Uncovering lost wiki treasures, Pt 7 - This blog's history

The main blog for Dozerfleet has had several incarnations. It began in February of 2011, on the 11th of that year. It was taken down October 1st of 2011, then given new life on September 8th of 2012 on Tumblr. When Tumblr was abandoned in 2016, this blog returned to Blogger in October of 2020. Its spin-off Labs blog existed fora time before that, beginning in April of 2020.

Before the Labs blog was set up, and DzMD had a proper home, DzMD was known as "Utterly Sims," and existed on Tumblr as well. All of this was an effort to create a sleek, modern interface for sharing Dozerfleet news, and providing download pages for free content for fans. Previously, in the late 2000s, most such things operated out of The Dozerfleet Forum on Proboards. However, the Proboards interface was decidedly in need of a drastic overhaul. The lack of forum members enlisting further ensured that a blog made more sense than a forum.

Other predecessors

In the days before social networking, newsletters were typed up in Microsoft Publisher and physically mailed to someone's home address. During the Cormorant era, this was the only way for the Dozerfleet founder to do such things shy of posting comments to someone else's online forum. Two noteworthy predecessors to the Blog and Forum both would be Yo-Splaz! Newsletter and Dolphinformia, both presses of which were designed specifically with two of the Dozerfleet founder's past love interests in mind.

Carly was the recipient of Yo-Splaz! and Emily of Dolphinformia, though neither one routinely wrote back concerning either publication. Concerning Wilgrace, Facebook contact replaced the traditional system. Political topics were addressed in detail on the Blog, and in short on Facebook and Twitter. As of the 2012 reboot, the blog fell back on dealing with political topics. However, topics were split between ones that the main blog was designed for, and others that were handled by the Dozerfleet founder's personal blog. Following the 2012 elections, the Dozerfleet Database's mention of the Dozerfleet founder's political handlings was designated to be history and archival only.

Wilinski Forest

On Friday, October 26th of 2012, the Dozerfleet founder's personal blog was re-branded as "Wilinski Forest," the place "from which Ivan observes a world in turmoil." These references to names and places and events in ''[[Ride of the Three Bulldozers]]'' allowed for the personal blog to receive a radical facelift. This was done in preparation of Tuesday, November 6th of 2012, at which point Wilinski Forest's content and that of The Dozerfleet Blog would cease their redundancy agreement.

Wilinski Forest, an offshoot project of The Dozerfleet blog and wiki, got to be the location from which the Dozerfleet founder could discuss contents that did not pertain to Dozerfleet operations per se, such as the Stop the Crooked Rainbow Campaign. This new agreement freed up the Dozerfleet Blog to be more clearly and explicitly about project developments.

The benefit of having one blog dedicated to political/social/life commentary and another to project development was not only that it expanded the overall Dozerfleet Web Network significantly; but also that it reduced a lot of burdens on the wiki in terms of trying to remain current. It also created a place for breaking news that eliminated the need for the wiki to have a front page Twitter feed. It was later decommissioned. Partially due to low viewing, and partially due to the logistics of Tumblr.

At present, most content of the sort that would have appeared on Wilinski Forest is now shared on Facebook and / or MeWe, usually in debate groups.

Uncovering lost wiki treasures Pt 6: Dozerfleet's 20th anniversary celebration

The day was October 10th of 2014. The location: Lansing, MI. It had been 20 years to the day that Dozerfleet Productions got its humble official beginning, as an unnamed "collection" back in 1994.

Where it all began

The founder was in the school hallway of Holy Trinity Lutheran School in Wyoming, MI in October of 1994. He was reading The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander, following a controversy at the school at the time about whether or not The Giver was appropriate reading material for 5th graders. The dream to create something the likes of Dozerfleet went all the way back to 1987, however, as he was inspired by watching The Empire Strikes Back on VHS. However, starting an actual collection officially of self-created works was a new step. There had been works created before this, such as Defenders of Stick-Man Village and The 2-Headed Turtle in 1993; but there were no serious efforts back then to keep a collection.

The "Collection," now retroactively dubbed "Way Early Comics," quickly grew into "Flamingo Entertainment" by 1996. It was renamed "Cormorant Entertainment" in August of 1997. The inspiration for its current name came in December of 1998, at a skating party in Holt, MI.

