# Son of General Inspiration Thread

**URL:** <https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 18, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29 "2018-11-18T18:11:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/81 "2019-03-26T16:03:35Z")

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This is the guy DC put its cinematic hopes on. Good job.

> **[Zack Snyder: Batman kills. Superman kills. Get over it.](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/3/26/18282194/zack-snyder-batman-kills)**
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> Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder doesn’t think a nonlethal Batman could exist in real life.

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/82 "2019-03-27T08:42:59Z")

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OH JESUS he’s at it again. Last time he did this it was amazing, so buckle up.

> <https://twitter.com/FilmCritHULK/status/1110350158691065857>

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/83 "2019-04-09T07:56:45Z")

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Dad Joke Survivors.

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/84 "2019-04-09T13:18:28Z")

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Why some people flee to another state to go to college …

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/85 "2019-04-11T22:39:21Z")

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/86 "2019-04-14T04:33:57Z")

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Making my way through “Thunderbirds are Go!” …

… and we have an [episode](https://thunderbirds.fandom.com/wiki/Volcano!) with a Master Scientist …

… “Quentin Questa” …

![](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/1X/d09a4270507e3c96d067ca8758fc263e97eececd.jpeg)

… (voiced by [Mycroft / Mark Gatiss](https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Thunderbirds-Are-Go/Professor-Quentin-Questa/)).

"Did you have a _good time_ investigating the volcano, _Dad?"_

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/87 "2019-04-14T05:40:26Z")

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![](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/1X/e71aee66c5edddd86ec9c9426bc65d32f9d6b235.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/88 "2019-04-14T17:38:26Z")

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Oh, Pinterest, “Images like [the one I saved of Quentin Questa]”:

 ![image](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/1X/fe82a14599fc45642df74597fd79f2d25f8195b8.jpeg)

So much wrong there. So much right.

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**Author:** ![insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/insomn14/32/5949_2.png) [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/89 "2019-05-20T16:46:10Z")

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Someone on the Masks discord posted this cool list of [fanmade playbooks](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FclXP69w6vN51QOEmrU_1IaIkPz0Z5EyLhajO0LDk80) and now I wish I’d known about [the Youth](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Htnv5KQdEgOROsfkO7TbwvyfJTj6e43nf_t0vQcwhBM/edit) back when I was playing Adam. Lot of cool playbooks (including some we’ve already seen like linked elsewhere like the Relic).

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/90 "2019-05-31T05:08:37Z")

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> **[Michael Sheen, David Tennant Carry Amazon's Good Omens | Demanders | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/demanders/michael-sheen-david-tennant-carry-amazons-good-omens)**
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> A review of the new Amazon series, Good Omens.

Aside from the review itself, it looks great and the visuals are inspiring.

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**Author:** ![insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/insomn14/32/5949_2.png) [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/91 "2019-05-31T05:16:32Z")

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Been waiting for this for a couple of months… and I’ll just keep waiting until tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/92 "2019-05-31T16:13:39Z")

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I’ve been waiting for this one for months (and dove back into the book yesterday, since Margie and James were doing likewise). So, yeah, plan on some serious (and hilarious) watching of this.

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/93 "2019-06-06T21:31:44Z")

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Leftist OSR? Sure, let’s take a look.

> **[A Spectre (7+3 HD) Is Haunting the Flaeness: Towards a Leftist OSR](https://lotbieth.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-spectre-73-hd-is-haunting-flaeness.html)**
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> Special thanks to Kazumi Chin, Fiona Geist, Camilla Greer, Michael Lombardi, and Robert Parker for their feedback and guidance. The desig...

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/94 "2019-06-08T06:20:05Z")

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As a fan of _Good Omens_, I have to say I was pretty thoroughly satisfied. The adaptation from a heavily-internal-dialogued book to something that works on TV was quite well done.

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/95 "2019-06-10T22:37:56Z")

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Via Kurt Busiek on Twitter (with the comment “D&D groups have made a cultural shift, I see”):

 ![image](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/5/582fff64ba00742a6a4e048306237d23254c9e89.png)

Which I love so much for “I figure this is Uncle Don’s version of book club”.

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**Author:** ![doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/doyce/32/15_2.png) [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/96 "2019-06-11T13:54:53Z")

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French artist and designer Paul Chadeisson has created a series of images of the megacities from Blade Runner, [abandoned in some far future](https://www.behance.net/gallery/81200627/Abandoned-Blade-Runner).

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/97 "2019-06-16T02:07:36Z")

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**Author:** ![insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/insomn14/32/5949_2.png) [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/98 "2019-06-20T17:24:01Z")

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So small confession time: I love Choose Your Own Adventure novels (scandalous, I know 😛) and to that end I’ve really enjoyed the Choice of Games series. If you ever see my Steam library, you’ll see probably a quarter of the games on there are from that company (admittedly, part of this is that there’s usually a new game released once or twice a month).

Anyway, today they released [Asteroid Run: No Questions Asked](https://www.choiceofgames.com/asteroid-run-no-questions-asked), a story in the vein of the Expanse novels that will also be in line with our Scum & Villainy game. From the description:

> Cargo runs between Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt are commonplace, but deadly. You’re the captain of a merchant vessel, but this time, your contract has a twist: don’t open the cargo, don’t get in the way of its handler, and don’t ask questions. Deliver to Vesta Station.

If anyone else enjoys games like this, I have a handful of other suggests from this company.

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**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/99 "2019-07-05T01:40:23Z")

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Someone somehow made the perfect gift for Aria

[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/07/04/evangelion-meets-alcapasso-for-the-cuddliest-third-impact-ever](https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/07/04/evangelion-meets-alcapasso-for-the-cuddliest-third-impact-ever)

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/dave/32/6344_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/son-of-general-inspiration-thread/29/100 "2019-07-05T16:26:42Z")

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Jason and Alycia decided on an _Evangelion_ binge watch one weekend. They quit around episode 12, convinced they either _knew_ or _were_ too many of the characters, and deciding (in Jason’s words), “Yeah, a show about a tyrannical, manipulative father who gathers broken children around him and abusively exploits them for some greater cause is, ah, not the healthiest way to be spending our time.”

Jason does order Alycia an alpaca stuffed animal, though, (if not one of these), quoting the Wikipedia entry, “Alpacas can sometimes be aggressive, but they can also be very gentle, intelligent, and extremely observant.”

She orders one for him, quoting the same page elsewhere, “Alpacas are often very trainable and will usually respond to reward; most commonly in the form of food.”

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