View Single Post
Old 05-25-2019, 11:43 AM   #624
Astromancer
 
Astromancer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: West Virginia
Default Re: 'Imperial Culture' (non-canonista)

TeleComics

Yes that's a steal from Mind Robber one of the best 2nd Doctor episodes.

Basically there's a company called TeleComics! They sell a service that simply sells a vast database, updated monthly, of Comics. These are of all types and in multiple languages. Complete runs of ancient comics are in the package as are the latest comics and comic strips from around the Imperium and even from some nearby Pocket Empires.

This does two things the empire approves of. First it creates another thread unifying the culture of the 3I. Secondly, certain people trying to sneakily influence the population of the 3I have to do it in public where they can be watched. Knowing your enemy is useful.

Something that the Imperium genuinely doesn't get is the simple fact that these comics are art. Just because art is sneered at and dismissed doesn't mean it is worthless or can't spread values and ideas. Just because figures like Captain America, Wonder Woman, and Superman, are dismissed as cheap jokes doesn't mean their ideals (flawed and messy as they often were) don't have a resonance. Thousands of little guys from Stubby Green to Charlie Brown to Millie the Toiler to Ella Cinders standing their ground, however absurdly, resonates as well. Champions of the oppressed from Mary Jane and Sniffles to Brenda Starr to The Eternaut to Doctor Who teach values too.

Someone might be surprised.
__________________
Per Ardua Per Astra!


Ancora Imparo

Last edited by Astromancer; 05-25-2019 at 11:47 AM.
Astromancer is offline   Reply With Quote