Turning 10

However, the brand would not receive its name officially until May 10th of 2006. The brand turned 10 years old on October 10th of 2004, when The Meshalutian Trilogy was still being pursued and Proto Gerosha was on its way to being defined. School busy work compiled with everything else kept the Dozerfleet founder from doing anything serious to celebrate the 10th anniversary, leading to a desire to make up for it with the 20th.

Turning 20

On October 10th of 2014, the 20th Anniversary Celebration commenced. It was only a small celebration, given the work schedule. But a cake was made and enjoyed. Notes were sent to The Dozerfleet Blog of the time, concerning the occasion. Not all news related to the event was good news. Dozerfleet Auto Mk. II, which was a dark blue 1997 Chevrolet Lumina LS, finally became too old and broken to be repaired. It was sent to a scrap yard a few days before the 20th Anniversary Celebration. Around 5:30 PM on October 10th, a farewell to the vehicle was posted on the blog.

Cake

The cake used was a Betty Crocker Extra Moist chocolate cake recipe. It was covered with chocolate frosting that contained several gel dyes that created an extremely-dark, not-quite-black appearance. Gold sugar was sprinkled on meticulously to produce the Dozerfleet logo.

Uncovering lost wiki treasures Pt 5 - HtraEartH

Around March of 2012, author Mark Gerke, a friend of the Dozerfleet founder's, attempted to promote and publish his own fantasy novella. It had an article on the Dozerfleet Database on Fandom at that time, though the work is no longer being actively promoted by him.

HtraEartH: The Unseen Purity was illustrated by Mark's other friend of the time, Dirk Matthysse. It was released in hardcover and e-book formats, and published online via Amazon. It totaled 48 pages in length (40 in the Kindle version), and received an ISBN number of 978-0-615-59801-7. When its sales failed to impress Mark, however, he abandoned his plans for a sequel.

Plot synopsis

Htrae is a world generated by the creative powers of the cumulative human consciousness. An ancient mystical being named Gem forewarns all sentient life (the reader in particular) of the implications of Htrae's existence. He then proceeds to allow the story of a native of Htrae, Bodoran, be told.

It is revealed that Htrae is guarded by numerous magical beings named "Dreamweavers." The young Bodoran, a Dreamweaver of skill beyond his years, is alerted that the "Un" is wreaking havoc on his world. The Un is a parasite to all things, which will wither everything out of existence if it is not stopped. The life force of Htrae, called the Essence, is the Un's primary food source. It will take all Bodoran's magical abilities to find and stop it before it succeeds; but he must first find the source of its power.

Bodoran meets a new acquaintance along his quest; but is tricked by dark magical energies to cast a spell improperly at one point. This leads to his new acquaintance being transformed into a Darcrata ("Dark Creature.") The new-created Darcrata is but one of many similar beings, which the Dreamweavers do battle with regularly in their quest to keep Htrae safe. Bodoran learns that the horrible magic he has uncovered, which transformed his friend so tragically, is strung from the Darklord Nimjora, self-proclaimed "Darklord of the Darklands." Nimjora has had his eyes on killing Bodoran for a while, and seizes this moment of weakness as an opportunity to defeat his nemesis once and for all.

The events soon unfolding place Bodoran very near to his death bed, as his magical energy is hijacked to produce a horrifying new reality for Htrae. Bodoran realizes he must muster his strength in his darkest hour, when his own power has been turned against him to make all Hell break loose.

Characters

• Gem, a mystical being of old. He is able to go meta in ways other characters cannot. He sends a message to humanity in general, as an introduction (namely, to the reader,) and informs that the world of Htrae is a mirror of Earth that has been created by "the collective of all human imagination."
• Bodoran, member of a class of warriors who battle on the plains of the abstract every bit as often as the concrete. He is known as a "Dreamweaver," and has been sent to find the Un, and stop it from draining the Essence (a type of life force) from Htrae.
• Darklord Nimjora of the Darklands, who is determined to defeat Bodoran, and use the darkest aspects of Bodoran's subconscious to generate a new reality of horror.
• Darcratas ("Dark Creatures"), Nimjora's minions. They are created by Nimjora intercepting the abilities of Dreamweavers, and polluting their magic through dark shadows. At one point, Bodoran makes a new acquaintance - only to have a spell of his sabotaged by Nimjora; thus turning his new acquaintance into a Darcrata.
• The Un, a mysterious entity, one which is slowly draining away the Essence of Htrae. It must be stopped, and Bodoran is determined to stop it at its source - even at the expense of his own life.

