Narrative Warfare: Soon We'll All Be Apologizing To Alex Jones

Anonymous Conservative linked to this article explaining how the CIA set up a parallel network of part-timers to use as assets in ongoing operations- including on US soil. AC says the following in commentary.

Basically it is describing a Secret Society of CIA businesses that preferentially employs a Secret Society of CIA spies embedded in them, all living normal lives, and even moving into CIA for a bit, then moving back to civilian life, and then back to CIA. And the CIA makes sure “their” businesses win out over competitors which are not in the Secret Society by giving them CIA advantages as a reward for working for CIA. The only question is, how big is the entire thing?

Imagine if you started a business, but CIA never came to you, and your dreams were leveled because another business got the CIA hookup, CIA agents patronized it, CIA itself supported it, and with that help, it ran you under. And it was your tax dollars paying for it all. And that will be the most harmless part of the thing, when it airs out.

Also interesting is they are in DNA companies to the point they are altering the DNA profiles of CIA agents. Notice how many pieces of the big machine described on this site are peeking around the corners of this piece.

Of course, behind all of this, I see one massive intelligence operation, which Targeted Individuals report follows them across national borders. I see the followers in all the countries on google earth. One operation above them all, possibly just keeping the plebes in the Agency busy playing spy games against each other, blinded to the ultimate reality, even as they create the very covert machine in our society which Cabal needs in each nation to take each nation over – more than any other enemy they think they face ever could.

Administration: No Hiding Place Here, Gamma.

Having observed the rise in Jon del Arroz's profile result in a massive uptick in Gamma Male anklebiters and similar nuisances, and watching the Supreme Dark Lord decide that he's far more merciful by dealing harshly with them than not, has me thinking that if I am successful then I shall also have these problems and therefore I should pay attention to what my more successful peers do to deal with it.

Turns out that "Get fucked" works great.

So that's now the policy here. I have no desire to deal with this shit anymore than they do. I will not put up with it either, so I won't and this post serves to make it clear that I don't. Find yourselves a Minecraft server and de-rez yourselves.

My Life In Fandom: Mecha Isekai - The Isekai That Don't Suck

I saw this come across my Twitter feed today:

Names of animes in order:
God Mazinger, Dunbine, Wataru, NG Knight, Escaflowne, Magic Knight Rayearth, Dual! PTA, War on Geminar, Knights & Magic and Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise.

— SSSS.D180223 (@180223) December 29, 2019

I'd talked about Dunbine previously, and Escaflowne's reputation is warranted. Wataru is aimed more at boys, but still good fun; the adaptation done for Super Robot Wars X (where it is the backbone of the game's plot) is great. Rayearth is a beloved CLAMP classic, also worth your time. I haven't watched the rest, so that I leave to others; comment below.

The classics come from the 80s and 90s, before the shift to CG for animation, and the higher quality shows in the enduring appeal and popularity. While none of them are the juggernaut that is the Gundam or Macross franchises, and only one has a tangential connection to the Mazinger franchise, that they are still getting physical home video releases and merchandise releases from time to time--and their OPs & EDs still get performed live--should tell you that they're still in the game.

If nothing else, watch Escaflowne and Dunbine. If you can find the manga, read that if you prefer. And it's high-time we start making our own takes that don't suck, because the crap won't stop until that happens.

The Supreme Dark Lord & The Big Bear Go To Lawfare

I watch the Darkstream--Vox Day's regular livestreams--on about as regular a basis as he does them. I'd known about what happened to Owen Benjamin within hours of Owen himself saying so on his livestream, and any other successes and setbacks come up regularly on the Darkstream as well as on his blog. Therefore, when the Supreme Dark Lord began to talk about some party or parties not only shit-talking about him and Owen on the Internet, but also attempting to interfere with their business--to fuck his their money, if not more--I sat up and took notice.

I've observed the man long enough to know that he's neither as ego-fueled nor as fragile as his detractors claim. He's like Dalton in Roadhouse: Nice, until it's time to not be nice.

It's time to not be nice.

As a wise man once said, "Don't mess with a man's money." In law one of the ways you can run afoul of this is tortious interference, and deplatforming is just that: you, a third party with no standing to intervene into a contractual relationship, doing exactly that with no legal authority to do so. Add in threats--veiled or not--of doing harm to the party you're attempting to have break their contractual relationship, be it physical or otherwise, and you're going to go from civil to criminal right quick.

This, folks, is what I'm getting is going on here. Some dumb motherfuckers are going after Owen and Vox's revenue, and they're using racketeering methods to do so, in addition to brute-force hack attempts into arms of Vox's business operations. As this also includes Owen getting SWATted, then I feel no pity for the morons messing with either man. I will just get the popcorn and watch the show.

