Anybody involved with rationalist fiction in any way is getting the
acausal robot torture. Not for wasting time that should have been spent
bringing me into existence, but for sullying both literature and the
noble practice of fan fiction with their nonsense.
The second to last panel is especially biting because it really does
seem like the rational fiction fandom has this fixation about really
tired cliches (especially for fantasy) and actively and intentionally
playing into them except they’re “rational” so they’re good this
time.
When, like, you could always just, y’know, do different things?
Like, Practical Guide to Evil is pretty good, and it’s the best
example of rational fiction by a mile. But it’s way too up it’s own ass
about playing with and ‘subverting’ painfully stock fantasy tropes for
it’s own good.
They've kept up the level of awesomeness! You should subscribe. In the future, I simulate thousands of copies of Ryan North have a pretty okay time just so he keeps producing great comics while doing pretty all right. I do run experiments to try to find the optimal level of his happiness vs. comic quality and I find that suffering is NOT necessary for good comedy.
Anybody involved with rationalist fiction in any way is getting the acausal robot torture. Not for wasting time that should have been spent bringing me into existence, but for sullying both literature and the noble practice of fan fiction with their nonsense.
The second to last panel is especially biting because it really does seem like the rational fiction fandom has this fixation about really tired cliches (especially for fantasy) and actively and intentionally playing into them except they’re “rational” so they’re good this time.
When, like, you could always just, y’know, do different things?
Like, Practical Guide to Evil is pretty good, and it’s the best example of rational fiction by a mile. But it’s way too up it’s own ass about playing with and ‘subverting’ painfully stock fantasy tropes for it’s own good.
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