Development

Mark first wrote the book with the intent to blend together themes from various different genres; including dream fantasy, horror, and realism. He first got his work published in March of 2012 through Ferris State University's services, as a final project to graduate. He and classmate Dirk collaborated on the project, with Dirk agreeing to be in charge of illustrations. Suspecting that Ferris binding the book in hardcover would limit its sales potential, Mark later resolved to publish through Amazon Digital Services. The book was made available for the Kindle Fire as of May of 2012, as a 103 KB download.

On February 12th and 13th of 2012, Mark alerted fans on his HtraEartH Facebook fan page that he suspected the book would be completed in April.^[1] Construction of the book folds neared completion on February 18th, with some work being done in Adobe Illustrator on the front cover designs.

Mark discovered on March 5th that a printing press error had slightly aged the pages, giving the book an "old-timey" appearance that he felt ironically worked to the book's benefit. Also on March 5th, Mark and Dirk's front and back cover artwork compilation was uploaded without the titles and fine print to the official Facebook page. For the first time, curious visitors could see what the main character Bodoran looked like, as well as the nefarious Un.

On March 10th, Mark suggested that the version being released was only a first edition. He would not rule out revising the story to make it longer in the future. The book was announced "finished" off the presses on March 22nd of 2012, though Dirk complained that there was a slight flaw in the ink system that slowed down drying times. ^[2] The book's copyright notices were updated slightly on March 18th, to allow for future series installments. Finally on May 17th, the book was converted to e-book format and uploaded to Amazon.

A link to the Amazon download was added to the Facebook page around 4:17 PM EST on Thursday, May 17th of 2012. The following Saturday around 10:15 AM, Mark updated his Wordpress account to acknowledge the book's availability.^[3]

Around February 12th, Mark announced that he intended to produce a sequel to ''Unseen Purity'', stating: "HtraEartH is a series that is continuing. As early as 2013, the next book will be out." He stated at the time that he had yet to decide on a subtitle for the upcoming sequel. However, those plans for a sequel never unfolded.

Connection to Dozerfleet

The book's author, Mark Gerke, is a friend of the Dozerfleet founder. They met through his wife Kat, whom the Dozerfleet founder met while at Ferris State and living in Bond Hall. Having expressed concerns about not having adequate marketing and fan base tools for promoting his new book, Mark addressed the founder. The founder responded in kind by allowing Mark to set up a new wiki on Wikia's services, which came to be dubbed "HtraEartHWiki."

In May of 2012, HtraEartHWiki began coming to form on its own. A lot of its templates were copy-pasted from the Dozerfleet Database of that time. A few of those templates were slightly modified to fit the new site's theme and needs more adequately.

References

1. Gerke, Mark. "Work in Progress." (Facebook post). HtraEartH Fan Page. Facebook. Sunday, February 12th, 3:05 PM EST.
   http://www.facebook.com/M.E.Gerke
2. Gerke, Mark. "Unfortunately, Dirk found a slight flaw." (Facebook post). HtraEartH Fan Page. Facebook. Thursday, March 22nd, 4:12 PM EST.
   http://www.facebook.com/M.E.Gerke
3. 3. Gerke, Mark. "New Author to the Fantasy/Fiction World – M.E.Gerke." ''Wordpress''. May 19th, 2012.
   http://megerke.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/new-author-to-the-fantasyfiction-world-m-e-gerke/

Links

• HtraeEarth: The Unseen Purity for Kindle at Amazon
• Mark's Facebook page

Defining the "Web of Destiny"

The "Web of Destiny," or "Web of Fate" is a metaphysical concept of great importance to characters in the Dozerfleet Megaverse. It is said to be the field at which the Volition Dilemma Paradox (the necessity of temporal allowance of freedom to choose or reject God, in a state of flux,) and Vocational Destiny (your specific intended purpose for existing since before you were born) are reconciled.

The Volition Dilemma Paradox is central to the concept of free will, defining what it is, what it isn't, what it's limits are, and why it must be in the first place. Jewish texts expand on it into the concept of "Tzimtzum," the "contraction of God," to allow for others to have their own agenda. Yet, there is still Volition Dilemma, which relates to the Hebrew concept of "Yiuudh" (יִעוּד).