If you thought Vox's ability to make Amazon undo their hit on Castalia House, Indiegogo's bending the knee, Patreon change their Terms of Service just to avoid dealing with him, and the Hugos pulling an An Hero to spite the Vox Man was something else then this will really be one to watch. Globally-based hit operations opens up global choice of legal venues, and now the game is afoot- and Vox is a master at wargaming.

These punks are going to wish they accepted his offer to back down.

Narrative Warfare: Why Laser Sword Wonder Girl Got Rejected

Author David V. Stewart examines why Mouse Wars is bad fanfic.

Nevermind the problems of the Pop Cult for a moment; this video aptly explains why the Pop Cultists of this flavor reject the Devil Mouse's films. They are, quite frankly, heretical inversions of the cult dogma and core narrative. The Pop Cultists may not comprehend that they are having religious reactions to a desecration of their faith, but that is exactly what's going on. This is why they reject, and why they demand respect; it's all about substituting a fake religion for the real one they either foolishly denied or were never permitted to experience at all, with all of the behaviors and energies one puts into religious devotion.

And yes, the Death Cultists that did this know this, which is why they did it; they're proclaiming their conquest of the cult's culture by killing the conquered's heroes and suborning their myths to the Death Cult's purpose. (Yes, that's exactly what this trilogy did, right down to that ending, and yes the Pop Cultists recognize it as such.)

Why am I harping on this?

Every violation of the brand weakens the cult's ties to it. Every fraid strand segments cultists off. Every ex-cultist becomes someone open to alternatives. Everyone open to alternatives is a customer looking for us to serve their unmet needs. They won't be open to anything outside their cult until their devotion to the cult is broken, and it is vital that we recognize when that moment comes so we are ready to meet them as they come out of it.

This is a turning of events that all of us can and should benefit from. Each emerging ex-cultist has different things about the brand that they are drawn to, things that each of us emphasize in our alternatives, so those who love the military end of it can enjoy Cole & Anspach while those attached to knights and gallantry would love what I do and so on.

The Pop Cult rejected the new Corporate material because it's heresy. If the heretics are not purged, and orthodoxy restored, then the devoted--seeing their idol as a traitor--will reject the cult and walk away. That's the window when they become open to non-brand alternatives to what entertainment the brand offered; as for the spiritual aspects, that's when a competent evangelist knows how to approach one seeking the real religion- and that's for another post by someone more competent than I on the matter.

The Business: Corporate IP Ownership Compared

I've said plenty on Corporate IP ownership, and that the quality of Corporate-owned pop culture productions depend greatly on the adherance of to a concept of stewardship. If a regime holds to it, you get good stuff. If not, you get trash. Regimes turn over, so this can happen to IPs in a cyclical format. For reasons I won't go into here, the regime that control the Gundam property have been more good than bad about being stewards of the property in the last decade and as Gundam's 40th anniversary goes on we're seeing this continue. The below is from the GundamOfficial channel on YouTube.

The style employed shows that this is by the same team that did the anime adaptation of the Gundam: Origin manga, which is a superb prequel to the original series following Char Aznable's youth from being dispossessed as a child due to his father's murder and becoming the legendary Char of the original series by the end (which concludes with the Battle of Loum and its immediate aftermath).

In the Epilogue closing out Origin, we see White Base going to Side 3 to get the original Gundam. That was the teasing of a remake of the original series. This video--and the other version focusing on Amuro--seem to be more aimed at pitching special limited-run anniversary Gunpla kits than any remake, but I bet that the reactions to both these teasers and the kits will be used to measure interest in an Origin-style anime remake.

(But any such remake won't come in 2020. That's due to the owners not wanting anything to take away from the movie releases for the anime adaptation of the light novel Hathaway's Flash, which heretofore you had to play Super Robot Wars V to get any info about it at all other than to read it (and then it's only in Japanese).)

You can get good remakes out of a Japanese corporate-owned property. The on-going remakes of the original Space Battleship Yamato series, with the second finally getting released in the U.S. this year, is proof of that. Not an exact shot-for-shot remake, but still well-received by returning fans and drawing in a new audience to compliment that loyal cohort, and that's what a Corporate-run IP is supposed to look like. The tell? Merch sales and cosplay representation are strong. The result? Good Return On Investment.

This is why I (a) fully expect the Mouse to purge the SJWs from Lucasfilm, and (b) expect that aforementioned remake of the original Gundam series to be announced formally in the coming year. The former is what the now-dominant Corporate faction at Lucasfilm sees as required to get that damage repaired and the machine functioning again, and the latter is what a competent corporate management regime looks like.

It's why I expect more Corporate backstabbing of Death Cultists in their orgs in the coming years; their goals do not coincide, and Corporate is seeing this more plainly now, and being psychopaths they'll have no qualms with being ruthless about purging them like they're Space Marines enacting Exterminatus with their bare hands. What is that saying? "Don't mess with a man's money." Yeah, that. Tends to get Corporate to call the hit squads, and real money trumps fake religion more often than not.

