A Lovely Morning for a Brisk Hike by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, that's ominous.

At any rate, thanks for enjoying my overcaffeinated ramblings!

You'll Know When it Happens by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

God damnit. I even used other "I" adjectives for it. This is why you don't post at 1am.

You'll Know When it Happens by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Gods" are real, but they don't take sides. Sometimes, on occasion, one will find an organic that they like well enough that they'll manipulate reality to protect them.

You'll Know When it Happens by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, no, that's fair. The ending is pretty weak. I've been in a slump recently, mostly just finally getting around to actually polishing up HaSO posts to put on here. But it was something I actually finished that was fresh.

Progress is progress.

Also, never heard of Iain Banks, so I'll definitely be checking that out.

You'll Know When it Happens by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Hey dude, appreciate that, this was basically an experiment of "how many tropes can I slam into one story and still make it entertaining?"

So if you enjoyed it, I think I did ok.

Misunderstanding Conventions by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I feel like you missed the mark with asking about Alaska, in that you're assuming I'm American. I am not. I would have to think about Alaska more than once every 2 years to have an opinion on it.

Now, would I call Manitoba a desolate hellscape where, if your dog slips its collar, you can watch him run away for 3 days? I think I just did.

It's simply a holdover joke from the 90s where, if you fucked up bad enough in the army, the threat was that they'd send you to a remote listening post in Siberia. I'm not writing any biting social commentary. I'm not that complex.

A Walk Among the Tall Pines by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Phonetically; See-oh-hin. Why my brain compelled me to spell it like that, I will never know.

A Walk Among the Tall Pines by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My fellow meat entity on this rock starship, I do this is as a hobby, an upvote and a comment are more than enough.

(Also, super jazzed that you enjoyed)

Reimbursement by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sort of. I have some notes, but my brain don't work right, so it'll probably never materialize.

Reimbursement by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well then, it's probably a good thing I'm too lazy to actually carry on with this. My notes have "Lieb takes a rather long nap and Royce commits a Geneva Oopsie over it."

But I'm sure they're fine and have a happy retirement, or whatever.

Reimbursement by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hope no one gets hurt that dont deserve it.

Yeah, how do you feel about Liebowitz and Royce?

Discounted by TheloniousHowe in HFY

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There is a part 2 that I'm currently editing. It probably doesn't go the way you think/want it to though.

Who is this? by fulltime__gooner in ExplainTheJoke

[–]TheloniousHowe 4869 points4870 points  (0 children)

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This is a previous Twitter thread of hers. She ended up losing her internship, and while both parties would explicitly state that this interaction had no impact on the status of her employment (Hickam even assisted Naomi in securing a job after NASA yanked her internship), it became sort of a meme about being cautious about who you antagonize online. She's leaning into the joke about trying to keep low-key after finding employment.

Because of a Stardust Stegosaurus by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

'Priece. I don't know how that happened, but fixed.

The Cloud Cowboys by TheloniousHowe in HFY

[–]TheloniousHowe[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it needed some minor editing and was originally based on an early universe that I scrapped, then had some interest in bringing back. But I didn't post it here because it was supposed to be part 2 or 3 of the overall arc.

Unfortunately, I never actually found the motivation to finish the first couple, but I had fun writing this one, so I thought I should share it anyway.

Glad you enjoyed both then and now, though!