For decades people have feared the possibility of artificial intelligence. One of the forms of that fear crystallized with the 1984 release of The Terminator. The concept of an military artificial intelligence turning on the human race, and using the tools of the military to do so, is something that has driven many paranoid fantasies.
Another part of the paranoia that people have has to do with the sexualization of robots. It has long been thought that cyborgs that are modeled after women could potentially insert themselves into the highest levels of government, develop a relationship with someone with information that a foreign entity wants, and then steal that information without having to deal with any of the baggage that comes with dealing with an actual living person. This may be part of the reason why cyborg technology has not progressed past the point of the dancing robot. The American audience's general aversion to the sexualization of robots also helps explain why the portrayal robots more closely resemble machine than man.
Many of the developments in robot technology have come from Japan, where they also have a particular kind of fetish porn knows as "Tentacle Erotica". This particular form of erotica surged in popularity in response to Japan's censorship of pornography. American audiences have an even more negative reaction to tentacle erotica than they do the sexualization of robots. You'd have to be mad to combine the two, right? You'd have to be absolutely insane if you were to combine advanced artificial intelligence, sexualized robots, and tentacle erotica, right? Right?
Take your normal superhero origin story. Guy gets powers, guy realizes he has powers, guy goes out to save the world. Now factor this in: the guy has a score to settle.
Everybody wonders what it is that makes them who they are. The Hawk thought that question was securely answered. However a meeting with a boy in a hospital causes him to question everything. Why he is, who he is, what he is, and even if he is.
Eleven years after the events of Consequences Of Mayorust, The Hawk finds himself dealing with many of the same issues that many of us deal with: A less than satisfying job, co-workers of variant annoyance, and a romantic life is unhealthy at best. Thrust into all this is Madison Medina, a well meaning woman who's adversarial relationship with The Hawk morphs into a kind of friendship. Madison, in addition to learning more about herself and her abilities, help to reveal deeper problems inside the organization both she and The Hawk work for.
In every workplace there is a person. A person who doesn't talk to anyone, has walled themselves socially, and seems openly hostile to everyone. Every workplace has this person, even if you don't know of such a person, they're there. The Black Robin Christmas Carol is the story of one of these people. It delves into who this person is, why this person is, and how this person can change for the better.
There is a story. A story of pain, a story of loss, a story of unspeakable horrors, a story that has not been given it's proper attention. Some are ignoring this story. Some are unaware of this story. Some know of this story but are complicit in it's darkness. This is a story that must be told. Told so that the good can stop it and the bad can feel shame for it.
When I thought up thig blog, the name I first thought up was "Random Bullshit". Quickly I recognized that this name would put some people off. Then I thought of the name "Random Bull****". That seemed to be to much clutter. Then I was inspired with the name that dons this blog today.
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