# General Inspiration Thread
**URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240
**Category:** Roll20
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240 "2017-09-01T05:33:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 11
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/201 "2018-04-30T06:18:06Z")
“Creep,” Radiohead
Songwriters: Mike Hazlewood / Albert Hammond / Colin Greenwood / Jonathan Greenwood / Edward O’brien / Philip Selway / Thomas Yorke
When you were here before
Couldn’t look you in the eye
You’re just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
You’re so fuckin’ special
But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.
I don’t care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I’m not around
You’re so fuckin’ special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.
She’s running out again,
She’s running out
She’s run run run run
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so fuckin’ special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.
I don’t belong here.
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_At the high school spring concert at James’ school, one of the seniors did an arrangement of this piece as his senior project (with some minor bowdlerization of the lyrics). I thought it was emblematic of teen angst (as I still recall it mumblety decades later), which sometimes bubbles up for some of our characters (Alycia in particular, but not exclusively by any means)._
author: \*\*\* Dave H.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6337780](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6337780)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/202 "2018-05-04T02:36:08Z")
So whenever anyone brings up the molecular lathe, I always think about it working similar to [this game](https://i.imgur.com/DLiQyX4.gifv)([Opus Magnum](https://store.steampowered.com/app/558990/Opus_Magnum/), which is a personal favorite). Setup an assembly line, feed in a lot of simple carbon (or essential salts, due to this game being alchemy-based) and let it work for a while and you come back to all sorts of interesting things (sadly not always what you wanted, due to mistakes you made along the way).
author: Mike
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6350116](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6350116)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/203 "2018-05-04T21:56:02Z")
Looks like [Secrets of AEGIS](http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/240754/Secrets-of-AEGIS-A-Masks-Supplement) is finally out for people who didn’t back the Kickstarter. Quite a nice read. The Agents of AEGIS playset sounds particularly interesting.
author: Mike
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6352154](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6352154)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/204 "2018-05-08T01:25:34Z")
Recently read the digital version of Tom King’s _Vision_ limited series, and was so wowed that I purchased the hardcover just so I could have it and/or loan it out to others. Gripping, understated-yet-Shakespearean-epic psychodrama about the Vision building a normal family, living in a normal suburban house, and trying to have a normal life … and how it all spirals into madness, murder, and pathos.
Very cool story, and while it’s absolutely _not_ anything that meshes with the Newmans, if Alycia read comics, she’d be even more wide-eyed over this (even though, ultimately, it’s parable of _any_ human striving for normalcy).
Good stuff.
author: \*\*\* Dave H.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362028](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362028)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/205 "2018-05-08T01:56:01Z")
A very good series Dave, especially considering it was twice used in two different breakdown videos from Strip Panel Naked: [one for their excellent panel blocking and composition](https://youtu.be/VlzZBBivGQY), and [another in their series on different grid panel layout breakdowns (this one for the 9 panel grid)](https://youtu.be/Gx1DZg7ACoc). Both very good watches if you are interested in the art and mechanics of comic making.
author: Mike
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362107](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362107)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/206 "2018-05-08T02:02:56Z")
> _[Mike](https://app.roll20.net/users/705205) said:_
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> A very good series Dave, especially considering it was twice used in two different breakdown videos from Strip Panel Naked: [one for their excellent panel blocking and composition](https://youtu.be/VlzZBBivGQY), and [another in their series on different grid panel layout breakdowns (this one for the 9 panel grid)](https://youtu.be/Gx1DZg7ACoc). Both very good watches if you are interested in the art and mechanics of comic making.
Not surprised – the art was clean, understated, and terribly impactful.
author: \*\*\* Dave H.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362126](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362126)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/207 "2018-05-08T02:19:41Z")
[https://imgur.com/gallery/E18gpr7](https://imgur.com/gallery/E18gpr7) - the kid who draws monsters. This covers a lot of character types I love.
author: Bill G.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362168](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362168)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/208 "2018-05-08T05:33:38Z")
> _[Bill G.](https://app.roll20.net/users/118980) said:_
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> [https://imgur.com/gallery/E18gpr7](https://imgur.com/gallery/E18gpr7) - the kid who draws monsters. This covers a lot of character types I love.
