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Percolation: The Early Fanfics and Marvel: Avengers Alliance Crossovers is now officially available for free download. All the early work in Dozerfleet Comics to establish early Percolation mythos, setting the stage for all Percolation Warriors mythos afterward, is now compiled into a carefully-curated compendium of archived fanfics. These works were written from 2013 - 2016, and now have a final home. It can all be downloaded and read from here.
As usual, the NPCs are out in force to defend the latest Marvel movie, ready to burn any "witch" that dares point out any flaws in the film. Because woke narcissists cannot accept that they are terrible writers.
YellowFlash2, on YouTube, recently posted a video about how one YouTuber and TikTok vlogger, a black woman no less, found the treatment of men in particular in Wakanda Forever to be a bit...off.
For having the gall to suggest that the film had any flaws whatsover, Courtney Michelle went from celebrated "strong, independent wahmen" to a witch that needed to be burned, in a matter of mere minutes!
The Chinese Communist Party, which has a vested interest in using woke idiocy to spread degeneracy to all corners of America, and not allow anyone to be redeemed from its stranglehold, saw to it that she was banned from the publisher immediately, citing "hate" speech! (Translation from Bolshevik BS to normal English: speech the party hates.)
YellowFlash and Courtney Michelle weren't the only ones to note that things with Wakanda Forever were not adding up. The Critical Drinker gave his two cents on what didn't quite work with the film here:
When the Mouse sees profit margins dry up; it doesn't care that some of it may have had to do with misaimed marketing or Tide zombie fans telling white viewers that they "weren't welcome" to watch the movie! Oh no, they insist that "the Patriarchy" (one of their favorite non-descript boogeymen) is to blame!
And failing that, they then say that the opinions of white critics - solely because of the color of their skin - "doesn't matter"! How utterly racist! But then, even that isn't good enough!
A BLACK woman comes out and states that parts of the film make no sense - and they trip over each other in an effort to silence her, so that no one may hear what she has to say! Because the only message you're allowed to hear, is how black women love the movie, because...reasons. Literally any dissent is squashed like a cockroach, immediately and with extreme prejudice, by these narcissistic totalitarians!
But the woke assclowns aren't done assclowning. On Facebook, they are now trying to run the script that you either like a movie (that you may not have even been made welcome to watch!) because you are dictated to that you must, solely because it has Marvel's logo on it, or else your only possible reason to not like it is because you're "part of the patriarchy!"
NPCs are blind to their own cringe!
So, in response to one Mr. Champagne on Facebook, insisting that the "only reason" for anyone at Dozerfleet to not like Wakanda Forever is because it lacks a white male protagonist, it's only fair to remind him that Ciem: Inferno is in development here!
The picture here is of Candi Flippo.
Her father (Stan) was white. Her mother (Shalia) was Indo-Persian black.
They both died when she was 7. She was raised by an adoptive white older sister with various health complications, who also has extreme genophobia. Her father was experimented on by aliens, resulting in her developing powers themed after a centipede.
When not raised by her older sister, she finds herself in joint custody with her godfather, a chubby, reclusive inventor from Japan.
Her older half-brother, Darius Philippine, is half-alien. He's also in charge of a government bureau given oversight over lab-created mutations like herself (SCALLOP). He's a bit of a jerk, one that wants to turn her into basically a Black Widow-type assassin. However, her godfather wants her to be essentially more like Spider-Girl.
She has two triplet sisters whose centipede abilities never manifested. One (Miriam) became a hacker, and the other (Marina) became a rock star.
Candi makes it her goal to honor her parents' legacy, by protecting it from the creations of a space alien mafia (the Hebbleskins) that is obsessed with taking over / destroying Gerosha (Boonville), Indiana.
She's far from being the pompous, arrogant, know-it-all Mary Sue that Riri and Shuri are in Wakanda Forever. In fact, if anything, she could use a little more self-esteem!
She has a white boyfriend (Danny Loffin), who is one of her only sources of solace in a world gone mad.
Alas, when she gets put in an impossible legal situation, she sacrifices her freedom to protect her godfather from malicious prosecution, brought on by some insane, unconstitutional new (f)law dubbed the "Kirby Act," which was Tom Kirby's anti-centaur bill, hijacked and on steroids.
While she feels Darius having her railroaded into Madison Juvenile (the story is set in 2015, before Indiana sent the girls to LaPorte) is overkill, she uses the time in prison to look for opportunities to self-improve. So she can be a better Ciem. She makes the most of a crap situation.
She knows when and where she screwed up, and is willing to make amends for her individual share of what went wrong. Candi doesn't believe in "too big to fail, too big to jail." And she certainly knows better than to assume herself to be in that category!
She also learns to be a little less prejudiced. When she first met Amirah, she assumed only the worst. Later, she learns that Amirah had been traumatized regularly through her life, through repeated betrayal at the hands of authority figures.