As such, "fate" is merely the causal relation of differing wills intersecting. To suggest to someone that something is "fate," therefore, is to assert that there is another will working against their own that will always be stronger. There will still be a collision point, but the point of negotiation will result in that stronger will clearly being the overwhelmingly primary beneficiary of the outcome. From there, the proclamation is prone to trial, to determine how much truth there is to its assertion. To be valid for debate, likewise, the assertion must be falsifiable, so that its validation has actual merit.

The general premise of how it works is this:

1. God has sovereign will. (The Rod of Destiny, ultimate Path of History.)
2. Volition Dilemma requires lesser beings to have free will, to love and accept or hate and reject, for a time.
3. Lesser beings asserting this will interact with one another, whether consciously or unconsciously, altering the subdetails of fate around the Rod, yet unable to change the Rod's ultimate destiny for human history.
4. "Fate" is what happens when wills intersect. Higher fates are defined by superior wills vs. inferior ones.
5. The intricate interaction of wills intersecting forms a web-like structure of connected intersections.

Hence, fate is a web of free wills, all either attempting to complement one another, or cancel each other out. Yet, Higher History cannot be ruined or destroyed. Only little details of destiny can be changed. The Rod determines the extent to which any of these small changes matter.

The geometry of this relation is often likened to a series of roads that intersect, and to showing cars that crash at intersections versus cars that avoid collision - and the myriad ways they manage to avoid collision. The greater framework of this simulation can thus be compared in structure to a web, hence "Web" of Destiny. This isn't the only causal theory on this concept to exist. Boethius made a similar postulation once, with his "Wheel of Fortune" concept.

Examples

• In Cherinob, still-living humanity is still in the state of flux on will, yet a clear path of history demonstrates itself, regardless the choices that the majority of individuals make in how they conduct their everyday lives. Apthalans and Biroots, however, cannot have an agenda contrary to their alignment. Cherinob cannot act toward humans with anything malicious, unless ordained by God. Hence why she would rather throw herself into the sun than blow up Bucharest when supercharged. Kritchobol, likewise, can only pretend to be nice to further an evil agenda. He cannot lead anyone to God, unless peppered with mischaracterization of God somehow. He cannot tell any truth, unless he wishes to imply a greater lie through twisting of the truth. This is because both Cherinob and Kritchobol are mode-locked.
• Xylien Society in Stationery Voyagers had a flag which featured a depiction of the Web of Destiny.
• The Divergency creates divergent timelines to reconcile significant tampering with history by those who exploit the Percolation Wave with dubious intent. Doing so almost always has seriously adverse consequences for the tampering individual. This is similar to the Butterly Effect.
• The above is demonstrated in one fanfic, where Feathertop invades the world of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst to get Kruger to join the Triumvirate. As a token of goodwill, Feathertop kills Faith Connors. Then, Tabitha Pang reverts to an earlier point in time, and prevents Faith's assassination. As the Divergency seeks to reconcile this, it leads to the droid and camera setup responsible for killing Faith last time suddenly having an exact replica of itself, causing signal interference as central command tries to reconcile how two of the same robot now exist in its framework. This results in Kruger betraying Feathertop, stealing his powers, and killing him, thus becoming the new Feathertop, and going completely insane. The new Kruger-Feathertop hybrid then confronts the Twirlflame Trio, and calls Tabitha Pang out for the dangerous slippery slope of using time travel to perform resurrections. It is considered a great moral evil, even by the Icy Finger's low standards for morality. Tabitha is even accused of being worse than her mother Hea, whose greatest crime against space-time was using time travel to exploit Schrodinger's Cat to deprive King Morzhuk of increasing his power via the Grand Ultimates' Ruby.
• In Stationery Voyagers, the driver that hit Arnold Rubblindo made choices. Arnold himself made choices to go to town at that exact moment, and that lead to the Xyliens turning him into Pextel. However, God was also involved, ensuring that the influences affecting all the other parties would result in them making the choices they were going to make within the timeframe most needed for God to make Pextel happen when Pextel needed to happen.
• Even some episode titles in Stationery Voyagers reflect this. "What Must Happen" shows the necessity of Rhodney Antilles joining the Voyager program, even though he was intent on making a similar choice regardless. Meanwhile, "Choice After All" shows that Oceanoe chooses to reject the influence of the reverse-Eros gas that gives him an OCD episode under its toxicity, and he doesn't turn gay. Meanwhile, his abductors made a choice to kidnap him to spread their perversion, and are confronted violently for it, after trying to gaslight the public into believing they "had no choice."