The Light of the World Arrives

It's the day that the Light of the World arrived, and the true Enlightenment began and the Dark Ages preceding began its stubborn--but inevitable--decline.

And for more commentary on the historicity of the occassion, go to Brian Niemeier's post today and learn why I find traditional Catholicism and Orthodoxy far superior to Protestantism- especially the thoroughly cucked lefty anti-Christian denomination I grew up in. (United Church of Christ)

And speaking of Brian, Combat Frame XSeed: CY 40 Second Coming is now live on Amazon and available. This is the best Gundam-style original mecha science fiction around.

My Life As A Writer: Star Knight In 2020

This year I released Book One, Reavers of the Void (ebook and paperbacks links in the sidebar), beginning the Star Knight Saga after an unexpected hospital visit and a lengthy rehab thereafter. So far the reaction has been as I had hoped, and that means there's more coming. This is the plan.

• Write Book Two starting right after the New Year.
• Write Book Three immediately after finishing Book Two.
• Run a crowdfunding campaign to pay for the editing required.
• Get backers their copies as soon as the books are ready, then put it for sale on Amazon.
• Open a merchandise store to sell Star Knight merch to those wanting it.
• Encourage fan art.

The timeline is to get the manuscripts done by the end of April, with the campaign taking all of May. While I wait on the edits to come back, I will finally get going on the side-project I'd been talking about on and off for a while now. This is the first Star Knight Gaiden, "Knight of the Sword" (tentative title), featuring Creton as our lead and taking place on the world of New Vienna. If the resources and time allows for it, I'll get this one done and out by this time next year. If not, as soon as I can in 2021.

I will post excerpts here as I lock things down, including any artwork.

And that, by the way, is what the merch store is about: getting the artwork out there. Stuff is fantastic.

My Life As A Writer: Spreading Good Writer Podcasts

I'd been following writer podcasts since I decided to commit as I found them. This one's working for me, for now, so I'm going to share it here and see if it works for you. This is "The Business of Writing" on YouTube, and below is--as of this post--the most recent episode.

My circumstances are far more restricted than most now, but even so there is a lot to learn from podcasts like this and that's why I'm sharing them. Enjoy.

My Life As A Writer: On Good Fight Scenes

I write about knights with laser swords. Time for a video essay about fight scenes, with my commentary on how this applies to what I write.

And one more focused on the written word.

While I hadn't seen either video when I wrote Reavers, I did understand certain things such as pacing and displaying character. Good fight scenes are as much an opportunity to show by deed as dialog scenes show by word, and deftly mixing the two--sometimes in the same sequence--can really bring the thrill to the reader. Howard was a master of this, so if there's just one guy to read to get a sense of this in practice it's him. Start with the Conan books--his books, not the pastiches and hackjobs--and spread out to Kane, Kull, Bran, etc. from there.

When I go to write a fight or battle, I have an idea of the space already mapped in my head. I have never needed more than that. Likewise, I know how the action looks; the trick is putting the proper words down to convey this to the reader, and then to pace the action so I don't bore him. The entire sequence where Jack seizes Gabriela is the climax of an entire raid set up as a heist, and Jack's part in it is brief.

Jack's first fight is with some guards, the duke hosting Gabriela, Sibley (our hero's right-hand man), and Gabriela's dandy companion. Jack takes them all on and wins, with Sibley being the last one to go down. Then he toys with Sibley's son Creton, who tries to protect his father and stop Jack but fails in a dramatic and humiliating fashion. Finally he faces our hero Roland and holds him long enough to get away.

What did I intend to do? Establish Jack as a competent antagonist with competent minions of his own; his part of the plan required him to outthink his opposition, most important being the assumption on egress, and ensuring that his backup was on time to thwart that expectation. This was accomplished, though I think if I were to do it over I'd spend a little more time ensuring that the reader had the proper sense of space.

The fight between Red Eyes and Roland later on, looking back on it, could have been done better. I didn't think I got across how dangerous it is to have an opponent whose reach was enough to impose a dead zone--a space where you can't attack your target--due to having longer arms and proportionally-sized weapons. (Red Eyes is half-again Roland's height.) What I did get across, again, was that Roland and Red Eyes had different objectives and so formed fight strategies accordingly- and this time, Roland's was better executed.

And in both sequences, I think I did all right in showing the character traits I wanted the reader to see. Jack's a schemer who rolls with a plan, and so long as that plan is on track he's going to do well. Roland's a fighter, so his strength is in getting into his opponent's OODA Loop; when Jack and Roland rematch, both of them will fight differently due to using past experience to shape the present encounter.

And why do I bring this up? Tuesday, folks.

My Life In Fandom: The Gab Does That Devil Mouse Movie With The Laser Swords

See you all in the chat.

