Midnight Pals: Worldcon Drama (Patreon)

Hugo Gernsback: hey everyone its me, hugo gernsbackGernsback: editor of Amazing Stories and namesake of the hugo awardsGernsback: perhaps you've heard of them?Clive Barker: oh buddyBarker: buddyBarker: we've heard all about them ha ha

Gernsback: ah yes my precious hugo awards!Gernsback: the most prestigious award in science fiction and fantasy!Gernsback: a place for serious businessGernsback: certainly no room for shenanigans hereGernsback: no room for tomfooleryGernsback: no room for clownish buffoonery

Gernsback: ugh, it's so hard to read all these panel proposals for worldconGernsback: where we do the hugo awardsGernsback: there's got to be a better wayL Ron Hubbard: there is, my friend, there is!Hubbard: just sit right back and let your old pal Honest Ron tell you all about the exciting world ofHubbard: AI

Hubbard: see, all you do isHubbard: you put the choicest cuts of science fiction and fantasy right here into this hopperHubbard: you let the AI do its workHubbard: and presto![AI vomits gray slurry]Gernsback:Hubbard: trust me, your readers won't know the difference

Gernsback: why, this AI is great!Gernsback: if we had it back in my day, we never would have had to pay any of the writers we published in Amazing Stories!Lovecraft: you still haven't paid me!Gernsback: quiet, you

Gernsback: using advanced AI, we'll construct the perfect list of panelists for worldcon 2025!AI: you know you can use glue for pizza sauceGernsback: eh, good enough for government work!Barker: yeah, literally

Gernsback: hey AI, using the list of names provided, please evaluate each person for scandals.Gernsback: Scandals include but are not limited to homophobia, transphobia, racism, harassment, sexual misconduct, sexism or fraudAI: okGernsback: this will work great because the AI is notably not build reflecting dominant attitudes of homophobia, transphobia, racism, harassment, sexual misconduct, sexism or fraud

Gernsback: great news, everyone! we used AI toBarker: BOOOOOO!Gernsback: toBarker: BOOOOOOO!Barker: come on guys, say it with meKoontz: Boo!Barker: that's the spiritGernsback: jeez who would have though these writers didn't like the AI

Bitter Karella: you know this all could have been avoidedKarella: if only they had nominated bitter karella for another fan hugoGernsback: how would that have affected anythingKarella: quiet, you

Karella: in fact, the fact that bitter karella was NOT nominated is surely the biggest miscarriage of justice of allKarella: i put the blame squarely where it belongsKarella: on YOU, the readerKarella: how could you let me down like thisKarella: LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING

Barker: why? are you trying to secure a fourth straight loss?Karella: iKarella:Karella: shut up i don't like when you make fun of meBarker: ha ha

Karella: it's ok i didn't want a hugo anywayKarella: i hear that award sucksBarker: ha haPoe: clive be nicePoe: he's very sensitiveBarker: clearlyKarella: i just wanted to beat taral Wayne's record :(