Uncovering lost wiki treasures Pt 4 - If DJ Duckslaughter were an author

In the midst of the madness of making the old Fandom version of the wiki, an example page contained this gold nugget.

If DJ Duckslaughter in the Every Ape and His Brother timeline, who is the fictional madman supposedly behind the songs "The Only Resort," "Meat Cleaver," and "All My Ducks Are Pekins" had also written books about his poultry-killing antics, then his bibliography might read something like the following:

1. Penguins' Fates Sealed: Recipes Galore for your Antarctic Cuisine
2. Easy Cures for a Goose's Neck Pain
3. An Exhaustive Study of Turkeys
4. Muscovies Must Go to the Log
5. Cheerfully Chopping Chickens
6. Pekins Get VERY Butchered...in Stacks!
7. A Guide to Better Khaki Campbell
8. Fawnrunners Ainna Run Fast Enough
9. Are You Game for Guinea Fowl?
10. Ripping Through Ridiculous Riddles of Rouens

Uncovering Lost Wiki Treasures Pt 3 - Candi vs Candi

In the late 2000s, there was some confusion by webcomic afficionados about the Candi Flippo-Levens featuring in Ciem. Namely, suspicion that she was somehow based on the titular Candi from Starline Hodge's work. However, in spite superficial similarities, the two Candis were not at all the same, nor inspired by one another. A whole wiki article was created specifically to outline this issue.

Creator comparisons and contrasts

• Both creators were born in Florida in 1983, and came up with their respective protagonists around 2004-2005. While neither inspired the other, the two did discover one another's work in 2007.
• However, one was born in Miami in January, while the other was born in Ft. Myers in March.
• Both have lived in Florida. However, Starline has been Floridian her entire life. The Dozerfleet founder also lived in Wisconsin for a few years, and in Michigan for about 30 years.
• Starline is right-handed, the other left-handed.
• While both Candis are college-age protagonists, Starline kept her work's scope to (mostly) probable situations, with a few exceptions involving squirrels. The scenarios in Ciem are more frequently fantastical than most of Starline's work would allow for, since that work was specifically intended to showcase that The Sims 2 could be used to make superhero productions with quasi-original characters, and do a modest job.