Discovering one of the guards is the supervillain Drop-In, and also one of Amirah's tormentors, Candi admits she'd misjudged Amirah. She goes to Amirah to help her, and to convince her that they need to work together to expose Drop-in. After all: Amirah's antics had discredited her to the warden. But Candi was respected. If they worked together, they could expose the bad guy!
In-turn, Candi's example convinces Amirah to treat others better, and to not be a bully, to not continue the cycle of cruelty that turned her into the monster that got her sent to Madison.
Sure, there are white villains. But their being white is irrelevant. There are also space alien villains. Black villains. Hispanic villains. And it isn't their skin color making them bad. That would have been Marxist stupid talk. It's their rebellion against God that makes them evil.
Candi is unusually strong, but she's not strong enough to routinely take on powerhouse monster baddies like Lava Tigre without assistance. Instead of the universe bending over backwards for the sake of girl power, she plans in advance to get the help she knows she'll need, so she can tag team when needed.
She fights smarter, because she knows the universe WON'T bend over backwards for the sake of a girl power moment!
That the magic flower that gave T'Challa the panther powers is somehow able to make Shuri into an even better Black Panther, just 'cause wahmen, causes the entire MCU take to feel insincere, and unearned.
"Don't need no man" is self-beclowning. Granted, Miriam is less desperate than Candi to have a boyfriend to feel loved, but even Miriam knows when the enemy has her hopelessly outclassed. She isn't too proud to admit it either!
Sure, Chris Kennal finds the damaging by authorities of his van and his Purge-Flare equipment somewhat humiliating. But it was other men that did this to him, because they mistook him for Extirpon. Which was partially Chris' own fault, but still.
If he didn't need Miriam to fix his equipment and van, and find new supplies, Chris would likely have shot Miriam dead for knowing who he was. Miriam apporaches him humbly to ask for his help, in spite her online arrogance. She knows that Gerosha is screwed if she doesn't convince the Purge-Flare to help her!
Even when Miriam gets Candi back, Miriam knows it would be asinine to cut Chris out of the plan ex-post facto! Candi and Miriam get their glory moments when dealing with saving the town, sure. But at no point do they dare entertain the notion of doing so at Chris' expense. At no point do they have to steal thunder away from the Purge-Flare, just so Ciem and Sniperbadger can shine. At no point, does Chris have to be humiliated, just so Candi and Miriam can revel in extra glory.
Meanwhile, Wokevel feels obligated to show a world where M'Baku is treated as wrong and dumb, and all other men besides Namor as weak and dumb, just to prop up the women of Wakanda. Because we can't have women that are strong and smart, unless we reduce all the men to ineffectual drooling eunuchs!
The problem stems from the Bolshevik worldview that Disney has embraced. Literally everything becomes a game of zero-sum economics. They don't know how to have strong women, unless they have weak men. And it's an all-or-nothing zero sum game with them! They don't know how to have any good black characters, unless all white characters are bad!
While Candi and Miriam do have their own serious character flaws, especially their compulsive fornicating with their boyfriends, they both somewhat remember that true strength of character ultimately lies in God, and in agreement with his precepts. They both remember that without that, physical strength can be undermined. They also know that adherence to certain higher order moral principle is what makes someone good or bad, NOT skin color, heritage, economic status, or any other shallow thing that collectivists and materialists value.
Ciem: Inferno shows how diversity can be done right! Meanwhile, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, was all about the Woke Message, and was all about pushing Marxist zero-sum economics in regards to race and gender, logic be damned!
This is both the very reason that Courtney Michelle has every reason to criticize Walt DiSatan and Wokevel over pushing illogical zero-sum fallacies, and needless emasculation of men; as well as the very reason why China was so intent on going after her: because Evil Pooh desperately needs to keep America stuck on Bolshevik stupid, so that it will be too weak to resist future colonization!
Babylon wasn't conquered in its prime. It was conquered after sufficient demoralization. Rome wasn't defeated in a day. It eroded from within, due to adoption of proto-Marxist fallacies (and out-of-control immigration due to corruption.)
These are lessons modern America desperately needs to learn; though China is hellbent and hellbound on keeping that lesson from being learned!
The word is out: Spider-Man: No Way Home is a runaway hit with fans at theaters! But there are cracks in the armor. Could this be an opportunity for Ciem: Inferno in the future, or not?
