| 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 Lordsthanks 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 singin 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.       |