Some behind-the-scenes comments
More like a collection of footnotes than anything else, for chapters 1 and 2 of the Firefox-ko story.
First, you may notice that the Christian/Jesusist exchange I mentioned earlier in the blog isn't present. The reasons are simple. I write down some ideas for what to fill the dialogue with, before discovering halfway that it doesn't quite fit. And I like dialogues to "flow naturally", so to speak. This one will probably have to wait until I get to the Church of Emacs.
The whole idea for the thing was born out of a collection of Firefox-ko and Thunderbird-ko pictures, as well as my natural interest of the story behind these characters. OS-tans, as it seems to me, are mostly created as gimmicks; I don't think that anyone actually imagines them as interesting characters with depth, and it usually doesn't go far beyond simple gags a-la "appetite = memory consumption". Here, I'm trying to wrap them in a setting that would at least make some sense. I'm a very, very novice writer, but the characters introduced so far each have a backstory, even if it's not fully revealed at this point.
Widget Styler is, of course, a reference to Window Snyder, who actually left Microsoft for Mozilla, and Roy Buzzworth is Steve Ballmer, simple as that.
Widget is somewhat of an anime fan, as we can see. The dialogue between Widget and Stinger is actually based on a real exchange that took place between Imperialles (playing the "clueless one") and Enochf on the Wookieepedia IRC. Needless to say, Firefox's appearance later on reminds Widget of several anime tropes at once, shocking her to the point she actually forgets the word.
Widget's car needed to be something bulky and not very maneurable, so a minivan fit. My first choice was Toyota Nadia, but apparently it isn't as popular in the US as in Russia, so I substituted it with a model developed specifically for the US. Perhaps Widget used to throw corporate parties in the coutryside!
The setting needs some explanation, I think. We know from the console output that it's June 1, 2006 (the date when, in the real world, Ubuntu 6.06 was released). Among really existing places mentioned are Tokyo, the Pacific, Africa, America, and Hollywood, and it clearly takes place in the United States. Meanwhile, Redland, Sumamesh, Seapoint, Sighting Hill, and the entire state of Calorington are obviously fictional. (Calorington is actually from the Uncyclopedia article on the Nike Revolution of 2006, and no, the revolution is non-canon.)
Some websites and software products exist in this alternate universe, some don't, and some are actually people. Heh heh. But for all intents and purposes, this 2006 is in almost exactly like our 2006 was; there is some schizo tech floating around, but this is in no way any kind of cyberpunk dystopia.
The "plane twist" was inspired by John Jackson Miller's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comics, namely the part when Zayne and Gryph are unexpectedly rescued by Camper and Jarael. Before settling on using Widget's perspective, I considered other ideas for the opening, including Firefox already operating in Sighting Hill and starting with an action-heavy mission. How the Mozillas got hold of a military fighter, and why Thunderbird displays such suspiciously remarkable piloting skills for her age, is another question. I'll get to that.
Firefox is always depicted as a foxgirl, and Thunderbird with blue hair and in a headset, so I simply had no choice. Well, at least we know now that Birdie's hair color is not natural. As for the foxgirl thing, for all we know at this point, the animal parts may be fake. At this point.
Breezy addressing Firefox as "my otome", as well as the mention of "high-technology matter link", are shout-outs to the anime series Mai-HiME and Mai-Otome — modern, subversive takes on the magical girl genre. "HiME" stands for... well, just see the picture, and "otome" simply means "maiden", but in the context of that series, it refers to crossing the original mahou shoujo traits with the concept of "magic from technology", which is going to be a recurring theme here... sort of.
First, you may notice that the Christian/Jesusist exchange I mentioned earlier in the blog isn't present. The reasons are simple. I write down some ideas for what to fill the dialogue with, before discovering halfway that it doesn't quite fit. And I like dialogues to "flow naturally", so to speak. This one will probably have to wait until I get to the Church of Emacs.
The whole idea for the thing was born out of a collection of Firefox-ko and Thunderbird-ko pictures, as well as my natural interest of the story behind these characters. OS-tans, as it seems to me, are mostly created as gimmicks; I don't think that anyone actually imagines them as interesting characters with depth, and it usually doesn't go far beyond simple gags a-la "appetite = memory consumption". Here, I'm trying to wrap them in a setting that would at least make some sense. I'm a very, very novice writer, but the characters introduced so far each have a backstory, even if it's not fully revealed at this point.
Widget Styler is, of course, a reference to Window Snyder, who actually left Microsoft for Mozilla, and Roy Buzzworth is Steve Ballmer, simple as that.
Widget is somewhat of an anime fan, as we can see. The dialogue between Widget and Stinger is actually based on a real exchange that took place between Imperialles (playing the "clueless one") and Enochf on the Wookieepedia IRC. Needless to say, Firefox's appearance later on reminds Widget of several anime tropes at once, shocking her to the point she actually forgets the word.
Widget's car needed to be something bulky and not very maneurable, so a minivan fit. My first choice was Toyota Nadia, but apparently it isn't as popular in the US as in Russia, so I substituted it with a model developed specifically for the US. Perhaps Widget used to throw corporate parties in the coutryside!
The setting needs some explanation, I think. We know from the console output that it's June 1, 2006 (the date when, in the real world, Ubuntu 6.06 was released). Among really existing places mentioned are Tokyo, the Pacific, Africa, America, and Hollywood, and it clearly takes place in the United States. Meanwhile, Redland, Sumamesh, Seapoint, Sighting Hill, and the entire state of Calorington are obviously fictional. (Calorington is actually from the Uncyclopedia article on the Nike Revolution of 2006, and no, the revolution is non-canon.)
Some websites and software products exist in this alternate universe, some don't, and some are actually people. Heh heh. But for all intents and purposes, this 2006 is in almost exactly like our 2006 was; there is some schizo tech floating around, but this is in no way any kind of cyberpunk dystopia.
The "plane twist" was inspired by John Jackson Miller's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comics, namely the part when Zayne and Gryph are unexpectedly rescued by Camper and Jarael. Before settling on using Widget's perspective, I considered other ideas for the opening, including Firefox already operating in Sighting Hill and starting with an action-heavy mission. How the Mozillas got hold of a military fighter, and why Thunderbird displays such suspiciously remarkable piloting skills for her age, is another question. I'll get to that.
Firefox is always depicted as a foxgirl, and Thunderbird with blue hair and in a headset, so I simply had no choice. Well, at least we know now that Birdie's hair color is not natural. As for the foxgirl thing, for all we know at this point, the animal parts may be fake. At this point.
Breezy addressing Firefox as "my otome", as well as the mention of "high-technology matter link", are shout-outs to the anime series Mai-HiME and Mai-Otome — modern, subversive takes on the magical girl genre. "HiME" stands for... well, just see the picture, and "otome" simply means "maiden", but in the context of that series, it refers to crossing the original mahou shoujo traits with the concept of "magic from technology", which is going to be a recurring theme here... sort of.
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