From what I'm hearing, the laser sword film actually makes an attempt to not suck harder than a black hole. But it's too little, and far too late; this is effort that should have been in at the start and not the end. As for why things are this messed up, allow me to present a possible explanation: Office Politics.

Confirmed:

"The Lucasfilm story group hates Lucas and JJ."

Wow pic.twitter.com/SB8AO1pici

— Mama (@MamasMovies) December 21, 2019

That's not tragic. That's pathetic. Corporate office politics ended up crashing a billion-dollar brand, ruining a massive corporate investment, because some Culty Catty Cat Ladies couldn't get their way about trashing the thing they're charged with stewarding for the purpose of maximizing Return On Investment. No wonder the Devil Mouse is mad, and Head Bitch In Charge got quietly sidelined so she can take the fall for this disaster.

I repeat what I said previously: Walk Away. This can't be fixed; even if the Death Cult poz is purged, the Corporate Art Problem remains and this franchise will become whatever Corporate thinks is required to maximize Return On Investment.

Take that energy you want to spend on being mad about Corporate Laser Swords and put it into making and spreading alternatives instead. It's a far more useful and mutually beneficial course of action. You can start with my own Star Knight books; Book One is in the side bars, and I'll have a formal announcement on Books Two and Three this coming week. Others will, no doubt, post links to others below in the Comments or go back into recent past posts where I linked to a pile of them.

Narrative Warfare: This Is What Cultural Conquest Looks Like

I wrote the following at Empire Must Fall just over two years ago:

Anciently, when a conqueror completes a conquest one of the things done to cement control and establish dominance is to change the mythology of the conquered nation. Their heroes get degraded, their deeds defiled, and the conqueror's heroes supercede them in all ways- often with ease. To the generation surviving the conquest, this is insult added to injury, but left unchecked the generations that follow will accept this degenerate mythology as normal- and if the conqueror is wise, they leave an out for the subjects to go all the way and buy into their control. It's the mythological equivalent of killing a man, taking his wife for oneself, and slaughtering his children by her before seeding your own to both remove loose ends and make her accept the conquest as inescapable.

It has come to pass.

And it's come in a manner that's too familiar to the historically literate: a weak and decadent regime allows traitors to take over, whose own actions either actively ally with the barbarians at the gates to let them in or doubles-down on the decadence that results in the incompetence that lets them through. The Pop Cult, betrayed by the Death Cult, is angry and fights back the only way they know how: rejecting the Death Cult leaders while doubling-down on the core object of Pop Cult worship.

(As for the whole Pop Cult angle? Sunday, at that blog aforementioned.)

I'd call it a farce, but no one's laughing- not even Corporate.

My Life As A Historian: "Sabaton History" Goes Into The Desert

One of the best metal bands around went to the Sahara to shoot a video the other day. That video isn't up yet, but the story behind it is.

I look forward to the actual music video, if only to see Indy goofing about as Lawrence.

The First World War is the origin of much of the bullshit that's gone on in the world for the last 100+ years, and one of them was mentioned in this video: the Sykes-Pico Agreement. It's the agreement that (a) would establish the political support for the creation and sustenance of the modern state of Israel and (b) set up the Middle-East/Southwest Asia context that's been a hot mess ever since the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Yes, this includes Syria, for all of those wondering.

The actual story, and not the Peter O'Toole movie take of it, is actually far better drama than Hollywood's best efforts. But, alas, T.E.'s writings of it is as reported.

And while I'm at it, here's their video for "Resist and Bite".

The Business: "Galaxy Ascendent 6" Kickstarter Is Live

Friend of the Retreat Yakov Merkin launched his crowdfunding campaign for Book 6 of his Galaxy Ascendant series today. As of this post, already at 8% and climbing. This is good stuff, and you won't feel cheated by giving him your money. This is indie Space Opera at its best and when--not if--it becomes an international sensation you can stand proud and proclaim that you were one of his backers from the early days.

And if you're wanting even more, stay tuned. I've got my own announcement to make presently.

My Life In Fandom: The Time For #BrandZero Has Come

The last few weeks have seen leaks of information about that Big Brand franchise with the laser swords and the moon-sized space stations that SJWs took over and promptly ran into the ground. Last night that franchise's final film in its first trilogy after the Devil Mouse acquired it premiered. It is exactly as you expected. When the man who created it wasn't even there, you know it's bad.

And the bloodsuckers in Corporate know it. Already the Crazy Cat Lady that drove this franchise into the ground has been sidelined and that streaming exclusive series meant to be both a sop and a cope is by the regime set to replace her openly in the near future. In short, Corporate saw that Cat Lady is responsible for damaging their investment and moved to repair it. That doesn't mean we'll get a full restoration. It just means that Corporate knows what the boundary conditions are now and will color within those lines.