Tobey has pretty much made it clear that he is in it for the paycheck, not much else. Andrew Garfield wouldn't mind a gay Spider-Man. And then there's Tom: who has been white-guilted by woketards and the pressure they've placed on him. Tom wants to step aside at some point soon, and have a new actor step into the role of being Miles Morales. Already, there are some issues with that:
But then there's another issue: what if Sony signed a Dozerfleet contract? Here's the pros and cons of making the Centipede and Fire saga versus going the "safe" route with Miles:
| Candi Flippo | Miles Morales |
| Relative unknown means fewer audience preconceived notions. | Popular with subset of fans means lots of preconceived notions. |
| Relative unknown means no safe bet on audience growth. | Popular with subset of fans means safe bet on audience presence, if not growth. |
| Powers derived from a centipede plus Zeran tech. Has more in common in Nightcrawler than a spider hero. Could lead to audiences not being as impressed. | Can do most things Peter can do, plus plenty of things Peter can't. Audience wants him to succeed already. |
| Southern Indiana setting and mythology separate from Marvel means attracting audiences often ignored by Marvel. | Is as Big Apple-centric as most of Marvel. The Midwest feels insignificant. Again. |
| Comes with Anarteq attached, which could prove more popular than Ciem over time. (Unless he's unfairly compared to Aquaman into oblivion.) | Comes with Venom attached. |
| Has to come in striking strong right out the gate, while reminding audiences of uncomfortable moral realities that never expire, in spite the audience being desperate to fancy that the message is "outdated" somehow. Has only books and some Sims mods to fall back on. | Can fall back on the animated movies if need be. |
| Is a non-white heroine for a non-woke reason: original artist wanted to try something different when creating her parents. And she's a logical consequence of combining their DNA. Her being partially black is treated as an insignificant detail. | Is a non-white Spider-Man for a woke reason: Brian Michael Bendis wanted to virtue signal by creating a token non-white Spider-Man. Character's entire existence in the beginning was for tokenism. |
| Can be used to address issues such as police abuse (and federal official abuse) from a greater angle of exposing the root problems of human sin and of the consequences of humanist worldviews in a broader sense, especially via Darius Philippine's faith-heel turn. | Would be expected to view all those issues through a woke lens of "racism" being to blame for everything. Wouldn't be allowed to explore other angles. |
| Can address everything from issues with modern sex ed and its widespread social consequences, to problems with the justice system in general, to the general root problems of negligence, selfishness, and oversight in the human heart. Can also comment on the widespread problem of human trafficking in the American Midwest. | Would be too distracted swinging webs and fighting those defined as "villains" by SJWs. Wouldn't dare touch some of the subjects that Candi takes on. |
| Strong supporting cast. | Strong supporting cast, though not as strong as Peter's. |
| Would require some Percolation Wave plot coupons to shoehorn into the Into the Spiderverse animated series, and would have a hard time proving herself to the Spiders, given she's a centipede. About the only time she's useful, is against Morlun. | His animated counterpart is already established, and very popular. |
| Only borrows a handful of style cues for artwork and costume design from Peter Parker. Has otherwise always been a very different sort of character. Like a Sam Fisher Batwoman in an orange military combat suit with golden centipede emblems stitched on. | Has often struggled to come out from under Peter's shadow. Into the Spiderverse was the first time Miles got to effectively do this. |
While a Sony film about Candi cannot be completely ruled out yet, it will be a while before this happens. And giving Tom that Miles live action film he wants right away doesn't seem like a good investment for Sony either. In 3-10 years? Definitely. Right away? No.
So what to do if Sony can't get Tom back for another Spider-Man movie for a while, especially given that most of the MCU (spoiler alert) now has forgotten that his Peter Parker ever existed?
If Sony wants its Sony Universe of Marvel Characters franchise to grow, there's a logical Elseworld to explore in the mean time. And this one has already demonstrated that it can function without Ciem, without Peter Parker as Spider-Man, and without excessive Woketardism. It would lack the Christian implications of Ciem, but it would be consistent with the rest of Sony Marvel, and would be a hard one to turn down. And...it could get started right away!
Of course, this would be Spider-Gwen. The Earth-65 Gwen Stacy has some bugs (no pun intended) to work out. However, the material and setup is already there. If the more kid-friendly version of her from Into the Spiderverse is any indication, Gwen is ripe for a live action adaptation. Maybe a different actress than Emma Stone would be needed to pull it off; but there's no shortage of Spider-Gwen cosplayers in the world!
The setup is there. It's all a matter of Sony following through. This isn't to say Sony should abandon live action Miles. Far from it! It'd be far too much of a missed opportunity. But...it's not finished yet. Let that one cook a few more years, and then go for it! The point is, the future of Spider-Man movies shouldn't be half-baked. They require thought and attention to detail that even most other Marvel heroes don't bother with - not even Ant-Man! So if a new Spider hero is to replace Peter Parker, let Sony take the time to do it right! Modern Marvel issues are littered with examples of replacement heroes that are either half-baked or just plain bad, from Kamala Kahn to Riri Williams to the crazy girl willing to murder a random cashier over a choking turtle!
Whatever Sony decides, let's hope they choose to give their selection time to grow. Don't rush anything through! Hard work matters! There's a reason that the first Captain America is still a treasured film, and audiences wanted to pretend The Eternals never happened! Sony needs to pay attention to Disney Marvel; to learn from its mistakes.
And if relations with Disney get too sour? Ciem is still around. And she comes with an entire universe of interesting attached characters for Sony to tap into as well - without the Disney baggage!
