritty reboot. Lather, rinse, repeat.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

And now, for the first reboot.

"Taking visual inspiration from a famous 1988 Robert Zimeckis-directed film, but transplanted in the 21st century, this series starts off when a bobcat and his friends all have their jobs replaced by flash programs and cocksure web animators. When the now jobless bobcat winds up an accidental hero, he finds himself put through police training and joins the Hollywood Police Department.

:But now, he must question if what he's doing is right as he takes on old friends who, out of desperation, have had to turn to crime to make ends meet. Cases will vary throughout the series, and themes will include civil rights, corruption both within and outside the police line of duty, and the effects of human apathy on society..."

To see the first/previous entry along this line, read this: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/989762/

Well, it's been over a year, during which time I lost track of where on my computer the file for this little Infaux collection was. Comments below are intended as a suggestion box.

Anyways, here is part 2 of the Buster Blitz series false information.

Game Info

Buster Blitz II: Muton's Menace
(Arcade: 1990, NES/Famicom: 1991, Sega Genesis: 1993, Super NES/Famicom: 1993)

Muton's Menace marked the return of the Busters approximately two years later when Professor Gene's daughter is now a high school senior. With Daniel, Toby, and Viki now serving as body guards, the game begins when Dr. Muton, operating from his prison, has his mutants crash in and abduct the girl again, leading our mutant canine heroes in a ballroom blitz! Amidst the chaos, Alice was abducted again and they had to fight through eight stages to get her back.

Pretty much more of the same, except that “Pack attacks” were introduced as a mechanic to do damage all over the screen, and a good reason to have more than one player handy. This was not featured in the NES/Famicom port. Also, all. Six prior bosses made a return, along with two more at the beginning. The first level was also noteworthy for playing a modified version of the song “Ballroom Blitz” by Sweet. And also the toggle feature was on that level if you wound up beating on the music player. In the last two levels, you actually dealt with human enemies as the tale took you into the prison to fight against Doctor Muton again. Unfortunately, this all turned out be a gambit by the mad doctor to arrange an escape from his prison, leading to a case of the heroes having screwed up badly, but getting Alice back for Professor Gene.

Buster Blitz: The Series

Buster Blitz has seen a couple of TV adaptations.

The new-found American popularity of Buster Blitz lead to an American TV pilot for the show. Based loosely on the first game, the executives wanted the project to simply follow the lead of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The pilot's writer had other plans. The script turned out to be an exercise in breaking the fourth wall, snarking over the ridiculous plot and premise, and slipping plenty of questionable humor past the radar in 1989, leading parents to complain. This pilot was the only thing seen for any televised version of Buster Blitz in America.

In 1990, as an immediate follow-through for the second game, Japan saw a tokusatsu (special-effects heavy live action) TV series where the three heroes would fight off a new mutant menace every week. In Japan, this series was well known for being campy compared to other popular shows like Super Sentai and Kamen Rider. The fact that the costumes were very cheap and often less-than-convincing often played into the “so bad it's good” quality of the television series. The series lasted for 30 episodes, with 25 episodes airing on a weekly basis, followed by the last five episodes airing all in one week.

Next: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2065589/

... not much to say here other than that I hope you all enjoy them.

From tomorrow through the weekend, I will be attending TeslaCon. A "full immersion" (there is a storyline and hotel staff will dress up for it) steampunk convention.

For those who don't know what steampunk is, think of it like this: A world where Jules Verne's fiction wasn't fiction.

Now, Steampunk isn't really my thing, but I'm going because, while my mother and brother don't really want me to believe this, I have to. This is not a complaint. I take it as just a simple fact.

My mom is going to the convention of sell jewelry. My brother's somewhat interested in the con. My mom needs somebody to mind the shop during those times she can't and my brother is unavailable. So I'm basically helping to mind the shop, so my presence will be practical.

Also, there is a bright side to this. I get fed. Because we're going to be out of town, we're probably gonna eat out a lot. We will also be bringing the laptop along, though I may not be available for RPs since we have business matters to attend to.

So, here's hoping that TeslaCon works out to be a good, fun convention.

Con Report: Day 1

Warning: May bore some folks.

Well, the first day of TeslaCon is about to close, and here's a summary of what has happened from my perspective.

We woke up early to pack everything up so we can set up shop in the Dealer's room. Setup took us from 11 to 1:30. After helping to mind shop, I soon after went to a panel called "Steampunk 101." In that panel, I learned about some of the things that make Steampunk what it is (beyond just implausible/impossible/crazy tech in the Victorian era. The main point is optimism for the future, and the idea that the world itself has been getting more progressive.)

Immediately afterwards, my brother had a panel where he did a live episode for his podcast "Darkly Lit," reading a story by H.G. Wells and a story by H.P. Lovecraft, and then proceeded to discuss the contrast between their attitudes on science and discovery. Basically, H.G. Wells is more optimistic while Lovecraft firmly beleived that we should stop before we run into knowledge we cannot comprehend.

After that, I went into the Tea room, had some excellent tea there. Went back to the dealer's room to mind shop, And then we went to opening ceremonies. That's where the con's plot begins. Warning to those who can't tell fantasy from reality: What I am about to say is all fantasy.

We are all on a new Dirigible called the Explorer II. Explorer I had some complications about being taken by a mad scientist who apparently mixes both Lemon and Cream in his tea. At the end of a ceremony where everyone responsible has been introduced and the dirigible has been set to fly, an engineer turned up murdered by poison. So, not only is there a chaotic convention going on, there is a killer among us, so we must be careful and hope we don't end up the next victim. To make things more fun, anyone could be responsible, and more murders may occur.

Now, back to reality, the family is back to minding the shop and once the day ends, we're gonna eat on the way home. But here's a closing thought:

Wouldn't it be cool to have a furry convention where there's a plot, actors, and a full immersion atmosphere? You can even explain the non-suitors by setting it in a mixed universe where humans and furs exist. Or even just make the universe fully human, except for some critter in the plot. For example, a Furfright clone may have something about a killer werecreature, with a similar murder mystery plot...

http://www.alternet.org/sex/148291/.....ds?page=entire

Link Stolen from TheTiedTigress. This actually raises a number of fairly good points. Of course, I must admit this has more to do with heterosexuality than homosexuality, but I'm sure many of the same points can be food for thought with LGBT individuals too.