There is hope. Some of the fan channels are finally getting it: stop giving money to people who hate you. The problem is that their perception of who hates them, and why, is limited to the Cat Lady and her SJW Death Cult bullshit. They don't see that Corporate itself is the problem. Smart Corporate stewardship can keep the known destructive elements of corporate ownership in check and produce great stuff. (e.g. Gundam, which has far more good than bad in its catalog, especially between 2011-2020.) The Devil Mouse ain't smart.

Yes, even though I like two of the men set to take over operations--and one of the being the creator's last protege, responsible for the pre-takeover animated entries being decent if not good--and the woman is not a cat lady, the reason for skepticism is not due to the Death Cult per se. It's due to the fact that this is a corporate investment by a global corporation, and not an act of authentic creation by the creator or under his supervision. There is good reason to believe the suck will continue, just shorn of SJW BS.

It's going to be a work, folks. I've been saying in for a while now, and so have my colleagues: Walk away from the Devil Mouse. Walk away from Paramount (or whatever it's called this week). The corporate regimes may stop actively trashing those Big Brands, but only insofar as it means repairing their investments and making them meet the heavy expectations for Return On Investment put to them. Let me repeat that: Only insofar as it means meeting Return On Investment expectations.

They don't care about you. Corporations are psychopaths, and IP are means to an end and nothing more- making you, the audience, nothing more than revenue streams to tap. Yes, it's nice to not have Clown World smeared into your face on a daily basis by SJWs, but you're still being farmed via your emotional bond to a brand like cult leaders exploit their cultists.

That's not respectful conduct, and to quote Doomcock: Without Respect, We Reject. Unless and until a non-creator owner demonstrates by deeds that respect, walk away.

And that's why the time for #BrandZero has come.

My Life As A Gamer: Razorfist Reviews "Greedfall"

The Excellence of Elocution reviews Greedfall.

TLDR: Recommended because it's better than recent AAA trash and other disappointments.

I concur with Razorfist's overall sentiment. This is the ambitious open world RPG that better-known titles claim to be, but aren't. Observing playthroughs make this clear, and that one can come at this as if your man were Solomon Kane is indeed a fantastic draw. Yes, you can do the Diplomancer thing if you like and talk your enemies to death, but far more satisfying is smiting them and salting the earth wherein they came so naught arises thereafter.

Is it worth paying the New Release price? If you don't balk at tossing $50 (US) at a videogame, go for it. You won't feel like you got stiffed. For the rest of us, wait for a sale or get it used. (So watch your local used shops for physical copies.) This is going to be one of those titles you don't want to miss, a sleeper hit that only grows in good word over time.

Narrative Warfare: Time For A Crusade(r Meme Remix)

Friend of the Retreat Wolfman at Large remixed his Crusader Memes video. It's a sign. Time for a Crusade. Deus Vult.

My Life As A Writer: Geek Gab Gets "Galaxy's Edge" Author Nick Cole!

As I post this, the show is about to begin. See you in the chat, and I'll edit this after the fact with any observations.

Good points to takeaway:

• Corporate owners don't care about the IPs they hold. That's where the suck sets in. Stick to audiences that care. (SJWs don't.)
• Aging first-wave gamers will have money when they retire. Expect the nostalgia remakes and homages to pick up in 20 years, assuming everything doesn't collapse by then. Because that audience (a) cares and (b) HAS MONEY.
• Nick Cole & Jason Anspach have successfully turned Galaxy's Edge into a proper franchise entity now that other well-known mil-SF authors are coming on board to pen books.
• You make a Boba Fett, and you get Fett Fandom.
• Having stand-alone side-stories that compliment your main series has proven to aid the visibility of the main series.
• Having a landing page where all your stuff can be found is good. Having two or three is better.
• Amazon screwed with the algorithim to emphasize paid adds over organic discovery, but the latter does still happen.
• The keywords and Also Boughts got depreciated due to hustlers speed-publishing crap to game the system and stay on top of the algorithim to maximize sales and thus payouts.
• Selfish actors gaming the system are doing damage at the expense of the whole--Tragedy of the Commons at work--and that drives algorithim changes to police and curb it.
• Writer Culture is a lot like Fandom: catty, petty, and Mean Girls levels of stupid- especially when we are better off cheerleading and boosting each other.
• Get to know your audience as best you can; they're going to be far better at making you successful than most other efforts in marketing ever will.

Narrative Warfare: The Trap Is Truly Set

It's Friday the 13th. Boris Johnson's Tories win the UK General Election, putting him into No. 10 (i.e. become Prime Minister) and guaranteeing Brexit will happen. Let's add to that shitlib nightmare, shall we? The below comes from Anonymous Conservative's blog post today.

I'll be on @seanhannity 2nite @FoxNews at 9pm ET and will explain how @realDonaldTrump will be eligible for a 3rd term due to the illegal attempts by Comey, Dems, and media , et al attempting to oust him as @POTUS so that's why I was named to head up the 2024 re-election.

