tl;dr meme

[glassinine]

Vilkommen, Herren und Damen, to the...



~TL;DR MEME~

Fucking magnets, how does this work?
Step 1: Post a list of your characters.
Step 2: Sit and twirl your moustaches until other people post their characters, then go and ask them questions about their folks. It can be anything, from "So how deep DO Tony Stark's daddy issues run?" (Answer: "they swim amongst giant squid and anglerfish and the trench the kaiju came out of") to "Tell me your least favorite thing about the DC canon" (Answer: "Holy shit are there some cockmongling dingleberries running that company").
Step 3: Other people will ask YOU questions. You go and answer those questions, and be polite - ask THEM a question in return after you're done answering it! (So, it's not just "Nick Burkhardt decided to become a cop when he heard about police brutality and wanted to get in on that" but also you follow up with "What magnificent auroch did Loki hunt to get those beautiful horns?") Then when THEY answer their question, they'll ask YOU a question! ("They came from being cuckolded in Shakespearean times. What are Nick Burkhardt's favorite sunglasses?") And the you ask THEM A QUESTION AGAIN! And they ask YOU! And you ask THEM!! And they ask YOU!!!! So that it's a great big patty-cake of QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!!
Step 4: Repeat ad infinitum until we break the motherfucking internet

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Re: Jesse

[khajidont]

Now that he's Earthbound in the 21st century, what's Jacob's relationship to food like? Has he found anything new to appreciate, or is it just a means to an end?

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Past-food is pretty different from space-food! It's both more and less natural, since food processing tech has become both more advanced and more ubiquitous in Jacob's time. A lot of the 1950s Americana fare available in Heropa is less healthy than preferred by someone with Jacob's fitness regimen (gelatin does not belong in everything America), but he doesn't hate it all either. He likes casual, unpretentious meals which don't have enough grease and salt to shorten his lifespan, and is a fairly decent cook at home.

What's Jaime's take on the Cold War aspect of things in MoM-verse? Is he a hero who will defend American interests from any Communist threat, or is he completely uninterested in politics except when they're actively threatening people like the mech-sharks?

[khajidont]

GELATIN BELONGS IN EVERYTHING.

okay but yes, these are all things that make sense! Good luck to Jacob in finding fast meals not saturated by grease and salt. ;)

Jaime falls somewhere in between those two worldviews. He believes in fighting for his country to some extent - his father is a vet, and there's no one in the world that Jaime admires more in a lot of ways - but it takes some doing to actually convince him one way or the other. He'll only take direct action in the face of a physical threat most of the time, but he's aware enough to know that he should probably keep a finger on the pulse of politics - he's just poorly equipped to actually make sense of it all.

Likewise, is Jacob at all interested in assisting America's progression, if not on a martial front, then on a technological front ie space travel?

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Not really! Jacob's from a time when national identity is a lot less relevant to humanity, and I'm pretty sure he was born and raised in space anyway. So he doesn't identify as an American citizen, nor does he feel any patriotic attachment to the country he's been deposited in by the Porter.

In Jacob's world, humanity fights to protect itself and the Galaxy from genocidal mecha-Cthulhus, rampaging machines, and the odd slave-trading space pirate. Being stuck in a setting where humanity might blow up the Earth in a dispute over political and economic systems sets him on edge, as he has a deep distaste for politics. He believes in freedom as an abstract, and he'll fight to protect local civilians from any immediate threat, but he has zero investment in the capitalism-communism rivalry or America's national interests.

The point is largely moot anyway, since Jacob's tech expertise is minimal- he wouldn't know much about getting the U.S. to Mars if he was interested. That said, he's probably one of the best-qualified ImPorts around for a space mission, since he's a literal space marine. If he's convinced that helping the space program will be useful in protecting Earth or getting answers about the Porter, he'll sign up.

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Also: how does Jaime feel about working with soldiers or heroes who use guns and lethal force in their fights? Is he willing to accept those methods, or is he a superhero who insists that heroes must Never Kill?