That 404ed. (Though it’s a great 404 page.)
author: \*\*\* Dave H.
url: [Community Forums: General Inspiration Thread | Roll20: Online virtual tabletop](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362610)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/209 "2018-05-08T06:07:35Z")
It was comic panels of this character: [http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Kei\_Kawade\_(Earth-616)](http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Kei_Kawade_(Earth-616))
author: Bill G.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362648](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6362648)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/210 "2018-05-08T14:25:53Z")
Ah! Kid Kaiju. Fun.
author: \*\*\* Dave H.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6363172](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6363172)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/211 "2018-05-14T06:20:29Z")
So Aaron Diaz ([creator of Dresden Codak](http://dresdencodak.com/) [If you don’t already read it I recommend it, though with plenty of asterisks\*.]) posted a breakdown of main character [Kimiko Ross’ cybernetic enhancements](http://dresdencodak.com/2018/05/13/cyborg-time-with-kimiko-ross/) and as soon as I read nanofiber tendons, my first thought was “hmm, probably not too dissimilar from the Newman girls, save for the digital/analog bridge.”
\* It’s good. It delves into deep concepts that I’m not sure anyone follows with 100% accuracy (at least not without having to do some research). There’s the loosest of continuity which can drive you crazy (which is why I recommend the one-shots over the serialized stories). And the author is an epic perfectionist which helps makes his work come out at a glacial pace (and I wouldn’t know _anything_ about that). But when it’s [on point](http://dresdencodak.com/2009/04/19/onald-creely/), it’s [_ **on point** _](http://dresdencodak.com/2009/12/16/lantern-season/).
author: Mike
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6381402](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6381402)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/212 "2018-05-14T06:51:57Z")
One of these days I’ll take vacation enough to read the whole series with all the attention it deserves, and maybe then I’ll grok half of it. 🙂
I’ve been very thorough about basing _almost_ all the Newman tech on what’s at least possible, and assuming Leo’s power includes “overcome engineering challenges in a given scientific field” (the sole exception is their power supply). Dresden Codak has done its freakin’ homework way more than I have, and I’ve leeched off its ideas from time to time. And other times, we both drink from the same well.
A real-life example from 2012: [https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/11/wax-filled…](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/11/wax-filled-nanotubes-flex-their-muscles)
Even from that far back, that’s pretty good. The current human dead-lift record is about 457 kg. 85 times that is about 40 tons, which is the stated figure for Aria and Summer to lift. Kimiko’s quoted at 8 tons in the second link, which makes sense if you build a multi-purpose limb. Leo didn’t: his girls are solid muscle and armor, no implant tools or other fanciness. The built-in levitation system drops that a bit, but not much. Similarly, the carbon allotropes I’ve described really can carry that much strain, and more.
Running speed is interesting, because longer legs contribute a lot more than sheer power of muscular contraction. If you can do it, it’s better to move in a series of jumps or forward leaps - watch a [cheetah in slow motion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vejjVgIHg) for example. Summer can’t run like a cheetah, but we have Aria [jumping grasshopper-style](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6140264/) to move quickly, and she could probably hit 100 km/h or better in doing so.
And of course, “technology is shaped by philosophy and vice versa, it’s all connected” has been my entire god damn character.
author: Bill G.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6381438](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6381438)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/213 "2018-05-16T06:04:24Z")
After that post, this article immediately hit my feed: [https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/forget-car…](https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/forget-carbon-fiber-we-can-now-make-carbon-nanotube-fibers/)
The stuff is “25 times the strength of Kevlar”. I f’in love science.
author: Bill G.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6387895](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6387895)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/214 "2018-05-16T15:10:55Z")
> _[Bill G.](https://app.roll20.net/users/118980) said:_
>
> After that post, this article immediately hit my feed: [https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/forget-car…](https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/forget-carbon-fiber-we-can-now-make-carbon-nanotube-fibers/)
>
> The stuff is “25 times the strength of Kevlar”. I f’in love science.