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) December 12, 2019

Narrative Warfare: Razorfist Talks Big Tech Censorship

While Nick Rekieta talked facts about COPPA, the Excellence of Elocution cut a short rant about YouTube's recent Terms of Service changes and why they're coming right as the 2020 cycle for the US Presidency is about to begin.

If there is one thing you can fault the God-Emperor for, it is being insufficient in looking out for his allies, and online is where he's failed hardest. While I fully expect the God-Emperor to win a second term, it's going to take more work to get the message out online this time due to Big Tech aggressively rigging the game against him this time around. First by changing the algorithims to make discovery all but impossible, privledging Fake News over the alternatives outside the Death Cult's control. Second by going after each ally online in turn and deplatforming them, up to and including financial cutoffs. (Just ask Red Ice.)

It is unwise to expect the God-Emperor to handle this in the time available. The wise thing to do is what the Supreme Dark Lord, Red Ice, and others have done: build your own platfoms, and diversify your presence in existing ones. The latter is very easy to do; set up accounts on competing platforms of that social media type, and ensure that people can follow you there if your FaceTwitTube accounts get nuked. The former is where you're going to need to spend either time or money because you've got to set that up and keep it up; this is where you can do the paywalled value-add thing that Red Ice does for its members-only site and Unauthorized does for its subscribers.

I suspect that, for most of us, we're restricted to the latter strategy for now. Fortunately there is no shortage of alternatives; the catch is getting links before the eyeballs of the audience who are on the main platforms, which is why many of us have opted for doing newsletters via email. (Yes, I have been very bad at this. I will fix this presently.)

As for what to do about the God-Emperor? Besides re-electing him next year, it's to push him--HARD--to smash Big Tech with the power of the state. Will he? Yes, but I think the big reason for a lot of delays in promises like this is due to the need to turn the Federal judiciary, which he has done at all levels- especially on the notoriously shitlib ends like the 9th Circuit and the DC area District courts. (Why should be obvious, but Anonymous Conservative gets into more details.) In short, he wants what he does via Executive power to not get messed with by the courts, and that takes time.

Which returns me to us relying on ourselves until that task is complete. In the meantime, I would recommend getting lawyers to review the Terms of Service; if Vox Day can beat Indiegogo by using their own TOS against them, you can too. Welcome to the Rice Fields.

Narrative Warfare: Rekieta Law Talks COPPA

Spreading this around to dent the FUD going around.

Everyone is talking about COPPA, mainly because FTC Agent Andrew Smith said the FTC would come down on content creators. But, does the FTC have the statutory authority to do so? I don't think they do. Let's talk about it.

Nick does a live show nightly during the week at his YouTube channel here, starting about 11pm Central time.

My Life In Fandom: Dunbine On Sale

I don't normally do this, but (a) this is a classic anime series that--like Escaflowne--expertly married isekai and mecha together. If not for its later production problems, it would have been an equal to Gundam and Macross. This is Aura Battler Dunbine and Right Stuff Anime has the Blu-Ray collection on sale for $18 right now; when you see the standard retail price, you know you're seeing a steal of a deal here.

Yes, I want this. Yes, this is a good Christmas present. Get yourself a copy, and a second to give to a pal; it's that cheap right now.

And if you want more, get the follow-up and play Super Robot Wars X as well as Super Robot Wars T.

Narrative Warfare: This Is How The Story Ends

As seen on the blog of the Supreme Dark Lord today, an interesting article on the correlation between sexual morality and Civilization. I'll reproduce what he quoted here.

My Life In Fandom: Always Time for Sabaton AMVs

Friend of the Retreat Yakov Merkin recently completed his term of service in the Israeli Defense Force. He's also a Girls und Panzer fan. Time for an AMV.

That is all. For now.

Narrative Warfare: The End of An Era Comes Nigh

Today is Pearl Harbor Day.

This is the day, in 1941, that dragged the United States formally into World War 2. Moreso than many, I lost a relative--my maternal grandfather's younger brother--in action on the Oklahoma that day. It's been nearly 80 years; the generation that fought that war is all but gone, and the generation directly affected by it is starting to follow, meaning that cultural efforts to rehabilitate the losers (see below) and celebrate the victors (among other things) are also fading in relevance. The world they built after the war, and the norms they used state power to enforce, and the Narrative they told about it all, is going with them.

For those of us who knew that world, whichever side of it, we're finding out now what it took to build that world and why those who did it did so. It isn't pretty, and it's why I call their world one based on a Narrative. Because they left out the whole truth, which reveals things that parties benefiting from this realignment post-war don't want out, and it upends that Narrative in many ways- ways that mean the loss of the power based on that Narrative.

