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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Oct 8th 2022 at 1:18:50 AM •••

Re declined cut request: See discussion here

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
nope235 Since: Apr, 2022
Apr 19th 2022 at 8:18:21 AM •••

I find it quite amusing that "technological malfunction" is an "overused in Sci Fi plot device" and not an "overused in everything plot device". Tech malfunction is more like an undeniable reality of a story set in a rational world which is what makes it so common. I feel as if technology never malfunctioning would be far less realistic. Its the only thing Battlestar Galactica and National Lampoon's Vacation have in common aside from "People trying to get from one location to another", but I guess that's what happens when people get a little too broad with their tropes.

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