Powernaut 2005: 1 2 3 4 5 . The Rest of the World: Home Startup Escalation 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 The Maker . POWERNAUT 2005!Episode 3WORKIN' FOR THE POWERNAUT! (or, The Dark Maneuvers) |
GreetingHello, my Power Patrol! Welcome to more of my 2005 adventures - me vs. the modern age! I've got lots of details at my old web log of the Power Patrol! (ref: http://www.eilertech.com/stories/2005/powerpatrol2.htm) This episode is full of drama! Other people have been writing about this stuff - and they've already written their version in my old web log! So I arranged for third party guest commentary! Enjoy! (signed) The Powernaut!
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All the links here can be found under http://www.eilertech.com/stories/ .The previous Powernaut 2005 strips mentioned a severe and ongoing reality shift. (ref: "Humans of the Earth", 2005/humans.htm) People wished their dead relatives back to existence during that shift. Wyatt Ferguson had disappeared (ref: "Over the Mountain", 2005/after.htm#mountain), so his brother and sister wished him back. But the original Wyatt was still around - shape-changed into Karl Scribner! Karl is bigger than Wyatt, and has a beard. Karl gained the weight through bodybuilding. (ref: "The Boys of Passover", 2004/passover.htm) He must have always wanted the beard. He was indifferent about his relatives; I never heard him admit he *had* any. But Karl's relatives must not have felt the same way, because they wished back a Wyatt who loved his family! I saw all the clues about Karl: He's the same age as Wyatt. He has fighting skills like Wyatt. He likes voice commands at his computer, just like Wyatt did. He usually dressed differently, but his only dress shirt and tie were the same style Wyatt preferred. And someone claiming to be Wyatt had also claimed he secretly changed shape to become a FERG employee. (ref: "FERG Letter", 2005/me2005.htm#april) But Karl renounced all the stuff Wyatt had done. I didn't think Wyatt Ferguson would change himself so thoroughly to hide among us. |
All the links here can be found under http://www.eilertech.com/stories/ .I've always admired Wyatt Ferguson. He does not appear to be powerful, yet he is one of the elder and respected members of the superhuman community. Even Ellipsis regards Wyatt as his *primary* rival. (ref: "Picture the Future", 2004/politics2.htm) Wyatt's real skill is humility. So his power escapes the notice of cosmic powers. But Wyatt's real power is connection. He's connected to reality in a way that even the world's most skilled mages can only dream about. He draws upon superhuman powers at need, but shows restraint. He's known to have done these things:
In short: Wyatt is mild-mannered. But if he really wants to do something, the superhuman community pays attention. |
All the links here can be found under http://www.eilertech.com/stories/ .Before the latest reality shifts, our Earth had a full spectrum of superheroes and other superhumans. Now, the Earth is apparently what it would have been without them. The U.S. President is the son of our President Bush, because his father didn't resign after invading the Bahamas in 1996 to root out superhumans. The technology is less-developed here; the superhumans in some of the island nations drove some advances.
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All the links here can be found under http://www.eilertech.com/stories/ .Our history is full of attempts to mystically change it. But 2005 is special because the Space Jellyfish really did. And then they announced it. (ref: "Humans of the Earth!", 2005/humans.htm) After that, trying to wish reality changes became fashionable. The most nearly successful attempt by mankind in 2005 was the "Party 'til the World Obeys". (ref: Powernaut 2005 Episode 2) But there were many copycat attempts. The Powernaut himself investigated one of those. |
Powernaut 2005 continues to re-tell a story I already published in 2005. Backstory is natural for any 2005 comic from the major comic book companies, so I'm wallowing it for the Powernaut.
This episode is psycho-drama which Wyatt Ferguson called "The Dark Maneuvers". I tried to work that title into this series, but the Powernaut had no place for it. Hence the episode title, "Workin' for the Powernaut".
It's already noted, Wyatt and the Powernaut don't quite agree on what happened during this episode. In the original story: Karl and the Powernaut both had met Wyatt; Karl and Wyatt both knew Karl was the original Wyatt; Wyatt claimed a body merge with Karl and the Powernaut; and the Powernaut said "Whatever". I think I've kept this episode true to that and the subsequent stories, without saying any of the original correspondents were lying. And Karl and Wyatt both want everyone to know, all the body absorption stuff was no more creepy than brothers wrestling.
The 2005 correspondent of course did not refer to things more recent than 2005. He talked about 2003 a lot. That part of his commentary explains a lot about the Chancellor Wyatt, an alternate self I published from 2010 onward. Chancellor Wyatt is a *leading* omniversal power, and he shared Our Wyatt's existence through all the interesting stuff of 2003.
This episode is like a cartooning vacation for me. It's psycho-drama, so I can draw lots of faces instead of lots of people hitting stuff. I've hereby tried to hone my cartooning skills. Even so, I'm drawing stuff faster than usual. And this series works better if you read it faster than usual. So I've given the world a Christmas gift of twice-weekly issues for this episode!
I have now published one hundred and ten Powernaut comics. I'm not stopping. After this, big things are coming.
Traditionally I throw in other stuff as the demand arises (like, say, the 1955 origin of Paula Power, earlier in 2013). But Hypergaard plus Occulator Compuplex could actually take up all of 2014 - expecially with the Occulator Compuplex postlude, A Very Powernaut Christmas! So will probably go the remainder of the Third International Powernaut Comics Year. Thanks for reading along.
(signed) Scott Eiler, 27 December 2013.
Uh oh, an extra inning! During Powernaut Halloween 2014, I realized the world needed to see the true story of Powernaut Halloween 2005. And it needs to see it now, before Occulator Compuplex finally gets rolling.
This true story is brought to you by real people:
It was originally published alongside The Dark Maneuvers, on the Halloween weekend of 2005, on the Powernaut's letters page. So it goes alongside that story here too. In 2014 it'll have to be published for Thanksgiving, though. Oh well.
As for the Dark Maneuvers, the Powernaut had his own version of events even then. And he's not afraid of making himself look good. That has of course been reflected here... At the actual party, World Domination came a lot closer to winning. Heh heh. But if nothing else, this story illustrates the difference between the Powernaut and other heroes of his ilk: the Powernaut is lots more fun at parties.
(signed) Scott Eiler, 25 November 2014.
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