Levens vs. Jane

• Ciem opens with Candi Flippo at age 19, preparing to turn 20. Starline's Candi strip opened with an 18-year-old protagonist.
• Candi Flippo's two love interests were Denny Levens and Donte McArthur. Candi Jane's were Alex and Jon. But while Candi Flippo marries Denny, and later marries Donte after Denny is murdered by Musaran, Starline at the time stated she had no interest in Candi and Jon ever officially hooking up.
• Both Denny and Alex were brown-haired men who either had medical degrees or were in pursuit of one. Denny was also selfless, while Alex was selfish to extremes.
• Denny Levens also took seriously his "till death do you part" vow with Candi, and Musaran unfortunately made sure it played out that way. Alex never made his Candi any such promise, and then was quick to betray her.
• Candi Flippo grew to be between 5'5" and 5'7" in Classic Gerosha, while her Cataclysmic Gerosha version maxes out in height at 5'4". Starline's Candi is stated to be 5'6".
• Candi Flippo acquires a friend named Laurie Pegol, based on a real woman named Liz. The other Candi has a friend name Laura, at one point.
• Candi Flippo dyes her hair firetruck red, while the other Candi allegedly has "natural" pink hair.
• Candi Flippo battles pyromaniacs, including Don the Psycho. The other one was threatened with fire by a random psycho.
• When initially given a pregnancy scare, Candi Flippo quickly grows to want a child. Unfortunately, she miscarries. The other Candi is relieved to not be pregnant, due to having no interest in children. But while Candi Flippo-Levens half expected to get pregnant due to unprotected sex with her husband, the other Candi turned out to just be lactose-intolerant.
• The time periods were different. Classic Gerosha sets the events for Candi's life in 2019 in the opening, and then progresses to her life in 2025. The first season of Candi takes place in 2006, when Candi Flippo would've been about 7 years old! Candi Flippo being born in 1999, coincidentally, is one thing that didn't change when the Earth-G5 and Earth-G6 timelines gave way to the Earth-G7 timeline. Therefore, Candi is between 9 and 10 years of age during the events in Blood Over Water, even if the original miniseries doesn't feature her on screen in any form.
• Candi Flippo-Levens in Classic Gerosha is shown attending Viron University, which is supposed to be the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, though its geography and architecture are merged with Ferris State. Starline's Candi unabashedly attends the University of Florida.
• Candi Flippo inherits a lot of money from her parents, but tries to hide how rich she is. The other Candi is portrayed as perpetually broke.
• Candi Flippo-Levens needs money and a job only to pretend to be normal, and hide the fact that she's Ciem. The other Candi is portrayed as simply a jobless loser.
• Candi Flippo-Levens is portrayed as a non-denominational Christian with liturgical leanings, while Starline's character is described as non-practicing Jewish.
• Candi Levens has an entire gallery of rogues, plus a race of evil aliens that believe she's some prophecied destroyer that they must kill before she kills them. Starline's Candi...just has bad friends.
• The two Candis even differ in their attitudes on alcohol. The one at Dozerfleet averts bars and rarely enjoys alcohol. Ironically, beer is served at the bowling alley where she does find work. She also later becomes a server at an upscale bar temporarily, and avoids college dive bars. The Starline version has been drunk before, by admission.
• Erin Flippo ingrains her Candi with an overwhelming sense of responsibility in life, as Ciem and as Candi, and even suggests that having no powers and not being Ciem would make no difference. Candi agonizes over this. By contrast, the only responsibility that Starline's Candi took seriously in early issues was her class homework.
• Both experience the loss of a lover. In Dozerfleet, Candi's loss is due to a homicidal maniac in a shrew costume, with her home then being destroyed by a suicide bomber. Starline's Candi merely loses her man to ego conflicts and treacherous friends.
• Starline's Candi has a notorious sweet tooth. By contrast, Candi Flippo appears to be indifferent towards candy.
• Candi Flippo wants to go into forensic investigation and criminal profiling, while Starline's Candi is a digital artist - like Starline herself.
• Neither Candi is particularly good at other languages besides English, though Starline's Candi having no ability to speak Spanish at all leads to her being taunted over it. Candi Levens learns just enough Spanish to get Latin Town to cooperate with her.
• Starline's Candi has done many things; but never worn an orange centipede costume to battle an alien invasion, fight crime, nor stop monsters. She does have a flying pet ferret named Menjou. The nearest equivalent to that in Dozerfleet would be Ferreto, the Everywhere Ferret Cop of Ferretsville, in the Dromedeverse. Earth-G5 Candi and Dromedeverse Ferreto, suffice to say, have never met. Menjou and Ferreto would probably not get along.
• When it comes to men, Candi Levens looks for character attributes and beliefs compatible with her own. Starline's Candi seems to be more shallow, concerned with genital sizes. The Dozerfleet Candi wants a man who shares her life mission, and can help her maintain her masquerade. Starline's Candi is more prone to exploitation by men that just want her for the bedroom benefits.
• Both Candis have a tan, but that tan implies different things. Candi Flippo-Levens is Indo-Persian Mulatto in Earth-G5, and this description has carried over into latter incarnations. Starline's Candi, by contrast, is "Jewish-Dutch-Caribbean."
• Differing art styles also convey a difference in artist agenda. Earth-G5 Candi was initially created in The Sims 2. This was to showcase to the Sims community that Sims storytelling can tell more complex stories and mythologies, and shouldn't be used merely to make knockoffs of Teen Mom. The other Candi was hand-drawn, by an artist wishing to showcase how "American-Japanese fusion" can be a good art style.
• The two Candis have very different family dynamics too. Candi Levens has a large family with its own complex mythology. Starline's Candi rarely has anything to do with her parents whatsoever.
• Candi Flippo-Levens has higher sexual mores than Candi Jane. While the former does have a very voracious sexual appetite, she's willing to keep herself chaste until in an at least somewhat-monogamous relationship, if not outright married. She doesn't aspire to one night stands. Even with Donte, Candi waits until they're practically engaged before finally succumbing to temptation. With Denny, she was able to save herself for marriage. By contrast, Candi Jane borders on being a "femcel," frustrated that no one will have sex with her, and not particularly bothered by what relationship she has with said man before said encounter. While Earth-G7 Candi isn't quite as morally upright as Earth-G5 Candi, she retains her emphasis on serial monogamy; turning down offers from Warren Bozil and Jack Mercreek in spite having lust for them. She is adamant about keeping herself only to the man she's dating / married to at that moment, whether it be Danny Loffin, Tyrone Menster, or Donte McArthur. She entertains a crush on Paul Driveway, but it never leads to them doing anything inappropriate. Candi Jane...cannot be guaranteed to have such modesty.
• In Earth-G5, contraceptives actually interfere with Candi's centipede powers, as they use hormones to trick the body into thinking it's already pregnant. Later incarnations do away with pregnancy completely stealing powers away; but Candi Flippo generally doesn't believe in them, in any incarnation of the character. Candi Jane claims to have "always been safe," implying she uses them almost religiously.
• Candi was touched by Denny putting her before himself, but only bonded with him the way she did based on having been previously misled into believing that Donte was dead. The shock at learning he was live, stripped of his powers, given cancer, and being held prisoner by the enemy after they faked his death to fool the world, and being saved for some epic public execution reveal later, shakes Candi almost to her core. By contrast, Candi Jane's more shallow criteria for men ensures that even if Alex were an ax murderer, she would have fallen for him.

