Midnight Pals: Worldcon Drama (Patreon)

[at space coven]Hugo Gernsback: I've had enough of this!Gernsback: for too long, my precious hugos have been besmirched by scandal and controversy!Gernsback: but no more!Gernsback: i'm taking charge now

Gernsback: no more chinanery!Gernsback: no more shenanigans!Gernsback: and most of allGernsback: no more clownish buffoonery![immediately slips on a banana peel]

Gernsback: no more clownish buffoonery!Gernsback: the buffoonery ends here!Clive Barker: oh but hugoBarker: the buffoonery is the whole reason that we even watch the hugosGernsback:Barker: i love a spectacle hahaMary Shelley: the spectacle is pretty great

Gernsback: regardless! no more buffoonery!Gernsback: we're going to have a buffoonery free worldcon for once[puts up a '1 Day(s) since clownish buffoonery' sign]

Gernsback: ok so firstGernsback: for the next worldcon, we're gonna have nice simple cowboy thereBram Stoker: yes!Stoker: YES!!!Gernsback: i thought you'd like thatStoker: like it?Stoker: i love it!!

Gernsback: like i said, a nice simple cowboy themeGernsback: a nice simple western expansion themeGernsback: a nice simple manifest destiny themeBarker: ahahahah oh my godBarker: hugo, you might wanna take down that signGernsback: huh? why?

Gernsback: a manifest destiny themed worldcon is exactly the light-hearted, fun sort of event that will really lift peoples spiritsJules Verne: huh i'm feeling a little iffy on thisGernsback: we're going to wear cowboy hats with gears glued on themVerne: Hot diggety dog, i'm all in!!!

Verne: this is gonna rule, i love gears on hats!HG Wells: but jules, manifest destiny is bad!Verne: butVerne: but the gearsWells: remember the war of the worlds?Verne: yeah?Wells: ok so think about what if aliens did to us what we did to colonized peoplesVerne:Verne:Wells: i meanVerne: i'm thinking

Verne: wait a secondVerne: WAIT A SECONDVerne: if aliens did to usVerne: what we did to colonized peoplesVerne: THAT WOULD BE BAD!!!Verne:Verne: on the other handVerne: god i really want a hat with gears on itVerne: this is a real ethical dilemma

Verne: i just don't know what to thinkGernsback: let's ask brandon sandersonBrandon Sanderson: well uhSanderson: if you ignore all the bad parts of a thingSanderson: then actually i guess you could say it was goodGernsback: there you have it