The
Peacemaker
“There is so much drama at
the SDCC / It's kinda hard bein' J-D-O double B-S”
Yeah, it doesn't rhyme or flow, but I'm not Hip Hop royalty
like Snoop, what I am is the Peacemaker. I attended San
Diego ComicCon 2009 with an eye to the strife that has been
tearing our community apart and desire to so something about
it. As Edmund Burke said, “It is necessary only for
the good man to do nothing for evil to triumph” Well
I don't know about being a good man, but I am a huge nerd
and I was in my element.
My first
try at geek diplomacy was a classic schism from my childhood.
The Cybermen have long attempted to enslave mankind with
their cybernetic augmentations and have been thwarted by
The Doctor countless times. I locked the door to the TARDIS
and threatened to never wear a bluetooth earpiece until
these two talked.
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Witness
the birth of a new age of cooperation between Cybermen
and Time Lords
thanks to me, The Peacemaker. |
Now a little
tipsy with power I set off to heal more bad blood through
the convention halls by solving a problem more complicated
than Maria and the Gaza Strip combined.
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It
was shaky at first, and I was unable to bring the
two sides to the table unarmed, but from now on
thanks to me, The Peacemaker, the stars are once
more friendly for Trekking or Warring equally. A
mutual dislike of Gates was the common ground I
was able to play upon. What can I say? Baby steps. |
With the Stars
now safe I looked to the past, to a schism that has plagued
the net for years and mankind even longer, but no more!
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That's
right, Ninjas and Pirates are officially cool with
each other now, so you guys can just stop the debates.
At this time there was a huge
zombie event going on so there were none to be found
to take the next step.
Next time, Gadget, next time. |
Things were going
so well I started to get cocky leading me to allowing a
Green Lantern to take this pic (His sheer force of willpower
surged my camera's circuits so I apologize for the blurriness.)
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Thanks
to The Peacemaker, Ghostbusters and Spirits have
laid down their red ties and unlicensed nuclear
accelerators in a show of brotherhood. I sensed
a bit of trepidation from The Spirit, which I attribute
to Dr. Venkman flaunting the fact that he's got
all that sequel money that Denny Colt will never
see. |
The Peacemaking
business took off from there. I bridged the gap between
brokenhearted smugglers and princesses:
Dogs and cats.
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Contrary
to popular belief, no mass hysteria was reported. |
Rodents Of Unusual
Size
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Sadly
I think Britney is now trapped in a Pokeball somewhere. |
Here's where
things got tricky. It's hard to run the peace talks when
one side of the table won't say anything and the other side
won't shut up.
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Fortunately
in the end, Silent Bob and Wade Wilson
aka The Merc with The Mouth
worked out their differences once they agreed that
the Daredevil movie sucked. |
I bought these
three a Coke.
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And
now both Classic Jazz and Bebop can teach the world
to sing
in perfect harmony. |
Sometimes it's
just a matter of getting them to agree on the little things.
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Sailor
Mars and The God of War, agreed on their favorite
colors and that opened the channels of communication
about the whole Mars/Ares issue in general. |
Other times it's
a matter of incremental acceptance.
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Indiana
Jones was not okay with any actual reptiles, but
we think that Solid Snake put him on the road to
finally showing a little backbone. |
At first there
was a bit of squabbling about 2d vs. 3d.
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...but
once they got down to some space captain shoptalk
Captain Zapp Brannigan told me later that Captain
EO showed him “another part of me.”
Take that as you will, but I think it's a step in
the right direction. |
Sometimes it's
a generational thing.
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After
a lecture and demo on manscaping from Claire, Logan
agreed that shoulder hair might not be the best
look. Of course a minute after this was taken all
of Logan's arm hair grew back, the ramifications
of which seemed to terrify
Miss Bennet. |
If there's
two things I as The Peacemaker like they are 80's cartoons
and honey and thus a two-fer.
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Bumblebees and
Bears have had their issues over the sweet sticky
stuff, but the battle is no more thanks to The Peacemaker.
I especially liked that Cheer Bear is cool enough
to throw a little flavor in hand style, these three
were later seen at the open bar for Road Trip: Beer
Pong and calling each other bro a lot. |
Finally as a Peacemaker one has to look to the future...
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Mr. Todd and
Mrs. Lovett assured Alice that despite his appearance
and behavior Tim Burton is a sweetheart and she
has nothing to fear in working with him in their
upcoming project. |
I have
to say now I understand why Jimmy Carter does it. It feels
good to bring both sides to the table and walk away knowing
I've made the world a better place. I want to thank everyone
who made my debut as The Peacemaker possible, every single
person in costume was truly a pleasure and game for anything,
Konstantine Anthony and Magen Callaghan did much of the
photography for me as well as a lot of character wrangling
and concepts. I look forward to my next chance to play The
Peacemaker.
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