And there are uncomfortable truths coming out, especially to those so long covered by the Narrative that it is a true shock to them. The generations coming up now have no ties to that war, and therefore no reason to invest in the world and its Narrative that arose in its wake. They don't care, and they're increasingly resentful of service to something they see no truth in nor any benefit from maintaining; instead, they see nothing but reasons to abolish it because it is literally demanding their blood and treasure to serve it.

And that's how the ages of Man turn. It's why building anything on anything other than truth is building on sand. It's what Ozymandius--yes, the poem--means; you cannot build forever if your foundation is not truth, because those who come three or more generations after you cannot see--because it is not self-evident--the value in what you built so they tear it down and replace it with another. (This, by the way, explains why cults rely on indoctrination for multi-generational endurance- and why those who run them tend to be either those who cynically exploit it or are fanatical True Believers and rarely in between.)

And that's without willful deception. Deliberate fraud makes it even more pressing to swear only to the truth when building to last; it is far easier to defend what is truth than what is not when attacked by deception.

What's to come? Well, in addition to Boogaloo in various places, expect the cultures of the world to realign. Rehabilitation works will rise in number, frequency, and prominence making previously ones look quaint by comparison- even recent remakes. (e.g. below)

And there is no reason to not move on this now, and--as Sun Tzu would say--prepare the battlefield to guarantee success later. The time to restore what was stolen comes. Let us be ready. Deus Vult.

Narrative Warfare: When Power Dynasties End

Anonymous Conservative's blog roundup today had this gem near the bottom.

Trump says he wants Impeachment to happen now and happen fast. What this has shown is that the covenant is broken. We agreed that we would vote, and whoever won got to set policy and whoever lost would abide by it. We kept our end under Obama, even as we suspected there was major corruption, criminal activity, and treason. But then it was violated by Democrats with Illegal Alien sanctuaries. We retaliated with Second Amendment sanctuaries, and would have let it go there. But now the Democrats have shown they will not do the same, as they have tried to overturn the election for the highest leader in the land. Impeachment is the turning point, beyond which the national covenant has broken. Unless Q and Trump break out something amazing, Boogaloo it is.

AnonCon is not the only one to see that this is a trap set by the God-Emperor. Razorfist has concurred for months, and he's finally ranting about it.

I don't share Razorfist's implicit belief that defeating Impeachment prevents Boogaloo, as he shows in that video that the Dems are playing the demographics game to seize and hold power permanently. If they're openly playing this dirty, then they're covertly playing much dirtier and--as the historical record shows--the more intolerant and determined party wins long-term conflicts, especially if they're willing and able to play the attrition game. They need to get attrited hard and severely now if they are to lose for good.

We are past the point where voting fixes things. Again. It's 1859, folks, and you're about to witness the 1860 election all over again next year. I can't say for certain what will come after Boogaloo, but I can say what won't: the America all of us once knew or believed to exist. Don't be like the guy below confronting Tuco. Be like Tuco.

Narrative Warfare: Even The Devil Mouse Withers When Pozzed

"Disney's 'Galaxy's Edge' park blows. Shit happens. So what?"

Convergence has consequences. As noted by the Supreme Dark Lord, the Devil Mouse's parks division is hardly immune.

The Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride broke down just minutes after opening today as part of Disney’s $1 billion Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansion at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios.

“Rise of the resistance broke down after about 18 minutes,” one park guest tweeted.

Yep, that's the Devil Mouse enjoying the benefits of Muh Diversity and Muh Social Justice. It builds rides that don't work, attractions no one wants, and relegates talent that could actually produce value for its holdings to venues secured behind paywalls while failing to resist interfering with their work to fulfill Muh Convergence objectives. This is not confined to Mouse Wars. The new Skyliner pods have also had issues.

Also there is no way in hell you would catch me on one. It is not that I’m worried about them falling it is because Bob Chapek decided (and he had to have been the guy with the final say on this) to save money by not installing air conditioning in the gondolas. Orlando is usually hot. Damn hot and in July it gets all the way up to fucking hot. I can’t look at one of these things without thinking, “oh no! Not the BOX!”

Now they are well ventilated and chug along at a good enough clip to create a cross breeze. The problem is what would happen if they stopped moving?

On October 6, Disney Guests got to find out. The Skyliner system came screeching to a halt and stayed halted for three hours. Every five minutes a loud voice blared, “Skyliner system has halted!” at it’s prisoners.

The only thing that kept matters at “major inconvenience,” instead of “corporate disaster,” was the fact that it was past ten at night and it was October.

If the spiritual element doesn't bother you, then shun the Devil Mouse for your physical safety. No, don't think just seeing films in theaters is okay, or you could end up getting cut by crazy Elsa 'stans.

Narrative Warfare: The Supreme Dark Lord Strikes Back

Tonight, the Supreme Dark Lord talks about how he and the Big Bear deal with the Google matter. See you in the chat.

Narrative Warfare: YouTube Fires Upon The Big Bear

The Big Bear, Owen Benjamin, got kicked off YouTube for unspecified reasons.