I’m a regular Ars reader, so I’d read it earlier in the day. How telling is that it immediately made me think of this game before all the cool engineering applications? 😛
I expect it will be very cool once they figure out how to make the strands longer that centimeter scale. A long, flexible, strong material with some of the best thermal conductivity in material science and (presumably) good electrical conductivity? Yeah, some interesting stuff is going to get made of that.
\* I say presumably because of what I suspect, given my passing knowledge of material science. I imagine it’s a lot closer in conductivity to graphene than a diamond. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
author: Mike
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6388998](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6388998)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/215 "2018-05-17T02:57:41Z")
Something Maury needs [http://latining.tumblr.com/post/173968397223/teratomarty-sizvideos-a-man-has-built-ogo-a/amp](http://latining.tumblr.com/post/173968397223/teratomarty-sizvideos-a-man-has-built-ogo-a/amp)
author: Doyce T.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6390977](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6390977)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/216 "2018-05-17T05:24:43Z")
> _[Doyce T.](https://app.roll20.net/users/39462) said:_
>
> Something Maury needs [http://latining.tumblr.com/post/173968397223/teratomarty-sizvideos-a-man-has-built-ogo-a/amp](http://latining.tumblr.com/post/173968397223/teratomarty-sizvideos-a-man-has-built-ogo-a/amp)
Very cool.
I suspect the nature of various disabilities that require a wheelchair make different types and models more practical. But the idea of movement through core exercise is pretty darned nifty.
author: \*\*\* Dave H.
url: [Community Forums: General Inspiration Thread | Roll20: Online virtual tabletop](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6391314)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/217 "2018-05-17T15:07:28Z")
[Whelmed : the Young Justice files] Discussion : Marie-Claire Gould : Mythology and Superheroes
[http://podplayer.net/#/?id=50154770](http://podplayer.net/#/?id=50154770)
Has a strong DC tilt since this is a young justice podcast, but the analysis of mythology, superhero acts, and the Teen experience is really good, especially from the guest speaker.
author: Doyce T.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6392083](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6392083)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/218 "2018-05-17T20:36:23Z")
> _[Doyce T.](https://app.roll20.net/users/39462) said:_
>
> Has a strong DC tilt since this is a young justice podcast, but the analysis of mythology, superhero acts, and the Teen experience is really good, especially from the guest speaker.
Doyce thanks for the link. This really hit me in my mythology fanboy-isms when they started to talk about Jason and Argonauts as my favorite podcast ([Myths & Legends](https://www.mythpodcast.com/4228/46a-argonauts-assembly-required/)) made the same comparison (calling it an Avengers-style team-up). When I finally get to watching Young Justice I’ll have to keep an eye out for all the allusions to Greece legends that they mentioned (not surprised that there would be, creator Greg Weisman also headed up _Gargoyles_ back in the 90’s and if you knew your Shakespeare you were in for a lot of nods, allusions, and misdirections).
author: Mike
url: [Community Forums: General Inspiration Thread | Roll20: Online virtual tabletop](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6392965)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/219 "2018-05-19T23:30:44Z")
The JL8 High School edition (zoom in, lots of detail): [https://i.imgur.com/qQ99ilw.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qQ99ilw.jpg)
author: Bill G.
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6399723](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6399723)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/general-inspiration-thread/240/220 "2018-05-23T05:43:30Z")
Since we talk Voltron every now an then in this game, I figured I’d share this [post of actual production art from season one of Voltron: Legendary Defender](https://vld-news.tumblr.com/post/174158369117/official-art-from-studio-mir-from-season-one-of). Always interesting to see impressive work starting somewhere.
author: Mike
url: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6410983](https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/6410983)
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