Uncovering Lost Wiki Treasures Pt 2 - The Leibniz-Newton Effect

This old article may no longer serve much purpose on the current Dozerfleet Database, but "The Liebniz-Newton Effect" was a way to attempt to explain an observation made at Dozerfleet that has since been commented on numerous times by other scholars: the Theory of Multiple Discovery.

The old article named itself after the mutual publication of discoveries in calculus by Gottfried Liebniz and Isaac Newton, leading to the two at one point suspecting that they'd stolen each other's ideas. Hollywood has observed this trend occur quite often, as studios race to capitalize and out-do each other while cashing in on various trends as they come and go, resulting in the "twin films" phenomenon.

John DeBruyn, who was at one point the administrator of Blue Moon Inn Online and who was initially selected to play Prince Volkonir for the since-canceled 2008 film Volkonir, once complained that he had been working for many years on a TV show concept for an alternate history world littered with Asian mysticism themes. However, the release in 2003 of Avatar: The Last Airbender, with very similar themes, dashed his hopes that his own premise would ever be taken seriously.

The old article also noted that Tail Sting and Snakes on a Plane both appear to have been adaptations of the original script Venom, not to be confused with the similarly-titled-but-otherwise-unrelated 2018 Sony Marvel film.

Armageddon and Deep Impact were also cited as examples of the phenomenon, as were Antz and A Bug's Life. It's debatable if March of the Penguins and Surf's Up had anything to do with each other. Yet, their rush to capitalize on the sudden popularity of penguins also led to Madagascar, and Happy Feet coming out around the same time. Before this, The Pebble and the Penguin and VeggieTales: The Toy That Saved Christmas also featured penguins heavily.

The issue has been muddied, as accusations of theft and plagairism abound in the debates over many works with eerie similarities. This is made worse by cases of actual theft. Infamously, The Wild was subjected to sabotage and espionage, leading to Dreamworks hearing of its premise and then rushing to release Madagascar to film first. By the time Disney had The Wild ready for release, confused filmgoers accused The Wild of being a knockoff of Madagascar, when it was the other way around.

Dozerfleet works also ran into multiple discovery issues:

• Around the same time that the Classic Gerosha continuity was running, production on Ciem bumped into issues with having some superficial similarities between its protagonist, Candi Flippo-Levens, and the titular Candi in artist Starline Hodge's Candi webcomic strip, popular at the time.
• Liquidon Ethereteel from Stationery Voyagers was originally going to be called "Liquilight," until the discovery of Liqui-Lights brand pens. While he was designed after a Gilette Liquid Paper whiteout pen, naming himself after a different company's trademark was a bridge too far.
• Neone Delft of Stationery Voyagers was originally going to be called "Neoni," until another creator's trademarked anime character was discovered to already bear that name.
• Karen Mindoche of the Trapezoid Kids bears a lot of superficial similarities to the Karen Sympathy from The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, in spite being created long before Dozerfleet's founder was even aware of the plot of that movie.
• Gordon Lomken from Stationery Voyagers was a staunch defender of Creationism and had virtually all the answers. So someone killed him. He was originally inspired by the character of Chandra Suresh from Heroes, but bears a lot in common with the character of Thomas Whitfield in Australian author Julie Cave's novel Deadly Disclosures. Until 2012, Miss Cave and the Dozerfleet founder had not had any contact or even awareness of each other.