It appears the @YouTube purge started early. Both of Owen Benjamin’s channels have been terminated today. Will big voices like @scrowder denounce this? Will @tedcruz do something about censorship? Is @DonaldJTrumpJr and @realDonaldTrump still “monitoring the situation?” pic.twitter.com/k3y4Dx8WpW

— The Red Elephants Fan Account (@elephants_red) December 4, 2019

But not to despair, the Supreme Dark Lord has called upon the Evil Legion of Evil and things are going to happen now that there is cause for action.

In the meantime, you can find the Big Bear at Unauthorized and you can do direct support to him there via subscribing to him specifically.

Not this was unexpected. We've known there's been yet another round of purges coming for a while, and the smarter dissidents--like Owen, Vox, and Red Ice--have not only set up backups on competing sites like like Bitchute and DLive, but also built their own platforms making most of this deplatforming irrelevant. (They are still vulnerable to financial attacks via payment processors and banks cutting them off, something the SDL has already worked around once.)

The reason I'm not worried about Owen is because the SDL backs him, and the SDL has the Dread Ilk and the Vile Faceless Minions at his command as well as Owen's Bears. This battle will be--for a legal fight--brief, and likely not good for Google/Alphabet due to this front for the Glowies having moronic horndogs for in-house counsel. If this case is a loss for the Big Bear, it'll be for reasons the SDL can use to feed the God-Emperor's efforts to purge the judiciary (because this will be a Federal case) and drain the Swamp.

And a win for Owen will be a win for all of us. Red Ice, Infowars, Tragedy & Hope- all of you folks need to monitor and support this case as best you can because you benefit from this case being a win. This purge is meant to fix the Narrative for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, and if it's sunk now it means big wins for everyone down the road- except, of course, the traitors who want this to happen.

My Life As A Writer: Finding More Ways To Make My Readers Happy

I concur with my colleague Brian Niemeier that, for most of us indies in the trenches, we're going to be relying on patronage via crowdfunding for a while.

It is unwise to be wholly reliant on any one thing, so there's something to be said for trying to make the most of revenue opportunities (i.e. more ways to pay the bills while keeping my audience happy).

Given what I have to work with, I have just one question: Do you folks want Star Knight merchandise? If so, what do you want? Post in the Comments below.

My Life As A Gamer: The Pundit Talks Monotheism And D&D

The man hated by SJWs in tabletop RPGs talks monotheism, D&D, and why most D&D settings such because it lacks that thing despite all of the other trappings.

You know you've got something worth watching when you get a comment like this: "Yes. Monotheism is the missing link that D&D needs for a medieval authentic feeling in your game. I use it. In addition it does one of two things. It either keeps SJWs away from your game, or it attracts them because they want to break your game or be an antichurch outsider. In those cases they always end up quitting because they don’t get what they want."

That man--one Iron Cross--is not wrong. It is a good and effective filter; what SJWs you get will be the more cunning subversive sorts, in which case the go-to play is to call them out, confront them on their bullshit, and tell them to stop being shitters or get punted.

But it's another comment that really poured salt into the wound: "Wouldn't traditional Germanic polytheism scare SJWs away too, what with all the traditional gender roles like women being masters of the home but men being prominent in hunting, war, and government ? Oh who am I kidding, anything traditionally European makes these guys squirm."

First, that man--one CptMorgan252--is correct. Second, it is also true that you can count the D&D settings that even try to create an authentic non-Christian environment on one hand and you'll have digits left over, and those few attempts are less than half-assed; most RPG designers are not well-read, or properly educated, so they lack the skill as well as the knowledge required to do so. That some manage to do it, however flawed, is entirely by accident. Third, the notable examples of RPGs that did try to do so might as well be dictionary examples of "critical darling" and "cult favorite": Runequest as well as anything non-Christian-yet-historical (e.g. Bushido) are your go-to examples.

I could go on about the degradation of Christendom, and that does play into it, but let's look at a more immediate cause here: most people playing D&D could not give two shits about authentic (non-)monotheism. They're there to play a game, and they couldn't care less about the lore surrounding it. Therefore there's no benefit to putting in the work it would require for a commercial product to make it worthwhile.

Note the bold. I specifically mean this as a thing for commercial publishers to concern themselves with; hobbyists can do or do not as they will, since only their table matters and not the wider tabletop RPG audience/customer network. Despite this being a persistent thing since the 1970s, it is not something that cannot be surmounted; this is, in reality, entirely a failure of marketing. Put together a D&D campaign setting that's all about the Deus Vult and you'll have players saying that it's Time For A Crusade; make the game, not the setting, all about Making Christendom Great Again and you'll get a monotheism in D&D that actually works and players will actually care about.

Which brings me to how many RPG designers fail to comprehend what their job is, but that's for another post.